Assignment 2
Comment on the way British television output differed from Hollywood film production in the years between 1952 and the launch of Channel Four-
The united states is the oldest film industry, Hollywood had some of the largest film studios such as Hollywood pictures, Miramax films and touchstone Pictures. The only Studio that really rivalled Americas in britain was J.Arthur Rank’s studio. Nestor studios was the first movie studio in Hollywood. Film was huge in Hollywood whereas in Britain William Shakespeare dominated peoples perception as he was the gretaest dramatist. People were brought up on theatre and shakespeare and film was not popular in Britain at the time as english films were too influenced by theatre. England was wealthy though and able to transport filoms to America as they were both the English Language.
Jonh Reith was a Scottish broadcasting executive who established the tradition of independent public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom. He was a strong leader and really contributed to the British Broadcasting company as the General manager and Chairman. The BBC is the longest established broadcaster in the world. Channel 4 is a UK public-service television broadcaster which began working on November 2, 1982. The downfall of Hollywood films was because of British television becoming so popular in the 1950’s.