Turn up the contrast : CBC television drama since 1952 / Mary Jane Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Mary Jane, 1941-

Contributor:

CBC Enterprises.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Television plays, Canadian--History and criticism.

Television plays, Canadian.

Television series--Canada--History and criticism.

Television series.

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation--History.

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 429 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : portraits

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press, 1987.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Both a critical analysis and a survey history of how Canadians have used the medium of television, this is the first book to explore the content of Canadian television drama.

Contents:

Illustrations Acknowledgments I. Introduction 1. The Flowering of CBC Drama II. Genres 2. Copshows and Mysteries: "Check your guns at theborder" 3. Family Adventure: "In every box, a prize!" 4. Sitcoms and Domestic Comedy: "But it's too cold to be a melting pot, mama!" 5. Other Series and Miniseries: "The best of tries and the worst of tries!" III. The CBC (Proudly) Presents 6. Anthology to 1968: "Window on the world as the world looksin" 7. Anthology: 1968 to the present: "The focus narrows" 8. Docudrama: "To be seen is to seed" IV. The Peripheral Is Central 9. Experimental: "The Seedbed" 10. Regional or "What Toronto doesn't know" V. Conclusions 11. Wrapup: The View from Within

Interviews with John Kennedy 12. The Harvest: The View from Outside Appendices A. Chronology of Series and Anthologie sB. Where to Find Material and a Cautionary Note C. A Checklist of Programmes Bibliography Index

Notes:

Co-published by CBC Enterprises.

Includes bibliography: p. [403]-409 and index.

ISBN:

1-283-22564-6

9786613225641

0-7748-5443-X

OCLC:

243566071