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Crime Watching - Investigating Real Crime TV (Hardcover)
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Crime Watching - Investigating Real Crime TV (Hardcover)
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In recent years, reality TV formats have proliferated on
television. One of the most significant and controversial strands
within this has been the growth of 'real crime TV'. Encapsulating
everything from crime appeal shows to reconstruction programmes and
actuality footage shows, real crime TV now plays a major role in
our television schedules, filling countless hours of air-time every
week. "Crime Watching" examines the spectacular growth of real
crime TV. Of these programmes, the BBC's "Crimewatch UK" is
Britain's best known (in small part due to the tragedy of presenter
Jill Dando's death). The book argues that the birth of the BBC's
'Crimewatch UK' in 1984 was a key transitional moment in the
emergence, expansion and subsequent popularity of these programmes
both in the UK and internationally. Looking closely at the social
and political context of the period in which "Crimewatch UK" first
appeared and examining the aesthetics, address and appeal of a
range of other shows appearing in its wake, including "Police
Camera Action!" , "America's Most Wanted" and "World's Wildest
Police Videos", this book investigates the conditions that have
enabled and advanced the ubiquity of real crime programming on
contemporary television and the anxieties that surround it.
Examining critiques that real crime TV has increased fear of crime
while legitimising a surveillance culture, and that it serves to
stifle debate about criminality and policing, "Crime Watching" also
reflects on the pleasures of these programmes and the enduring
nature of our culture's seemingly endless fascination with real
crime stories.
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