Overview
- Offers a unique look at ‘making of’ wildlife documentaries
- Based on first-hand interviews conducted with David Attenborough
- Tells the full story of BBC wildlife and David Attenborough
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Science and Popular Culture (PSSPC)
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This book explores the history of wildlife television in post-war Britain. It revolves around the role of David Attenborough, whose career as a broadcaster and natural history filmmaker has shaped British wildlife television. The book discusses aspects of Attenborough’s professional biography and also explores elements of the institutional history of the BBC—from the early 1960s, when it was at its most powerful, to the 2000s, when its future is uncertain. It focuses primarily on the wildlife ‘making-of’ documentary genre, which is used to trace how television progressively became a participant in the production of knowledge about nature. With the inclusion of analysis of television programmes, first-hand accounts, BBC archival material and, most notably, interviews with David Attenborough, this volume follows the development of the professional culture of wildlife broadcasting as it has been portrayed in public. It will be of interest to wildlife television amateurs, historians of British television and students in science communication.
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Jean-Baptiste Gouyon is Associate Professor in Science Communication at UCL Department of Science and Technology Studies, UK, and Research Associate of the Science Museum, in London, UK. A historian of science in visual media, his research is on science in films, on television, and in museums. He is a member of the editorial board of the journal Public Understanding of Science, where he edits the rubric “historical moments in public understanding of science”.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: BBC Wildlife Documentaries in the Age of Attenborough
Authors: Jean-Baptiste Gouyon
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Science and Popular Culture
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19982-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-19981-4Published: 25 September 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-19982-1Published: 13 September 2019
Series ISSN: 2731-4359
Series E-ISSN: 2731-4367
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 261
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Popular Science in Cultural and Media Studies, Documentary, British Culture, Film/TV Industry, Animal Ecology