Broadcasting and the NHS in the Thatcherite 1980s: The Challenge to Public Service

by Patricia Holland

Book Overview

Prologue: Echoes of the 1980s Introduction: Thatcherism, the Public and Writing Broadcasting History PART I: PROGRAMMES AND CHRONOLOGY 1927 - 1970 1. Myths of Origin: Public Service or the Road to Serfdom? PART II: PROGRAMMES AND CHRONOLOGY 1970 - 1980 2. Freedom and the Public: Campaigner, Participant, Consumer 3. Broadcasting into the 1980s PART III: PROGRAMMES AND CHRONOLOGY 1979 - 1983 4. Restructuring Social Class 5. From Needs to Wants: Restructuring Audiences, Restructuring Patients 6. Your Life in Whose Hands? Restructuring Professionals PART IV: PROGRAMMES AND CHRONOLOGY 1983 - 1987 7. The Third Age and the Fresh Winds of Market Forces: Restructuring Broadcasting 8 Griffiths, Peacock and Restructuring Public Service 9. Aids and 'the public' at Risk PART V: PROGRAMMES AND CHRONOLOGY 1986 - 1990 10. Who's the Casualty? Popular Programmes 11. The NHS and Third Term Politics 12. 'Quality' and the Broadcasting White Paper Postscript: Public Service or Kitemark?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349328332
• ISBN13: 9781349328338
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 245 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"