Big Brother Australia
by Frederic P Miller, Agnes F Vandome, and John McBrewster
Without doubt, 'Dad's Army' is the best loved situation comedy in British television history. 80 episodes were transmitted between 1968 and 1977, regularly reaching audiences approaching 20 million, viewing figures that would be impossible today. The series, written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, and directed by Croft, tapped into both men's wartime experiences and showed that dysfunctional families exist in all walks of life. In this case it was the Home Guard, protecting the fictional souther...
MASH (TV Series)
by Frederic P Miller, Agnes F Vandome, and John McBrewster
Broadcasting in the UK and US in the 1950s
In an age of digital communications, where radio, satellite, television and computing have come together to allow instant access to information and entertainment from around the globe, it is sometimes easy to overstate the break with the recent past that these developments imply. However, from a historical perspective, it is important to recognise that the national dimensions of communications, including broadcasting, have always been framed within different sets of international political, econ...
Covers composers, scores, awards and films released from 1973 through 1979, plus hundreds of earlier films whose composers have recently been discovered. Included is a large discography of film music recordings, as well as a bibliography of new books written on the subject.