Experimental British television. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Laura Mulvey, Jamie Sexton.
• Editors: Mulvey, Laura; Sexton, Jamie
• Contents: Introduction: Experimental British television – Laura Mulvey; 1. ‘Creative in its own right’: The Langham Group and the search for a new television drama – John Hill; 2. ‘And now for your Sunday night experimental drama…’ Experimentation and armchair theatre – Helen Wheatley; 3. A ‘New Drama for Television’?: Diary of a young man – John Hill; 4. ‘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; 5. From art to avant-garde? television, formalism and the arts documentary in 1960s Britain – Jamie Sexton; 6. An experiment in television drama: John McGrath’s The Adventures of Frank – Lez Cooke; 7. Don’t fence me in: The Singing Detective and the synchronicity of indeterminacy – Catrin Prys; 8. Visions: a Channel 4 experiment 1982–5 – John Ellis; 9. Experimenting on air: UK artists' film on television – A.L. Rees; 10. Experimental music television – K.J. Donnelly; 11. ‘Yes, it’s War!’: Chris Morris and the boundaries of comic acceptability – Brett Mills; Index
• Publisher Details: Manchester : Manchester University Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (232 pages)
• Subjects: PERFORMING ARTS / Television / General; Television
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780719098567; 0719098564
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