Table of Contents

UK television 1979; unfinished business; new technology, new approaches - satellite; new technology, new approaches - cable; the Peacock Committee; the great reform in practice - from White Paper to Broadcasting Act; the reform in practice; back to the BBC; into the multi-media age?

Reviews

"'Goodwin's measured, scholarly and scrupulously researched book is probably the best overview of British television in a decade. It is a work which should be required reading for every tertiary level television course' Sight and Sound"