Something completely different : British television and American culture / Jeffrey S. Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Jeffrey S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular culture.

Television broadcasting--Great Britain--Influence.

Television broadcasting.

Television broadcasting--United States.

Television programs--United States.

Television programs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (270 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Between Emma Peel and the Ministry of Silly Walks, British television had a significant impact on American popular culture in the 1960's and 1970's. In Something Completely Different, Jeffrey Miller offers the first comprehensive study of British programming on American television, discussing why the American networks imported such series as The Avengers and Monty Python's Flying Circus; how American audiences received these uniquely British shows; and how the shows' success reshaped American television.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Here Not There: American Imperialists and British Invaders; 2. Danger Men: Secret Agent and The Prisoner; 3. Mrs. Peel Goes to Washington: The Avengers; 4. Down the Up Staircase: The Forsyte Saga, Masterpiece Theatre, and Upstairs, Downstairs; 5. (Naughty) Bits of Limey Eccentricity: That Was the Week That Was and Monty Python's Flying Circus; 6. All in the Anglo-American Family: Hollywood Reproductions of British Originals; 7. British Television and American Culture: Something Completely Different?; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-236) and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-8972-5

OCLC:

476094733