Jonathan Bignell is Reader in Television and Film at the University of Reading, and Director of the Centre for Television Drama Studies
35 Ebooks by Jonathan Bignell
Jonathan Bignell: Beckett on Screen
This ground-breaking study analyses Beckett’s television plays in relation to the history and theory of television. It argues that they are in dialogue with innovative television traditions connected …
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€22.99
Jonathan Bignell & Patricia Holland: New Television Handbook
The New Television Handbook provides an exploration of the theory and practice of television at a time when the medium is undergoing radical changes. The book looks at television from the perspective …
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English
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€54.93
Jonathan Bignell & Patricia Holland: New Television Handbook
The New Television Handbook provides an exploration of the theory and practice of television at a time when the medium is undergoing radical changes. The book looks at television from the perspective …
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English
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€54.88
Jonathan Bignell: Writing and Cinema
This collection of essays examines the ways in which writing and cinema can be studied in relation to each other. A wide range of material is presented, from essays which look at particular …
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€53.67
Jonathan Bignell: Writing and Cinema
This collection of essays examines the ways in which writing and cinema can be studied in relation to each other. A wide range of material is presented, from essays which look at particular …
PDF
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€53.64
Jonathan Bignell: Beckett on Screen
This ground-breaking study analyses Beckett’s television plays in relation to the history and theory of television. It argues that they are in dialogue with innovative television traditions connected …
EPUB
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€17.45
Paul Stewart & David Pattie: Pop Beckett: Intersections with Popular Culture
When Samuel Beckett’s work first appeared, it was routinely described, by Adorno amongst others, as a clear example of European high culture. However, this judgement ignored an aspect of Beckett’s …
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English
€30.99
Walters James Walters & Donaldson Lucy Fife Donaldson: Television Performance
This innovative and timely collection offers a wide-reaching critical evaluation of performance in television, mapping out key conventions, practices and concerns while introducing performance theory …
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English
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€32.97
Jason Jacobs: David Milch
This book is about the life and work of David Milch, the writer who created NYPD Blue, Deadwood and a number of other important US television dramas. It provides a detailed account of Milch’s journey …
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English
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€134.99
Steve Blandford: Jimmy McGovern
This, the first book length study of one of Britain’s leading television writers, Jimmy Mc Govern, links his work to key changes in British television over the last thirty years.
Mc Govern’s …
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English
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€129.99
Beth Johnson: Paul Abbott
Creator of television series such as Shameless, Clocking Off, State of Play, Reckless, Linda Green and Children’s Ward, Paul Abbott is a British ‘showrunner’ and writer whose name and reputation for …
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English
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€134.99
Matthew Pateman: Joss Whedon
This book assesses Joss Whedon’s contribution to US television and popular culture. Examining everything from his earliest work to his most recent tweets and activist videos, it explores his complex …
EPUB
English
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€25.99
Ben Lamb: You’re nicked
You’re nicked is the first comprehensive study of television police series in the UK. It shows how British television’s most popular genre has developed stylistically, politically and philosophically …
EPUB
English
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€134.99
Stephen Lacey: Tony Garnett
Tony Garnett is the first book-length study of one of the most respected and prolific producers working in British television. From ground-breaking dramas from the 1960s such as Up the Junction and C …
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English
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€27.99
Lez Cooke: Troy Kennedy Martin
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, Reilly – Ace of Spies an …
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English
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€27.99
Dave Rolinson: Alan Clarke
The British television director Alan Clarke is primarily associated with the visceral social realism of such works as his banned borstal play Scum, and his study of football hooliganism, The Firm. Th …
EPUB
English
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€27.99
Sue Vice: Jack Rosenthal
This is the first-ever critical work on Jack Rosenthal, the award-winning British television dramatist. His career began with Coronation Street in the 1960s and he became famous for his popular sitco …
