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The Magic Box: Viewing Britain through the Rectangular Window by Rob Young

mike_brough's review

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5.0

A secret history of British television. Young weaves a number of threads to produce a convincing argument that Britain (mainly England) is a country at war itself and which has always been.

I'm off to watch Penda's Fen.

derekjohnston's review against another edition

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emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

dobs407's review

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informative medium-paced

3.75

ipb1's review

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4.0

To be honest I'm not sure what the overall thesis was, or even if it intended to present one. But for a child of the 70s/80s this is just a wonderful reminiscence of (mostly) the outer-edges of popular tv.
It taps into that nostalgia addiction in exactly the same way as those endless (and tbh pretty self-aware) "50 Best xxx" countdown progs do.
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