John Wyver is a writer and producer with Illuminations, and Professor of the Arts on Screen at the University of Westminster, UK. His numerous productions for television and event cinema have been honoured with a BAFTA, an International Emmy and a Peabody. His publications include The Royal Shakespeare Company on Screen: A Critical History (2019) and the collection co-edited with Amanda Wrigley, Screen Plays: Theatre Plays on British Television (2022).

The first thoroughly extensive study of the period … While Wyver’s book is undeniably constructed as a work of serious research, it is also funny, enlightening [and] revelatory … He has also unearthed a story of cultural pioneers so very nearly forgotten. Someone should adapt it into a TV series.

• Introduction1. Listening In, Looking Forward2. 'Practical television is here'3. 'A new technique'4. The Importance of Isidore5. Starting Out at the Palace6. Performing television7. Dramatic success8. The world elsewhere9. The challenge of cinema television10. Looking InCodaBibliographyIndex

John Wyver is a writer and producer with Illuminations, and Professor of the Arts on Screen at the University of Westminster, UK. His numerous productions for television and event cinema have been honoured with a BAFTA, an International Emmy and a Peabody. His publications include The Royal Shakespeare Company on Screen: A Critical History (2019) and the collection co-edited with Amanda Wrigley, Screen Plays: Theatre Plays on British Television (2022).

The first thoroughly extensive study of the period … While Wyver’s book is undeniably constructed as a work of serious research, it is also funny, enlightening [and] revelatory … He has also unearthed a story of cultural pioneers so very nearly forgotten. Someone should adapt it into a TV series.

• Introduction1. Listening In, Looking Forward2. 'Practical television is here'3. 'A new technique'4. The Importance of Isidore5. Starting Out at the Palace6. Performing television7. Dramatic success8. The world elsewhere9. The challenge of cinema television10. Looking InCodaBibliographyIndex

John Wyver is a writer and producer with Illuminations, and Professor of the Arts on Screen at the University of Westminster, UK. His numerous productions for television and event cinema have been honoured with a BAFTA, an International Emmy and a Peabody. His publications include The Royal Shakespeare Company on Screen: A Critical History (2019) and the collection co-edited with Amanda Wrigley, Screen Plays: Theatre Plays on British Television (2022).

The first thoroughly extensive study of the period … While Wyver’s book is undeniably constructed as a work of serious research, it is also funny, enlightening [and] revelatory … He has also unearthed a story of cultural pioneers so very nearly forgotten. Someone should adapt it into a TV series.

• Introduction1. Listening In, Looking Forward2. 'Practical television is here'3. 'A new technique'4. The Importance of Isidore5. Starting Out at the Palace6. Performing television7. Dramatic success8. The world elsewhere9. The challenge of cinema television10. Looking InCodaBibliographyIndex