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Season 1 Episode
- Season 1 Visions of Power
- Season 1 The Race for Television
- Season 1 We Bring You Live Pictures
- Season 1 News Power
- Season 1 News: The Power of Pictures
- Season 1 The Story Machine
- Season 1 Play Power
- Season 1 The Rise and Fall of the Documentary
- Season 1 Chewing Gum for the Eyes
- Season 1 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
- Season 1 Canned Laughter
- Season 1 The Selling of the President
- Season 1 The Third Age of Broadcasting
Television - Season 1 Episode 7 Play Power
0.00 45 minutes Considers TV drama and the practical influence, if any, of such controversial landmarks as the BBC's post-war "1984" and ITV's "Armchair Theatre" and the later drama-documentaries of the Sixties, most notably Jim Allen's "Cathy Come Home", which led to the creation of the charity Shelter. But as production costs rise, how will purely commercial considerations (saleability, for example) affect the quality? (Daily Telegraph) / Also charts the rise and fall of America's golden age of television drama - the fifties - featuring rare clips of the likes of Redford and Newman, in their earliest TV roles. (The Guardian)
