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  1. TV Family: Behind the Scenes of the First Reality Television Program (2015)

    Director
    Ethan Thompson
    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 56 minutes), $275

    In 1960, NBC transmitted what is widely considered to be the first "reality television" show in American broadcast history. Hosted by Jane Wyatt, and billing itself as a "new kind of visual reporting," it...

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  2. Brand New You: Makeover Television and the American Dream (2015)

    Director
    Katherine Sender
    Subject
    Broadcasting; Media studies; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 53 minutes), $275

    What do popular television makeover programmes tell us about about what a good life looks like in contemporary America? Based on Katherine Sender’s book The Makeover the film examines this question against...

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  3. Music in the Air: A History of Classical Music on Television (2012)

    Director
    Reiner E Moritz
    Subject
    Media studies; Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 85 minutes), £19.15

    Documentary covering the history of classical music on television which examines how the televisual medium has been instrumental in popularising music, preserving performances and making events accessible to...

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  4. From Headlines to "Tight Lines": The Story of Atv Today (2012)

    Director
    Peter Raven
    Subject
    History; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 371 minutes), £19.99

    A 2 Disc DVD produced by ATVLAND.productions for the Media Archive for Central England, telling the story of ATV Today, the regional news magazine programme that broadcast to the Midlands from 1964 to 1981....

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  5. University of Cambridge Personal Histories Project: David Attenborough (2011)

    Subject
    Archaeology; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £4.00

    Personal Histories is an on-going, educational, oral history project based in the Department of Archaeology, Cambridge University, in which senior scientists are invited to share their memories, life stories...

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  6. Developing Ideas (2011)

    Subject
    Media studies

    Simon Smith is joined by three guests to talk about how to get ideas for television commissioned. With a dauntingly low proportion of ideas winning commissions, you’ll need to do everything you can to give...

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  7. From "Atvland" In Colour (2011)

    Director
    Peter Raven
    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 245 minutes), £17.99

    This documentary, presented in a 2 disc set, tells the story of the affectionately known ‘ATVLand’ - the ATV Centre in Birmingham - from its beginnings to its ultimate closure in 1997, celebrating some...

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  8. Frost on Saturday (2011)

    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 290 minutes), £8.86

    This two DVD set presents the lighter side of David Frost’s interview programmes. Whereas FROST ON FRIDAY concentrated on current affairs and politics, this programme featured mainly topical interviews...

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  9. Afghan Star (2010)

    Subject
    Media studies; Music; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 87 minutes), £6.99

    When the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 1996, among their many edicts was banning popular music, considering it a corrupting and sacrilegious influence. Though Taliban was swept from power in 2001,...

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  10. Political Advertisement VII: 1952 - 2008 (2010)

    Director
    Muntadas; Marshall Reese
    Subject
    Media studies; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 75 minutes), $500.00

    This fascinating anthology, updated to include advertisements from the 2008 presidential campaign, documents the selling of the American presidency since the 1950s, from Eisenhower to Obama. In this...

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