British television drama : a history /
This widely-respected history of British television drama is an indispensable guide to the significant developments in the area, from its beginnings on the BBC in the 1930s and 40s to its position in the twenty-first century, as television enters a multichannel digital era. Embracing the complete sp...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Palgrave Macmillan on behalf of the British Film Institute,
2015.
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| Edition: | 2nd edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. The Early Development of British Television Drama, 1930-54
- 2. Popular Drama and Social Realism, 1955-61
- 3. British Television Drama Comes of Age, 1962-9
- 4. History, Realism and Ideology, 1970-9
- 5. Television Drama and Thatcherism, 1979-90
- 6. Reinventing Television Drama, 1990-2002
- 7. British Television Drama in the Digital Age, 2002-14
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.