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English
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€26.99
Jonathan Bignell & Stephen Lacey: Popular television drama
Popular television drama: critical perspectives’ is a collection of essays examining landmark programmes of the last forty years, from ‘Doctor Who’ to ‘The Office’, and from ‘The Demon Headmaster’ to …
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English
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€25.99
Jason Jacobs: David Milch
This book is about the life and work of David Milch, the writer who created NYPD Blue, Deadwood and a number of other important US television dramas. It provides a detailed account of Milch’s journey …
PDF
English
DRM
€99.98
Ben Lamb: You’re nicked
You’re nicked is the first comprehensive study of television police series in the UK. It shows how British television’s most popular genre has developed stylistically, politically and philosophically …
PDF
DRM
€25.05
Matthew Pateman: Joss Whedon
This book assesses Joss Whedon’s contribution to US television and popular culture. Examining everything from his earliest work to his most recent tweets and activist videos, it explores his complex …
PDF
DRM
€20.00
Lucy Fife Donaldson & Sarah Cardwell: Complexity / simplicity
An exciting new strand in The Television Series, the ‘Moments in Television’ collections celebrate the power and artistry of television, whilst interrogating key critical concepts in television schol …
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English
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€144.99
Lucy Fife Donaldson & Sarah Cardwell: Substance / style
An exciting new strand in The Television Series, the ‘Moments in Television’ collections celebrate the power and artistry of television, whilst interrogating key critical concepts in television schol …
EPUB
English
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€144.99
Lucy Fife Donaldson & Sarah Cardwell: Sound / image
An exciting new strand in The Television Series, the ‘Moments in Television’ collections celebrate the power and artistry of television, whilst interrogating key critical concepts in television schol …
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English
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€144.99
Jonathan (University of Reading, UK) Bignell & Faye (University of Reading, UK) Woods: An Introduction to Television Studies
This comprehensive textbook, now substantially updated for its fourth edition, provides students with a framework for understanding the key concepts and main approaches to Television Studies, includi …
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€37.47
Jonathan (University of Reading, UK) Bignell & Faye (University of Reading, UK) Woods: An Introduction to Television Studies
This comprehensive textbook, now substantially updated for its fourth edition, provides students with a framework for understanding the key concepts and main approaches to Television Studies, includi …
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€37.42
Pim Verhulst & Anna McMullan: Beckett’s afterlives
Despite the steady rise in adaptations of Samuel Beckett’s work across the world following the author’s death in 1989,
Beckett’s afterlives is the first book-length study dedicated to this creative …
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English
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€149.99
Lucy Fife Donaldson & Sarah Cardwell: Epic / everyday
An exciting new strand in The Television Series, the ‘Moments in Television’ collections celebrate the power and artistry of television, whilst interrogating key critical concepts in television schol …
EPUB
English
DRM
€149.99
Steve Blandford: Jimmy McGovern
This, the first book length study of one of Britain”s leading television writers, Jimmy Mc Govern, links his work to key changes in British television over the last thirty years.Mc Govern”s …
EPUB
DRM
€106.05
Beth Johnson: Paul Abbott
Creator of television series such as Shameless, Clocking Off, State of Play, Reckless, Linda Green and Children”s Ward, Paul Abbott is a British producer and writer whose name and reputation for …
EPUB
DRM
€106.45
Stephen Lacey: Tony Garnett
Tony Garnett is the first book-length study of one of the most respected and prolific producers working in British television. From ground-breaking dramas from the 1960s such as Up the Junction and …
EPUB
English
DRM
€19.90
Dave Rolinson: Alan Clarke
The British television director Alan Clarke is primarily associated with the visceral social realism of such works as his banned borstal play Scum, and his study of football hooliganism, The Firm. …
EPUB
English
DRM
€20.04
Sue Vice: Jack Rosenthal
This is the first-ever critical work on Jack Rosenthal, the award-winning British television dramatist. His career began with Coronation Street in the 1960s and he became famous for his popular …
EPUB
English
DRM
€20.04
Lez Cooke: Troy Kennedy Martin
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, Reilly – Ace of Spies …
EPUB
English
DRM
€20.20
Walters James Walters & Donaldson Lucy Fife Donaldson: Television Performance
This innovative and timely collection offers a wide-reaching critical evaluation of performance in television, mapping out key conventions, practices and concerns while introducing performance theory …
EPUB
English
DRM
€32.64
