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Atlee wins election
Slogan a Fairer share for all. Promises for the NHS, nationalisation of coal steel and the railways, -
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Brief encounter
Working class characters portrait insincerely in only minor roles, which was common for this period. It shows the idea that working class people were less proper. However, it should be noted that this is a reflection of the people who held power not the whole of society. It shows the deeply engrained expectations of marriage and the stigmatisation of an affair and thus mirrors attitudes. However, the film in itself does not criticise the idea of an affair and thus could be seen as a beginning of -
Ealing combedies
A good example of these is Passport to Pimlico. Passport to Pimlico shows a frustration against rationing which runs contrary to the popular view of the period. -
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Birth of the teenager
First time teenagers existed as a group. The popular group were Teddyboys who listened to rock and roll, dressed in long jackets, drain pipe trousers and had quiffs. -
Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
It was the first national TV event with 27 million of the U.K.'s 36 million population watching it on TV. Many TV’s were brought especially for the occasion. It shows that national pride and respect still existed. -
CND formed
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Six Five Special
First BBC TV program to feature rock and roll. Shows that attitudes to rock and rol must have changed. -
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Permissive sixties???
The 1960’s saw the introduction of new fashions such as the mini skirt and op art. While mail order and cheap labels made these fashions available to all and fashion supplements.Whi promoted them they did not become mainstream.
The large body of permissive legislation passed, 1965 abolishing the death penalty, making divorce easier in 1969, legalising homosexual acts and abortion in 1967, was the result of private members bills and did not represent the opinion of the government or the public. -
Profumo Affair
Profumo Affair: Profumo secretary state for war had an affair with Keeler who was also having an affair with a Russian Naval Attaché. Profumo lied to parliament about the affair before it was uncovered by investigative journalism and Private Eye. It is significant because the scandals of the elite were normally kept private and it shows the growth and power of investigative journalism. -
A taste of Honney
Archetypal example of a new wave film. It was about a working class women having an affair with a Nigerian Dock worker and then raising the child with the help of a gay friend. All of these things were considered very taboo; however, they were portrayed in a positive light. -
Beyond the fring
Beyond the Fringe was a satirical theatre show, which attacked the government especially the PM. It was highly controversial; however, the Queen reportedly laughed at it. MacMillan went to see it. During the performance, Peter Cook improvised a direct attack on MacMillan. This was unprecedented and shows a break down in respect for authority. -
Beatles first Number 1
The Beatles were the first youth movement, which had broad appeal. It became acceptable for the elite to listen to the Beatles; they even performed in the royal variety performance.While there had been fashions associated with Rock and Roll the Beatles in many ways were responsible for the “with it” clothes that became quite so ubiquitous. -
Radio Caroline
The BBC only played a very limited amount of music from records because of a deal with the music union. Radio Caroline and the other pirate stations were popular during this period as they broadcast a large quantity of popular music from records. They were able to do this due to commercial deals with the record labels and the fact that they broadcast from international waters. -
"Clean up TV " formed
Mary White house started the "Clean up TV" campaign which became the "NVLA" -
Cathy Come Home
Classic example of a Wednesday play. It was about homelessness. It has been credited in changing people’s attitudes to homeless people and changes to Birmingham City council’s policy. -
Rivers of Blood Speech
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First page three
Sexuall liberation? sexual exploitation? -
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Disaterous seventies???
Hard hitting documentaries such as world in action provied a bleak tone to life,The times had to close for a year because of strikes by the press union. Unions in general were very strong. They organised flying pickets and wildcat strikes. Public sector workers walked out sparking the winter of discontent. Some of these behaviours can be seen as anarchic or as a transfer of authority to the trade unions. However in 1974 and after the miners unions deliberately acted to reduce violence.
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Clock Work Orange
‘Clock Work Orange’ was a dystopian film whose government mind control and extreme violence formed a very anarchic sentiment. However, despite critical acclaim it was not especially successful in the box office. -
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Punk Rock
This form of music was highly rebellious, for instance ‘God Save the Queen’. A important part of the punk movement was the rejection of fashion. This entailed wearing ripped jeans etc and t-shirts held together with safety pins. However, it should be noted that these fashions became commercialised themselves. Punk has been seen as promoting female independence as several punk bands had formidable lead singers. However, it should be noted that Punk was a minority genre with the majority of people -
Confessions of a windwo cleaner
This was soft porn so its success in the box office suggests a move towards more liberal attitudes. -
Faulty Towers
Classic example of a 1970's Sitcom -
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Original Star Wars Trilogy
Classic example of the growth in cinema audiences in the 1980's. Big budget Hollywood blockbusters with several sequalls and with huge amounts of merchandise. -
First life on earth series
Similar documentaries form part of the national establishment and very much go against the idea of anarchic documentaries. -
Thatcher elected
Her Thatcherite ideology lead to rapid liberalisation of many sectors of the British economy. Often accredited with promoting a society of greed. "If you've got it flaunt it" Yuppies, Two earner families, growth in buying on credit. -
Falklands war
An interesting example of Journalism. Sun headline Gotcha. Lack of investigative reporting -
Channel 4 set up
In part blamed for the dumbing down of TV by promoting increaesed comercialisation and reliance on add revenues. -
Stock Aitken Waterman formed
Classic example of the growth of manafactured pop. It was very succesful with artists such as Kylie Minogue. -
Passage to India
A classic example of a them film as it both uses the literary Canon and British history to appeal to broad parts of the US market. -
My Beautiful Laundrette
A classic example of an us film, it deals wtih Racism and homosexuality. -
Battle of Wapping
Murdoch moved to an automated Prinitng Press in Wapping resutling in 50% layoffs and mass strikes. -
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First wave New Media
Video recorders democratised culture by freeing people from the control of schedulers. This is further done by the ability to buy or more importantly rent videos from shops.
The number of channels on satellite and cable TV meant that there were single genre channels for the first time. This meant that culture fragmented into subcultures. It also leads to 24 Hour news. This lead to the “Global village”. A good example of this is the real time reporting of the 1st gulf war. -
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Second Wave New Media
Mobile phones, the internet especially Web 2.0 and Digital TV are all considered second wave new Media. -
Doctor David Kelly Suicide
The culmination of a series of events in which the BBC published a series of damming allegations against the government of the day regarding the Iraq war, -
Riverbends Blog
Iraq Blogger in Baghdad providing citizedn journalism on the Iraq war. -
Facebook founded
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90% of under 16’s have a mobile phone.