Apr 19, 2011
Life and death? No, Much more Important than that; How Sport turned into Big Business and a Global Obsession
49 minutes
Podcast · Inglés
Broadcast Media
Oxford University
The News International Visiting Professorship of Broadcast Media was established in 1996, as part of a generous benefaction from Rupert Murdoch. It is an annual appointment and the Professor will give at least 4 lectures during the academic year (usually in January/February). 2010's Visiting Professor is television and film producer Stephen Garrett, the man who brought Spooks and Life on Mars to our screens. Oxford alumnus Professor Garrett read jurisprudence at Merton College and is now Executive Chairman of Kudos Film and Television Ltd, one of Britain's premier television production companies. His lectures explore the relationship between creativity and commerce through the prism of late 20th and early 21st century TV fiction on both sides of the Atlantic. The 2011 Professor, Matthew Engel, the journalist and sports writer, gave a series of lectures entitled 'Please, mister, can we have our ball back? Sport, the media, and the people'
Episodes
Ordered by publication date.
Apr 19, 2011
It's the Cat's Whisker: How Sport and the Media developed together, from Mesopotamia to John Logie Baird
49 minutes
Apr 19, 2011
From Reith to wreath; The Great Days of Sport on BBC TV and how they ended
49 minutes
Apr 19, 2011
You are the Earth, You are the Sky; How one man become the dominant force in the British media's coverage of sport. Does that mean he controls sport itself?
48 minutes
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