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Andrews, Hannah, Ph.D. (2011) Public service broadcasters and British cinema, 1990–2010. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
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Abstract
The relationship between television institutions and film in Britain has a complex
history, influenced by profound changes in both industries over time. The
involvement of public service broadcasters (PSBs) in British cinema has been a
regularly-acknowledged, but under-examined phenomenon. There is a dearth of
up-to-date scholarship dealing with the relationship, particularly as it unfolded
over the turbulent decades of the 1990s and 2000s. This thesis updates and
expands the existing field on the relationship between British television and film
cultures. It does so by examining the ways in which PSBs have been involved in
film culture, as producers, distributors and exhibitors. It also discusses the
significant changes to this relationship wrought by the coming into dominance of
digital technologies, and the responses of the PSBs to digitalisation.
The body of the thesis is separated into two parts. Part One examines the
relationship between television and film at the end of the analogue era, ending
roughly in 2002. The first chapter explores the historical background to
television films in Britain, discussing the semantic turn from describing single
dramas shown on television as ‘plays’ and ‘films’. The second chapter outlines
three case studies which explore the relationship between television and
distribution. The third chapter discusses the industrial relationship between film
and television, and the distinct discourses of ‘quality’ applied to each form.
The second part of the thesis discusses the effects of digital technologies
on the PSB’s role as producer, distributor and exhibitor of films. Chapter Four
explores the position of the PSB as patron of low-budget, digital production
schemes. In Chapter Five, the opening night and subsequent decade of
broadcasting on the FilmFour digital television channel is analysed. Chapter Six
takes as its subject the online film output of the BBC, particularly via its iPlayer
platform, and its short film distribution network, the BBC Film Network.
Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) | ||||
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Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1990 Broadcasting P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1993 Motion Pictures |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Public service television programs -- Great Britain, Television broadcasting of films, Made-for-TV movies, Digital cinematography, Motion picture industry -- Great Britain, Television broadcasting -- Great Britain | ||||
Official Date: | October 2011 | ||||
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Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
Theses Department: | Department of Film and Television Studies | ||||
Thesis Type: | PhD | ||||
Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||
Supervisor(s)/Advisor: | Brunsdon, Charlotte | ||||
Extent: | 355 leaves : ill., charts | ||||
Language: | eng |
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