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19 Entertainment (agency) 216 Apple (multinational consumer 2waytraffic (TV production electronics company) 234 company) 70 Apple iPhone 140, 146 50 Cent (singer) 136 Apple iPod 139 8Ball Company (T shirts) 107 Arden, Mark 183 Arnold, Matthew 98 A New Future for Communications Association of Tennis Professionals (UK government White Paper, (ATP) 216, 218 2000) 245–6 Atelevic, Irena 158 Adorno, Theodor 2, 232, 235 Attitudes Towards Sexual Material Adult Friend Finder 89 on Television (Ofcom report, Advisory Council on the Misuse of 2009) 261 Drugs 105 Attlee, Clement 185 Agustin, Laura 84 Audiovisual Media Services Directive Aherne, Caroline 181 of the European Union 248, Ahmed, Ahmed 182 258–9, 263 AIG (Insurance company) 215 Australian Idol (TV programme) 230 Aiming High (UK government Austrin, Terry 129 publication) 107 Avalon (comedy agency) 181, 183 Alan Partridge (comedy character) 181 Awight Now: Setting the Record Straight Albury, Kath 198 (autobiography of Michael Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy 33 Barrymore) 74 Aldridge, John 110 AYI (Are You Interested?) (Facebook Ali G (comedy character) 181–2 facility) 145–6 Ali G Indahouse (film) 181–2 Allen, Keith 177–8 Babeworld (TV channel) 254 Allen, Tony 177 baby-boomers 21, 27 AltaVista (internet search platform) Baddiel, David 171 144 Bailey, Peter 100 Althusser, Louis 2–4 Bang Babes (TV programme) 252–3 Amazon (internet platform) 136 Barber, Lynn 180 America On-Line (aol) 144 Barber, Trudy 91 (TV programme) 71, 78, Barclay, Jim 177, 179 226, 230 Barrett, Ed 171 Amess, David M. P. 107 Barrymore, Cheryl 76 Anaheim Ducks (ice hockey team) 218 Barrymore, Michael 74–6 And Now For Something Completely Bathroom Bitches (TV programme) 257 Different (film) 175 Baudelaire, Charles 99 Anderson, Benedict 74 Bauman, Zygmunt 13, 15, 18, 172 Ang, Ien 237 Baverstock, Donald 185 Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter novels (by BBC Democracy Live 68 Laurell K. Hamilton) 198–200 BBC iPlayer 77 Anti-Social Behaviour Orders BBC Jam 67 (ASBOs) 102 BBC3 67

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BBC4 67 British Mountaineering Council 53–4 Beck, Ulrich 15, 108–9 British National Party (BNP) 170, 189 Beckett, Helen 110 British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) 65, Beck-Gernheim, Elisabeth 15 66, 259 Beckham, David 213, 216 Brittan, Samuel 263–4 Beckham, Victoria 213, 216 Broadcasting Act, 1990 180, 245 Beer Street (painting by Hogarth) 98 Broadcasting Code (in the UK) Bennett, Andy 228, 229 247–51, 255, 264 Berners Lee, Tim 149 Broadcasting Code Review (2009) 250 Bernstein, Elizabeth 85 Broadcasting Standards Council 262 BetonSports (online gambling Brookes, Bruno 106 company) 129 Brooks, Albert 173 Beyond the Fringe 174 Brown, Gordon 43, 105, 126, 131, 133 Big Brother (TV programme) 69, 70, Brown, Roy ‘Chubby’ (aka Royston 73, 78 Vasey) 171, 188–9 Billig, Michael 73 Bruce, Lenny 174, 187 