Abstract
Of all the ITV regions Wales and the West of England was the most intricate in terms of engineering and cultural characteristics and therefore the most awkward to satisfy in terms of the provision of a programme service. It was a union brought about by financial expediency and geographical proximity. The viewing population of about 4.1 million was divided between 2.7 million in Wales and 1.4 million in the West of England. No more than one-fifth of those in Wales spoke Welsh, but the passion and the rhetoric of years of political debate about the future of broadcasting in the Welsh language made this, among all the complexities of the franchise, the dominant issue.
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Potter, J. (1990). Wales and the West of England. In: Independent Television in Britain. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-09907-8_9
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