Hi everyone, and Happy New Year,
Is anyone familiar with the 1958 ITV programme, People in Trouble? It seems to be the only available example of ITV programming that directly addresses racial assimilation in the 1950s. Does anyone know how to obtain a copy?
Further, does anyone know of any other examples of ITV shows that address race relations and/or the 'immigrant problem?'
Darrell M. Newton, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Mass Media and Cultural Studies
The Department of Communication Arts
Salisbury University
269 Fulton Hall
Salisbury, MD 21801
(410) 677-5060 Office
(410) 543-6229 Department
homepage: http://faculty.salisbury.edu/~dmnewton/
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FYI
TV ratings: Small Island debuts with 5m viewers
BBC1's adaptation of Andrea Levy's award-winning novel beats ITV1's terrestrial movie premiere Batman Begins
John Plunkett
guardian.co.uk
Monday 7 December 2009
BBC1's adaptation of Andrea Levy's award-winning novel Small Island began with 5 million viewers, beating ITV1's terrestrial movie premiere Batman Begins last night, Sunday 6 December. Small Island, starring Naomie Harris, David Oyelowo and Ruth Wilson, had a 21% share of the audience for the first of a two-part adaptation between 9pm and 10.30pm, according to unofficial overnight figures. Batman Begins had 4.6 million viewers, a 20% share, between 8.30pm and 11.10pm on ITV1. The Christian Bale movie
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 22:40:05 +0000
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Subject: Small Island
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Let's keep the explicit scene in Small Island in perspective.
Nine o'clock is the cut-off point on British TV in terms of when violent and sexual material can start to be shown.
Of course an explicit scene was going to be shown. The narrator makes the point about how life changing the experience was for the white woman. That comment would have had less force if the scene had not been explicit. The director did not need to show a second explicit scene. All that was needed was to show that the woman had become pregnant. The narrator's reference to it also being of a life changing nature reminded viewers about the first time.
It does not seem grounds to me for not showing Small Island to A-level students: 16-18 year olds.
Sean
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