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The crystal bucket : television criticism from the Observer 1976-79 / Clive James

by Clive James

A collection of television reviews and cultural commentary originally published as weekly columns. These essays analyse the British media landscape and the social influence of broadcasting during the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Accession 20683 ISBN 0330267450 Publisher Picador
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