Overview
- Includes contributions from some of the key figures in British television drama, such as Tony Garnett, Phil Redmond and Andrew Davies, responsible for landmark programmes such as “Cathy Come Home”, “Brookside”, and “A Rather English Marriage”
- Assessments by leading academic experts on British television offer detailed readings of popular programmes including “Coronation Street”, “Downton Abbey”, and “The Sarah Jane Adventures”
- Editors' introductions set out broad frameworks in television history and methods of television analysis that animate the debates discussed in the chapters
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Introduction
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Institutions and Technologies
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Formats and Genres
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Representations
Keywords
About this book
Reviews
"The book not only brings academics and TV professionals together in the debate about televised drama but also provides a probing, but not over-technical introduction to the field of British Television Drama." - Christian-Martin Czypull, University of Hannover, European Journal of English Studies
"Overall this collection remains valuable reading for anyone interested in the academic and commercial analysis of television drama, with valuable new perspectives offered by the newly commissioned chapters." - Mark Fryers, University of East Anglia
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: British Television Drama
Book Subtitle: Past, Present and Future
Editors: Jonathan Bignell, Stephen Lacey
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137327581
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Media & Culture Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-32756-7Published: 09 May 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-137-32757-4Published: 09 May 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-32758-1Published: 12 May 2014
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XII, 255
Topics: Sociology of Culture, Screen Studies, Directing, Screenwriting, Genre, Film History