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Four Corners: TV killed the radio star

Video Four Corners: TV killed the radio star

TLF ID M015442

Can you imagine a time when, instead of watching dramas at home on a screen, people listened to them on the radio - a time when the most popular of those dramas were made in Australia? This Four Corners program from 1964 examines the reasons for the death of Australian radio serials, the role played by television in their demise, and the lack of local content in television and film.

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Year level

10

Topics Creating texts Pollution Word meanings Migration Radio drama Australian culture Television Climate change Reasoning Social history Globalisation Popular culture Evidence Explanations (Factual texts) Text types Lifestyles Urbanisation Referencing Historical sources
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  • History
  • Humanities and Social Sciences

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  • Name: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  • Organization: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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  • URL: http://www.abc.net.au
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
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  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
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  • Name: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  • Organization: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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  • URL: http://www.abc.net.au
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  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
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