British television drama :
past, present and future /
edited by Jonathan Bignell, University of Reading, UK, and Stephen Lacey, University of South Wales, UK.
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| Summary: | "British Television Drama provides resources for critical thinking about key aspects of television drama in Britain since 1960, including institutional, textual, cultural, economic and audience-centred modes of study. It presents and contests significant strands of critical work in the field, since the essays by TV professionals reveal their strongly-held views about TV (which often conflict productively with the views of fellow contributors) and the academics offer reasoned and more developed arguments that advance understanding. The new edition includes a revised chapter by acclaimed TV producer Tony Garnett reflecting on his work since Cathy Come Home in the 1960s, new chapters by Phil Redmond the creator of Brookside and Hollyoaks, and Cameron Roach, Head of Drama Commissioning at Sky TV and former executive producer of Waterloo Road. New academic analyses include work on Downton Abbey, The Sarah Jane Adventures, Ashes to Ashes, adaptations of Persuasion, and the changing production methods on Coronation Street. The book's three sections are framed by new introductory essays by the editors to establish and contextualise the primary concerns and methodologies of each chapter"-- |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published / Created: |
New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2014.
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Physical description: xii, 255 pages ; 22 cm more |
| ISBN: | 9781137327574 (paperback) 113732757X (paperback) 9781137327567 (hardback) 1137327561 (hardback) |
Table of Contents:
Contexts /Tony Garnett
Sydney Newman and the 'Golden Age' /Shaun Sutton
Television drama series: a producer's view /Irene Shubik
TV drama: then and now /John McGrath
Writing television drama: then and now /Andrew Davies
Brookside: the technology backstory /Phil Redmond
Plot inflation in Greater Weatherfield: Coronation Street in the 1990s /Billy Smart
Persuaded? The impact of changing production contexts on three adaptations of Persuasion /Sarah Cardwell
'The Age of Innocence' /Alan Plater
Playing shops, shopping plays: the effect of the internal market on television drama /David Edgar
'A Hero Mumsy': parenting, power, and production changes in The Sarah Jane Adventures /Victoria Byard
Downton Abbey: reinventing the British costume drama /James Chapman
What do actors do when they act? /John Caughie
Coda: Timothy West discusses 'Acting on Stage: Acting on Screen'
The 1970s: regional variations /Barry Hanson
'What truth is there in this story?': The dramatisation of Northern Ireland /Edward Braun
Moving Waterloo Road from Rochdale to Greenock: exploring a sense of place in drama series /Cameron Roach
Too secret for words: coded dissent in female-authored Wednesday Plays /Madeleine Macmurraugh-Kavanagh
'Ah! Our very own Juliet Bravo, or is it Jill Gascoine?' Ashes to Ashes and representations of gender /Ben Lamb
Power plays: gender, genre, and Lynda La Plante /Julia Hallam.
Contexts /Tony Garnett
Sydney Newman and the 'Golden Age' /Shaun Sutton
Television drama series: a producer's view /Irene Shubik
TV drama: then and now /John McGrath
Writing television drama: then and now /Andrew Davies
Brookside: the technology backstory /Phil Redmond
Plot inflation in Greater Weatherfield: Coronation Street in the 1990s /Billy Smart
Persuaded? The impact of changing production contexts on three adaptations of Persuasion /Sarah Cardwell
'The Age of Innocence' /Alan Plater
Playing shops, shopping plays: the effect of the internal market on television drama /David Edgar
'A Hero Mumsy': parenting, power, and production changes in The Sarah Jane Adventures /Victoria Byard
Downton Abbey: reinventing the British costume drama /James Chapman
What do actors do when they act? /John Caughie
Coda: Timothy West discusses 'Acting on Stage: Acting on Screen'
The 1970s: regional variations /Barry Hanson
'What truth is there in this story?': The dramatisation of Northern Ireland /Edward Braun
Moving Waterloo Road from Rochdale to Greenock: exploring a sense of place in drama series /Cameron Roach
Too secret for words: coded dissent in female-authored Wednesday Plays /Madeleine Macmurraugh-Kavanagh
'Ah! Our very own Juliet Bravo, or is it Jill Gascoine?' Ashes to Ashes and representations of gender /Ben Lamb
Power plays: gender, genre, and Lynda La Plante /Julia Hallam.