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Transnational Television Drama

Special Relations and Mutual Influence between the US and UK

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Authors:
  1. Elke Weissmann

    1. Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, UK

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Elke Weissmann
    Pages 1-14

  3. US and UK Television, 1970 to 2010

    • Elke Weissmann
    Pages 15-38

  4. National Difference and Transnational Assimilation

    • Elke Weissmann
    Pages 39-63

  5. Transnational Aesthetic Influences and Performance

    • Elke Weissmann
    Pages 64-94

  6. The Development of a New Genre

    • Elke Weissmann
    Pages 95-116

  7. Transnational Audiences of Forensic Science Drama

    • Elke Weissmann
    Pages 117-139

  8. The National in International Co-Productions

    • Elke Weissmann
    Pages 140-163

  9. National Fantasies of ‘American Quality Drama’

    • Elke Weissmann
    Pages 164-185

  10. Conclusions and Outlook

    • Elke Weissmann
    Pages 186-192

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 193-225
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About this book

This history of British and American television drama since 1970 charts the increased transnationalisation of the two production systems. From The Forsyte Saga to Roots to Episodes , it highlights the close relationship that drives innovation and quality on both sides of the Atlantic.

Reviews

'Perhaps one of the strongest points of this excellent book is the realization that despite many creative, industrial and socialcultural entwinements between the UK and US production cultures their output is, still, perceived, critiqued and marketed as a result of an outdated conception of producing entertainment from within and for a singular national culture.' - Kai Hanno Schwind, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television

Authors and Affiliations

  • Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, UK

    Elke Weissmann

About the author

ELKE WEISSMANN is Senior Lecturer in Film and Television at Edge Hill University, UK. She is vice-chair of the television studies section of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA). The research presented here culminates work conducted during her employment as research fellow at the University of Reading for the AHRC-funded project 'British Television Drama and Acquired US Programmes, 1970-2000'.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Transnational Television Drama

  • Book Subtitle: Special Relations and Mutual Influence between the US and UK

  • Authors: Elke Weissmann

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137283948

  • 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 2012

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-29775-3Published: 30 August 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-33412-4Published: 01 January 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-28394-8Published: 30 August 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 225

  • Topics: Screen Studies, Genre, Media Studies, Directing, Film History

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