Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Constitution of the BBC: Historical Development -- The Early Years of British Broadcasting -- The Broadcasting Committees -- The Development of the Monopoly -- The Monopoly Debate -- Relay Exchanges, Foreign Commercial Broadcasting, and Pirate Stations -- The Financial Basis of the BBC -- 3 Constitution of the BBC: Operations -- The BBC as a Public Corporation -- The Charter and the Licence -- The BBC and the Government -- (a) Committee and Government Pronouncements -- (b) The General Strike of 1926 -- (c) The Veto -- (d) The Suez Incident -- (e) Accountability to Parliament -- (f) Comment -- The BBC and the IBA: Competition or Cooperation? -- 4 The Development of Television in the United Kingdom -- The Selsdon Report -- British Television from 1936 to 1939 -- The Hankey Committee -- A National Service -- Administrative and Financial Problems -- After the War -- 5 The Independent Broadcasting Authority -- The Political Background -- The Campaign for Commercial Television -- Commercial Television in Parliament -- The Structure of the IBA -- Programme Requirements -- Advertising -- (a) Legal Requirements -- (b) Rules and Regulations -- (c) Advertising Code -- (d) Advertising for Children -- (e) Financial Advertising -- (f) Medical Advertising -- (g) Amount and Length of Advertising -- (h) Radio Advertising -- Programme Contractors -- The ITA and the Committees -- 6 The Technical Facilities of British Broadcasting -- The International Allocation of Radio Frequencies and Television Channels -- Allocation Problems in the United Kingdom -- Radio Assignments -- Television Assignments -- Studios -- Other Technical Developments -- 7 Finances in British Broadcasting -- The Sources of BBC Support -- Government Charges Against Licence Revenue -- Expenditures for Domestic Broadcasting.

Financing the External Services -- BBC Finances and Government Control -- Finances of the Independent Broadcasting Authority -- Programme Company Finances -- Advertising Agencies -- 8 British Broadcasting Personnel -- The Governing Boards -- The Directors-General -- Advisory Councils and Committees -- Staff Procedures -- Union Relations -- Staff Performance -- 9 Programmes: Introduction -- Programme Objectives -- The Radio Services -- The Television Services -- The Pattern of British Television -- 10 Programme Standards and Codes -- Problems of Control -- Codes and Complaints: Independent Broadcasting Authority -- Codes and Complaints: British Broadcasting Corporation -- 11 News Programmes -- Britain's Early Newscasts -- BBC News Concepts -- BBC Radio News -- BBC Television Newscasts -- News on IBA -- Comment and Appraisal -- International Exchange Programmes -- 12 Current Affairs, Opinions, and Controversy -- The Fourteen-Day Rule -- Current Affairs Concepts -- Current Affairs Programmes -- Audience and Government Pressures -- Party Political, Ministerial, and Budget Broadcasts -- Party Election Broadcasts -- Broadcasts of Parliament -- 13 Talks, Features, and Documentaries -- Radio Talks -- BBC Television Documentaries -- ITV Documentaries -- 14 Educational Broadcasting -- Broadcasts for Schools -- The School Broadcasting Councils -- BBC School Programmes -- IBA School Programmes -- Further Education on the BBC -- IBA Adult Education Programmes -- The Open University -- 15 Religious Broadcasting -- Legislative Requirements -- Advisory Committees -- Policy Problems -- The Closed Period -- Religious Programmes - BBC -- Religious Programmes - IBA -- Controversial Dramatic Programmes on Religious Themes -- 16 Drama, Films, and Light Entertainment -- Dramatic Programmes -- Broadcast Drama in the Schedule -- The Repertoire - BBC Radio.

The Repertoire - BBC Television -- The Repertoire - IBA Television -- Films -- Film Scheduling -- Light Entertainment -- Entertainment Programmes -- 17 Children's Programmes -- Programme Principles and Objectives -- The Programmes -- Viewing Patterns -- Appraisal -- 18 Outside Broadcasts and Sports -- Public Events -- Sports Events -- The Effects of Broadcasting on Sports -- Duplicate Coverage -- Advertising and Sports Broadcasting -- 19 Music -- Music Policy -- Staff -- Radio Music -- Needle Time -- Television Music -- Appraisal -- 20 Audience Research -- BBC Audience Research -- IBA Audience Research -- Receiver Ownership -- Listening and Viewing Patterns -- Programme Preferences -- Programme Appraisals and Appreciation -- Audience Studies by Outside Groups -- Programme Complaint Boards -- 21 External Broadcasting -- The Empire Service -- The External Services in World War II -- British-American Cooperation -- Wartime Audiences -- The Permanent Services -- Peacetime Programmes -- Jamming -- The Monitoring Service -- Peacetime Audiences -- 22 Commentary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.