'The "Give-away" Shows - Who is Really Paying?': 'Ordinary' People and the Development of the British Quiz Show

Journal of British Cinema and Television

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 284-303

  Holmes, Su ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85055358382     PISSN: 17434521     EISSN: 17551714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/JBCTV.2006.3.2.284     Document Type: Article

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