Experimental British television. (2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Laura Mulvey and Jamie Sexton.
• Other Names: Mulvey, Laura; Sexton, Jamie
• Contents: Introduction: experimental British television / Laura Mulvey -- 'Creative in its own right': the Langham Group and the search for a new television drama / John Hill -- 'And now for your Sunday night experimental drama ... ': experimentation and Armchair theatre / Helen Wheatley -- A 'new drama for television'?: Diary of a young man / John Hill -- 'The very new can only come from the very old': Ken Russell, national culture and the possibility of experimental television at the BBC in the 1960s / Kay Dickinson -- From art to avant-garde? Television, formalism and the arts documentary in 1960s Britain / Jamie Sexton -- An experiment in television drama: John McGrath's The adventures of Frank / Lez Cooke -- Don't fence me in: The singing detective and the synchronicity of indeterminacy / Catrin Prys -- Visions: a Channel 4 experiment 1982-85 / John Ellis -- Experimenting on air: UK artists' film on television / A.L. Rees -- Experimental music video and television / K.J. Donnelly -- 'Yes, it's war!': Chris Morris and comedy's representational strategies / Brett Mills.
• Publisher Details: Manchester New York : Manchester University Press
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 215 pages)
• Subjects: 791.4570941; Popular Culture; Television programs -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; PERFORMING ARTS -- Television -- History & Criticism; Television programs; Fernsehästhetik -- Grossbritannien -- Geschichte 20. Jh; Great Britain; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780719098574; 0719098572
• Related ISBNs: 9780719075544; 0719075548; 9780719075551; 0719075556
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-203) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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