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Programmes examined include: Celebrity Big Brother (the Jade Goody and Shilpa Shetty racism row), Channel 4 news, GBH, Big Brother.
In November 2007, Channel 4 will be twenty-five years old. Today, such TV events as the 'Big Brother/Jade Goody Affair' have put the channel itself at the centre of public debate. Yet during its foundation years on British screens, Channel 4 was seen as more controversial and dangerous than this. Published for Channel 4's 25th anniversary, this book explores the channel's most important foundation period, under its inspirational first Chief Executive, Jeremy Isaacs. Charged by Parliament to be innovative, experimental, and educational, the new channel had to attract audiences and make a space for new voices. Did it fulfill its brief? It also assesses the legacy of the channel and asks: has i...
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Vet Mark Evans, co-presenter of Channel 4's popular teatime series, has selected his favourite stories from the show, not only retelling the animals' tales but also looking at animal welfare problems and how they can be avoided or overcome.
Published to coincide with a touring exhibition in the UK and North America in 1998-99, and to accompany C4 series.
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By employing the same basic methodologies used to establish the currently accepted chronology, it has been possible for a group of young archaeologists, including David Rohl, to create a New Chronology which resolves many of the problems permeating ancient world studies. In particular, one model has been developed which has major implications for Old Testament research. Through the revision of the master chronology of ancient Egypt they have unlocked the key to biblical history - the epic events of the Bible really did happen as recorded in the Books of Genesis, Exodus, Judges, Samuel, Kings and Chronicles - the problem was that we had previously been looking for them in completely the wrong place in time.Many of the conundrums of the past are explained, and legendary figures such as Joseph, Moses, David and Solomon find their true political setting. Exodus and Conquest will be restored to history and the magic of legend will begin to make its great comeback
Big Brother 3 features exclusive interviews with the show's 2002 contestants. It answers those niggling questions that crop up as you watch your favourite housemate - what was their most embarrassing moment? When was their first kiss? Interviews with each contestant's nearest and dearest reveal all.
"Clare Kitson celebrates one of the most creative sources of broadcast animation - Britain's pioneering Channel 4, winner of three Academy Awards for animation. Kitson, who served as Channel 4's commissioning editor from 1989 until 1999, helped foster the channel's growing reputation as a broadcasting powerhouse. In British Animation: The Channel 4 Factor, she takes a look back at this exceptional era - celebrating thirty landmark works and the artists who made them." --Book Jacket.