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The first full-length critical study of the British television director Alan Clarke, whose varied career included the gritty social realism of the banned 'Scum', the fantasy 'Penda's Fen' and the influential terrorist short, 'Elephant'. -- .

Table of Contents

Author's introduction
1. The director in television's 'studio system'
2. Realism and censorship in the 1970s
3. Form and narrative in the 1980s
Conclusion
Appendix: Television programmes directed by Alan Clarke
Bibliography
Index

Alan Clarke

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 28/07/2005
      ISBN13: 9780719068300, 978-0719068300
      ISBN10: 719068304

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The first full-length critical study of the British television director Alan Clarke, whose varied career included the gritty social realism of the banned 'Scum', the fantasy 'Penda's Fen' and the influential terrorist short, 'Elephant'. -- .

      Table of Contents

      Author's introduction
      1. The director in television's 'studio system'
      2. Realism and censorship in the 1970s
      3. Form and narrative in the 1980s
      Conclusion
      Appendix: Television programmes directed by Alan Clarke
      Bibliography
      Index

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