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Guardian Reviews BFI TV Classic Star Trek

The Guardian reviewed the latest addition to the TV Classics series in the Saturday review section on 11th October, calling Ina Rae Hark’s Star Trek an ‘expert guide,’ and the TV Classics series ‘excellent.’

View the complete review here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/oct/11/star-trek

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Featured Title:

The Television Genre Book 2e
Edited by Glen Creeber

Published November 2008
Request your inspection copy today!

The new edition of 'The Television Genre Book' has been fully revised and updated to provide a comprehensive introduction to the concept of genre within television and to key television genres.

Individual thematic sections by leading international television scholars address drama, soap opera, comedy, children's television, news, documentary, reality television, animation and popular entertainment, including talk shows and quiz shows. The discussion is illustrated throughout with case studies of classic and contemporary programmes, ranging from 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' to 'Supernanny' and from 'Teletubbies' to 'Lost'.

With contributions by: William Boddy, Frances Bonner, Stella Bruzzi, Daniel Chandler, Lez Cooke, John Corner, Glen Creeber, K. J. Donnelly, Jon Dovey, Jane Feuer, Merris Griffiths, Jackie Harrison, John Hartley, Annette Hill, Matt Hills, Luke Hockley, Catherine Johnson, Justin Lewis, Anna McCarthy, Máire Messenger-Davies, Toby Miller, Brett Mills, Jason Mittell, Rachel Moseley, Steve Neale, Robin Nelson, Adrian Page, Jane Shattuc, Thomas Tufte, John Tulloch, Graeme Turner and Paul Wells.

Please click here for more information.

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Series published by BFI Publishing and Palgrave Macmillan

BFI Film Classics

BFI Film Classics is a series of finely written, illustrated books which honour landmark films of world cinema. The series includes a wide range of approaches and critical styles, reflecting the diverse ways we appreciate, analyse and enjoy great films.

The next title to be published in the series is Bicycle Thieves in November 2008.

The latest titles in this series include 8 1/2, Detour, Ratcatcher, Spirited Away, Cleo de 5 a 7 and Night of the Living Dead.

Editorial Advisory Board:
Geoff Andrew, Edward Buscombe, Lalitha Gopalan,
Lee Grieveson, Nick James, Laura Mulvey, Dana Polan,
B. Ruby Rich, Amy Villarejo and Zhen Zhang

BFI TV Classics

BFI TV Classics is a series of books celebrating key individual television programmes and series. Television scholars, critics and novelists provide critical readings underpinned with careful research, alongside a personal response to the programme and an argument for its ‘classic’ status.

Editorial Advisory Board:
Stella Bruzzi, Glyn Davis, Jason Jacobs, Karen Lury, Toby Miller, Rachel Moseley and Phil Wickham

BFI Screen Guides

BFI Screen Guides present concise guides to a hundred key films in a particular genre or area in screen culture. Each volume comprises an editorial introduction to the subject, outlining its history and defining features, followed by individual entries on each title, including key credits information.

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About the List

Palgrave Macmillan and the British Film Institute are pleased to announce a new publishing partnership. From January 2008 Palgrave Macmillan will publish, sell and distribute all BFI books.