Vietnam: A Television History
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Vietnam: A Television History (1983) is a 13-part documentary mini-series about the Vietnam War (1955–1975) from the perspective of the United States. It was produced for public television by WGBH-TV in Boston, Central Independent Television of the UK and Antenne-2 of France. It was originally broadcast on PBS between October 4 and December 20, 1983.
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Written by | Martin Smith Elizabeth Deane Richard Ellison Marilyn Mellowes Bruce Palling Judith Vecchione Austin Hoyt Andrew Pearson |
Directed by | Judith Vecchione Austin Hoyt Martin Smith Bruce Palling |
Narrated by | Will Lyman |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 13 (1983 version) 11 (1997 version and 2004 DVD release) |
Production | |
Running time | 780 min (1983 version) 660 min (1997 version and 2004 DVD release) |
Production companies | WGBH-TV Central Independent Television Antenne-2 |
Original release | |
Network | PBS |
Release | October 4 (1983-10-04) – December 20, 1983 (1983-12-20) |
Later, it was rebroadcast as part of the PBS series American Experience from May 26 to July 28, 1997. However, only 11 of the 13 original episodes were rebroadcast. Episodes 2 and 13 were dropped.
Vietnam: A Television History was the most successful documentary produced by PBS up to the time of initial broadcast. Nearly 9% of American households watched the initial episode, and an average of 9.7 million viewers watched each of the 13 episodes. A rebroadcast in the summer of 1984 garnered roughly a 4% share in the five largest U.S. television markets.[1]