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The British television director Alan Clarke is primarily associated with the visceral social realism of such works as his banned borstal play Scum, and his study of football hooliganism, The Firm. This book uncovers the full range of his work from the mythic fantasy of Penda's Fen, to the radical short film on terrorism, Elephant. Dave Rolinson uses original research to examine the development of Clarke's career from the theatre and the 'studio system' of provocative television play strands of the 1960s and 1970s, to the increasingly personal work of the 1980s, which established him as one of Britain's greatest directors. 'Alan Clarke' examines techniques of television direction, and proposes new methodologies as it questions the critical neglect of directors in what is traditionally seen as a writer's medium. It raises crucial issues in television studies, including aesthetics, authorship, censorship, the convergence of film and television, drama-documentary form, narrative and realism.

Clarke, Alan, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- LITERARY COLLECTIONS --- General. --- Film and Media --- Film, TV & Radio --- PERFORMING ARTS / Television / General --- Television --- Alan Clarke. --- British television director. --- Elephant. --- Penda's Fen. --- Scum. --- borstal play. --- football hooliganism. --- social realism. --- terrorism. --- theatre.

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This is the first-ever critical work on Jack Rosenthal, the award-winning British television dramatist. His career began with Coronation Street in the 1960's and he became famous for his popular sitcoms, including The Lovers and The Dustbinmen. During what is often known as the 'golden age' of British television drama, Rosenthal wrote such plays as The Knowledge, The Chain, Spend, Spend, Spend and P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang, as well as the pilot for the series London's Burning. This study offers a close analysis of all Rosenthal's best-known works, drawing on archival material as well as interview...

Television plays, English --- English television plays --- English drama --- History and criticism. --- Rosenthal, Jack, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Film and Media --- Film --- ART --- Electronic, holographic & video art --- TV & Radio --- Film & Video --- British television dramatist. --- Coronation Street. --- Don Black. --- Jack Rosenthal. --- Jonathan Lynn. --- London's Burning. --- Thatcherism. --- permissive society. --- recession. --- sitcoms.

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This book is the first sustained critical analysis of Cult British TV comedy from 1990 to the present day. The book examines 'post-alternative' comedy as both 'cult' and 'quality' TV, aimed mostly at niche audiences and often possessing a subcultural aura (comedy was famously declared 'the new 'rock'n'roll' in the early '90s). It includes case studies of Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer and the sitcom writer Graham Linehan. It examines developments in sketch shows and the emergence of 'dark' and 'cringe' comedy, and considers the politics of 'offence' during a period in which Brass Eye, 'Sachsgate' and Frankie Boyle provoked different kinds of media outrage. Programmes discussed include Vic Reeves Big Night Out, Peep Show, Father Ted, The Mighty Boosh, The Fast Show and Psychoville. Cult British TV Comedy will be of interest to both students and fans of modern TV comedy.

Cult films --- Television comedies --- Comedies, Television --- Comedy programs --- Comedy programs, Television --- Comedy television programs --- Television comedy programs --- Television programs --- Cult classics --- Cult movies --- Motion pictures --- Cult television programs --- televisie --- televisieseries --- televisiereeksen --- comedy --- Groot-Brittannië --- twintigste eeuw --- eenentwintigste eeuw --- Reeves Vic --- Mortimer Bob --- Linehan Graham --- 791.46 --- Film and Media --- Television --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture --- Electronic, holographic & video art --- British Television. --- Cult TV. --- Post-alternative comedy. --- TV Comedy.

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Film, Television and Cinema. This text makes a seminal contribution to British television history by focusing on the 'beginnings' of popular generic forms, such as soap operas, quiz/game shows and 'problem' shows. Su Holmes demonstrates how BBC television played an important role in developing these popular generic forms.

Television broadcasting --- Popular culture --- Nineteen fifties. --- 1950s --- 50s (Twentieth century decade) --- Fifties (Twentieth century decade) --- Twentieth century --- Telecasting --- Television --- Television industry --- Broadcasting --- Mass media --- History --- British Broadcasting Corporation. --- BBC-TV --- B.B.C.-T.V. --- BBCTV --- BBC Television --- B.B.C. Television --- History. --- Mass communications --- anno 1950-1959 --- Great Britain --- Television broadcasting. --- Popular culture. --- Television programs. --- Television programs --- Programs, Television --- Shows, Television --- Television shows --- TV shows --- Electronic program guides (Television) --- Television scripts --- Radio vision --- TV --- Artificial satellites in telecommunication --- Electronic systems --- Optoelectronic devices --- Telecommunication --- Astronautics --- Culture, Popular --- Mass culture --- Pop culture --- Popular arts --- Communication --- Intellectual life --- Mass society --- Recreation --- Culture --- Social aspects. --- Social aspects --- Optical communication systems --- British Broadcasting Corporation --- B.B.C. --- BBC --- Great Britain. --- Hayʼat al-Idhāʻah al-Barīṭānīyah --- Ying-kuo kuang po kung ssu --- Yingguo guang bo gong si --- British Broadcasting Company --- Anglia --- Angliyah --- Briṭanyah --- England and Wales --- Förenade kungariket --- Grã-Bretanha --- Grande-Bretagne --- Grossbritannien --- Igirisu --- Iso-Britannia --- Marea Britanie --- Nagy-Britannia --- Prydain Fawr --- Royaume-Uni --- Saharātchaʻānāčhak --- Storbritannien --- United Kingdom --- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland --- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland --- Velikobritanii͡ --- Wielka Brytania --- Yhdistynyt kuningaskunta --- Northern Ireland --- Scotland --- Wales --- B.B.C. (British Broadcasting Corporation) --- BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) --- BBC Group --- Hay�at al-Idh�a�ah al-Bar�i�t�an�iyah --- Film and Media --- SOCIAL SCIENCE --- Popular Culture --- British television history. --- ITYP programme. --- Independent Television. --- TIYL. --- The Grove Family. --- celebrity culture. --- give-away show. --- popular interests. --- private life programme. --- problem show. --- public service. --- quiz/game show. --- soap opera. --- television fame.