South Korea started to broadcast television series () in the 1960s. Since then, the shows became popular worldwide, partially due to the spread of the Korean Wave, with streaming services that offer multiple language subtitles. Korean dramas are usually helmed by one director and written by one screenwriter, thus having a distinct directing style and language, unlike American television series, where often several directors and writers work together. Series set in contemporary times usually run for one season, for 12−24 episodes of 60 minutes each. Historical series ("Sageuk") may be longer, with 50 to 200 episodes, and are either based on historical figures, incorporate historical events, or use a historical backdrop.
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Miniseries
Miniseries | South Korea
South Korea started to broadcast television series () in the 1960s Series set in contemporary times usually run for one season, for 12−24 episodes of 60 minutes each. They started to broadcast television series in the 1960s. They started to broadcast television series in the 1960s, with 50 to 200 episodes, and are either based on historical figures, incorporate historical events, or use a historical backdrop.
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August 18, 2017
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American streaming television miniseries
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Petrie and Ramirez
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Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist
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Development began in late 2013, with Cox the first actor cast in May 2014
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It is a television program that tells a story in a predetermined, limited number of episodes
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The term was coined in the US in the early 1970s
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The term was coined in the US in the early 1970s; with the proliferation of the format in the 1980s and 90s, television films broadcast over even two or three nights were commonly referred to as miniseries
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The British television "serial" is rooted in dramatic radio productions developed between the First and the Second World Wars
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The British television "serial" is rooted in dramatic radio productions developed between the First and the Second World Wars. In the 1920s the BBC pioneered dramatic readings of books. In 1925 it broadcast "A Christmas Carol", which has become a holiday favourite. Later, John Reith, wanting to use radio waves to "part the clouds of ignorance", came up with the idea of a "classic serial", based on a "classical" literary text. In 1939 the BBC adapted the romantic novel "The Prisoner of Zenda" for radio broadcast. Its adapter, Jack Inglis, summed up his approach as follows: "The story is simple, with clear cut characters, and falls easily into episodes.
Miniseries | United Kingdom
South Korea started to broadcast television series () in the 1960s. Since then, the shows became popular worldwide, partially due to the spread of the Korean Wave, with streaming services that offer multiple language subtitles. Korean dramas are usually helmed by one director and written by one screenwriter, thus having a distinct directing style and language, unlike American television series, where often several directors and writers work together. Series set in contemporary times usually run for one season, for 12−24 episodes of 60 minutes each. Historical series ("Sageuk") may be longer, with 50 to 200 episodes, and are either based on historical figures, incorporate historical events, or use a historical backdrop.
Miniseries | South Korea
In British television, the term "serial" is used instead of "miniseries." Like telenovelas, these programs are stand-alone dramas, with a conclusion at the last episode of the season.
Limited-run series | United Kingdom
It always seems to me, that it is the first duty of an adapter to reproduce in another medium the original flavour and atmosphere of the book". Inglis compressed several characters into one and simplified the plotline. The production struck a chord with listeners and served as a prototype for serials that followed it. Post-war BBC television picked up the classic radio serial tradition by broadcasting "The Warden" by Anthony Trollope over six-episodes in 1951. "Pride and Prejudice" was serialised in 1952, "Jane Eyre" in 1955. In 1953 the BBC broadcast the first serial written specifically for television: the six-part "The Quatermass Experiment".
Miniseries | United Kingdom
Production teams originally sent two tapes to the channels; a primary copy and a backup copy. However, due to the tight filming schedules, a 70-minute episode might arrive at the broadcasting station on seven separate tapes in ten-minute installments. It happens that while the episode is being broadcast, the crew would be still shooting the last minutes or cutting the rest of the episode. During the airing of the nineteenth episode of "Man from the Equator", screens countrywide went black for 10 minutes. Actor Kwon Sang-woo was openly complaining that he was still shooting "Queen of Ambition" 30 minutes before the last episode began airing.
Korean drama | Filmmaking process
Its success paved the way for two more six-part serials: "Quatermass II" in 1955 and "Quatermass and the Pit" in 1958. Early television technology considerably influenced the quality of the broadcast product: almost all productions were broadcast live from a small studio, with inserts shot on 35 mm film at the beginning and end of episodes. After the invention of videotape the production could be recorded for re-runs. In November 1960 the BBC televised a thirteen-episode adaptation of Charles Dickens's "Barnaby Rudge". In December of that year it broadcast a four-episode dramatization of Jane Austen's "Persuasion".
Miniseries | United Kingdom
The high cost and technical difficulties of staging a new play every week, which would cost as much as—or more than—an episode of a filmed television series, led to the demise of anthology programming by the end of the 1950s. The void was filled with less expensive series like "Gunsmoke" or "Wagon Train", which featured the same characters every week and had higher potential for lucrative rebroadcast and syndication rights. It was the American success in 1969–1970 of the British 26-episode serial "The Forsyte Saga" (1967) that made TV executives realize that finite multi-episode stories based on novels could be popular and could provide a boost to weekly viewing figures.
Miniseries | North America
Filming for the second season started in February 2019, with Director Park In-je joining the production to direct the second episode and onward from season two. On January 16, 2018, a crew member of the art team died due to overwork. On March 14, 2019, it was confirmed that in the midst of filming the second season, a staff member in the production team died after a car accident.
Kingdom (South Korean TV series) | Development
Television shows that featured uniquely American styles of music, such as "Sing Along with Mitch" and "Hootenanny", were quickly canceled and replaced with shows such as "Shindig!" and "Hullabaloo" that were better positioned to play the new British hits, and segments of the new shows were taped in England.
British Invasion | Film and television
Other locations were Selkirk, a town in the Scottish Borders, Burnley in Lancashire, and the Bluebell Railway in Sussex, where the final and the beginning scenes were shot. Additional railway sequences were filmed in Yorkshire, using carriages provided by the Vintage Carriages Trust As a costume drama, "North & South" required substantial work from the art department. In 2005 the serial's production designer Simon Elliot received a British Academy Television Award nomination for Best Production Design.
