Oldham Paranoid visions

Spies, conspiracies and the secret state in British television drama
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-5261-1613-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 248 Seiten

Paranoid visions explores the history of the spy and conspiracy genres on British television, from 1960s Cold War series through 1980s conspiracy dramas to contemporary ‘war on terror’ thrillers. The dramas analysed include Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Edge of Darkness, A Very British Coup and Spooks.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Oldham, Joseph

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1 ‘A balance of terror’: Callan (ITV, 1967–72) as an existential thriller for television
2 ‘A professional’s contest’: procedure and bureaucracy in Special Branch (ITV, 1969–74) and The Sandbaggers (ITV, 1978–80)
3 ‘Who killed Great Britain?’: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (BBC 2, 1979) as a modern classic serial
4 Conspiracy as a crisis of procedure in Bird of Prey (BBC 1, 1982) and Edge of Darkness (BBC 2, 1985)
5 Death of a master narrative: the battle for consensus in A Very British Coup (Channel 4, 1988)
6 The precinct is political: espionage as a public service in Spooks (BBC 1, 2002–11)
Conclusion
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Joseph Oldham is Associate Fellow in Film and Television Studies at the University of Warwick