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Television

1985-02-121 seasons · 13 episodes0h 45mDocumentary8.0/10TMDB · 1 votes

Exhaustive 13-part survey of the television medium from its hesitant beginnings in the 1920s to the multi-million dollar extravaganzas of today and the cable and satellite technologies of the future [relative to 1985]. Tackling the medium as a worldwide phenomenon, the series examines each of the principal areas of programming - news, drama, documentaries, and light entertainment - and the unique impact of "live" coverage.

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13 episodes1985-02-12

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Original languageEnglish

Original release1985-02-12

ProductionUnited Kingdom

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Ian HolmSelf - Narrator (voice)

George Gerbner

Arthur C. Clarke

Fred W. Friendly

Herbert Brodkin

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Walter CronkiteWilliam ShatnerSpike MilliganRichard CawstonKen LoachHarold WilsonPamela StephensonDavid FrostDennis PotterMary WhitehouseIndira GandhiKurt WagenführElma FarnsworthGerhart GoebelJohn PulmanDon OhlmeyerHugh GreeneTaro KimuraPierre SalingerDean RuskWilliam T. OrrHisashi YamauchiDaniel FilhoGore VidalRod SteigerPeter CushingYoshihiko OkamotoMilton BerleHughie GreenMichael ParkinsonRaffaella CarràJoan Ganz CooneyFranco ZeffirelliDavid L. WolperDavid AttenboroughDick Van Dyke

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