{"id":21319,"date":"2024-03-07T16:46:47","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T16:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/?post_type=events&#038;p=21319"},"modified":"2024-04-10T14:55:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T13:55:59","slug":"putting-history-on-television","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/events\/putting-history-on-television\/","title":{"rendered":"Putting History on Television"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_15547\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15547\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-15547 img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Thomas-and-Williams-604x402.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"418\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Thomas-and-Williams-604x402.jpg 604w, https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Thomas-and-Williams-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Thomas-and-Williams-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Thomas-and-Williams-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Thomas-and-Williams-270x180.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Thomas-and-Williams-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Thomas-and-Williams.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 418px) 100vw, 418px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15547\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wynford Vaughan-Thomas and Gwyn Alf Williams, presenters of the ground-breaking history series <em>The Dragon Has Two Tongues<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Producer\/directors <strong>David Parker<\/strong> and <strong>Colin Thomas<\/strong> have both challenged conventional approaches to television history in their productions: David by tapping into home movie archives and by seeking out &#8216;history from below&#8217; contributors in West Country series like <strong><em>Reel Lives<\/em><\/strong>; and Colin by including different historical perspectives within the same programme. <strong>Michael Sheen<\/strong> described <strong><em>The Dragon Has Two Tongues<\/em><\/strong>, a series on Welsh history which Colin made for Channel 4, as \u201cone of the greatest history programmes ever produced on these shores\u201d (<em>New Statesman<\/em>, 23 March 2022).<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Producer\/directors David Parker and Colin Thomas have both challenged conventional approaches to television history in their productions: David by tapping into home movie archives and by seeking out &#8216;history from below&#8217; contributors in West Country series like Reel Lives; and Colin by including different historical perspectives within the same programme. 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