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Paperback. In his outstanding career, Trevor Griffiths has negotiated the issues of genre, politics, identity, class, history, memory and televisual form with a sustained creativity and integrity second to none. Series Editor(s): Bignell, Jonathan; Cardwell, Sarah; Peacock, Steven. Series: The Television Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: APT. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719068591
- ISBN
- 9780719068591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.52
€ 32.52
Paperback. The first book written on Alan Bennett's work for television, including his plays, series, documentaries and biographical pieces. Series Editor(s): Bignell, Jonathan; Cardwell, Sarah; Peacock, Steven. Series: The Television Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 2AB; APT; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 166 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719068065
- ISBN
- 9780719068065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.52
€ 31.52
Hardback. This is the first full-length study of the screenwriter Troy Kennedy Martin, whose work for film and television includes Z Cars, The Italian Job, Kelly's Heroes, The Sweeney, and Edge of Darkness. Thiswill appeal to anyone with an interest in television drama, screenwriting, and the history of British television over the last fifty years. Series Editor(s): Bignell, Jonathan; Cardwell, Sarah; Peacock, Steven. Series: Television. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: APT; BGF. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719067020
- ISBN
- 9780719067020
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.26
€ 150.26
paperback. The first account of the television drama of Lynda La Plante, Britain's most successful and well known screenwriter, whose work is central to understanding changes that shook the UK television industry in the late twentieth century Series Editor(s): Bignell, Jonathan; Cardwell, Sarah; Peacock, Steven. Series: The Television Series. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 2AB; APT; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 215 x 144 x 10. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New in paperback
- SKU
- V9780719065491
- ISBN
- 9780719065491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.62
€ 45.62
Paperback. The first academic study of the science fiction television of Terry Nation, inventor of the Daleks, and author of 'Survivors' and 'Blake's 7' - places his work in the context of its production, and contains sustained analysis of key programmes, as well as new interview material. Series Editor(s): Bignell, Jonathan; Cardwell, Sarah; Peacock, Steven. Series: Television. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: APT; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719065477
- ISBN
- 9780719065477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.61
€ 31.61
Paperback. Series Editor(s): Jancovich, Mark; Schaefer, Eric. Series: Inside Popular Film. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 10. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719065392
- ISBN
- 9780719065392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.10
€ 38.10
Paperback. Offers a critical appraisal of the work of screenwriter Andrew Davies ('Pride and Prejudice', 'The Way We Live Now'), and assesses his contribution to British television. Series Editor(s): Bignell, Jonathan; Cardwell, Sarah; Peacock, Steven. Series: Television. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: APT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719064920
- ISBN
- 9780719064920
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.78
€ 31.78
Paperback. A major reconsideration of one of British cinema's finest film directors, offering fresh insight into Carol Reed's distinctive work, and his place in the history of British cinema. Series: British Film Makers. Num Pages: 208 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719063671
- ISBN
- 9780719063671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.41
€ 32.41
Paperback. A new look at the debates which shook the world of French cinema in the aftermath of May 1968, and throughout the 1970s Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719063411
- ISBN
- 9780719063411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.51
€ 33.51
Paperback. The second edition of this historical survey and analysis of productions of Shakespeare's most enchanting comedy contains three additional chapters on Adrian Noble's RSC production and film, Michael Hoffman's film, and the "Dream" in China. Series Editor(s): Bulman, Jim; Rutter, Carol Chillington. Series: Shakespeare in Performance. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; APFA; APT; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 ed
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719062216
- ISBN
- 9780719062216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.42
€ 29.42
Paperback. Exciting, stimulating, and eminently readable, this first-ever analysis of the work of Terence Davies provides a detailed and wide-ranging exploration of his films and demonstrates his central importance to contemporary cinema. Series Editor(s): McFarlane, Brian; Sinyard, Neil. Series: British Film-Makers. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719060625
- ISBN
- 9780719060625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.78
€ 32.78
Paperback. This study covers two decades in American history, when the links between Hollywood and Washington were at their strongest, a period "book-ended" by the political and cinematic figures of Reagan and Clinton. During this period movies became targets of political rhetoric of "family values". Editor(s): Davies, Philip John; Wells, Paul. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APFA; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719058653
