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9781860205125

Talk of Drama : Views of the Television Dramatist Then and Now

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  • ISBN13:

    9781860205125

  • ISBN10:

    1860205127

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-09-01
  • Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr
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Summary

Highlighting the decline of artistic aspiration and the advance of market forces, this is an account of television drama, past and present. Taking the late Dennis Potter and the so-called golden age in which he worked as its starting point, this book provides a platform for TV dramatists of today-including renowned auteurs like Alan Bleasdale, Jimmy McGovern, Alan Plater, Lynda La Plante, and Paula Milne. They talk of their struggle for survival in an ever-changing broadcasting climate.

Author Biography

Sean Day-Lewis has been a television reviewer and previewer for 30 years. He was a television and radio editor at the Daily Telegraph for nearly 20 years.

Table of Contents

Introduction vii
1 The best bloody cow in the world...?
1(14)
The diminishing yield
2 Switch on, tune in, and grow
15(24)
Dennis Potter
3 I was always second
39(20)
Alan Bleasdale
4 From the heart and soul
59(20)
Jimmy McGovern
5 I was so excited, typing away
79(12)
Lynda La Plante
6 Designated trouble maker
91(12)
Alan Plater
7 Have confidence ... and don't believe them
103(20)
Paula Milne
8 EastEnders
123(20)
Tony Jordan, Deborah Cook, Joanne Maguire, Simon Ashdown
9 Early risers
143(14)
Ol Parker, Phillipa Lowthorpe, W. Stephen Gilbert
10 Late developers 157(14)
Ronan Bennett, Lucy Gannon
11 Those in favour ...? 171(22)
William Ivory, Kieran Prendeville, Peter Flannery, Antony Thomas
12 Wasted assets...? 193(28)
Simon Gray, Howard Schuman, Troy Kennedy Martin, Ian Kennedy Martin
Epilogue 221(2)
Further Reading 223(2)
Index 225

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