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Zusatztext 'Perhaps one of the strongest points of this excellent book is the realization that despite many creative! industrial and socialcultural entwinements between the UK and US production cultures their output is! still! perceived! critiqued and marketed as a result of an outdated conception of producing entertainment from within and for a singular national culture.' - Kai Hanno Schwind! Historical Journal of Film! Radio and Television Informationen zum Autor ELKE WEISSMANN is Senior Lecturer in Film and Television at Edge Hill University, UK. She is vice-chair of the television studies section of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA). The research presented here culminates work conducted during her employment as research fellow at the University of Reading for the AHRC-funded project 'British Television Drama and Acquired US Programmes, 1970-2000'. Klappentext This history of British and American television drama since 1970 charts the increased transnationalisation of the two production systems. From The Forsyte Saga to Roots to Episodes , it highlights the close relationship that drives innovation and quality on both sides of the Atlantic. Zusammenfassung This history of British and American television drama since 1970 charts the increased transnationalisation of the two production systems. From The Forsyte Saga to Roots to Episodes ! it highlights the close relationship that drives innovation and quality on both sides of the Atlantic. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations List of Figures Introduction American and British Television 1970 to 2010 National Specificities and Transnational Success and Failure Transnational Aesthetic Influences and Performance The Development of a New Genre Making Sense of a Transnational Genre: Forensic Science Drama International Co-Productions and their National Location Transnational Origins and National Quality: 'American Quality Drama' Conclusions and Outlook Notes Bibliography Index...
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Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations List of Figures Introduction American and British Television 1970 to 2010 National Specificities and Transnational Success and Failure Transnational Aesthetic Influences and Performance The Development of a New Genre Making Sense of a Transnational Genre: Forensic Science Drama International Co-Productions and their National Location Transnational Origins and National Quality: 'American Quality Drama' Conclusions and Outlook Notes Bibliography Index
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'Perhaps one of the strongest points of this excellent book is the realization that despite many creative, industrial and socialcultural entwinements between the UK and US production cultures their output is, still, perceived, critiqued and marketed as a result of an outdated conception of producing entertainment from within and for a singular national culture.' - Kai Hanno Schwind, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television
