Troy Kennedy Martin / Lez Cooke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cooke, Lez, lat, 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.

Screenwriters--Great Britain--Biography.

Screenwriters.

Television writers--Great Britain--Biography.

Television writers.

Television broadcasting--Great Britain--History and criticism.

Television broadcasting.

Physical Description:

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

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book provides a 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, 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. This was 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, of course, created some of his best work.

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:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 Jul 2026).

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

ISBN:

9781847795885

1847795889

9781781702055

1781702055

9781847794741

1847794742

OCLC:

818847461