History & Criticism

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909394445Author Amanda ReyesFormat PaperbackPage Count 342Imprint HeadpressPublisher Headpress

The tensions between utopian dreams and dystopian anxieties permeate science fiction as a genre, and nowhere is this tension more evident than in Star Trek. This book breaks new ground by exploring music and sound within the Star Trek franchise across...

British television's pre-eminent playwright - latterly a novelist and film-maker - talks with passionate erudition, disarming candour and acerbic wit about the early influences that shaped him and led to his pioneering use of non-naturalism, to his...

Considers the social life of cars as represented on TV.About the AuthorPaul Grainge, Professor of Film and Television Studies, University of Nottingham.Book InformationISBN 9781474480048Author Paul GraingeFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Edinburgh...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780859654203Author Steven SavileFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Plexus Publishing LtdPublisher Plexus Publishing Ltd

'Norman Stanley Fletcher, you have pleaded guilty to the charges brought by this court and it is now my duty to pass sentence.' Those words, spoken by a judge to the show's hero in the title sequence of every Porridge episode, are among the most famous...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451659221Author Jennifer Keishin ArmstrongFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Simon & Schuster Children's PublishingPublisher Simon &...

This 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...

Audacious, weird, and icily ironic, Community was a kind of geek alt-comedy portal, packed with science fiction references, in-jokes that quickly metastasized into their own alternate universe, dark conspiracy-tinged humor, and a sharp yet loving...

This book presents an analysis of Lieutenant Columbo's investigative method of rhetorical inquiry as seen in the television police procedural Columbo (1968-2003). With a barrage of questions about minute details and feigned ignorance, the iconic...

With its fast and furious dialogue, crackling wit, and political savvy, The West Wing became appointment TV for millions during its seven-season run between 1999 and 2006. The behind-the-scenes ensemble drama about Washington politics premiered on the...

The ultimate deep dive into the revolution of queer TV With the last decade’s television boom across a multitude of platforms, producing hundreds of network and streaming series, American audiences are being treated to a cascade of shows that some have...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524743369Author Saul AusterlitzFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint DuttonPublisher Penguin Books LtdWeight(grams) 306g

There may be no more iconic image of mid-1980s network television than Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs speeding down Biscayne Boulevard in Crockett's sleek black Ferrari on Miami Vice. With its unprecedented $1.3 million-per-episode budget and executive...

"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...

The complete oral history of Monty Python - one of comedy's most legendary and influential troupes - publishing to coincide with the 50th anniversary of their BBC debut. With a foreword by John Oliver...

Immerse yourself in Julian Fellowes' multi-award-winning drama. The full scripts of Series Two include previously unseen dialogue and drama. Downton Abbey has become a national phenomenon and the most successful British drama of our time...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770411661Author Robert A. SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 408Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,CanadaWeight(grams) 734g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770411661Author Robert A. SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 408Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,CanadaWeight(grams) 734g

This book brings together a host of internationally recognised scholars to provide an interdisciplinary perspective on the representation of the child in cinema. Individual chapters examine how children appear across a broad range of films, including...

On September 26, 1968, ""Hawaii Five-O"" premiered on CBS. The show's exotic locale and quality writing and acting made it a fixture in the network's line-up for the next 12 years. Today the detective series continues to be very popular in syndication...

Unruly women have been making a spectacle of themselves in film and on television from Mae West to Roseanne Arnold. In this groundbreaking work, Kathleen Rowe explores how the unruly woman-often a voluptuous, noisy, joke-making rebel or "woman on...

This 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...

The last ten years have seen a shift in television storytelling toward increasingly complex storylines and characters. In this study, Sarah Hagelin and Gillian Silverman zoom in on a key figure in this transformation: the archetype of the female antihero...

About Time vol. 7 continues an examination of the real-world social-political context in which each Doctor Who story was made, this time focusing on Series 1 and 2 of the revamped series (2005 to 2006) starring Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant...

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...

From I Love Lucy to Black-ish, sitcoms have often paved the way for social change.Television comedy has long been on the frontline in how America evolves on social issues. There is something about comedy that makes difficult issues more palatable—with...

"The definitive guide for scholars and fans alike to all things Masterpiece and Mystery!" Library Journal, Starred ReviewOn a wintry night in 1971, Masterpiece Theatre debuted on PBS. Fifty years later, America's appetite for British drama has never been...

In 2009, 16 and Pregnant premiered on MTV, closely followed by the spinoffs Teen Mom and Teen Mom 2. Because of their controversial portrayals of teenage mothers, the shows have received ongoing media attention. While some argue that the programs could...

This book offers an account of how the global popularity of the Nordic Noir wave of television crime drama such as?The Killing/Forbrydelsen and The Bridge/Broen/Bron?had a profound impact on the production of television crime drama in Australia. Through...

This book examines the cultural impact and creation of the cult-hit television series Mystery Science Theatre 3000. It looks at the most famous episodes, creators involved, and analyzes why the series has resonated with so many viewers. Book...

In a richly developed fictional universe, Doctor Who, a wandering survivor of a once-powerful alien civilization, possesses powers beyond human comprehension. He can bend the fabric of time and space with his TARDIS, alter the destiny of worlds, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781598511123Author Mike OlszewskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 189Imprint Gray & Company PublishersPublisher Gray & Company PublishersWeight(grams)...

From Amos 'n' Andy to The Jeffersons to Family Matters to Chappelle's Show, this volume covers it all with entries on all different genres-animation, documentaries, sitcoms, sports, talk shows, and variety shows-and performers such as Muhammad Ali, Louis...

The Wire (2002-2008) was a searing exploration of post-9/11 America. It detailed the struggles of those living in America's disintegrating industrial heartlands and drug-ravaged neighborhoods, as well as those striving against the odds in its schools,...

With diverse contributions from scholars in English literature, psychology, and film and television studies, this collection of essays contextualizes Fringe as a postmodern investigation into what makes us human and as an examination of how technology...

Television's Community follows the shenanigans of a diverse group of traditional and nontraditional community college students: Jeff Winger, a former lawyer; Britta Perry, a feminist; Abed Nadir, a pop culture enthusiast; Shirley Bennett, a mother;...

The Irish Republican Army (IRA) has for decades pursued the goal of unifying its homeland into a single sovereign nation, ending British rule in North Ireland. Over the years, the IRA has been dramatized in motion pictures directed by John Ford (The...

In the mid-20th century, Mickey Spillane was the sensation of not just mystery fiction but publishing itself. The level of sex and violence in his Mike Hammer thrillers (starting with I, The Jury in 1947) broke down long-held taboos and engendered a near...

An elementary school dropout, George Burns went on to become one of America's most beloved entertainers. This book covers a neglected part of his career - his work as a television producer. Burns was not only a behind-the-scenes producer, but also filled...