Television Companion: The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to Doctor Who by David J. Howe, ISBN 1903889529
On its first publication, The Television Companion was hailed as possibly the best guide ever to the BBC's cult science fiction show Doctor Who. Now, reissued (and available for the first time in North America) in a revised and updated edition, the book remains the definitive guide to the television worlds and adventures of the Doctor and his companions.
Television by Raymond Williams, ISBN 0415314569
A tour de force on why our viewing habits can act as a means for good, it also comes with a warning that in meeting our voracious appetites for television, we may well be destroying liberty itself.
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Arthurian Legends on Film and Television by Bert Olton, ISBN 0786407182
The Arthurian legends are a crucial part of Western culture and literature. With their enduring themes, archetypal characters, and complex plots, it is not surprising that the stories of Camelot should find their way into films and television programs. From the moody (Excalibur) to the looney ("Knighty Knight Bugs"), over 250 entries describe the various media interpretations of the legendary king and his trusty knights. Entries are arranged alphabetically, with complete credits, synopses, and analyses of the ways in which the pieces interpret the legend. Included are works like The Sword in the Stone that are based solely on Arthur and his literary origins, as well as those that feature other Camelot characters like Galahad, Percival, and the operatic favorites Tristan and Isolde. Also included are fanciful interpretations in animated films, parodies like Monty Pythons, films like Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade that feature Arthurian themes, and television programs with Arthurian episodes...
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Those Wonderful, Terrible Years: George Heller and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists by Rita Morley Harvey, ISBN 0809320223
This is the story of George Heller - the glamour boy of the trade union movement - and his actor colleagues Philip Loeb, Sam Jaffe, and Albert (Van) Dekker. It is also the story of the formation and growth of AFRA (the American Federation of Radio Artists) and its later incarnation AFTRA (the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists). Always prominent in Rita Morley Harvey's account of what happened to the union, to its members, and to Heller and his friends are the shadows cast by the radical right in government and those willing to help in its dirty work. The story of AFTRA begins during the Great Depression, a time of extraordinary trust and camaraderie as well as a time of tremendous hardship. But as American life stretched into the 1950s and the Golden Age of television, the radio and television industry was beset by Senator Joseph R. McCarthy and all that he came to represent. While many would like to forget the McCarthy era, Harvey insists that this was a "time of stunning...
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Not So Prime Time: Chasing the Trivial on American Television
Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Rosenberg traces a disturbing pattern on American television, a relentless pursuit of the mundane in its seeming quest to "dumb down" America.
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