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Paper View: The Best of The Sunday Times Television Columns by Adrian Gill
RRP: £9.99£7.11The finest TV critic of our time talks about Sport, Sitcoms, News, the Weather, Children's programmes and 'Reality Television'.A.A. Gill has been the must-read television critic in the SUNDAY TIMES 'Culture' section for more than ten years. This... -
The Age of Melodramatic Miniseries: When Glamour Ruled on Television, 1980-1995 by Scott Humphries 9781476691626
RRP: £28.99£23.38Glamour, power, champagne breakfasts in satin sheets--welcome to television's most dazzling and overlooked genre: women-centric melodrama miniseries of the 1980s and 1990s. Decades before Real Housewives, rags-to-riches fantasies depicting strong women... -
On Living with Television by Amy Holdsworth
RRP: £21.99£18.79In On Living with Television, Amy Holdsworth examines the characteristics of intimacy, familiarity, repetition, and duration that have come to exemplify the medium of television. Drawing on feminist television studies, queer theory, and disability... -
Frasier: A Cultural History by Joseph J. Darowski 9781442277960
RRP: £37.00£35.41After America's most pompous barhound left the Cheer's gang in Boston, he returned to Seattle and found himself surrounded by an equally colorful cast of friends and family alike. For eleven seasons, radio psychiatrist Frasier Crane contended with his... -
A Social History of British Broadcasting: Volume 1 - 1922-1939, Serving the Nation by Paddy Scannell 9780631175438
RRP: £113.95£98.87This is a history of broadcasting and its impact on modern life in Britain from its origins in the 1920s to the outbreak of the Second World War. Its concerns are with programmes and their makers and with the audiences for which they were made. It is a... -
Investigating Lois Lane: The Turbulent History of the Daily Planet's Ace Reporter by Tim Hanley 9781613733325
RRP: £20.95£15.90In a universe full of superheroes, Lois Lane has fought for truth and justice for over 75 years on page and screen without a cape or tights. From her creation by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster in 1938 to her forthcoming appearance in Batman v Superman:... -
The House That Hugh Laurie Built: An Unauthorized Biography and Episode Guide by Paul Challen 9781550228038
RRP: £16.99£12.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781550228038Author Paul ChallenFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,CanadaWeight(grams) 618g -
Disaster Mon Amour by David Thomson
RRP: £16.99£14.61A deep-and darkly comic-dive into the nature of disasters, and the ways they shape how we think about ourselves in the world "In this brilliant book, David Thomson tells the story of how we came to make disaster and catastrophe our best friends-how we... -
Winter is Coming: The Medieval World of Game of Thrones by Carolyne Larrington
RRP: £16.99£12.86The debate and discussion around Game of Thrones has covered questions of climate issues, industrialization, and questions of power, sex and gender. But in this essential companion to both George R.R. Martin's novels and the HBO show, Carolyne Larrington... -
Running Through Corridors: Rob and Toby's Marathon Watch of Doctor Who (Volume 1: The 60s): Rob and Toby's Marathon Watch of Doctor Who (The 60s) by Robert Shearman
RRP: £21.95£16.60In Running Through Corridors, two Doctor Who lovers of old - Robert Shearman and Toby Hadoke - embark on an epic quest of friendship: spend the gap year of 2009 (when Doctor Who consisted of a handful of specials rather than a full season) re-watching... -
Theatreland: A Journey Through the Heart of London's Theatre by Paul Ibell
RRP: £35.00£26.22Paul Ibell's "Theatreland" combines historical narrative with a unique exploration of how London's theatre works today. Covering the five centuries from Shakespeare's Bankside playhouses to today's West End, Paul Ibell's "Theatreland" explores the... -
The Thick Of It by James Walters 9781844577507
£23.63In the first dedicated title on this landmark political comedy, James Walters provides an in-depth study of the programme's achievements, by examining its power and influence within society and evaluating its legacy as a work of television art.About the... -
Murder and the Movies by David Thomson
RRP: £18.99£16.58A renowned movie critic on film's treatment of one of mankind's darkest behaviors: murder "[Thomson's] analysis of death in Hitchcock movies is gorgeous. His restlessness is palpable. There is an anxiety in this brief, hurried book that suits these... -
