Archive: Transmitting the Reality of Itv's 50 Years of Mixed Fortunes ; Wil Marlow Looks at a Series Telling the History of Itv
Birmingham Post › June 18, 2005
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The idea for Melvyn Bragg's latest series came to the broadcaster and Labour peer during a session at the House Of Lords, where he was taking part in a debate about the future of broadcasting in the UK.
'I thought then, and I think now, that the contribution of ITV was unjustly underrated and not very well understood,' says Melvyn. 'In its own way, it's as unique and as British as the BBC.See the full content of this document
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Archive: Transmitting the Reality of Itv's 50 Years of Mixed Fortunes ; Wil Marlow Looks at a Series Telling the History of Itv
'No other broadcasting company in the world has combined great commercial hits with high quality public service programmes.'
Melvyn found himself shocked at the complete ignorance that his fellow peers had regarding the channel that had been a par...See the full content of this document
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