Description
| Product ID: | 9783030199814 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | CH |
| Series: | Palgrave Studies in Science and Popular Culture |
| Title: | BBC Wildlife Documentaries in the Age of Attenborough |
| Authors: | Author: Jean-Baptiste Gouyon |
| Page Count: | 261 |
| Subjects: | Documentary films, Documentary films, Cultural studies, Media studies, Media, entertainment, information and communication industries, Zoology and animal sciences, Cultural studies, Media studies, Media, information & communication industries, Animal ecology |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This book explores the history of wildlife television in post-war Britain. It will be of interest to wildlife television amateurs, historians of British television and students in science communication. This book explores the history of wildlife television in post-war Britain. It revolves around the role of David Attenborough, whose career as a broadcaster and natural history filmmaker has shaped British wildlife television. The book discusses aspects of Attenborough''s professional biography and also explores elements of the institutional history of the BBC-from the early 1960s, when it was at its most powerful, to the 2000s, when its future is uncertain. It focuses primarily on the wildlife ''making-of'' documentary genre, which is used to trace how television progressively became a participant in the production of knowledge about nature. With the inclusion of analysis of television programmes, first-hand accounts, BBC archival material and, most notably, interviews with David Attenborough, this volume follows the development of the professional culture of wildlife broadcasting as it has been portrayed in public. It will be of interest to wildlife television amateurs, historians of British television and students in science communication. |
| Imprint Name: | Springer Nature Switzerland AG |
| Publisher Name: | Springer Nature Switzerland AG |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-09-25 |
