Entertainment USA explained

Genre:	Light entertainment Documentary
Presenter:	Jonathan King
Opentheme:	I'll Slap Your Face^[1]
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English
Company:	BBC
Channel:	BBC2

Entertainment USA was a British television series broadcast by the BBC. It was first shown on BBC2 in 1983, ran for eight years and was devised and presented by Jonathan King.^{[2] [3]}

The show presented entertainment news, clips, interviews and music from the United States to a British audience. It was produced by Michael Hurll and directed by Gordon Elsbury. It was nominated for a BAFTA award as Best Light Entertainment Programme in 1987.^[4] It had an audience peak of 9.7 million.^[5] Each series was repeated later in the year, updated with new music video clips and movie trailers. There were several connected specials at Christmas, and featuring festivals such as the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland.^[6]

Notes and References

1. http://www.45cat.com/record/a3320 45cat.com - "I'll Slap Your Face"
2. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19830415&id=HsRAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8qUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1711,2826724&hl=en The Glasgow Herald, 15 April 1983
3. https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/nov/24/6 "Who is Jonathan King?", The Guardian, 24 November 2000
4. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0348922/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 Entertainment USA at IMDb.com
5. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/jonathan-king-my-books-an-online--hit-millions-click-on-my-videos-how-about-lifting-the-media-ban-on-me-6268884.html Tim Walker, "Jonathan King: 'My book's an online hit, millions click on my videos. How about lifting the media ban on me?'", The Independent, 28 November 2011
6. Web site: Entertainment Switzerland - BBC Two England - 27 May 1985 - BBC Genome . Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk . 27 May 1985. 2017-09-11.