Research Catalog

Title

Experimental British television / edited by Laura Mulvey and Jamie Sexton.

Publication

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2007.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Mulvey, Laura.
• Sexton, Jamie.

Description

xii, 215 p.; 24 cm.

Subject

• Television programs > Great Britain > History > 20th century

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-203) and index.

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.

Call Number

MWGV (Great Britain) 08-73

ISBN

• 9780719075544 (hardback)
• 0719075548 (hardback)
• 9780719075551 (pbk.)
• 0719075556 (pbk.)

OCLC

144227248

Title

Experimental British television / edited by Laura Mulvey and Jamie Sexton.

Imprint

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2007.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-203) and index.

Added Author

Mulvey, Laura.

Sexton, Jamie.

Research Call Number

MWGV (Great Britain) 08-73