Troy Kennedy Martin / Lez Cooke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cooke, Lez, author.

Series:

Television series (Manchester University Press)

The Television Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Martin, Troy Kennedy, 1932-2009--Criticism and interpretation.

Martin, Troy Kennedy.

Television broadcasting--Great Britain.

Television broadcasting.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 200 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This is the first full-length study of the screenwriter Troy Kennedy Martin, whose work for film and television includes Z Cars, The Italian Job, Kelly's Heroes, The Sweeney, Reilly - Ace of Spies and Edge of Darkness. With a career spanning six decades Troy Kennedy Martin has seen the rise and fall of the television dramatist, making his debut in the era of studio-based television drama in the late 1950s prior to the transition to filmed drama (for which he argued in a famous manifesto) as the television play was gradually replaced by popular series and serials, for which Kennedy Martin did s.

Contents:

Copyright; Contents; General editors' preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Biographical sketch; 2. Single plays; 3. Experiments in television drama; 4. Drama series; 5. Drama serials; 6. The hostile waters of Britishtelevision in a deregulated age; Appendix: list of television programmes, feature fi lms, unproduced scripts andscreenplays, awards and publications; References; Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781847795885

1847795889

9781781702055

1781702055

9781847794741

1847794742

OCLC:

818847461