North &amp; South (TV serial) | Filming
This means she no longer exists and gives her the perfect opportunity not to change her mind and carry out her intentions of a mass suicide bombing. Part one of the story is told from Sohail's point of view, while part two is from Nasima's point of view. The serial was filmed in London, Bradford, Leeds and Hyderabad, India, not Rawalpindi though part of the story is set there, especially in Part II. The DVD was released in the UK on 5 November 2007.
Britz (TV serial) | Plot
British television, like its American counterpart, began developing in the 1930s, with the BBC Television Service beginning regular broadcasts in 1936. The early British television drama borrowed a great deal from dramatic radio productions developed between the First and the Second World Wars. In the 1920s the BBC pioneered dramatic readings of books. In 1925 it broadcast "A Christmas Carol", which has become a holiday favourite. Later, John Reith, wanting to use radio waves to "part the clouds of ignorance", came up with the idea of a "classic serial", based on a "classical" literary text. In 1939 the BBC adapted the romantic novel "The Prisoner of Zenda" for radio broadcast.
Golden Age of Television | United Kingdom
Since the beginning of the 1950s, television was introduced to Korea by RCA to sell second-hand black & white TV sets as a marketing scheme. Some TV sets were strategically set up at Pagoda Park, others at the Seoul Station and Gwanghwamun during this time. However it was not until 1956 when South Korea began its own television broadcasting station, the HLKZ-TV, part of the KORCAD (RCA Distribution Company). The first ever Korean television drama, 천국의 문 (The Gates of Heaven) in 1956, planning director Choi Chang-Bong spent two and a half months continuously fixing the script, preparing sets and even the first instance of special effects, all for a drama that lasted no longer than fifteen minutes.
Television in South Korea | History
It was shown in the United States on public television and broadcast all over the world, and became the first British television programme to be sold to the Soviet Union.
The Forsyte Saga | 1967 serial
had a facsimile machine that was used to upload 202 pictures from the South Atlantic over the course of the war. The Royal Navy leased bandwidth on the U.S. Defense Satellite Communications System for worldwide communications. Television demands a thousand times the data rate of telephone, but the Ministry of Defence was unsuccessful in convincing the U.S. to allocate more bandwidth. TV producers suspected that the enquiry was half-hearted; since the Vietnam War television pictures of casualties and traumatised soldiers were recognised as having negative propaganda value. However, the technology only allowed uploading a single frame per 20 minutes—and only if the military satellites were allocated 100% to television transmissions.
Falklands War | United Kingdom
In the United States, it aired in first-run syndication. Only six episodes were shown in the Netherlands. UK repeat runs varied among regions. Granada, HTV and Tyne Tees continued to air the series into 1972, while the Midlands repeated it four times in colour between 1969 and 1974. In other areas, like Yorkshire, it was not repeated at all. In the mid-1980s, the ITV network broadcast the series on Saturday mornings as well as in segmented form as part of Night Network.
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons | Broadcasts
Its adapter, Jack Inglis, summed up his approach as follows: "The story is simple, with clear cut characters, and falls easily into episodes. It always seems to me, that it is the first duty of an adapter to reproduce in another medium the original flavour and atmosphere of the book". Inglis compressed several characters into one and simplified the plotline. The production struck a chord with listeners and served as a prototype for dramatic productions that followed it. BBC television broadcasts ceased in 1939, as did the production of television receivers, resuming in 1946 after World War II. The golden age of British TV enjoyed its peak around the same time as in the United States, ranging from approximately 1949 to 1955 – although the term has been used to describe the period right through until the 1970s.
Golden Age of Television | United Kingdom
South Korea started to broadcast television series in the 1960s. In the 1990s, traditional historical series transformed into the present miniseries format, creating the notion of "fusion sageuks". A single director usually leads Korean dramas, which are often written by a single screenwriter. This often leads to each drama having distinct directing and dialogue styles. This differs from American television series, which can rely on multiple directors and writers working together. Series set in contemporary times typically run for a single season and usually contain 12 to 24 episodes of 60 minutes each. Historical series may be longer, with up to 200 episodes, but they also generally run for only one season.
Korean drama | Format
The series began broadcasting in Serbia on B92 beginning on May 6, 2011; in Republic of Ireland on RTÉ One beginning on May 21, 2011; and in Australia on ABC1, beginning on May 22, 2011.
The Kennedys (miniseries) | United Kingdom
The serial began with the advent of movie serials of the early 20th century. With the emergence of television and subsequent decline of the movie-going audience, production of movie serials ceased due to the decreasing revenues. But the serial lived on, moving instead to the small screen and the world of Broadcast syndication television reruns.
Serial (radio and television) | History
The serial is commonly regarded as one of the most successful BBC television dramas of the 1990s, described by "The Daily Telegraph" as "a production where all ... worked to serve a writer's vision. We are not likely to look upon its like again". It has been named by the British Film Institute as one of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes of the 20th century, by "The Guardian" newspaper as the third greatest television drama of all time and by the "Radio Times" magazine as one of the 40 greatest television programmes. It was awarded three British Academy Television Awards (BAFTAs), two Royal Television Society Awards, four Broadcasting Press Guild Awards, and a Certificate of Merit from the San Francisco International Film Festival.
Our Friends in the North | Introduction
The show had a "magazine" format. It sought to include a variety of sounds from current events such as an atom smasher at work or artillery fire from Korea. It was the artillery fire that produced one of the show's more poignant moments as it backdropped the words of American soldiers fighting the Korean War. The entire premise of the show was to include the "actual sound of history in the making," according to Murrow. Some of the show's audio was what "Time Magazine" called "fairly routine" in 1950. Such soundbites as Communist China's General Wu and Russia's Andrei Vishinsky along with U.S.
