State of play : contemporary "high-end" TV drama /: contemporary "high-end" TV drama. (2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Robin Nelson.
• Other Names: Nelson, Robin, 1949-
• Contents: Introduction : aims, scope, methods, and standpoints -- Mapping the territory, blurring the boundaries -- Distinctive product : three kinds of quality : The Sopranos, Shooting the past, Shameless -- State of play : the TV drama industry : new rules of the game -- Pushing the envelope : "edgy" TV drama, Queer as folk, Sex and the City, Carnivàle -- Techniques, technologies and cultural form -- Between global and national : 24 and Spooks, Buried and Oz -- "Quality TV" in context -- Singularity sustained : Blackpool, Casanova, State of play.
• Publisher Details: Manchester New York : Manchester University Press Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (222 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 791.456; Television programs -- United States; Television programs -- Great Britain; Television programs -- Great Britain; Television programs -- United States; PERFORMING ARTS -- Television -- Reference; PERFORMING ARTS -- Television -- General; Television programs; Televisiespelen; Massamediaindustrie; Culturele aspecten; Fernsehserie; Great Britain; United States; Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland; Verenigde Staten; USA; Großbritannien; Electronic books; Electronic books; Anthologies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781847791825; 1847791824; 9781781701119; 1781701113
• Related ISBNs: 9780719073113; 0719073111; 9780719073106; 0719073103
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-218) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.