Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: : This essay considers two significant subgenres of British television science coverage in the foundational period 1955-1965, looking in detail at the series Look for natural history and Eye on Research for the sciences more broadly. In each case, I consider the contributors to the programmes, both producers and participants; the origins of the programme; and formal aspects, to consider how the series related to their predecessor and successor programmes. In each case I consider where the authority of the account of science rests in the programmes. In alluding to what came after these two series, I introduce some first thoughts about the role of the scientist-presenter in science television.
Author: Tim Boon
Language: Catalan
Subfield: History
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1484832041