Harold Pinter’s early BBC roles: between tradition and innovation

Davies, W. (2022) Harold Pinter’s early BBC roles: between tradition and innovation. Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 42 (3). pp. 555-573. ISSN 0143-9685 doi: 10.1080/01439685.2021.1991078

Abstract/Summary

Using previously undocumented files from the BBC’s Written Archives Centre, this article accounts for Harold Pinter’s roles in BBC radio and television productions through the 1950s. The article fills the gaps in Pinter’s history with the BBC by detailing these archival records. It also examines the reception of these productions and situates them both in Pinter’s career and the history of the BBC. Along the way, this article argues that Pinter’s BBC work provides a way in to exploring the different evolutionary histories of BBC radio and television as they competed with one another for audience attention and management support.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/101093
Identification Number/DOI	10.1080/01439685.2021.1991078
Divisions	Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Literature and Languages > English Literature
Publisher	Taylor & Francis
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