The Early Years Of Television And The Bbc Jamie Medhurst by Jamie Medhurst 9781399504126, 1399504126 instant download after payment.

• Traces the complex interweaving of relationships between the Baird Television Company, EMI and the BBC
• Spans the early experimental stages of television in the late 1920s, through to the outbreak of the Second World War
• Argues that a complex interweaving of events, circumstances, ideological standpoints and personalities led to the establishment of the BBC television service
• Utilises detailed archival research from a wide range of sources

The British journalist C. P. Scott once said of television, ‘Not a nice word. Greek and Latin mixed. Clumsy.’ From its earliest days, when people began to discover ways of ‘seeing at a distance’ through to the multi-platform media environment of today, television has shown itself to be a resilient and adaptable method of communication. Based on detailed archival research, The Early Years of Television and the BBC explores the relationship between the BBC and television from the mid-1920s through to the outbreak of the Second World War. Jamie Medhurst provides an account of the oft-forgotten 30-line television service (1932–5) and re-evaluates the belief that Sir John Reith, the Corporation’s Director-General until 1938, would have nothing to do with television.