Factual entertainment on British television: The Midlands TV Research Group's ‘8–9 Project’

European Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 29-62

  Brunsdon, Charlotte ^a   Johnson, Catherine ^a   Moseley, Rachel ^a   Wheatley, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British television; factual entertainment; lifestyle; ordinary; public; scheduling; service broadcasting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993725112     PISSN: 13675494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136754940100400102     Document Type: Article

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