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JOY Drive

17 Mar 2025

Associate Professor Stephen Gaunson: Colour Television

History, TV & Film

Associate Professor Stephen Gaunson: Colour Television

It might be hard to imagine now, but in the 1970s, people gathered around their black-and-white television screens as networks launched the new era with slogans like “Come to Colour” and “Seven Colours Your World.” But the screen still looked the same for many because they couldn’t afford a colour television set!

Guest: Stephen Gaunson, Associate Professor in Cinema Studies at RMIT University

Presenter: Warren Andrew

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