Time on TV - Narrative Time, Time Travel Time Travellers in Popular Television

From early examples such as Star Trek and Sapphire and Steel to more contemporary shows including Life on Mars and The Vampire Diaries , time has frequently been used as a device to allow programme makers to experiment stylistically and challenge established ways of thinking. Time on TV provides a range of exciting, accessible, yet intellectually rigorous essays that consider the many and varied ways in which telefantasy shows have explored this subject, providing the reader with a greater understanding of the importance of time to the success of genre on the small screen.>

Product details

• Authors: Lorna Jowett, Kevin Robinson, David Simmons
• Assisted by: Lorna Jowett (Editor), Jowett Lorna (Editor), Kevin Robinson (Editor), Robinson Kevin (Editor), David Simmons (Editor), Simmons David (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9781350242357
• ISBN: 978-1-350-24235-7
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Investigating Cult TV
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Television, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / History & Criticism, TV & society, Media studies: TV and society