Overview

This monograph offers the first ever comprehensive study of Channel 4's film production, distribution and broadcasting activities and represents a significant contribution to British cinema and television history. The importance of Channel 4 to the British film industry over the last 40 years cannot be overstated. The birth of the Channel in 1982 heralded a convergence between the UK film and television sectors which was particularly notable given that the two industries had historically been at loggerheads. In addition to its role as a broadcaster and curator of feature film programming, since its inception Channel 4 has funded or co-funded hundreds of feature films through its film commissioning arm, Film4. The Channel's commitment to financing between 15-20 films per year helped form the backbone of the ailing film sector throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, while Film4 funding has also been instrumental to the success of many companies which have become vital to the British film industry.

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9781474437288

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It is precisely this breadth of perspective that distinguishes Mayne's book from earlier studies of Channel 4's activities.--Nathan Townsend ""Journal of British Cinema and Television"" ""With this book, Laura Mayne offers a compelling assessment of the role that the iconic British television network, Channel 4, played in British film culture from its inception in the 1980s up until the late 90s. Pooling from a wealth of primary materials and written in engaging prose, this is a detailed, accessible, and much-needed work of British media historiography."" --Johnny Walker, Associate Professor of Media and Film at Northumbria University, and author of Rewind, Replay: Britain and the Video Boom, 1978-92

""With this book, Laura Mayne offers a compelling assessment of the role that the iconic British television network, Channel 4, played in British film culture from its inception in the 1980s up until the late 90s. Pooling from a wealth of primary materials and written in engaging prose, this is a detailed, accessible, and much-needed work of British media historiography."" -- Johnny Walker, Associate Professor of Media and Film at Northumbria University, and author of Rewind, Replay: Britain and the Video Boom, 1978-92 It is precisely this breadth of perspective that distinguishes Mayne’s book from earlier studies of Channel 4’s activities. -- Nathan Townsend * Journal of British Cinema and Television *

Author Information

Laura Mayne is a Lecturer in Film and Media at the University of Hull

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