'A view from north of the border': Scotland's 'forgotten' contribution to the history of the prime-time BBC1 contemporary single TV play slot

John R. Cook

doi:10.1080/14714787.2017.1396913

'A view from north of the border': Scotland's 'forgotten' contribution to the history of the prime-time BBC1 contemporary single TV play slot

John R. Cook

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This article surveys BBC Scotland’s “forgotten” contribution to the history of the prime-time contemporary TV play slot on BBC1, including its contributions to The Wednesday Play (BBC TV, 1964-70) and its later leading involvement with The Play on One (BBC TV, 1988-91), following the demise of the London-produced Play for Today slot (BBC TV, 1970-84). The article argues that Scotland’s contribution to TV drama has been historically a rich one and that it is important to remember this today as BBC Scotland struggles to compete with BBC Wales in the wake of the latter’s designation as a national “Drama Hub”.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	325-341
Number of pages	17
Journal	Visual Culture in Britain
Volume	18
Issue number	3
Early online date	19 Mar 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/14714787.2017.1396913
Publication status	Published - 10 Apr 2018

Keywords

Scotland
television drama
BBC
Single play
1960s
1980s
nations and regions
Thatcherism
single play

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Arts and Humanities(all)
Cultural Studies
Communication
Visual Arts and Performing Arts

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10.1080/14714787.2017.1396913

Cook, J.R. (2017) A view from north of the border': Scotland's 'forgotten' contribution to the history of the prime-time BBC1 contemporary single TV play slot
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Visual Culture in Britain on 22 November 2017, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/14714787.2017.1396913
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'A view from north of the border': Scotland's 'forgotten' contribution to the history of the prime-time BBC1 contemporary single TV play slot

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