Expressionism and Film by Rudolf Kurtz
RRP: £13.99£12.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780861967186Author Rudolf KurtzFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint John Libbey & Co LtdPublisher John Libbey & CoWeight(grams) 794g -
The Essential Wrapped In Plastic: Pathways to Twin Peaks by John Thorne 9780997108101
RRP: £21.99£19.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997108101Author John ThorneFormat PaperbackPage Count 378Imprint John/ThornePublisher John/ThorneWeight(grams) 553gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 21mm -
Moonlighting: An Oral History by Scott Ryan
RRP: £26.95£19.41Once upon a time ABC-TV's Moonlighting was among the most buzzed-about shows in the country, thanks largely to the bravado of creator Glenn Gordon Caron, who never met a television convention he didn't want to break, and the sizzling on-screen chemistry... -
Rotten Tomatoes: The Ultimate Binge Guide: 294 Must-See Shows That Changed the Way We Watch TV by The Editors of Rotten Tomatoes
RRP: £20.00£12.05For the completist, The Ultimate Binge Guide is a challenge: a bingeable bucket list of all the shows you need to see before you die (or just to be super-informed at your next dinner party). For all readers, it's a fascinating look at the evolution of TV... -
Reading "Sex and the City" by Kim Akass 9781850434238
£20.54HBO's hit series "Sex and the City" has a huge international fanbase and has picked up major awards. This critical celebration of the life and times of Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha looks at the series as a new departure for TV comedy... -
Laura's Ghost: Women Speak About Twin Peaks by Courtenay Stallings 9781949024081
RRP: £26.95£19.41In 1990, the groundbreaking television series Twin Peaks, co-created by David Lynch and Mark Frost, opened with a murder mystery when a beautiful homecoming queen, wrapped in plastic, washed up on a cold and rocky beach. Laura Palmer's character began as... -
Butch Wilkins and the Sundance Kid: A Teenage Obsession with TV Sport by Nige Tassell
RRP: £9.99£8.17Butch Wilkins and the Sundance Kid chronicles the author's decade-long obsession with televised sport during his teenage years in the 1980s. Charting similar waters to Nick Hornby's classic Fever Pitch, but with the hopeless devotion of a teenager... -
Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: Hell’s Under New Management by Cori Mathis 9781666929782
RRP: £92.00£80.93Bringing together a multidisciplinary group of scholars from around the world, Netflix's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: Hell's Under New Management presents perspectives on the television show that situates it within contemporary discourses of genre,... -
Genre and Television: From Cop Shows to Cartoons in American Culture by Jason Mittell
RRP: £42.99£37.59Genre and Television proposes a new understanding of television genres as cultural categories, offering a set of in-depth historical and critical examinations to explore five key aspects of television genre: history, industry, audience, text, and genre... -
Gene Tierney: Star of Hollywood's Home Front by Will Scheibel
RRP: £29.95£24.13Gene Tierney may be one of the most recognizable faces of studio-era Hollywood: she starred in numerous classics, including Leave Her to Heaven, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, and Laura, with the latter featuring her most iconic role. While Tierney was... -
Uncomfortable Television by Hunter Hargraves
RRP: £22.99£19.60From The Wire to Intervention to Girls, postmillennial American television has dazzled audiences with novelistic seriality and cinematic aesthetics. Yet this television is also more perverse: it bombards audiences with misogynistic and racialized... -
Goodnight John-Boy by Earl Hamner 9781581822984
£12.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781581822984Author Earl HamnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Cumberland House Publishing,USPublisher Cumberland House Publishing,USWeight(grams)... -
Reading "Desperate Housewives": Beyond the White Picket Fence by Janet McCabe
£20.54'Everyone has a little dirty laundry.' The darkly comic series about the secret lives of the ladies living on Wisteria Lane became an instant breakthrough hit for ABC. 21 million viewers tuned in for the first episode and this figure has steadily grown... -
Supernatural: A History of Television's Unearthly Road Trip by Erin Giannini
