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House M.D. vs. Reality: Fact and Fiction in the Hit Television Series by Andrew Holtz 9780425238936
RRP: £24.00£15.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425238936Author Andrew HoltzFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams)... -
The Aesthetics of Culture in Buffy the Vampire Slayer Matthew Pateman 9780786422494
RRP: £21.99£18.55On the TV screen as elsewhere, there is often more than meets the eye. For decades, television has offered not just entertainment, but observations--subtle and otherwise--on society. This book examines the cultural commentary contained in Buffy, the... -
Tv Antiquity: Swords, Sandals, Blood and Sand by Sylvie Magerstadt
RRP: £85.00£60.17TV antiquity explores representations of ancient Greece and Rome throughout television history. The first comprehensive overview of the 'swords and sandals' genre on the small screen, it argues that these shows offer a distinct perspective on the ancient... -
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... -
Madman in a Box: The Social History of Doctor Who by David Johnson 9781845839390
£15.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845839390Author David JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 174Imprint Telos Publishing LtdPublisher Telos Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 186gDimensions(mm)... -
The Rise of K-Dramas: Essays on Korean Television and Its Global Consumption by JaeYoon Park 9781476677477
RRP: £28.99£23.38Korean dramas gained popularity across Asia in the late 1990s, and their global fandom continues to grow. Despite cultural differences, non-Asian audiences find "K-dramas" appealing. They range from historical melodrama and romantic comedy to action,... -
Millennials Killed the Video Star: MTV's Transition to Reality Programming by Amanda Ann Klein
RRP: £20.99£18.37Between 1995 and 2000, the number of music videos airing on MTV dropped by 36 percent. As an alternative to the twenty-four-hour video jukebox the channel had offered during its early years, MTV created an original cycle of scripted reality shows,... -
Wandering The Wild Wild West: A Critical Analysis of the CBS Television Series by Don Presnell 9781476685601
RRP: £14.99£12.55The Wild Wild West premiered on CBS in 1965, just as network dominance of television Westerns was waning and the global James Bond phenomenon was in full force. Described as "James Bond on horseback," the series was like nothing else on TV before or... -
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... -
Ponyville Confidential: The History and Culture of My Little Pony, 1981-2016 by Sherilyn Connelly 9781476662091
RRP: £14.99£12.55Beloved by young girls around the world, Hasbro's My Little Pony franchise has been mired in controversy since its debut in the early 1980s. Critics dismissed the cartoons as toy advertisements, and derided their embrace of femininity. The 2010 debut... -
Doctors - Who's Who?: The Story Behind Every Face of the Iconic Time Lord by Craig Cabell 9781782194712
RRP: £7.99£5.60Updateddetailed biographies of the 12 actors who have played the Time Lord, including the latest, Peter Capaldi"Doctor Who" is the world's longest-running science fiction television series, and the role of theTime Lord has been a career landmark for... -
Alan Bennett by Kara McKechnie 9780719068065
RRP: £19.99£17.82Alan Bennett is one of the UK's most well-known and successful writers. His oeuvre is one where populist art forms and intellectually complex arguments co-exist seamlessly, allowing the work to appeal to a wide audience. Bennett's familiar voice combines... -
Star Trek: Fifty Years of Star Trek by Titan 9781785855931
RRP: £17.99£14.80The 50-year history of Star Trek, as told by the people who were there - every cast member interviewed. From the vaults of Star Trek Magazine, we celebrate with classic archive interviews with every lead cast member, from William Shatner to Patrick... -
The Hippest Trip in America: Soul Train and the Evolution of Culture & Style by Nelson George 9780062221049
RRP: £18.99£13.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062221049Author Nelson GeorgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint William Morrow & CompanyPublisher William Morrow & CompanyWeight(grams) 204g -
Kids Rule!: Nickelodeon and Consumer Citizenship by Sarah Banet-Weiser
RRP: £21.99£19.19In Kids Rule! Sarah Banet-Weiser examines the cable network Nickelodeon in order to rethink the relationship between children, media, citizenship, and consumerism. Nickelodeon is arguably the most commercially successful cable network ever. Broadcasting... -
Screening Culture, Viewing Politics: An Ethnography of Television, Womanhood, and Nation in Postcolonial India by Purnima Mankekar 9780822323907
RRP: £24.99£22.07In Screening Culture, Viewing Politics Purnima Mankekar presents a cutting-edge ethnography of television-viewing in India. With a focus on the responses of upwardly-mobile, yet lower-to-middle class urban women to state-sponsored entertainment serials,... -
Television: The Critical View by Horace Newcomb 9780195301168
RRP: £135.99£78.09This anthology, first published in 1976, is used in courses on television criticism, television history, media & society, and broadcasting. The 7th edition, which is comprised of virtually all new selections, features a slightly revamped... -
Sex and the Slayer by Lorna Jowett 9780819567581
£24.99Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Nickelodeon '90s: Cartoons, Game Shows and a Whole Bunch of Slime by Chris Morgan 9781476685649
RRP: £21.99£17.97There is an entire generation that grew up on Nickelodeon. The network started to get its footing in the '80s and in the '90s became the defining voice in entertainment for kids. For the first time ever, in this book, the entire expanse of '90s... -
It's Not TV: Watching HBO in the Post-Television Era by Marc Leverette
RRP: £36.99£32.53Since first going on the air in 1972, HBO has continually attempted to redefine television as we know it. Today, pay television (and HBO in particular) is positioned as an alternative to network offerings, consistently regarded as the premier site for... -