Hear It Now | Format
Until 1949 the series was not recorded and thus none of the pre-1949 programmes exist anymore. Four shows from 1951 have survived in the form of telerecordings.
Picture Page | Introduction
Flannery extended the serial to six episodes, one for each United Kingdom general election from 1964 to 1979. However, by this point in the mid-1980s, Michael Grade was Director of Programmes for BBC Television, and he had no interest in the project. By 1989, Wearing had been recalled to the central BBC drama department in London where he was made Head of Serials. This new seniority eventually allowed him to further the cause of "Our Friends in the North". Flannery wrote to the BBC's then Managing Director of Television, Will Wyatt, "accusing him of cowardice for not approving it." The BBC was concerned not only with the budget and resources that would be required to produce the serial, but also with potential legal issues.
Our Friends in the North | 1980s attempts at production
However, ignoring the assessment that it is the golden age of drama, the 2010s were the worst Dark Ages for historical period dramas, especially in the field of "Daeha Drama," called traditional historical dramas. In fact, the production of historical dramas has slowed down since the late 2000s, as major dramas dealing with the Three Kingdoms Period and Korea History suffered a series of crushing defeats in ratings and completeness. In addition, as the status of terrestrial broadcasters in the drama market decreased in the 2010s and the market environment was reorganized around the cable and general programming, the atmosphere of avoiding high-quality historical dramas began to form.
History of Korean television drama | 2010s Korean drama
The serial is based on the 1855 Victorian novel "North and South" by Elizabeth Gaskell and takes place in the years surrounding the Great Exhibition of 1851. It was adapted for television by Sandy Welch and directed by Brian Percival.
North &amp; South (TV serial) | Introduction
All series two and three episodes survive as 16mm telerecordings. These have been released to DVD, as have all of the Emma Peel and Tara King episodes, which were shot on film. The two earlier-found surviving complete Keel episodes, plus the remnant of the first episode, have also been released in the UK and US, but are not currently available in the US. All original videotapes from series one, two and three were wiped. From the late 1990s to the early 2000s, A&E TV Home Entertainment (under license from Canal+ Image International) released the remaining surviving series on Region 1 DVD in North America, with newly remastered picture and sound quality.
The Avengers (TV programme) | Home media
BBC Worldwide also signed a deal with the Korean Broadcasting System. On-screen warnings of re-enacted elements were shown in "Hidden Kingdoms". One of the scenes, featuring a mouse leaping to escape the jaws of a rattlesnake, was created by filming rattlesnakes making strikes at a hot towel placed above a camera, which was then merged with footage of the mouse.
Hidden Kingdoms | Production
The American soap opera format lost popularity in favor of reality television and daytime talk shows. Prime-time television serials and Spanish-language telenovelas remain popular globally. A new development in global television is the great popularity of Turkish drama series in parts of Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America. Korean dramas continued to enjoy widespread mainstream popularity across Asia. The launch of Korean entertainment channels like Sony ONE and tvN Asia gave access to millions of viewers across parts of East, South and Southeast Asia to watch Korean programs simultaneously with the South Korean broadcast or hours after its broadcast in South Korea.
2010s in culture | Television
In the UK, the series was shown on the History Channel in April 2011 and on BBC Two and BBC HD in June 2011. Public response were generally positive.
The Kennedys (miniseries) | United Kingdom ratings
The series was shot entirely in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is part of the BBC World War I centenary season and was first announced by Janice Hadlow, the controller of BBC Two, on 22 August 2013. The series seeks to quash assumptions about the war's inevitability, such as the Sarajevo shooting making the war inevitable. Writer and producers Mark Hayhurst and Sue Horth compiled a 175-page book tracing "every conference, every telephone call, private letter and telegram swirling around Europe" before writing the script.
37 Days (TV series) | Production
Production costs on this serial were mitigated by the support of Lucasfilm, who sold the rights to NPR for a nominal $1 fee, and by the participation of the BBC in an international co-production deal. "Star Wars" was credited with generating a 40% rise in NPR's ratings and quadrupling the network's youth audience overnight. Radio adaptations of the sequels followed with "The Empire Strikes Back" in 1983 and "Return of the Jedi" in 1996. Thanks in large part to the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities, public radio continued to air a smattering of audio drama until the mid-1980s.
Radio drama | 1960–2000: Decline in the United States
Following its success in Britain, the series was shown in the United States on public television and broadcast all over the world, and became the first BBC television programme to be sold to the Soviet Union. The worldwide audience was estimated as something in the region of 160 million. The series won a Royal Television Society Silver Medal and a BAFTA for Best Drama Series or Serial. Following its transmission in 1967 by RTÉ, Ireland's public broadcaster, the BBC production won a Jacob's Award at the annual presentation ceremony in Dublin.
The Forsyte Saga (1967 TV series) | Broadcast and reception
British television broadcasting was suspended for the duration of the Second World War amid fears the signals would help German bombers. Broadcasting resumed in 1946.
1944 in British television | Events
As calamity looms among the living, only one question remains; can the Prince save his people in time and end the political turmoil in the capital or will the plague mark the end of the Joseon dynasty?
Kingdom (South Korean TV series) | Synopsis
South Korea became one of the world's largest Asian-based television drama producers at the start of the 21st century. Korean dramas have been exported globally and have contributed to the Korean Wave phenomenon known as "Hallyu".
Telenovela | South Korea
In the early 2000s, the serial was also repeated on the UK Drama channel. In April 1997, the serial was released on VHS by BMG Video in two separate sets, "1964 – 1974" and "1979 – 1995". In 2002, BMG released the complete series on DVD, which along with the original episodes contained several extra features, including a retrospective discussion of the series by Wearing, Pattinson, Flannery, James and Cellan Jones, and specially shot interviews with Eccleston and McKee. Simply Media brought out a second DVD release of the serial in September 2010, although on this occasion there were no extra features.
