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Genre is central to understanding the industrial context and visual form of television. This new edition of the key textbook on television genre brings together leading …
This book covers a dramatic decade in the fortunes of Britain’s quirkiest broadcaster. It opens in 2009, with the realisation that Channel 4’s biggest money spinner, Big Brother, …
Mark Broughton's study focuses on the production and reception history of the landmark British television series 'Brideshead Revisited' (1981). Broughton's research includes …
This original book asks how, in an age of convergence, when 'television' no longer means a box in the corner of the living room that we sit and watch together, do we remember …
Our Friends in the North (1996) is the kind of epic drama that has ensured the BBC's peerless worldwide reputation for seriousness and excellence. In nine parts, it tells the life …
Telefantasy offers the first book length study to consider the place of fantasy, science fiction, and horror dramas in the history of British and US television. Looking at two …
This work outlines the theories and approaches to the study of television in an accessible form for students. It is divided into four sections - forms of knowledge, audiences, …
Traces the history of broadcasting and the infludence developments in broadcasting have had over our social, cultural and economic practices. Examining the broadcasting traditions …
The Beiderbecke Affair was an immensely popular 1980s television drama, which, unusually, led to sequels, novels, albums and even jazz tours. Written by a personal friend of Alan …
In a world, in which camcorders and CCTV are witness to our every move and Big Brother and The Blair Witch Project are phenomenally popular and widely imitated, the divide between …