’20 new plays’, BBC, 1960-61

7th December 2020

John Wyver writes: Among my television ephemera is a handsome 12-page pamphlet printed in black and red on high quality paper published by the BBC in the late summer of 1960. 20 new plays presented by BBC Television (respecting the more

‘This is Music Hall’, 1955

5th December 2020

John Wyver writes: I am increasingly fascinated by British television in the early to mid-1950s. This was a moment when the medium was becoming increasingly confident and an ever more significant presence in both public life and in the private more

Sunday links at 100, part 1

1st November 2020

John Wyver writes: this is the one hundredth set of Sunday links since we over-hauled our website back in 2014. The feature took a number of forms before that, including 'Links for the weekend', and there was a long period more

Sunday links

25th October 2020

John Wyver writes: The world gets worse (and will, for at least another 9 sleeps), but hopefully Sunday links stays much the same. My thanks to those in my Twitter feed who continue to recommend so much great stuff for more

Making ‘Drama…’, 4. The Graphics

10th October 2020

John Wyver writes: With transmission on Monday evening (9pm, BBC Four, in case you're in any doubt) hurtling towards us I'm returning to this series of posts reflecting on the production process of our documentary about Play for Today, Drama more

Making ‘Drama…’, 3. The Archive

1st October 2020

John Wyver writes: with Monday 12 October now confirmed for BBC Four's initial transmission of Drama out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today, I'm going to continue my series of posts about the making of the documentary. more

‘Play for Today’: 50 years on [Updated 9/10]

23rd September 2020

John Wyver writes: with the 50th anniversary of the first Play for Today broadcast in 1970 fast approaching, and with our BBC Four documentary about the strand, Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today, scheduled at more