Our Friends in the North | Legacy
As television sets started to be rolled out en masse, the number of television series also grew. Just like in cinema, however, the policies of the ruling regime affected them as well. Thus dramatic historical figures were replaced by national heroes like general Yi Sun-shin or Sejong the Great. Sageuk of the time mixed legends and reality, the major cause of which was the enormous demand for TV series. Historical factual accuracy would have required scriptwriters to research historical documents written in hanja characters, which, considering the demand and the daily episodes, would have been impossible. Also, legends were easier to be dramatized.
Sageuk | 1970s
While technically the word "sageuk" literally translates to "historical drama," the term is typically reserved for dramas taking place during Korean history. Popular subjects of sageuks have traditionally included famous battles, royalty, famous military leaders and political intrigues.
Miniseries | South Korea
SS-GB is a 2017 British drama series produced for the BBC and based on the 1978 novel of the same name by Len Deighton. It is set in a 1941 alternative timeline in which the United Kingdom is occupied by Nazi Germany during the Second World War.
SS-GB (TV series) | Introduction
Despite being a part UK production it was not shown in the UK until 2008 on the Zone Thriller channel. It was shown in a cropped 4/3 pan and scan format, although it had been filmed in wide-screen 16/9, with some profanities and scenes deleted as compared to transmissions in other countries. In December 2009 it moved to the Film24 channel as well as continuing on Zone Thriller's successor CBS Action. Zone Thriller and CBS Action broadcast in production order and Film24 in Episode order. Depending on local editing, some territories retained more profanities and more violence. The use of the word "bastard" is uttered by all the main and supporting characters in various episodes.
Queen of Swords (TV series) | Broadcast
The show remains popular in the United Kingdom, and became one of the few non-British shows to have a prime-time weeknight slot on BBC One.
Due South | History
The series was broadcast on BBC One in the UK, BBC First in The Netherlands and Belgium, HBO in the US, Mexico, Latin America, Poland and Spain, SBS in Australia, Soho in New Zealand, and Canal+ in France. In 2020 the series aired on M-Net in South Africa.
Years and Years (TV series) | Broadcast
Armitage himself claims that the series was a success because of the "industrial landscape and the attention [that the series gives] to the working classes and the way they develop". The reaction to the series was a surprise to the BBC, who then decided to release the DVD on 11 April 2005. "North & South" was voted "Best Drama" in the BBC drama website's annual poll in 2004. Richard Armitage was voted "Most Desirable Drama Star" and "Best Actor", Daniela Denby-Ashe was voted "Best Actress" and three different scenes were voted as the year's "Favourite Moments", with the final scene winning the number one spot.
North &amp; South (TV serial) | Reception
The programme was broadcast in the United Kingdom at 19.00 each evening; transmission to North America was scheduled for 3.30 GMT, which was 10:30 P.M. Eastern Standard Time and 7:30 P.M. Pacific Standard Time.
Radio Newsreel | Introduction
Although it was shown more than once in some other countries it only received one transmission in Britain, mainly because of Southern's loss of its ITV contract from 1982 (although Runaround and Worzel Gummidge were repeated after the company had gone off the air). For many years, the series never received any kind of commercial release, whether on video or DVD. In 2012 the series was released in Germany, on DVD, containing only the dubbed German language version. in 2015 followed a Dutch release on DVD and Blu-ray, in the original English language, with Dutch subtitles.
Brendon Chase | Film, TV or theatrical adaptations
This is a list of British television related events from 1946. British television broadcasts resumed this year. They had been suspended during World War II for fear that the signals would help German bombers.
1946 in British television | Introduction
And the drama market, which was led by only three terrestrial broadcasters, has changed since the 2010s as general programming and cable channels jumped in. Wearing a televised 'Stars from you' in 2014 is a new Korean history. Japan, unlike huge popularity and profits of scale in China with the center's popularity and opened an era 'The 3.0'. Followed by 'Pinocchio' reached the highest price China was sold for $28 million (about 300 million 1127 million won) per session.
History of Korean television drama | 2010s Korean drama
Out of 38 episodes, 30 episodes are missing and 1 episode exists only on 16mm black-and-white film and it was originally recorded on 2" colour videotape
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In the 1950s and 60s, 3DB broadcast a number of British dramas. These were mainly the product of the independent British production house, the Towers of London Syndicate, whose programs were produced for world-wide distribution, rather than in Britain. One of the most the most popular of these series was "Secrets of Scotland Yard".
3DB (Melbourne) | From the U.K. to Australia
There have been several post-1950s attempts at reviving or recalling cliffhanger serials, by both fans and professional studios, and serials were often spoofed in cartoons of the 1960s. In the early days of television in the United States, movie serials were often broadcast, one chapter a day, and in the late 1970s and 1980s, they were often revived on BBC television in the United Kingdom. Many have been released in home video formats. The popular Indiana Jones movies are a well-known, romantic pastiche of the serials' plot elements and devices.
Serial film | Post-1950s serials
Due to the pan-Asian popularity of lead actor Lee Min-ho, "Faith" was sold to 6 Asian countries including Japan, Indonesia, Singapore, and Malaysia, with 90% of the total pre-sales amount of coming from Japan.
Faith (South Korean TV series) | International broadcast
37 Days is a British drama miniseries that was first broadcast on BBC Two from 6 to 8 March 2014. The three-part miniseries covers the 37 days before World War I, from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria on 28 June 1914 to the United Kingdom declaring war on Germany on 4 August 1914.
37 Days (TV series) | Introduction
The serial was first broadcast in Britain on BBC Two between 6 February and 13 March 1971, in six 45-minute episodes, and then in the US on "Masterpiece Theatre" from 3 October to 7 November 1971. In Britain, it appeared on Saturday evenings from 9:35 to 10:20 p.m., thus timed to be kept away from younger children. The production was well received in Britain and the US and according to one critic "helped promulgate the British miniseries on PBS". One reviewer described the serial as a dark production and especially pertinent in the context of recent reforms to divorce law.
