Author Archive for: ‘Brian Winston’

The Primrose Path: Faking UK Television Documentary, “Docuglitz” and Docusoap

Uploaded 12 November 1999 Something of a paradox is at work in the world of British documentary. Long a staple of UK television output, in recent years it has become for the first time a jewel in the prime-time crown. At the same time, though, there has been a running newspaper story since May 1998 about “fakery” in these programmes. …

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