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Paranoid visions : spies, conspiracies and the secret state in British television drama / Joseph Oldham.
- Title
- Paranoid visions : spies, conspiracies and the secret state in British television drama / Joseph Oldham.
- Author
- Oldham, Joseph
- Publication
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2017.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PN1992.8.S67 O43 2017 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xii, 218 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 'A balance of terror' : Callan (ITV, 1967-72) as an existential thriller for television -- 'A professional's contest' : procedure and bureaucracy in Special Branch (ITV, 1969-74) and The Sandbaggers (ITV, 1978-80) -- 'Who killed Great Britain?' : Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy (BBC 2, 1979) as a modern classic serial -- Conspiracy as a crisis of procedure in Bird of Prey (BBC 1, 1982) and Edge of Darkness (BBC 2, 1985) -- Death of a master narrative : the battle for consensus in A Very British Coup (Channel 4, 1988) -- The precinct is political : espionage as a public service in Spooks (BBC 1, 2002-11).
- ISBN
- 1784994154
- 9781784994150
- OCLC
- 968773586
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library