Irwin, Mary (2017) Civilisation and the Rise of the Television Blockbuster Documentary. Journal of British Cinema and Television, 14 (3). pp. 361-376. ISSN 1743-4521
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.3366/jbctv.2017.0378
Abstract
This article examines how Civilisation created a formula for putting together and presenting documentary series on British television using expensive production values and a well-respected presenter to introduce serious cultural content. It explores the international and historic impact of Civilisation, which became the blueprint for a whole range of popular, high-budget, internationally co-produced documentary series from the early 1970s onwards: the ‘blockbuster documentary’.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | arts programming, BBC2, Civilisation, David Attenborough, John Berger, Kenneth Clark, Monitor, Ways of Seeing |
| Subjects: | P300 Media studies |
| Department: | Faculties > Arts, Design and Social Sciences > Design |
| Depositing User: | Paul Burns |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Jul 2017 08:39 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Oct 2019 18:49 |
| URI: | http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/31410 |
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