A fortnightly series about the media in society.
Does Broadcasting Need Consensus!
Stuart Hall , Acting Director, Centre for Cultural Studies, Birmingham University
Robert McKenzie , Professor of Sociology, LSE
John Morgan , Programme Adviser, Harlech Television
Caroline Heller , Organiser, ACTT Film and TV Commission
Chairman Michael Peacock
Broadcasting is in a monumental crisis, Stuart Hall declared in a recent Radio 3 talk. This is because it has always depended on a ' moral-political consensus ' in society about the acceptable areas of discussion: but this consensus is now breaking up. Are Stuart Hall 's propositions true? If so, what follows?
Producer richard KEEN followed by an interlude