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Beyond Dixon of Dock Green: Early British Police Series »
Authors: Susan Sydney-Smith
ISBN-13: 9781860647901, ISBN-10: 1860647901
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: I. B.Tauris & Company, Limited
Date Published: September 2002
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Susan Sydney-Smith
Susan Sydney-Smith is Lecturer in Film and Media Studies at the University of Central Lancashire.
Book Synopsis
Based on original archive research, this book traces the emergence of a distinctly British form of TV entertainment: the early BBC uniformed police series. Challenging the commonly held assumption that the genre began with the 1955 series "Dixon of Dock Green", Susan Sydney-Smith suggests that in fact these series were shaped by television’s own evolution in social function from the relaying of news to the replaying of stories.
Table of Contents
| List of illustrations | ||
| Acknowledgements | ||
| Introduction: Casing the British copshow | 1 | |
| 1 | Telling stories of the realm | 25 |
| 2 | New forms for old | 55 |
| 3 | Entertaining Lightly: Fabian of the Yard to Dixon of Dock Green | 89 |
| 4 | Jacks, Knaves and the áother' North | 119 |
| 5 | Calling áZ Vetr I' and áZ Vetr 2' | 153 |
| 6 | Softly, Softly, back-pedalling south | 181 |
| Conclusion: Blue endnotes | 203 | |
| Notes | 209 | |
| App. 1: Bibliography | 229 | |
| App. 2a | General story-documentaries | 239 |
| App. 2b | British television police series | 245 |
| Index | 261 |
Subjects
Entertainment
Television Television Programs - Mystery & Detective Programs
Nonfiction Entertainment Television
Television Television Programs - Mystery & Detective ProgramsNonfiction
Entertainment Television