Lynda La Plante / Julia Hallam.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hallam, Julia, 1952-

Series:

Television series (Manchester University Press)

The television series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

La Plante, Lynda--Criticism and interpretation.

La Plante, Lynda.

Crime on television.

Women television writers.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

166 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2005.

Summary:

Lynda La Plante is one of the UK's most successful and popular producers of television drama. Her award winning crime series frequently tackle controversial and difficult themes such as paedophilia, pornography and serial murder, attracting many millions of viewers nationally and internationally. This critical introduction traces her career from the early days when she was, as she puts it, 'just a writer for hire', to the successful businesswoman she has become today.

Integral to an understanding of La Plante's work is her status as a professional writer and producer in the television industry. Through a focus on three innovative series, Widows (ITV 1983), Prime Suspect (ITV 1991), and Trial and Retribution (ITV 1997), the book maps questions of gender and genre, acting and stardom and authorship and value against the changing relationship between women and the industry. The final chapter confirms La Plante's metamorphosis from 'writer for hire' to astute entrepreneur through a focus on the transnational aesthetics and contexts of dramas such as Killer Net (C4 1997) and Bella Mafia (CBS 1997).

Contents:

1 Women and television 7

2 Writing, acting, power 33

3 Gender, genre, stars 64

4 Lynda goes to Hollywood 104

Appendix Works by Lynda La Plante 143.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [150]-159) and index.

ISBN:

0719065488

OCLC:

58054045

Publisher Number:

9780719065484