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British Television Drama: A History
L. Cooke
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Description for British Television Drama: A History
Hardback. This respected history of British television drama is an indispensable guide to key developments in the field since 1930. Thoroughly revised and updated, this second edition includes new case studies and illustrations, fresh material on the beginnings of British television drama and a substantial new chapter which brings the history up to 2014. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; APT. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 242 x 22. Weight in Grams: 626.
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 spectrum of television drama, Lez Cooke places programmes in their social, political and industrial
contexts, and surveys the key dramas, writers, producers and directors.
Thoroughly revised and updated, this second edition includes new images and case studies, new material on British television drama before 1936, an expanded bibliography and a substantial new ... Read more
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 spectrum of television drama, Lez Cooke places programmes in their social, political and industrial
contexts, and surveys the key dramas, writers, producers and directors.
Thoroughly revised and updated, this second edition includes new images and case studies, new material on British television drama before 1936, an expanded bibliography and a substantial new ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844576241
SKU
V9781844576241
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About L. Cooke
Lez Cooke is Senior Research Officer in the Department of Media Arts at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. He is the author of Troy Kennedy Martin (2007), A Sense of Place: Regional British Television Drama, 1956–82 (2012) and Style in British Television Drama (2013). He is on the editorial board of the Journal of British Cinema and Television.
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