Entries are alphabetical, with keywords indexed accompanied by lists for
further reading in the three volumes comprising the Museum of Broadcast
Communications Encyclopedia of Television edited by Horace Newcombe (Fitzroy
Dearborn, £175, ISBN 1 88964 26 5). The content is international and
diverse. Absolutely Fabulous, I Love Lucy, Beavis and Butthead and Dixon of Dock
Green sit with Jacques Cousteau, John Logie Baird, Philo Farnsworth and Vladimir
Zworykin. Sony’s Betacam professional camcorder is there, along with the
consumer Betamax copyright case in the US Court of Appeals. A must-have for
anyone with a serious interest in television.
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