binge drinking 6, 22, 32–43, 104–6 Bruno (comedy character) 181 BitTorrent (file-sharing software) 138 Bryman, Alan 214 Black Eyed Peas (band) 230 Buckley, Jeff 236 Blackberry (mobile e-mail and Budd Review (Department of smartphone device) 140 Culture, Media and Sport report, Blair, Tony 33, 126, 188 2001) 124–5 Bluetooth (wireless technology) 139 Buick cars 215 Boat Race (Oxford University Burkart, Patrick 237, 239 v. Cambridge University) 217 Burke, Alexandra 230, 236 Bob the Builder 237 Burke, Peter 20 Booker, Christopher 185 Burt, Richard 203 BookScan technology 206 Burt, Sir Cyril 101, 111 Borat (film) 182 Bush, President George W. 70 Borat Sagdiyev (comedy character) 181–2 CAA Sports (agency) 216 Bound and Gagged comedy club 179 Cable and Broadcasting Act, 1984 64 Bourdieu, Pierre 156, 203 Cabletel/NTL (cable TV) 65 Bowlby, John 101, 111 Caen, Herb 174 Boyle, Susan 74–5, 230 Caesar, Sid 176 Brake, Mike 22 Callaghan, James 176 Bramham, Peter 5, 229 Callinicos, Alex 20 Brand, Jo 188 Cameron, David 137 Brand, Russell 68 Campbell, Alan 107 Brass Eye (spoof TV documentary) Can we fix it? (by Bob the Builder) 237 106–7 Canoe England 52 Braudel, Ferdinand 20 Cantor Gaming 131 Bremner, Rory 187 Carling Black Label adverts 183 Bright, Jimmy 179 Carr, Jimmy 186 Britain’s Got Talent (TV programme) Carrie Bradshaw (character in Sex and 73, 226 the City)87 British Audience Research Bureau Cartmel, Fred 101, 111 (BARB) 79 Casey, Emma 120 British Board of Film Classification casinos 121–31 248 Castells, Manuel 141 British Canoe Union 53 CBBC 67 272 Index

CBeebies (TV channel) 67 Coren, Victoria 128 (TV production company) 70 Corrigan, Philip 39 celebrity 71–7 Cosby, Bill 174 Celebrity Big Brother (TV Country Code 49 programme) 75, 76 Country Landowners’ Association Centre for Contemporary Cultural 49–50, 55 Studies (CCCS) 2–3, 104 Countryside Agency 51 Chambers, Tom 78 Countryside and Rights of Way Chaney, David 220 Act, 2000 (CROW) 45, 48–59 Change4Life (UK government health Cowell, Simon 70, 71, 230, 232, strategy) 218 235, 238–9 Channel AKA 252 Criminal Justice and Immigration Chantelle (celebrity) 76 Act, 2008 92, 266 Chappell, Helen 177 Critcher, Chas 4, 5, 6, 46, 58, 59, 63, Charlton, Sir Bobby 216 104, 113, 128, 138, 139, 148, 211, Chernin, Kim 162 214, 222 Chicago School of sociology 104 Culture and Anarchy (by Matthew Choosing Health: Making Healthier Arnold) 98 Choices Easier (government Curry, Nigel 45 publication) 107 cybersex 82, 90–1, 148 Church, Andrew 53 Cyrus, Miley 227, 236 Churchill, Sir Winston 185, 187 Circus Circus (hotel casino, Las Davidson, Jim 179 Vegas) 122, 128 Davies, Gavyn 67 Clarke, John 4, 5, 28, 46, 58, 59, 63, Dawson, Les 179 104, 113, 120, 128, 138, 139, 148, de la Rocha, Zak 235 211, 214, 222 de Quincey, Thomas 99 Coakley, Jay 220 Death of a President (TV Cohen, Leonard 230 programme) 70 Cohen, Phil 21 Dee, Jack 172, 184 Cohen, Sacha Baron 181–2 Dembina, Ivor 184 Cohen, Stanley 38, 97 DeNora, Tia 228 Colbert, Stephen 