British Science Fiction Television - A Hitchhiker's Guide (Paperback)

From "Doctor Who" to "Red Dwarf, Thunderbirds "to "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," some of the most memorable and cherished British television has been in the area of science fiction.This pioneering book, by leading writers in TV history and science fiction, offers for the first time a detailed national survey of this most well-loved of TV genres and provides in-depth reassessments of these shows, as well as others including "Threads, Sapphire and Steel, Invasion: Earth "and "The Last Train," The volume argues that British science fiction television, too often in the past critically derided for the quality of its special effects compared to American equivalents such as" Star Trek"--deserves to be taken seriously as a legitimate object of cultural analysis, both in terms of its ambition and ideas and its value in illuminating wider aspects of recent social and cultural history. The book also features a contribution from an acclaimed biographer of the late Douglas Adams, author of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," as well as an exclusive published interview with "Thunderbirds" creator and producer Gerry Anderson.

General

Imprint:	I.B. Tauris
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Popular Television Genres
Release date:	October 2005
First published:	2006
Authors:	John R Cook • Peter Wright
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	306
ISBN-13:	978-1-84511-048-2
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Television Promotions
LSN:	1-84511-048-X
Barcode:	9781845110482

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