A Licence to be Different : The Story of Channel 4 (Paperback)

Foreword by Luke Johnson.- Acknowledgements.- 1 How Celebrity Big Brother changed Channel 4.- 2 The long and winding road.- 3 Isaacs: maverick founder.- 4 Godfather in the green Rolls Royce.- 5 Miss No One from Nowhere joins Channel 4.- 6 Launch: a white-knuckle ride.- 7 Disaster! Channel 4 News.- 8 Two tigers at the table.- 9 Calmer waters.- 10 Likely lads flourish as Isaacs leaves.- 11 Dark horse makes the Grade.- 12 Breakfast with handcuffs.- 13 The golden formula.- 14 Britain's Pornographer-in-Chief?.- 15 Drama! GBH, Potter, Film on Four.- 16 Whitehall warriors fight privatisation.- 17 Lexus man arrives.- 18 New things in the air.- 19 Spending spree.- 20 The wall of leisure.- 21 Caught out by 9/11.- 22 Thompson's vaulting ambition.- 23 Two men with L plates.- 24 Big Brother.- 25 Channel 4 at the crossroads.- Conclusion.- Notes.- Index.