Factual Heritage Television

1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-13241-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 144 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Reihe: Routledge Advances in Television Studies

This book explores the role of heritage in contemporary British visual culture through analysis of a selection of British factual television series.

Despite being the most popular genre on British and American television since the late-2000s, factual entertainment is often dismissed for its triviality. As such, it has been left out of discussions concerned with visual depictions of British heritage onscreen, which are typically reserved for costume dramas. This book explores television’s relationship with contemporary nostalgic culture, examining Britain’s relationship with its past, its heritage, and its identity. Focusing on a cross-section of factual television programmes, from talent shows and cooking competitions, to children’s television and national live sporting events, the author argues that they not only explicitly reflect the socio-political context and nostalgic culture in Britain post-2008, but have been instrumental in shaping it.

Proposing a new subgenre of factual entertainment –factual heritage Televis0ion – this book will be a must-read for scholars and students in television studies, popular culture, history and heritage studies, cultural studies and media studies.

Zielgruppe

Academic, Postgraduate, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Samuel, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Britain’s Got Nostalgia!; 2. Arcadia: The Great British Bake Off and The Heritage Image; 3. Navigating Traumatic Heritage in The Repair Shop and Sain Ffagan; 4. Grand Tours, Raj Revivals, and the Television Travelogue; 5. Sport and the National Hero Image; 6. CBeebies: Connecting through Play; 7. Parody And Performance; 8. A Royal Night In: Repackaging The Royals; 9. Heritage And The Phenomenal Now; Conclusion; Index

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Samuel lectures in film, television and video game at the Department of Film and Television at the University of Bristol, UK where he is also the co-director of the Bristol Digital Game Lab. He is the author of Northern Exposure: A Cultural History and co-editor of TV and Empathy, Streaming and Screen Culture in the Asia-Pacific, and True Detective: Critical Essays on the HBO Series.