The Television Genre Book

The Television Genre Book

by TobyMiller (Editor), JohnTulloch (Editor), Glen Creeber (Editor)

Synopsis

This is a fully updated and expanded edition of a bestselling textbook. It is revised in response to feedback from users of the first edition. It now includes new sections on animation and reality TV. Case studies updated to include 24 , Lost , The Office , The X Factor and many more. It is richly illustrated with images from the programmes discussed.This fully revised and updated edition offers a comprehensive introduction to television genre, addressing genre as a concept and key television genres, including drama, comedy, crime series, news and reality TV, with case studies of classic and contemporary TV programmes and contributions from leading TV scholars.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Edition: 2nd edition
Publisher: British Film Institute
Published: 24 Nov 2008

ISBN 10: 1844572188
ISBN 13: 9781844572182

Author Bio
GLEN CREEBER is Senior Lecturer in Film and Television at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. He is the author of Dennis Potter: Between Two Worlds (Palgrave, 1998) and of The Singing Detective in the BFI TV Classics series (2007).