{"product_id":"9781399504119","title":"The Early Years of Television and the BBC by Jamie Medhurst","description":"The British journalist C. P. Scott once said of television, `Not a nice word. Greek and Latin mixed. Clumsy.' From its earliest days, when people began to discover ways of `seeing at a distance' through to the multi-platform media environment of today, television has shown itself to be a resilient and adaptable method of communication. Based on detailed archival research, The Early Years of Television and the BBC explores the relationship between the BBC and television from the mid-1920s through to the outbreak of the Second World War. Jamie Medhurst provides an account of the oft-forgotten 30-line television service (1932-5) and re-evaluates the belief that Sir John Reith, the Corporation's Director-General until 1938, would have nothing to do with television.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56298561700213,"sku":"9781399504119","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781399504119.jpg?v=1762783455","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781399504119","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}