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The Classic Serial on Television and Radio

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  • © 2001

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  1. Robert Giddings
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  2. Keith Selby
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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Definitions, Early History: the Classic Drama Serial

    • Robert Giddings, Keith Selby
    Pages 1-30

  3. The 1970s: Signs of Change

    • Robert Giddings, Keith Selby
    Pages 31-53

  4. The Blockbusters

    • Robert Giddings, Keith Selby
    Pages 54-79

  5. The 1990s: Renaissance of the Classic Serial

    • Robert Giddings, Keith Selby
    Pages 80-103

  6. The ‘Pride and Prejudice Factor’

    • Robert Giddings, Keith Selby
    Pages 104-123

  7. The ‘Pride and Prejudice Effect’: a Promising Future for the Past

    • Robert Giddings, Keith Selby
    Pages 124-150

  8. Boz Rides Again, and this is where we came in…

    • Robert Giddings, Keith Selby
    Pages 151-189

  9. The Albatross which was Really a Phoenix

    • Robert Giddings, Keith Selby
    Pages 190-210

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 211-241
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About this book

The classic serial, invented by BBC Radio Drama sixty years ago, survived and adapted itself to television, the arrival of colour and the global market in what has become a flood of classics with all channels competing for ratings and overseas sales. This richly detailed book traces these developments and analyses the genre's response to social, economic, technical and cultural changes, which have re-shaped it into the form we recognise today. The book contains considerable interview material with performers and media professionals.

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ROBERT GIDDINGS is the author of many books and articles and he has written for radio and television and contributed to such radio and TV programmes as Bookshelf, Kaleidoscope, and The Late Show.

KEITH SELBY is an author. He previously taught at universities, colleges and in adult education. He has published fiction and poetry, has contributed many monographs, articles and reviews in Britain and the USA, and has produced and directed several educational video programmes.

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