Stramash! When pop music television comes to Scotland

Williamson, J. (2023) Stramash! When pop music television comes to Scotland. In: Frith, S., Cloonan, M. and Williamson, J. (eds.) Made in Scotland: Studies in Popular Music. Series: Routledge global popular music series. Routledge: London, pp. 15-23. ISBN 9781032161983

Abstract

This chapter considers the importance of a short-lived and largely forgotten pop music show, Stramash!, which was made by the BBC in Scotland in the mid-1960s. It uses archival documentation (the shows themselves were not preserved) to analyse its importance in the wider contexts of the BBC and work in the wider entertainment industries of the time. Specifically, it highlights the organisational tensions between London and the nations and regions within the BBC and considers issues of representation, parochialism and careers within both the overlapping worlds of music and television in Scotland at the time.

• Item Type: Book Sections
• Keywords: Popular music, music industries, Scotland, Stramash, BBC, television.
• Status: Published
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Williamson, Dr John
• Authors: Williamson, J.
• Subjects: M Music and Books on Music > M Music
• College/School: College of Arts & Humanities > School of Culture and Creative Arts > Music
• Publisher: Routledge
• ISBN: 9781032161983
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2024 individual chapters, the contributors
• First Published: First published in Made in Scotland: Studies in Popular Music
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy

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