Jude the Obscure (serial) | Reception
Series 3 ran for six weeks, ending on 25 July 1941. Series 4 followed two months later, beginning on 26 September. The programme was attracting 16 million listers by this stage, and was the most popular programme the BBC Variety Department had ever broadcast. During programme five, listeners heard the explosion of two naval mines that had been dropped on Bangor, landing half a mile (0.8 km) from the studio, instead of in the River Mersey. Although the actors continued after a brief pause, the programme had been taken off the air and replaced with music. In April 1942 "ITMA" provided a command performance at Windsor Castle in the presence of George VI and his queen on the occasion of the 16th birthday of Princess Elizabeth.
It's That Man Again | Series 3 and 4: June 1941 to May 1942
In 1999, in Taiwan and China, another Korean television drama serial "Stars in My Heart", became a big hit. Since then, Korean television dramas have rapidly taken up airtime on television channels in countries such as Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Vietnam and Indonesia, which saw media liberalization beginning in the 1990s. Dramas showcase a wide range of stories, but the most prominent among the export dramas have been romance ("All About Eve", "Autumn Fairy Tale", "Winter Sonata", "My Fair Lady", "Stairway to Heaven", "Full House", "My Name is Kim Sam Soon", "Goong", "My Girl", "Boys Over Flowers", "Shining Inheritance", "You're Beautiful", "Heartstrings", "Secret Garden", "Dream High") and historical fantasy dramas ("Dae Jang Geum", "Emperor of the Sea", "Jumong", "Sungkyunkwan Scandal").
Culture of South Korea | Dramas
Radio broadcasting, including the broadcasting of radio dramas in Korea, began in 1927 under Japanese rule, with most programming in Japanese and around 30% in Korean. After the Korean War, radio dramas such as "Cheongsilhongsil" (1954) reflected the country's mood. Television broadcasting began in 1956 with the launch of an experimental station, HLKZ-TV, which was shut down a few years later due to a fire. The first national television channel was Korean Broadcasting System (KBS), which started up in 1961. The first Korean television film was a 15-minute piece titled "The Gate of Heaven" (천국의 문, Cheongugui mun), on HLKZ-TV.
Korean drama | Early years
"Radio Times" said: "Scarily realistic ... chilling ... a remarkable piece of reality based drama ... a credible scenario ... a wonderful piece of television ... so plausibly done that it should really have a warning flash in the corner of the screen saying 'fiction' in big red letters ... loving pastiches of news reports, corporate videos, magazine covers, press conferences - the fakery is fascinating, like looking at a forged bank note. It works as a smart riveting drama and also as a warning of the power of the financial markets".
The Day Britain Stopped | Reception
Following the success of "Our Friends in the North", Flannery proposed a "kind of prequel" to the serial under the title of "Our Friends in the South". This would have told the story of the Jarrow March. Although the BBC initially took up the project, it did not progress to script stage and was eventually abandoned. "Our Friends in the North" was given a repeat run on BBC2 the year following its original broadcast, running on Saturday evenings from 19 July to 13 September 1997. It received a second repeat run on the BBC ten years after its original broadcast, running on BBC Four from 8 February to 29 March 2006.
Our Friends in the North | Legacy
Simply Media TV Ltd released the first and second series in the UK, although the series has never been broadcast on British television.
Gimme a Break! | UK
The series came to an end 58 years (2,869 instalments) later, in March 2004. Along the way, it picked up a new name (changing from "American Letter" to "Letter from America" in 1950) and an enormous audience, being broadcast not only in Britain and in many other Commonwealth countries, but throughout the world by the BBC World Service.
Alistair Cooke | Move to the United States
The series was released in various territories on VHS video as well as on 13 Laservision long-play videodiscs by Video Garant Amsterdam. In 2001–2005, DVD box sets were released in the UK and US. In 2010, the series was digitally restored and re-released on DVD and Blu-ray. In the latter case the image is cropped from its original 1.33:1 aspect ratio down to 1.78:1, to better fit modern widescreen televisions. The restored series was re-released on DVD and Blu-ray in its original aspect ratio in the United Kingdom on 31 October 2016. From 2004–2005, A&E Home Entertainment, under licence from Thames, talkbackTHAMES and FremantleMedia International released all 26 episodes of the series on Region 1 DVD, uncut, uncensored and remastered.
The World at War | Home media history
Joe Barton, the writer of the series, based this drama on first hand accounts of what happened during the First World War. The series makes use of modern film techniques like fixed, body-mounted cameras and overhead battle scene animations, alongside a modern soundtrack featuring artists such as PJ Harvey, to attract a new audience. While some reviewers described this as "powerful" and "beautiful", others felt it trivialised the subject matter and would quickly date. Parts of episode one were filmed at The Historic Dockyard in Chatham, Kent which doubled as the British HQ in Mons.
Our World War (TV series) | Production
In part, this was due to problems with the age and condition of the prints used, and the loss of (or lack of access to) the original source footage which would normally be used as the basis of a remaster.
The Professionals (TV series) | United Kingdom
And with the opening of KBS-TV at the end of December 61, television dramas began to gain momentum. In the early 60s, single-act dramas such as "Friday Theater" and "Continuous Historical Drama" were aired, and daily soap operas were the main ones entering the late 60s. The most popular drama in the '60s was "Sajikgol Old West Room," which aired in 1967, and the first daily soap opera was "Snowfall" by Dongyang TV in 1968. Meanwhile, "The Frog Husband," which aired on MBC in 1969, caused a social stir for the first time in the nation's drama history, based on an affair.
