Independent Television in Britain: ITV and IBA 1981-92: The Old Relationship Changes

This volume covers the years in which ITV faced more challenges than at any time in its history and its regulator—the IBA—was subject to political pressures so extreme that they brought about its abolition and rebirth as the Independent Television Commission. The book gives detailed accounts—based on documents not previously available and interviews with more than 60 senior figures in the industry—of the changes and controversies of the period. Highlights include: the conflict with government over the programme Death on the Rock; the battle with the BBC for possession of the rights to Dallas; the financial crisis at ITN; the impact of the Peacock Committee Report; and the 1990 White Paper on Broadcasting.