Synopsis
Phill Jupitus narrates a series exploring 50 years of British TV advertising. Few items are given a harder sell than household products.
- Programme: The Hard Sell
- Episode: House And Home
- Channel: BBC Four
- Broadcast year: 2008
- Sociology | How are youth subcultures formed? Why do they develop? | Theoretical views of the role of youth culture and subcultures: functionalism, Marxism/neo-Marxism, feminism, postmodernism. Subcultures.
Licence: ERA Licence required
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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