187 Digital Britain (Department of Cole, Cheryl 230 Culture, Media and Sport Report, (play by Trevor 2009) 68 Griffiths) 176 digital television 65–9 Comfort, Alex 88 Disney Corporation 214 Comic Relief 188 Disneyisation 233 Commission for Racial Equality 170 Dispatches (TV programme) 70 Common Culture (by Paul Willis) 26 Djalili, Omid 183 Commonwealth Games, Glasgow Djokovic, Novak 218 2014 219 Doherty, Pete 106 Communications Act, 2003 68–9, Donaldson, Sir Liam 43 245, 246–7, 255, 262, 265 Dore, Gustave 98 Conde Nast 161 dot com bubble 143 Confex (event organisers) 99 Douglas, Mary 24, 239 Connexions Service 107 During, Simon 240 Coogan, Steve 181 Durkheim, Emile 11, 112 Cook, Peter 174–5, 190 Dutch Open tennis tournament 218 Cooper, Tommy 189 Dyck, Isobel 156 Coral (bookmakers) 125 Dyke, Greg 67 Index 273 eBay (internet platform) 136 Frankfurt School (of Marxist Eclair, Jenny 188 philosophy) 2 Edinburgh International Television Friends of the Lake District (FLD) 56–7 Festival 72 Friese, Heidrun 16 Edmunds, Noel 107 Frisher, Martin 110 Elias, Norbert 156 Frost, Stephen 183 Em and Lo (US ‘sexperts’) 87, 89 Fuller, Simon 71 (TV production company) 69 Furlong, Andy 101, 111 English Nature 51 Environment Agency 51 Gafaiti, Hafid 203 Epstein, Jacob 205 Gambling Act, 2005 124, 126–7 Eretz Nehederet (Wonderful Country) Gambling Commission 119, 126 (Israeli TV programme) 187 Gaming Board 125 Establishment Club 175 Gibbon, Rick 54 European Commission’s Television Gibson, Owen 216 Without Frontiers Directive, Giddens, Anthony 12, 17, 27, 83, 1989 263 90, 109, 179, 221 European Convention on Human Giggs Featuring Kyze (rap artists) 252 Rights 248, 258 Gillard, Michael 106 European Monitoring Centre for Gilligan, Andrew 67 Drugs and Drug Addiction 106 Gillis, J. R. 99 Eurovision Song Contest 187 gin crazes 32–43 Everett, Flic 88 Gin Lane (painting by Hogarth) 98 Every Child Matters (UK government Glazer, Malcolm 214 report) 103 global positioning systems 140 Goffman, Erving 155 Facebook 137, 227, 235, 237, 238 Goodman, Robert 121 Fairchild, Charles 227, 232, 238 Goodwin, Sir Fred 215 Farnsworth, John 129 Goody, Jade 74–7 Farrington, David 111 Google (internet search platform) 144, Featherstone, Mike 16, 17 145, 147, 149 Fidelity (investment company) 129 Google AdSense (web-based advertising Fielding, Henry 105 service) 140 Finan, Christopher 201 Google Earth (internet satellite Fiske, John 237 imagery) 147 Fixed Odds Betting Terminals Google Street View (internet (FOBTs) 127 service) 147 Flickr (photo sharing website) 137 Gore, Vice President Al 187 Florida, Richard 140 Gramsci, Antonio 4 Flynn, Laurie 106 Greaves, Jimmy 107 Forestry Commission 51, 52 Green Lane Association 56–7 Format Recognition and Protection Green, Leonard 111 Association (FRAPA) 70 Gregory, Dick 174 Formula One (F1) motor racing 215 Griffin, Gabriele 202 Forty Years of Filth (‘Chubby’ Brown Griffiths Jones, Mervyn QC 195 DVD) 188 Griffiths, Trevor 176 Foucault, Michel 14, 40, 83, 98, Grossberg, Lawrence 228, 237, 107–8, 154–6 240 Fountain, Tim 89 Grossman, Lev 136 Fox Entertainment Group 66 Guilty Pleasures (by Laurell France, Alan 107, 111 K. Hamilton) 199 274 Index

