Beschreibung:
Telling the stories behind television's approaches to race relations, multiculturalism and immigration in the 'Golden Age' of British television, the book focuses on the 1960s and 1970s and argues that the makers of television worked tirelessly to shape multiculturalism and undermine racist extremism.
The book makes the point that TV had a 'vision' of what kind of nation we should be - and that this has had a considerable influence on the way we think about race and our national identity
1. The Vision of a Nation: Introduction 2. The First Bridge: Programmes for Immigrants on British Television 3. Race in News and Current Affairs: Principles and Practice 4. Dealing with Racial Extremes: News and Current Affairs under Pressure 5. What's behind the Open Door? Talking Back on Race in Public-Access Broadcasting 6. The Rise and Fall of the Racial Sitcom: Laughter and Prejudice in Multicultural Britain 7. Struggling for the Ordinary: Race in British Television Drama 8. Conclusion