examining BBC production documentation and audience research to identify the institutional discourses that surrounded the making and transmission of these programmes. Recurrent arguments throughout the production of the series form a framework of institutional expectations within which classic theatrical plays were commissioned, made and presented for BBC Television. Having identified these questions (relating to audience address, populism, and the viability of creating a unified ‘house style’ across the diverse plays included in an anthology series), the article assesses the contemporary press discourse surrounding Television World Theatre before concluding with a consideration of how the experience of Television World Theatre affected expectations the next time that the BBC attempted a similar project in Festival (1963–1964).
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Television World Theatre has 1 season.
Television World Theatre has 14 episodes.
The key characters in Television World Theatre are Hecuba (Catherine Lacey), Billy Dunn (Harold Scott), Ragnar Brovik (David Markham).
Television World Theatre was directed by John Jacobs, Peter Dews, Stuart Burge, Harold Clayton, Alan Bromly, Rudolph Cartier, Max Faber.
Television World Theatre was produced by Harold Clayton, Peter Dews, Douglas Allen, Michael Barry, Alan Bromly, Stuart Burge, Hal Burton, Rudolph Cartier, Michael Elliott, Stephen Harrison, Campbell Logan, Casper Wrede.
examining BBC production documentation and audience research to identify the institutional discourses that surrounded the making and transmission of these programmes. Recurrent arguments throughout the production of the series form a framework of institutional expectations within which classic theatrical plays were commissioned, made and presented for BBC Television. Having identified these questions (relating to audience address, populism, and the viability of creating a unified ‘house style’ across the diverse plays included in an anthology series), the article assesses the contemporary press discourse surrounding Television World Theatre before concluding with a consideration of how the experience of Television World Theatre affected expectations the next time that the BBC attempted a similar project in Festival (1963–1964).
Television World Theatre is rated TV-Y.
Television World Theatre is a Dramat, Komedia show.
Television World Theatre episodes are 21 h 25 min long.
No, this show was canceled after 1 season.