History of Korean television drama | 1960s Korean drama
Like many series of its era, "Z-Cars" is incomplete in the archives. The period 1962–65 is reasonably well represented; though with big gaps. With the 1967–71 sixth series, when the programme was shown almost every week, material becomes more patchy. Of the 416 episodes made for this series, only 108 survive: a few episodes each from 1967, 1969, and 1970, but there are no surviving episodes from 1968 or 1971. About 40% of the approximately eight hundred total episodes are preserved. The original series was one of the last British television dramas to be screened as a live production. With videotaping becoming the norm and telerecording a mature method of preserving broadcasts, the practice of live broadcasting drama productions was rare by the time the programme began in 1962.
Z-Cars | Lost episodes
"Jeong Do-jeon" was broadcaster KBS's response to mounting criticisms against historical dramas that have come to rely too much on fiction rather than facts. Korean TV critics called for the restoration of authentic period pieces, which had become increasingly rare since the beginning of the new millennium. Hoping that the drama can simultaneously entertain and retain historical integrity, Jang Seong-hwan, a KBS executive said during the press conference, "We have been eager to produce this project for a long time. As a public broadcaster, we felt that we had a duty to create dramas that promote a proper awareness of history." The drama sets itself from others in the same genre by focusing on the life of a politician rather than the lives of monarchs.
Jeong Do-jeon (TV series) | Production
Creator Christopher Penfold commented that the transmission of the series (6th April to 8th June 1982) ""got absolutely swamped by the Falklands War"" (2nd April to 14 June 1982), and that the show ""would have created a much bigger public stir"" had it not been for that war. Episode One was referred to the Broadcasting Complaints Commission by the Central Electricity Generating Board. The UK Atomic Energy Authority also expressed their concerns over the series. A contemporary review by Lucy Hughes-Hallett, writing in "The Times", noted that the weighty subject-matter made for a ponderous narrative: ""artistically…not a great success"" but allowed that it was ""an…intelligent attempt to tackle a difficult subject"".
The Brack Report | Reception
During an archive clean-up at TV2 in 2002, the master tapes for the first three series were accidentally destroyed, a mistake discovered weeks later when repeat broadcasts were being prepared. Luckily, it was discovered that series creator Tore Ryen had a complete set of episodes on VHS tapes, which were then restored to broadcast quality, making it possible to air repeats once again. Following public demand, the first five series were released on DVD in 2007, with the last three series being released the following year. These have since gone out of print as TV2 later lost the rights to the first three series.
Mot i brøstet | Home media
British productions resembling radionovelas were dedicated to characters such as Sherlock Holmes and the detectives of Agatha Christie. Several adaptations of J. R. R. Tolkien's work were also created, beginning with a 1955 dramatization of "The Lord of the Rings", which was divided into 12 episodes and aired in two parts. Two other adaptations were made in 1979 and 1981.
Radionovela | In Great Britain
The story of the Six is also often dramatized in literature and TV series, the latest being a historical drama produced in North Korea. This show, which was the first North Korean drama to be aired in the South, was broadcast in South Korea in August 2007.
Six martyred ministers | In pop culture
Although now generally referred to as episode six of the second series, this episode did not air in the UK for almost three years after it was made. On 15 July 1992, following the episode's production, Rachel Nickell was murdered on Wimbledon Common. As the episode was set there, the BBC accordingly decided to withhold domestic transmission for reasons of sensitivity. It was, however, included in overseas sales packages, and was screened in New Zealand in 1993. The episode was released on video in the UK that same year, and was finally broadcast there on 10 April 1995, two months after the end of the third series - making it the last episode of the entire Bottom run to be aired.
'S Out | Production and broadcast
All told, over half of the serial's running time was presented in colour, including all of episodes 1 and 5, and sections from 2, 3, 6 and 7. The remaining footage, including all of episode 4, was deemed unsuitable for restoration, and so remained in black-and-white. In 2009, a commentary for the future DVD release was recorded, including Caroline John, Nicholas Courtney, Michael Ferguson, Peter Halliday, Derek Ware and Terrance Dicks. The January 2011 edition of "Wired UK" magazine, published in December 2010 carried a full-page article on the recolourisation of the story. It was stated in the article that the Restoration Team expected to deliver a fully restored colour version of the story to the BBC "within weeks".
The Ambassadors of Death | Home media
When the Chernobyl nuclear disaster happened nearby, causing legitimate fears of fallout spreading across Scandinavia and Eastern Europe, Curtis called in nuclear scientists from the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna to give the location a clean bill of health, but allowed any crew members who were still afraid to wait in Munich for the production to return. The crematoriums were rebuilt adjacent to the original site, from the original German blueprints, because they had been demolished by the Nazis at the end of the war. Both Curtis and star Jane Seymour contracted pneumonia in the brutal sub-zero temperatures there and the production had to briefly shut down as a result.
War and Remembrance (miniseries) | Filming
Comedian Tommy Handley utilized his radio broadcasts to keep citizens informed about the war efforts and to keep the spirits of Britain high during this time of hardship. "It's That Man Again" garnered substantial influence - up to 40% of the British population listened to this show during World War II. The show's last broadcast occurred on January 6, 1949, with Handley passing away only three days later. To further demonstrate the show's influence, two memorial services were held in his honor, with thousands of listeners present at the funeral grounds. "It's That Man Again" was hosted on BBC, a broadcasting service program still widely known in Britain today.
Entertainment industry during World War II | Radio
In October 2015, "Batman" producer Michael Uslan acquired the rights to remake five KBS dramas in the United States, including "Resurrection". Though the series was unsuccessful in the ratings during its run, KBS Content Business Office manager Jung Ji-young explained that Uslan chose it for its strong and dramatic plot. In 2016, the series was adapted in Turkey under the title "Kış Güneşi", which is also known under its English-translated title "Winter Sun".
Resurrection (South Korean TV series) | International remakes
This story was intended to be four parts of the usual 23-minute length. However, due to the BBC's coverage of the 1984 Winter Olympics held in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, the series' regular slot was not available. Rather than interrupt transmission, the decision was taken to transmit the story as two double-length episodes (46 minutes per episode), on consecutive Wednesdays rather than season 21's normal Thursday/Friday timeslot. It is often asserted that it was directly because of the success of the two-part experiment that the following season was produced in the same format: however, this decision had already been taken. The first copy of the story to be sold to American PBS stations by the BBC was done in the original four-part serial format.
