The Intimate Screen

This text explores the formative period of British television drama, concentrating on the years 1936-55. It examines the continuities and changes of early television drama, and the impact this had upon the subsequent "golden age".

Autorentext

Jason Jacobs is Lecturer in Film and Television Studies, University of Warwick

Inhalt

• The Intimate Screen

• The End of the Photographed Stage Play: Television Drama, 1936-39

• The Illustrated Broadcast? Defining Television Drama, 1946-50

• 'Lost not cosy': Expanding the Screen of Television Drama, 1951-55

• Conclusion

• Index