Television

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770412545Author Graeme BurkFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,CanadaWeight(grams) 468g

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Game of Thrones was an international sensation, and has been looked at from many different angles. But to date there has been little research into its audiences: who they were, how they engaged with and responded to it. This book presents the findings...

In Welcome to the Dreamhouse feminist media studies pioneer Lynn Spigel takes on Barbie collectors, African American media coverage of the early NASA space launches, and television's changing role in the family home and its links to the broader visual...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781350179493Author James ChapmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Bloomsbury AcademicPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLCWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm)...

First televised in 2011, Death in Paradise remains one of the most popular shows in the U.K. The detective series is frequently ignored, panned or belittled by television critics, but viewers disagree. Bringing in more than eight million viewers a...

Throughout the long-running BBC series Doctor Who, the Doctor has rarely been alone-his companions are essential. Male or female, human or alien, young or old, the dozens of companions who have travelled with him over the past 50 years have served as...

Despite its popularity when it first appeared in print in 1600, Every Man out of His Humour has never appeared as a single modern critical edition until now. The volume's introduction and annotations convey early modern obsessions with wealth and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593938338Author Martin GramsFormat HardbackPage Count 816Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 1615gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm...

This book is not endorsed sponsored or affiliated with CBS Studios Inc. Paramount Pictures or the Star Trek franchise. EStar Trek FAQE tells the complete story of EStar TrekE from the before the beginning (the books films and TV shows that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681885629Author Dan ChavkinFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Weldon OwenPublisher Weldon Owen

Everyone has their favourite Monty Python sketches, often quoted almost verbatim, whether it is 'the Parrot Sketch', 'the Cheese Shop' or 'Blackmail' - amongst many. Likewise the Python films, the mere mention of which might solicit quotes like 'Tis but...

When the final episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer aired in 2003, fans mourned the death of the hit television series. Yet the show has lived on through syndication, global distribution, DVD release, and merchandising, as well as in the memories of its...

Hanna and Barbera: Conversations presents a lively portrait of Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera, the influential producers behind Tom and Jerry, the Flintstones, Scooby-Doo, the Smurfs, and hundreds of other cartoon characters who continue to entertain the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845832377Author Deborah TaylorFormat PaperbackPage Count 402Imprint Telos Publishing LtdPublisher Telos Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 417g

You can present to camera, speak to time, read autocue, conduct an interview, write and memorise scripts; you have a showreel, headshots and a CV-but what next? How do you decide which genre to go for, market yourself and establish your career? The TV...

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Given the limitless freedom of animation, why would anyone use it to make a sitcom about a struggling family-owned burger place? And why would audiences embrace this greasy fantasy, not just by tuning in but by permanently decorating their legs and arms...

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One of Britain's foremost TV practitioners, Andrew Davies is the creator of programmes such as 'A Very Peculiar Practice', 'To Serve Them All My Days', 'Pride and Prejudice', 'Othello' and 'The Way We Live Now'. Although best known for his adaptations of...

Neil Gaiman's bestselling and most beloved novel, American Gods, is now a critically acclaimed Starz television series. This official companion to the series takes Gaiman fans behind the scenes of this compelling, surreal show in which Old Gods and New...

Neural prosthetics are systems or devices implanted in or connected to the brain that influence the input and output of information. They modulate, bypass, supplement, or replace regions of the brain and its connections to parts of the body that are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307395313Author Chad GervichFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 464gDimensions(mm) 235mm *...

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Survivor has proven to be one of the most popular shows to ever hit television screens. What has this pop culture phenomenon shown us -- by placing a few hundred people on islands around the world -- about the psychological make-up of the average...

The international success of Downton Abbey has led to a revived interest in period dramas, with older programs like The Forsyte Saga being rediscovered by a new generation of fans whose tastes also include grittier fare like Ripper Street. Though often...

This book traces the history of Seinfeld's path onto NBC's schedule and rise up the Nielsen ratings, offering a fresh look at the episodes themselves. It pays close attention to the writers and writing of the show, carefully analyzing individual episodes...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996820813Author Brad DukesFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint Short/Tall PressPublisher Short/Tall PressWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm...

Beginning in the 1930s and moving into the post millennium, this book provides a historical analysis of the policies and practices established by the BBC as it attempted to assist white Britons in adjusting to the presence of African-Caribbeans. Among...

This study of the literary relationship between Charles Williams and C. S. Lewis during the years 1936-1945 focuses on the theme of 'co-inherence' at the centre of their friendship. The idea of 'co-inherence' has long been recognized as an important...

Animation has been part of television since the start of the medium but it has rarely received unbiased recognition from media scholars. More often, it has been ridiculed for supposedly poor technical quality, accused of trafficking in violence aimed...

British science fiction television of the 1970s and 1980s is full of Machiavellian protagonists and fatalistic endings. It presents a complex world of moral and ethical dilemmas, appropriate to the emerging political landscape of Thatcherite Britain...

From Skirts Ahoy! to M*A*S*H, Private Benjamin, G.I. Jane, and JAG, films and television shows have grappled with the notion that military women are contradictory figures, unable to be both effective soldiers and appropriately feminine. In Soldiers'...

In TV Snapshots, Lynn Spigel explores snapshots of people posing in front of their television sets in the 1950s through the early 1970s. Like today's selfies, TV snapshots were a popular photographic practice through which people visualized their lives...

When the final episode of Seinfeld aired on 14th May 1998, an amazing 76.3 million Americans tuned in, making it the most popular situation comedy is US television history. * The first show-by-show episode guide to be written about this iconic television...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782322113040Author John R CollinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 58Imprint Bod - Books on DemandPublisher Bod - Books on DemandWeight(grams) 68gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629334561Author Joe MartelleFormat PaperbackPage Count 572Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 753gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

A cultural phenomenon for a decade, Friends ranked in the top ten for every year of its original run, an accomplishment unmatched by any other scripted series. And more than twenty-five years since its theme song promised "I'll be there for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780879723095Author Jack G. ShaheenFormat HardbackPage Count 146Imprint Bowling Green University Popular Press,USPublisher University of Wisconsin...

In just a few years, what used to be an immobile piece of living room furniture, which one had to sit in front of at appointed times in order to watch sponsored programming on a finite number of channels, morphed into a glowing cloud of screens with...