Prosperity and Uncertainty, 1976–80

Jeremy Potter

Chapter 16 in Independent Television in Britain, 1989, pp 261-278 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Independent Television’s strength in programmes and finance during the latter half of the 1970s was greatly assisted by the non-occurrence of contractual upheavals scheduled for 1974 and rescheduled for 1976, so that while Lord Annan and his committee were examining the state of television and mapping its future, ITV and its viewers enjoyed the blessings of a reprieve. The wounds inflicted by the surgery of 1967 had healed and the next operation on a healthy patient was postponed until 1980. In a peak period of programme-making and a trough in the nation’s fortunes ITV provided the public with some comforting distraction from the impact of a faltering economy.

Keywords: Television Service; Select Committee; Single Play; Public Service Broadcasting; Advertisement Revenue (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1989
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-06335-2_16

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