Habermas, Jurgen 2, 238 Iball, Helen 202 Hall, Derek 158 In Rainbows (album by Hall, Stuart, 4, 14, 16, 23, 185 Radiohead) 227, 239 Hallelujah (song) 230 Incubus Dreams (by Laurell Hamilton, Laurell K. 198–202, 206 K. Hamilton) 199 Hammersley, Richard 109, 113 Indian Premier League (IPL) 217 Hannah Montana (Disney Ingham, Bernard 106 character) 227, 236 Institute of Alcohol Studies 105 Hannah Montana: The Movie 236 Institute of Ideas 171 Hardee, Malcolm 177 International Federation of the Hardy, Jeremy 178, 179–80 Phonographic Industry Hargreaves, John 213 (IFPI) 226, 234 HarperCollins (publisher) 205 IOC (International Olympic Harrah’s casino, Nevada 123 Committee) 215, 216 Harris, Rolf 107 iTunes 234, 237 Harrison, George 175 ITV Digital (previously OnDigital) 66 Harry Potter novels 202 Izzard, Eddie 180, 187 Harvey, David 228 Hat Trick (TV production Jackson, Leon 232 company) 185 Jackson, Michael 230 Hattenstone, Simon 215 Jackson, Phil 109 Have I Got News For you (TV Jacobson, Howard 170 programme) 185, 186 Jacques, Martin 16, 23 Havelock Ellis, Henry 99 Japan Professional Baseball League 218 He’s Not the Messiah (He’s a Very (John and Edward Naughty Boy) (stage show) 190 Grimes) 238 Hegley, John 177 Jenkins, Henry 78–9 heteroflexibility 86 Jenna’s American Sex Star (TV Hillsborough football disaster, programme) 256 1989 214 Jerrold, Blanchard 98 Hislop, Ian 185 Jessop, Bob 23 Hobbs, Dick 131 Jobrani, Maz 182 Hogarth, William 98 John Smith’s Bitter adverts 184 Hoggart, Richard 104, 225 Johnson and Johnson (health care Holland, Tony 111 products, pharmaceuticals) 215 Holmes, Su 232, 240 Johnson, Richard 101 Homel, Ross 111 Jokinen, Eva 159 Homer 98 Jordan, Fiona 162 Honda (motor bikes) 215 Hooper, Anne 88 Kader, Aron 182 Hooper, Richard 246–7 Kay, Peter 183 Horkheimer, Max 2 Kay-Shuttleworth, Sir James 101 Hudson, Mark 50 Kennedy, President John F. 174 Hunt, Alan 33, 39 Keys, Alicia 230 Hurst, Lee 178 Kidman, Nicole 237 Hutton Inquiry (2003) 67 Kids Say the Funniest Things (TV Hutton, Will 25 programme) 74 Huxley, Aldous 99 Killing in the name of (song by Rage Against the Machine) 235 I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! Klein, Naomi 222 (TV programme) 73 Kleinhans, Chuck 92 Index 275

Knight, Mandy 179 Manchester United Football Kodak cameras 215 Club 215, 216 Kuhn, Thomas 3 Mann, Charles 233 Mann, Jas 107 LA Kings (ice hockey team) 218 Mannheim, Karl 21 Ladbrokes (bookmakers) 125, 131 Manning, Bernard 106, 169–72, 179, Lady Chatterley’s Lover (by 188–9 D. H. Lawrence) 195 Manulife (financial services LambdaMOO () 142 company) 215 Land reform (Scotland) Act, Marcuse, Herbert 2 2003 46, 48 Marine and Coastal Access Bill, Language and Sexual Imagery In 2008 48 Broadcasting: A Contextual Markham, Annette 142 Investigation (Ofcom