An innovative and original new study, Television, Memory and Nostalgia re-imagines the relationship between the medium and its forms of memory and remembrance through a series of case studies of British and North American programmes and practices. These include ER , Grey's Anatomy , The Wire , Who Do You Think You Are? , and Life on Mars .

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AMY HOLDSWORTH is a Lecturer in Film and Television Studies in the School of Culture and Creative Arts at the University of Glasgow, UK. She has published work in the Cinema Journal, Screen and the Journal of British Cinema and Television.

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List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction Half the World Away: Television, Space, Time and Memory Haunting the Memory: Moments of Return in Television Drama Who Do You Think You Are? Memory and Identity in the Family History Documentary Safe Returns: Nostalgia and Television Television's Afterlife: Memory, the Museum and Material Culture Notes Bibliography Index