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Selected
Reading List
Books
OLD TELEVISION
by Andrew Emmerson. Shire Publications, 1998, £2.95. I put my own book first
only because it's the cheapest introduction to the subject.
BOX OF DELIGHTS
by Hilary Kingsley and Geoff Tibballs. Macmillan, £14.95. Masterpiece research
combined with gifted, sympathetic writing, covering the 1950s to the 1980s.
Programmes, personalities and even favourite commercials are all included,
plus a Where are they now? section.
BRITISH TELEVISION
by Tise Vahimagi. Monster illustrated paperback from the Oxford University
Press, £12.99. Detailed entries on more than 1,100 favourite TV programmes
from 1936 to the present.
CLASSIC BRITISH
TV by Paul Cornell, Martin Day and Keith Topping. Guinness Books, £14.99.
Substantial in-depth study of over 100 classic and well-loved programmes.
COLLECTOR'S
GUIDE TO VINTAGE TELEVISIONS by Bryan Durbal and Glenn Bubenheimer is
an identification and price guide published in the USA. In 176 pages it surveys
1,400 different vintage sets from 1945 to 1960 and transistor sets down to
1980. There are 200 colour photos and the price is $15.95 plus postage. You
can get it from ARC, Box 2, Carlisle, MA 01741, USA (phone 00 1 978 371 0512,
fax 371 7129, e-mail ARC@antiqueradio.com, web www.antiqueradio.com); credit
cards are welcome.
GOLDEN AGE
OF CHILDREN'S TELEVISION by Geoff Tibballs. Titan Books, £9.99. Large
format paperback covering the years 1950 to 1975, difficult to fault.
HISTORIC
TELEVISIONS & VIDEO RECORDERS by Michael Bennett-Levy (£15 post-paid
from MBL Publications, Monkton House, Old Craighall, Musselburgh, Midlothian,
EH21 8SF). Large colour illustrated paperback, the title says it all - a picture
book of delightful old equipment.
TV IS KING
by Michael Bennett-Levy (£17 post-paid from MBL Publications, Monkton House,
Old Craighall, Musselburgh, Midlothian, EH21 8SF). More sumptuous colour illustrations,
the sequel to Historic Televisions and Video Recorders.
WHAT'S
ON THE BOX by
David Lazell (£9.99 from Evergreen, P.O. Box 52, Cheltenham, Glos., GL50 1YQ).
An engaging history of television viewing from early times to modern.
Magazines
405
Alive First magazine devoted entirely to vintage television topics. Now incorporated into the BVWS.
Journal of the
TEST CARD CIRCLE (TV trade
test transmissions and test card music). Send SAE for details to 20 Seymour
Road, Wollescote, Stourbridge, DY9 8TB.
TEST CARDS
and TV GRAPHICS REVIEW. Two magazines edited by Keith Hamer, 7 Epping
Close, Derby, DE3 4HR.
Newsletter of
the PROGRAMME PRESERVATION SOCIETY (this aims to help members lend
each other copies of old television and radio programmes). Richard Berry, 230 Selsdon Road, Croydon, Surrey CR2 6PL.