Foreword Bernard Weatherill Part 1: Televising the Commons 1. Televising the British House of Commons: Issues and Developments Part 2: The Organization of Commons Television: The Broadcasters’ Perspectives 2. ‘As Long as a Piece of String’: The Role of the Supervisor of Broadcasting 3. Putting the House on Television 4. The Committees and the Cameras: Romeo and Juliet or Cinderella and Prince Charming? Part 3: Assessments: The Politicians’ Perspectives 5. Televising the Commons: A Back Bencher’s View 6. A Sceptic’s Judgement of Televising the Commons 7. Televising the Commons: The View from the Third Party Part 4. Assessments: Academic Investigations 8. Televising the Commons: A Full, Balanced and Fair Account of the Work of the House 9. Audience Reactions to Parliamentary Television 10. Business as Usual: The Impact of Television Coverage on Press Reporting of the Commons 11. Commons Television in the Regions: Creative Broadcasting in a Constrained Environment 12. The Implications of Parliamentary Broadcasting for Politicians Part 5: Assessments: The Experience from Abroad 13. The American Experience: C-SPAN and the US Congress 14. Televising the Bundestag 15. Europe on the Move: The Travelling Parliament Roadshow