Despite the growing body of work on the media in Wales, very little exists on the history of commercial television in Wales. This book seeks to address this imb

"ITV has been a powerful force in British broadcasting since its inception in 1955. When commercial television came to Wales for the first time in 1958, it imme

"Since breaking the BBC's monopoly in 1955, ITV has been at the centre of the British television landscape. To coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the fir

The ITV network was designed as a federation of companies, different in size and character, jointly and severally constructing programme schedules in which stra

Based on the work of media historian, James Curran, Narrating Media History explores British media history as a series of competing narratives. This unique and