- ISBN
- 9780719058653
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.61
€ 31.61
Paperback. This work looks both at stars who attained worldwide fame through the Hollywood cinema, and those whose contribution is primarily to the national cinema. The essays and introductory discussion range over the whole history of British stardom from circa 1910 onwards. Editor(s): Babington, Bruce. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JM; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719058417
- ISBN
- 9780719058417
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.38
€ 35.38
Paperback. An empirico-historical inquiry into the empire cinema in Hollywood and Britain during the turbulent 1930s and 1940s. It shows how the empire cinema constructed the colonial world, its rationale for doing so, and the manner in which such constructions were received by the colonized people. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1FKA; APFA; HBTQ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719057922
- ISBN
- 9780719057922
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.60
€ 35.60
Paperback. 'Staging the Real' is a lively, stimulating account of recent developments in factual TV programming, including 'Big Brother'. Primarily aimed at Media Studies students, it will also be of interest to the more general reader. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; APT; JFD; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719056826
- ISBN
- 9780719056826
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.88
€ 25.88
Paperback. Analyses the achievement of one of the central partnerships in British film history Series: British Film Makers. Num Pages: 258 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719056680
- ISBN
- 9780719056680
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.46
€ 32.46
Paperback. An original blending of literary and film studies which seeks to dissolve barriers between the two disciplines. Offers a new reading of Dickens from the perspective of film, technology and visuality. Proposes a new reading of the emergence of film in the light of social and industrial transformations. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: APFA; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719055638
- ISBN
- 9780719055638
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.61
€ 31.61
Paperback. This volume examines the films of Jean-Jacques Beineix. His work is placed within the context of the 1980's and each film is discussed in detail, including the controversies surrounding them, while attempting to analyze the films for their intrinsic interest. Series Editor(s): Holmes, Diana; Ingram, Robert. Series: French Film Directors. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719055331
- ISBN
- 9780719055331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.18
€ 29.18
Paperback. Charts Lance Comfort's career in full Series Editor(s): McFarlane, Brian; Sinyard, Neil. Series: British Film-Makers. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719054846
- ISBN
- 9780719054846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.31
€ 31.31
Paperback. A critical examination of the long established tradition of adapting classic novels to film or TV screen. It is historically wide-ranging, encompassing novelists from Jane Austen to Michael Ondaatje. Editor(s): Giddings, Robert; Sheen, Erica. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; APT; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719052316
- ISBN
- 9780719052316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.78
€ 31.78
Paperback. This analysis of the cinema of Diane Kurys describes her unsentimental reconstructions of the lives of girls and women in post-war France which established her as a real presence in contemporary French film-making. It traces her career from actress to author-director-producer of her own films. Series Editor(s): Holmes, Diana; Ingram, Robert. Series: French Film Directors. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: APFB; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 193 x 122 x 9. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719050954
- ISBN
- 9780719050954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.50
€ 25.50
paperback. Luc Besson is considered one of the hottest international properties to emerge from the new wave of French film directors in the 1980s. This is a study of Besson's film-making career to date, placing the films within their socio-historical and political context. Series Editor(s): Holmes, Diana; Ingram, Robert. Series: French Film Directors. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Manchester Univ Pr United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780719050763
- ISBN
- 9780719050763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.43
€ 22.43
Paperback. After making an initial impact with his first film "Les 400 Coups", the French film director Francois Truffaut went on to make 23 films in 26 years. This appraisal of his work provides a socio-political contextualization, and gives an overview of his films and film-making methods. Series Editor(s): Holmes, Diana; Ingram, Robert. Series: French Film Directors. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719045547
- ISBN
- 9780719045547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.10
€ 29.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 172 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APFB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714529202
- ISBN
- 9780714529202
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.95
€ 15.95