'Did Anglians dream of electric screens?' : a history of broadcasting in Norfolk and East Anglia from 1923-1960
This thesis re-examines broadcasting history in Britain through the lens of the experience in Norfolk and East Anglia rather than via the nation state as has usually been the case in prior academic investigations. Using a combination of archival sources, secondary literature and selected extracts from original oral history interviews it aims to introduce a greater level of nuance into the historiography of broadcasting in Britain. These archival sources include the BBC Written Archives, the ITA Archives, Hansard and the archive of the most popular newspaper in Norfolk â the Eastern Daily Press. The first half of the thesis concentrates on the BBCâs policies towards the region in respect of both wireless and television broadcasting before the outbreak of war and in the immediate aftermath of the warâs end, highlighting the short and long term legacies of these policies and the reaction of the press and public in the area. The second half of the thesis includes a discussion of the opening of the regions first permanent television transmitter in 1955, a detailed and original analysis of the applications for the East Anglian ITV programme station contract in 1958 and an analysis of the arrival of both Anglia
Cross, Samuel
'Did Anglians dream of electric screens?' : a history of broadcasting in Norfolk and East Anglia from 1923-1960. This thesis re-examines broadcasting history in Britain through the lens of the experience in Norfolk and East Anglia rather than via the nation state as has usually been the case in prior academic investigations. Using a combination of archival sources, secondary literature and selected extracts from original oral history interviews it aims to introduce a greater level of nuance into the historiography of broadcasting in Britain. These archival sources include the BBC Written Archives, the ITA Archives, Hansard and the archive of the most popular newspaper in Norfolk â the Eastern Daily Press. The first half of the thesis concentrates on the BBCâs policies towards the region in respect of both wireless and television broadcasting before the outbreak of war and in the immediate aftermath of the warâs end, highlighting the short and long term legacies of these policies and the reaction of the press and public in the area. The second half of the thesis includes a discussion of the opening of the regions first permanent television transmitter in 1955, a detailed and original analysis of the applications for the East Anglian ITV programme station contract in 1958 and an analysis of the arrival of both Anglia
dream screen history broadcast norfolk east_anglia re_examines broadcast history britain lens experience norfolk east_anglia rather via nation_state usually case prior academic investigation using_combination archival_source secondary_literature select extract original oral_history_interview aim introduce great level nuance historiography broadcast britain archival_source include bbc written archive popular newspaper norfolk eastern daily press concentrate bbc policy_towards region respect television broadcast outbreak_war immediate_aftermath war end highlight short_long term legacy policy reaction press public area second_half include_discussion open region first permanent television transmitter detail original analysis application east_anglian programme station contract analysis arrival