Hi Kathleen,
Understood, but Ian McDonald already helped me to track down the episode
in question. Associated Rediffusion was the contractor/producer, the
programme was presented by Dan Farson, and the show in question was
Mixed Marriages (tx. 21/05/58).
I've accessed the BFI catalog many times, and visited the library often
when in London, but as a U.S. scholar, I'm unable to get a copy of the
programme without revisiting. However, I was able to find a brief clip
from ITN and I already had a copy of Black and White in Colour (BBC,
1992) which features the segment. I wanted a copy of the complete
programme, though...!
FYI: In the programme, writer James Wentworth Day is interviewed, and
explains how he has seen ‘"them" over here’ (West Indian/West Africans),
their subsequent ‘mixed marriages, and their children.’ He adds, ‘no
first class country can afford to produce a race of mongrels.’ Wentworth
Day also referred to their biracial children as 'coffee-coloured little
imps.'
Gee, what a sweetheart.
Thanks Kathleen.......
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/
>>> Kathleen Chater <[log in to unmask]> 01/08/10 6:51 AM >>>
ITV is a generic term for all the independent companies, which in the
1958 were strongly regional. Most have now disappeared and their
libraries have been taken over/dispersed. I assume this was broadcast
in the London area but I can't remember which company had the franchise
there at that time... If it was a studio-based discussion programme
it's possible it was never recorded. Suggest you contact the British
Film Institute who may be able to give further information - or even
have a copy themselves, as they did make copies of some programmes.
(Despite their title, they include tv). They've also got a great
library so they may be able to help with other programmes.
I'm sending this out to everyone as it's generally useful information
about tracking down tv programmes. The BFI has always been helpful and
a mine of information when I've used them.
Kathy Chater
> Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 11:48:13 -0500
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: ITV programmes on race relations, 1955-1965
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> 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/
> >>> arthur torrington <[log in to unmask]> 12/08/09 3:51 AM
>>>
>
> 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
>
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> John Plunkett
> guardian.co.uk
>
> Monday 7 December 2009
>
>
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> 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
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>> To: [log in to unmask]
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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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