report, Martin, Bernice 22, 24 2004) 260 Martinez, Francesca 186 Languages of Class (by Gareth Marx, Karl 11 Stedman-Jones) 20 Matza, David 111 Las Vegas Sands hotel casino 124, 131 Mauss, Marcel 55–6, 103 Lash, Scott 16 Mayall, Rik 178 Lashua, Brett 228 Mayhew, Henry 98 Late Night Poker (TV programme) 128 McCall, Davina 75 Lawrence, D. H. 195 McCrum, Robert 187 Leavis, F. R. 4 McDonaldisation thesis 214, 233 Led Zeppelin 175 McElderry, Joe 227, 230, 232, 236–8 Lee, Stewart 178 Measham, Fiona 32, 109–10, 113 Lenovo (computer company) 215 Medhurst, Andy 188–9 Levy, David 91 Melco & PBL Entertainment Lewis, Leona 230 (Macau) 124 Linden Lab (virtual world technology Merleau-Ponty, Maurice 25 company) 142 Merrill Lynch (bank) 129 Lindsay, William R. 111 Merry Gently PI novels (by Laurell Locke, John, labour theory of 46 K. Hamilton) 198–200 Lombroso, Cesar 112 Merton, Paul 186 (book by Gustave Dore and metrosexuality 86 Blanchard Jerrold) 98 MGM Mirage hotel resort, Las London Company of Distillers 34 Vegas 124 London Labour and the London Poor (by Miami Dolphins (American football Henry Mayhew) 98 team) 218 Lost (TV programme) 136 Michael Barrymore’s My Kind of Music Love and Sex with Robots (by David (TV programme) 74–5 Levy) 91 Microsoft X-Box (computer game) 145 Lowndes, Victor 175 Miers, David 125, 127 Lubbock, Stuart 76 Mill, John Stuart 99 Lucky Star (TV channel) 254 Millenium Stadium, Cardiff 217 Ludlow, Hugh 99 Miller, Laura 197, 204, 206 Lynn, Regina 89 Milligan, Spike 176, 178 Mills, Steven 109 Madonna 86 MiniClip (internet platform) 145 Magners Pear Cider adverts 184 MiniClip.com (digital gaming Major League Baseball (MLB) 218 environments) 141 Make space youth Review, 2007 102 Mirren, Dame Helen 106 276 Index

Mock the Week (TV programme) 186 News Corporation 66, 205 Moir, Jan 72 News Datacom 124 Monet, Veronica 85 Nicklaus, Jack 216 Moneymaker, Chris 128 Nicol, Andrew 264 Monkhouse, Bob 180 Nintendo (computer game) 145 Monkhouse, Jackie 180 Noy, Chaim 164 Monty Python and the Holy Grail Nutini, Paulo 230 (film) 175 Nuts Poker League 129 Monty Python’s Flying Circus 175–6, 178, 190 O’Reilly, Tim 137 Moore, Karenza 109 Obama, President Barack 137–8, 187 moral panics 6, 22, 23, 32–43, 92–3, Obscene Publications Act, 1990 262 97, 104, 186, 268 Odeidallah, Dean 182 Morecambe and Wise 189–90 Ofcom 68, 76, 79, 245–8, 250–62, 264–6 Morecambe, Gary 190 Ofcom Content Board 246 Morris, Chris 266 Ofcom Content Sanctions Moss, Pamela 156 Committee 256 Mrs Merton (comedy character) 181 Off the Kerb (comedy agency) 183 Murdoch, Rupert 66, 124, 205 OhMiBod (sex toy) 90 Murray, Andy 216 Olympic Games, London 2012 219 Murray, Jamie 216 OnDigital (later ITV Digital) 66 Musgrove, Frank 100 online gambling 128–31 MySpace (social networking website) OpenID (internet access device) 147 136 Opinion Leader (research consultancy) 261 Napster (music downloads) 138, 149, Opportunity Knocks (TV programme) 73 234, 239 Osborne, Richard 159 National Comedy Network 