Dark Shadows by Harry M. Benshoff 9780814334393
£18.53While supernatural events have become fairly commonplace on daytime television in recent decades, Dark Shadows, which aired on ABC between 1966 and 1971, pioneered this format when it blended the vampires, werewolves, warlocks, and witches of fictional... -
Gilmore Girls and the Politics of Identity: Essays on Family and Feminism in the Television Series Ritch Calvin 9780786437276
RRP: £21.99£18.55This work examines the Gilmore Girls from a post-feminist perspective, evaluating how the show's main female characters and supporting cast fit into the classic portrayal of feminine identity on popular television. The book begins by placing Gilmore... -
Maverick by Dennis Broe 9780814339169
£17.62Airing on ABC from 1957 to 1962, Maverick appeared at a key moment in television Western history and provided a distinct alternative to the genre's usual moralistic lawmen in its hero, Bret Maverick. A non-violent gambler and part-time con man,... -
Teen Television: Essays on Programming and Fandom Sharon Marie Ross 9780786435890
RRP: £21.99£18.55This essay collection explores the phenomenon of "teen TV" in the United States, analyzing the meanings and manifestations of this category of programming from a variety of perspectives. Part One views teen television through an industrial... -
Reading "Little Britain": Comedy Matters on Contemporary Television by Sharon Lockyer 9781845119393
£22.03'Little Britain' arrived on British TV in 2003 - and was an instant hit. Matt Lucas and David Walliams wrote and performed, and their sharp satirical genius created this character-based sketch show - Vicky Pollard, Dafydd 'I'm the only gay in the... -
The Wider Worlds of Jim Henson: Essays on His Work and Legacy Beyond The Muppet Show and Sesame Street by Jennifer C. Garlen 9780786469864
RRP: £21.99£17.97Jim Henson was the creative force behind a huge catalog of television series, films, specials, and other productions, even excepting the Muppets. This collection of essays delves into the rest of Henson's body of work, including projects developed... -
The Doctor's Monsters: Meanings of the Monstrous in Doctor Who by Graham Sleight 9781848851788
£20.97Doctor Who has been on global television screens for nearly fifty years, and many of its most memorable protagonists have been its monsters, The Daleks, Cybermen, Slitheen, the Sonterans, Ood, Wiirrn, and others. Entertainingly and provocatively written,... -
Theatre, Education and the Making of Meanings: Art or Instrument? by Anthony Jackson 9780719065422
RRP: £80.00£57.09This 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... -
The X-Files by Theresa L. Geller 9780814339428
£17.62Premiering in 1993 on FOX Network, The X-Files followed the investigations of two FBI special agents, Fox Mulder and Dr. Dana Scully as they pursued the supernatural, the bizarre, and the alien, as well as the government conspiracies at work to conceal... -
Paul Abbott by Beth Johnson 9780719086298
RRP: £85.00£60.17Creator of television series such as Shameless, Clocking Off, State of Play, Reckless, Linda Green and Children's Ward, Paul Abbott is a British 'showrunner' and writer whose name and reputation for edgy, intelligent, successful and socio-political... -
Nip/Tuck: Television That Gets Under Your Skin by Roz Kaveney
£20.97Promoted as a 'disturbingly perfect' and 'deeply shallow' television drama and created by Ryan Murphy, who is also behind the teen musical show Glee, Nip/Tuck has been one of the most popular and controversial shows on cable TV. The misadventures and... -
Sunny Days: The Children's Television Revolution That Changed America by David Kamp
RRP: £17.99£11.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501137815Author David KampFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 137mm... -
Seinfeld, Masters of Its Domain: Revisiting TV's Greatest Show by David Lavery 9780826418036
£29.35Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
American Television During a Television Presidency by Karen McNally
£41.68Explores the ways television documents, satirizes, and critiques the political era of the Trump presidency.In American Television during a Television Presidency, Karen McNally and contributors critically examine the various ways in which television... -
Entertaining Television: The BBC and Popular Television Culture in the 1950s by Su Holmes
RRP: £19.99£14.52Entertaining television challenges the idea that the BBC in the 1950s was elitist and 'staid', upholding Reithian values in a paternalistic, even patronising way. By focusing on a number of (often controversial) programme case studies - such as the soap... -
A European Television History Jonathan Bignell (University of Reading, UK) 9781405163408
RRP: £39.95£35.04European Television History brings together television historians and media scholars to chart the development of television in Europe since its inception. The volume interrogates the history of the medium in divergent political, economic, cultural and... -
About Time 8: The Unauthorized Guide to Doctor Who (Series 3): The Unauthorized Guide to Doctor Who 2007 (Series 3) by Tat Wood
RRP: £21.95£17.84In About Time, the whole of Doctor Who is examined through the lens of the real-world social and political changes as well as ongoing developments in television production that influenced the series in ways big and small over the course of a generation... -
Lou Grant: The Making of TV's Top Newspaper Drama by Douglass K. Daniel 9780815603634
RRP: £16.95£13.56When Lou Grant premiered in the fall of 1977, it quickly became a symbol of television drama at its best. During its five years on the air, Lou Grant earned critical acclaim as an entertaining yet thoughtful drama about important social and political... -
Hitchcock a la Carte by Jan Olsson 9780822358046
RRP: £21.99£19.19Alfred Hitchcock: cultural icon, master film director, storyteller, television host, foodie. And as Jan Olsson argues in Hitchcock a la Carte, he was also an expert marketer who built his personal brand around his rotund figure and well-documented table... -
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...