TV and Politics in Britain and America: part 1
ABC in Kansas City
' Are we to merely turn this whole process over to the political party running the convention? '
(ABC Floor Reporter
FRANK REYNOLDS )
For the first time one of the big three American television networks allowed its operation to be filmed behind the scenes as it brought the 1976 Republican Convention to the American public. The ratings battle which ABC fought with its two rivals, CBS and NBC, proved to be as fierce as the fight for the nomination between Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan.
Introduced by Charles Wheeler
Film cameraman ALAN stevrns Film editor DES MURPHY
Associate producer GWYN pritoharb Producer JOHN MILLER
A BBC/Open University production (Part 2 tomorrow night at 8.40 pm)