RRP: £30.00£27.49A captivating exploration of the television phenomenon that is Supernatural, with insights into characters, plots, and the show's impact on pop culture. When Supernatural first aired on the CW in 2005, it was dismissed by many for being "pretty guys... -
Columbo: Paying Attention 24/7 by David Martin*jones
RRP: £20.99£17.19Columbo is 50 years old. A global smash in the 1970s, it is now a cult TV favourite. What is the reason for this enduring popularity? In this fascinating exploration of a television classic, David Martin-Jones argues that Columbo reveals how our current... -
He-man And She Ra: A Complete Guide to the Classic Animated Adventures by James Eatock
£48.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506700649Author James EatockFormat HardbackPage Count 592Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S. -
The Bbc'S 'Irish Troubles': Television, Conflict and Northern Ireland by Robert Savage
RRP: £85.00£60.57This book explores how news and information about the conflict in Northern Ireland was disseminated through the most accessible, powerful and popular form of media: television. It focuses on the BBC and considers how its broadcasts complicated the... -
The Psychology of Survivor: Leading Psychologists Take an Unauthorized Look at the Most Elaborate Psychological Experiment Ever Conducted . . . Survivor! by Richard J. Gerrig 9781933771052
£15.55Survivor 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... -
Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street by Michael Davis 9780143116639
£12.20"Sesame Street" is the longest-running-and arguably most beloved- children's television program ever created. Today, it reaches some six million preschoolers weekly in the United States and countless others in 140 countries around the world. "Street... -
Locating Television: Zones of Consumption by Anna Cristina Pertierra
RRP: £36.99£32.53Locating Television: Zones of Consumption takes an important next step for television studies: it acknowledges the growing diversity of the international experience of television today in order to address the question of 'what is television now?' The... -
Are You In The House Alone?: A TV Movie Compendium 1964-1999 by Amanda Reyes
RRP: £16.99£12.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909394445Author Amanda ReyesFormat PaperbackPage Count 342Imprint HeadpressPublisher Headpress -
Granada Television: The First Generation by Michael Cox 9780719065156
RRP: £19.99£16.42Unique, readable first hand accounts of one of the most significant periods in British television history. Introductory essay from leading academic Julia Hallam (University of Liverpool), sets the creation of Granada in the context of British... -
AHistory: An Unauthorized History of the Doctor Who Universe (Fourth Edition Vol. 2): An Unauthorized History of the Doctor Who Universe -- Volume 2 by Lars Pearson 9781935234234
RRP: £26.95£22.53The Fourth Edition of AHistory amends and vastly expands (by about 40%) the work of Third Edition, continuing to incorporate the whole of Doctor Who into a single timeline. All told, this Fourth Edition takes about 2000 (!!!!!) full-length Doctor Who... -
True Story: What Reality TV Says About Us by Danielle J. Lindemann
RRP: £15.99£12.11What do we see when we watch reality television? In True Story: What Reality TV Says About Us, the sociologist and TV lover Danielle J. Lindemann takes a long, hard look in the "funhouse mirror" of this genre, from countless rose ceremonies on The... -
Theatre, Education and the Making of Meanings: Art or Instrument? by Anthony Jackson
RRP: £19.99£17.44This book is a study of theatre's educational role during the 20th and the first years of the 21st centuries. It examines the variety of ways the theatre's educational potential has been harnessed and theorised, the claims made for its value and the... -
Gothic Television by Helen Wheatley 9780719071492
RRP: £19.99£17.44Gothic television is the first full length study of the Gothic released on British and US television. An historical account, the book combines detailed archival research with analyses of key programmes, from Mystery and Imagination and Dark Shadows, to... -
The Revolution Was Televised: How The Sopranos, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Lost, and Other Groundbreaking Dramas Changed TV Forever by Alan Sepinwall 9781476739670
£12.32In The Revolution Was Televised, celebrated TV critic Alan Sepinwall chronicles the remarkable transformation of the small screen over the past fifteen years. Focusing on twelve innovative television dramas that changed the medium and the culture at...