Comrades (TV series)

Comrades was a 1983-84 BBC television documentary series and the related book about life in the Soviet Union composed mainly of interviews and fly on the wall filming of 'normal' Soviet citizens. BBC producer Richard Denton was able achieve a largely unprecedented degree of freedom in selecting and interviewing people.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Detente 1984 1-10 piii Comrades. The BBC television series and the related book about life in the Soviet Union today has aroused interest and controversy among viewers and reviewers alike. ... Producer Richard Denton was explicit about his intentions. On the one hand, he wanted to escape the Western media fixation with "repression, dissidents and labour camps". On the other, he was determined not to be "fobbed off with people the Soviet authorities considered to be suitable candidates.
  2. ↑ Scene, Channel 2 and 17 1985 - 11-12 p13 "Comrades producers had remarkably free access, even to some sensitive and unflattering scenes of Soviet life. They were the first Western ... view of media's role in society. The BBC crew, headed by series producer Richard Denton, whose "
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