Resurrection of the Daleks | Story format
The new decade began with a new franchise round for the islands in which Channel was unopposed. However, there was to be a change of franchise in the South West of England with Westward being replaced by Television South West (TSW), requiring a new agreement with TSW. However, in 1986 Channel changed who it sourced its network feed from, instead changing to Television South (TVS) which served the South and South East of England from Southampton. An unexpected side-effect of this change was a disruption to serials airing on the station in the afternoon due to the serial having begun on TVS at a different time to TSW so that they were at a different point through the serial's run.
ITV Channel Television | 1980s and 1990s
The series was originally broadcast on regional versions of BBC One.
A Very British History | Broadcast
The serial is the only one of the original series to have been produced at BBC studios outside London. Engineering work at those studios meant that it was made at the Pebble Mill Studios of BBC Birmingham instead. According to the DVD commentary supplied by Louise Jameson, John Abbott and Terrance Dicks, a scene in part three was crucial to the behind-the-scenes relationship between Jameson and co-star Tom Baker. In one scene, he consistently came in ahead of his cue, thereby upstaging her. On the grounds that this move was "not what they had rehearsed" she insisted on three successive retakes until he came in at the rehearsed time.
Horror of Fang Rock | Production
On 6 July the British Cabinet decided not to send land forces to Korea. British forces were already heavily committed in Malaya in the developing Malayan Emergency, aid had been promised to the French in Vietnam, and there were fears that the escalating tensions could lead to China threatening Hong Kong. However, as July wore on the South Koreans and Americans suffered further reverses, and with the Foreign Office pointing out that the UK's standing as a world power, and its relationship with the US, was in danger of being jeopardised, on 25 July the Cabinet resolved to send land forces to Korea.
Basil Coad | Korean War
Later shows were taped in Britain with The Beatles as the guests. The series featured other "British invasion" bands and performers including The Who, The Rolling Stones and Cilla Black. "Shindig!" continued to broadcast episodes from London throughout its run.
Shindig! | Synopsis
Series 5 started in September 1942 and ran for 20 weeks. One of the programmes in November was broadcast on the BBC Forces Programme to the soldiers in North Africa, the first time the show had been transmitted to the troops. The shows became increasingly topical and up-to-the-minute. Worsley began experimenting with the size of the audience to see which worked best. He tried in the theatres and cinemas of Bangor and Llandudno to get an audience of 2000, and in the studio in Bangor with 200; he also tried with no audience, and settled on 200 as the right number.
It's That Man Again | Series 5 and 6: September 1942 to July 1943
In the United Kingdom, colour channels were now available; three stations had begun broadcasting in colour between 1967 and 1969. However, many viewers continued to watch black-and-white television sets for most of the decade, which meant for example that televised snooker (in which the colour of balls is important) did not reach the heights of its popularity until the 1980s. Notable dramas included "Play for Today" and "Pennies from Heaven". In police dramas, there was a move towards increasing realism; popular shows included "Dixon of Dock Green", "Z-Cars", "Softly, Softly", and "The Sweeney". The science fiction show "Doctor Who" reached its peak.
1970s | United Kingdom
Episodes 3, 6, 10, 11 & 12 were wiped on 31 January 1969. BBC Enterprises retained their film copies, although the story was never purchased by any overseas broadcasters, until at least 1972. A set of viewing prints was sent to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, but the story was declined (as it was judged to be A (suitable for adults) on the basis of its overall storyline, rather than cuttable scenes) and the fate of these prints is unknown. At some point in the next four years, the BBC's film copies were junked. A film copy of Episode 4 ("The Traitors") wound up in the BBC Film Library, although the reasons for this are unclear, as that library had no formal mandate to retain such material.
The Daleks' Master Plan | Missing episodes
This coverage, aimed at Londoners struggling to get home or to work in the aftermath of the attacks, was much acclaimed within the industry and won the coveted Sony Gold Award. BBC Radio 4 pulled its scheduled Classic Serial without explanation; it was to have been John Buchan's "Greenmantle", about the revolt of Muslims against British interests abroad. ITV cancelled a broadcast of the film "The X-Files" at midnight on 9 July, which featured an explosion at a U.S government building caused by a bomb. Another film, "Stakeout", was shown instead. The following evening, the terrorism-themed action film "The Siege", originally scheduled for a 10:15 p.m.
Reactions to the 2005 London bombings | Media response
The TV serial mostly consisted of idol singers with scant acting experience, and apart from the meta casting of Sechs Kies member Eun Ji-won (who previously worked with director Shin Won-ho and the writing staff on the variety show "1 Night & 2 Days"), it premiered to little hype. But with strong word of mouth, it soon gained recognition as a high-quality production with a distinct sense of identity, becoming a buzz-worthy "syndrome" show (the Korean slang term for a hit show with an ardent fanbase). With Korean cable shows generally considered successful if they hit 1%, "Reply 1997" took cable ratings by storm, and received an immense amount of attention and critical praise.
Reply 1997 | Reception and impact
It was speculated that the show was not originally meant to become a cross-millennium event, and was rushed into development and broadcast by TVB because of a slump in ratings. In Hong Kong, TVB is the predominant TV station in terms of ratings, often receiving 90% viewing shares. During the summer of 1999, the Mainland-Taiwanese drama "My Fair Princess", aired by rival broadcaster ATV, took away a significant portion of TVB's audience, and came out on top in the ratings battle during certain hours. It is speculated, but never confirmed, that the managements of TVB drafted its top actors and actresses to perform in the series, and rushed the production into broadcast as a weapon against the resurgent ATV.