183 National Football League (NFL) 218 Palm Pilot personal digital assistants 140 National Hockey League (NHL) 218 Pan-Arab Idol (TV programme) 230 National Lottery 119–20 Parker, Gavin 48 National Park Authority 54 Parker, Howard 109–10 National Parks and Access to the Partygaming (internet company) 119, Countryside Act, 1949 46, 49, 58 129, 131 Natural Environment and Rural Patriot Act (in USA) 201 Communities Act, 2006 (NERC) Patten, Chris 205 51, 56–7 Paul Calf (comedy character) 181 N-Dubz (hip hop group) 230 Paxman, Jeremy 68, 72 Nerve (online magazine) 87–8 Peacock Committee (on broadcasting) Net Book Agreement (in UK) 204 263 New Faces (TV programme) 73 Pearson, Geoff 22, 99, 100 New Orleans Giants (American football Penny Dreadfuls (comics) 100 team) 218 Penny Theatres/Penny Gaffs 100 New York Giants (American football Petrucci, Armando 197 team) 218 Pink Floyd 175 ‘New’ Labour (‘re-branded’ Labour Pirate Bay (internet platform) 138, 149 Party) 6, 33, 37, 41, 58, 120, 125, Plant, Martin 32, 37, 102, 105 187, 219, 245, 246, 263 Plant, Moira 32, 37, 102, 105 Newburn, Tim 110 plastic sexuality 83 Newby, Howard 46 Playboy 1 (TV channel) 256 Newman, Robert 171 Playboy club 174 Index 277

Playboy empire 174 Reagan, President Ronald 245 Playboy magazine 86, 174 Recording Industry Association of Playboy TV UK/Benelux Ltd (TV America (RIAA) 226, 234 company) 255 RecSex (by Em and Lo) 89 PlayStation (computer game) 145 Red Hot Dutch (TV channel) 262 Playtime Two (music video) 252 Red Hot TV 254, 255, 257 Policing the Crisis (by Stuart Hall Redtooth Poker 129 et al.) 4, 23 Rees Mogg, William 263 Pop Idol (TV programme/franchise) 71, Regina v. Butler (Canadian Supreme 225–6, 230–2 Court decision, 1992) 201 Popstars (TV programme) 230 Reluctant Capitalists (by Laura Popstars: The Rivals (TV Miller) 197 programme) 230 Restricted Byways 56 pornography vii, 82, 86, 90–2, 139, RHF Productions 255 196, 198, 201–2, 233, 248, 252, 258, (adult programming) 255, 257 262–4, 266, 269 Rhodes, Tim 108 Portland Media Group 257–8 Richard and Judy (TV programme) 195 Postmodernism and Consumer Culture Richard, Cliff 237 (by Mike Featherstone) 17 risk theory, risk society 107–13 Poulantzas, Nicos 2 Ritzer, George 214 Pratley, Nils 130–1 Rivers Access Campaign 52 Premier League, English (EPL) 66, 215, Rivers, Joan 174 217, 218 Roads Used as Public Paths (RUPPs) 56 Primarolo, Dawn 107 Roberts, Ken 1, 4 Prince Harry 99 Robertson, Geoffrey 264 Prince William 99 Robinson, Cara 102 (satirical magazine) 175, Rojek, Chris 5, 7, 17, 18, 24, 83, 185 162, 195–6, 198, 200, 206–7, Producers Alliance for Cinema and 233–4 Television (PACT) 69 Rook, Clarence 99, 100 Pryor, Richard 174 Room at the Top (film) 104 Purple Cactus Productions 183 Rory Bremner – Who Else? (TV programme) 187 Queen (band) 136 Ross, Jonathan 68 Queen Mother 171, 189 Rowling, J. K. 202 Roxio (burning software) 234 Radiohead (band) 226, 239 Rubin, Gayle 198, 199 Rage Against the Machine (RATM) Rude Britannia (by Tim Fountain) 89 (band) 227, 235–8 Rage Against the X Factor Safe Port Act 130 (campaigns) 227, 235, 238–9 Sahl, Mort 173–4, 178, 187 Ramblers’ Association 46, 49–50, San Diego Chargers (American 53, 54, 57 football team) 218 Random House (publisher) 201 Saturday Night and Sunday Morning Rankin (fashion photographer) 87 (film) 104 Rapoport, Rhona 4 Saunders, Bill 109 Rapoport, Robert 4 Sayer, Derek 39 Ravenscroft, Neil 8 Sayle, Alexei 177 Rayner, Claire 107 Schaap, Dick 174 RBS (Royal Bank of Scotland) 215 Schriffin, Andre 205 RDF (TV production company) 69 Scrabulous (Facebook game) 145 278 Index

Second Life (virtual environment) Stanley Casinos 127 91–3, 136, 142–4 Stars in Their Eyes (TV Programme) 73 Selanniemi, Tom 159 Stevenson, Adlai 173 Selvey, Mike 217 Stewart, Jon 187 Sense and Nonsense (by Maurice Stewart, Sir Jackie 215–16 Merleau-Ponty) 25 Stewart, William P. 229 Serbian Open tennis tournament 218 Strictly Come Dancing (TV Sergeant, John 78 programme) 73, 78, 269 Setanta (TV station) 217 Strike it Lucky (TV Programme) 74 Sex and the City (TV programme/ subcultural theory 104 film) 87 Sweeney Todd (character of sex films, various 255–6, 257 folklore) 100 Sex Tips for Girls (by Flic Everett) 88 Syco TV (TV production company) 70 Sex: How to do Everything (guide) 87 Sheppard, Jack 100 Tackling Drugs Changing Lives (Home Shetty, Shilpa 76 Office website) 107 Shilling, Chris 155 Tate, Catherine 188 Shiner, Michael 110 Tavare, Jim 178 Sillitoe, Alan 269 Taylor, Ian 214–15 Silverman, Sarah 187 Taylor, John L. 111 Simpson, Mark 86 Tease Me (TV channel) 253 Sin Cities (TV documentary) 251–2, Tease Me 3 (TV channel) 253 265 Telewest (cable TV) 65 Sivanandan, Ambalavaner 24 Temperance Alliance 99 Skinner, Frank 179, 181 That Was The Week That Was (TV Slash fiction 207 programme) 175, 185 Slater, Don 206 Thatcher, Margaret 245, 262 Small, Jenny 159 Thatcherism 11, 15, 17, 23, 25, 26, Smejkalova, Jirina 203 263 Smith, Aaron 222 The Allnighter (club) 104 Smith, Clarissa 90 The Beatles 175 Smith, Jacqui 105 The Climb (song) 236–8 Snow Patrol (band) 230 The Colbert Report (TV Sobel, Michael 219 programme) 187 Society for the Suppression of the The Comedians (TV Programme) 188 Opium Trade 99 The Comedy Store, London 178 Somethin’ Stupid (song) 237 The Comedy Store, Mumbai 182 BMG (record label) 237 The Communications Market 2006 Entertainment 70 (Ofcom Report) 261 South, Nigel 108 The Connection (fake TV Sova, Dawn 202 documentary) 106–7 Spaces of Culture (by Scott Lash) 16 The Daily Show (TV programme) 187 Spiral Tribe’s Castlemorton Common The Devil Makes Work (by Clarke and Festival (1992) 104 Critcher) 4, 5, 19, 45, 46, 50, 58, Sportingbet (online betting 64, 138, 148, 211, 221 company) 129, 130 The Draft Communications Bill – The Springhall, John 100 Policy (UK government document, Spring-Heeled Jack (character of 1992) 245 folklore) 100 The Eleven O’Clock Show (TV Stanford Super Series 20/20 217 programme) 181 Stanford, Sir Allen 217 The Flamingo (club) 104 Index 279