At the Threshold of an Era | Speculation on production
A Hill in Korea is a 1956 British war film based on Max Catto's 1953 novel of the same name. The original name was Hell in Korea, but was changed for distribution reasons, except in the U.S. It was directed by Julian Amyes and the producer was Anthony Squire. Incidental music was written by Malcolm Arnold. It was the first major feature film to portray British troops in action during the Korean War and introduces Michael Caine (himself a veteran of the Korean War) in his first credited film role. There are also early screen appearances by Stanley Baker, Robert Shaw and Roland Lewis.
A Hill in Korea | Introduction
155 episodes were produced in total and the show was seen in 26 countries. Two series were produced in the US for The National Network (now Paramount Network) and a version was also shown on Nickelodeon. TechTV in the US aired the UK series proper. Series were also produced in many European countries. Although the series had various directors and producers, all were produced in the UK by Mentorn and executive produced by Tom Gutteridge and Steve Carsey. The initial series were staged in various film studios around London but the stage and pit area became too large to fit into any of the conventional studios, so filming was later moved to an aircraft hangar at RAF Newton.
Robot Wars (TV series) | Original television series
As the BBC had low expectations for the series, it was not well publicised and went almost unnoticed by critics. Audiences, however, were more receptive; hours after the first episode aired in November 2004, the message board of the programme's website crashed because of the number of visitors the site was receiving, forcing host bbc.co.uk to shut it down. This sudden interest on the serial was attributed to Richard Armitage, a relatively unknown actor, whose portrayal of the emotionally restrained John Thornton drew parallels with Colin Firth's portrayal of Fitzwilliam Darcy on the BBC's 1995 mini-series "Pride and Prejudice", and the reception he later received.
North &amp; South (TV serial) | Reception
This part of his career came to an abrupt end when commercial broadcasting from the continent was brought to a halt by World War II. Plomley and his new wife stayed on in Paris, only narrowly escaping back to the UK via a circuitous route through the chaos and panic of the Fall of France, losing all their possessions in the process, as German occupying forces approached the French capital in June 1940.
Roy Plomley | World War II
The series has been broadcast in several countries, including Singapore in 2001, Indonesia in 2002, the Philippines in 2003 and Sri Lanka and Mexico in 2007. In the Philippines it was re-broadcast multiple times and received a peak viewership rating of 39.7% in 2003, placing it among the top ten highest rated Asian dramas to air in the country. It also aired in Mongolia, Malaysia, Nepal, Puerto Rico, Egypt, Peru, Thailand, Vietnam (VTV1) and Hong Kong. The South Korean Ministry of Culture and Tourism worked with KBS (the Korean Broadcasting System, the equivalent to the BBC in the UK) to export Winter Sonata to markets such as Egypt.
Autumn in My Heart | International broadcast
Several variations of the original novel were adapted for television, three of which were British adaptations. The first of these, in 1949, was produced by the BBC. The second was produced in 1959, by ITV. Both of those productions aired with Christie's original title. The third and most recent British adaptation aired as "And Then There Were None" on BBC One in December 2015, as a mini-series produced in cooperation with Acorn Media and Agatha Christie Productions. The 2015 production adhered more closely to the original plot, though there were several differences, and was the first English language film adaptation to feature an ending similar to that of the novel.
And Then There Were None | Television
A UK version was made for radio (BBC Home Service) and TV (BBC Television) with British namesakes of famous people, buildings and things. It ran on TV from 1954 to 1955 with Bernard Braden as the original host, later replaced by Peter Martyn. A one-off revival edition was produced for BBC Four in 2005 as part of a season of programs detailing the "lost decade".
The Name's the Same | Foreign versions
On a hot day in late August 1939, eight people, all strangers to each other, are invited to a small, isolated island off the coast of Devon, England, called Soldier's Island, by a "Mr. and Mrs. Owen". The guests settle in at the manor home on the island tended by two newly hired servants, a husband and wife, Mr. Thomas Rogers and Mrs. Ethel Rogers, but their hosts are absent. When the guests sit down to dinner, they notice the centrepiece, ten abstract art deco figurines of jade, supposedly representing ten soldiers arranged in a circle. Afterward, Mr. Rogers puts on a gramophone record, from which a voice accuses everyone present of a murder.
And Then There Were None (miniseries) | Synopsis
When the BBC's film archive was first properly audited in 1978, this serial was one of many believed missing (although it is absent in earlier 1976 listings). This story was prepared for release in early 1992 on audio cassette as part of the "Missing Stories" collection, using recordings made by fans at home at the time of transmission, with newly-recorded explanatory narration by Jon Pertwee. Then in late 1991, telerecordings of all four episodes were returned to the BBC from the Hong Kong-based Rediffusion company. In May 1992, the serial was released on VHS with a special introduction from director Morris Barry.
The Tomb of the Cybermen | Archive
Out of approximately 50 episodes produced for the 1962-1963 series, 2 exist in their entirety.
List of lost television broadcasts in the United Kingdom | "<a href="Sara%20and%20Hoppity">Sara and Hoppity</a>"
Thames Television wiped the material once they had acquired the Rediffusion London archive, and all but two episodes were destroyed. John Cleese became aware of tapes from two surviving episodes after Feldman's wife left them to him in her will. Five compilation episodes for Swedish television also survived. Much missing material has been recovered in video, and surviving video has been restored by the British Film Institute. The majority of a previously missing episode (season 2, episode 6 tx 31.10.67) was recovered from a private collector in May 2010. On 23 October 2014, the BFI announced film copies of two previously missing episodes – the first and final episodes of the series (tx 15.02.1967 and 07.11.1967) – had been recovered from the private collection of the show's executive producer David Frost.
At Last the 1948 Show | Survival of episodes
Unlike World War II and Vietnam, the Korean War did not get much media attention in the United States. The most famous representation of the war in popular culture is the television series "M*A*S*H", which was set in a field hospital in South Korea. The series ran from 1972 until 1983, and its final episode was the most watched in television history.
North Korea in the Korean War | In media and popular culture