The Fuse Group (research TVX, TVX2 (TV channels) 257–8 agency) 260 Twentieth Century Fox 66 The Great Sex Guide (by Anne Twenty20 Champions League 217 Hooper) 88 Twenty20 cricket format 217 The Greatest Show on Legs 177 Twitter (social networking The Hooligan Nights (by Clarence service) 145, 147–9 Rook) 99 Twitter Search (internet search The Jewel of Medina (novel by Sherry platform) 144 Jones) 202 The Joy of Sex (by Alex Comfort) 88 Unlawful Internet Gambling The Life of Brian (film) 176 Enforcement Act (USA, 2006. The Making of the English Working Class Attached to Safe Port Act) 130 (by E.P. Thompson) 20 Urry, John 159 The Next President (album by Mort Sahl) 174 Valverde, Marianna 43 The Oblivion Boys (Stephen Frost and Vannini, Philip 90 Mark Arden) 183 Vasey, Royston (aka Roy ‘Chubby’ The Odyssey (by Homer) 98 Brown) 188 The Office (TV Programme) 173 Veal, Tony 221 The Pogues 237 Veijola, Soile 159 The Poker Channel 128 Video recordings Act, 1984 247 The Poker Nations’ Cup (TV Virgin 1 (entertainment channel) 251 programme) 128 The Satanic Verses (novel by Salman Wagner, Peter 16 Rushdie) 202 Ward, Don 182 The Simpsons 73 Ward, Shane 232 The Tube (TV programme) 70 Warner, Jessica 32, 35, 38 The Ultimate Guide to Strap-On Waskul, Dennis 90 Sex 89 Watson, Mark 184, 190 The Weakest Link (TV programme) 70 Web 1.0 138, 141–4, 147 The Word (TV programme) 70 Web 2.0 137–8, 141, 142, 144–7, The X Factor (TV programme) 8, 70, 149 73, 78, 225–7, 230, 233, 235–40, Web 3.0 138, 141, 146–9 269 Web.Cameron 137 Thiessen, Brock 239 Weber, Max 3, 11 Thoday, John 181 Weeks, Jeffrey 93 Thomas, Mark 187 Welsh Canoeing Association 53 Thompson, E. P. 3 Wembley Stadium 218 Thompson, Mark 77 Westerbeek, Hans 222 Tilly, Charles 20 Westwood, Sheena 160 Time Warner 144 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (TV Tomlinson, Alan 212 programme) 70 Tonnies, Ferdinand 46 Whoberley Neighbourhood Plan, Tony Ferrino (comedy character) 181 2005 102 TOP (Olympic Partnership Wikipedia 136, 138, 144 Programme) 215 William Hill (bookmakers) 127 Trafalgar Club (of the British National Williams Committee (on Obscenity Party) 170 and Film Censorship) 247 Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs) 56 Williams, Raymond 3, 77 Turner, Bryan 155 Williams, Robbie 237 Turpin, Dick 100 Willis, Paul 26 280 Index

Wilson, Brian 109 XCite (online store) 91 Winehouse, Amy 106 XXX Channel AKA 252 Winfrey, Oprah 73, 195 Wire Act (in USA, 1960) 129 YAOI fiction 207 Wisker, Gina 200 Young, Sherman 208 Wolf, Lloyd 184 Young, Will 230 Woods, Tiger 215 Youth Alcohol Action Plan 105 Wordpress (blogging community) 148 Youth Matters (government policy World Cup, cricket 219 document) 107 World Cup, football 219, 221 Youth Research Group 261 World Cup, rugby union 219 YouTube 136, 137, 138 World Series of Poker 128 World Trade Organisation Zargana (Burmese ) 187 (WTO) 130 ZX Spectrum (games console Wynn Resorts, Las Vegas 124 emulators) 141