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Book SynopsisThe first academic study to focus on experimental British television. Uncovers the history of experimental television, bringing back forgotten programmes and places the aesthetics of experimentation within historical contexts. The book also examines the importance of the changing technologies on British television.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Experimental British television – Laura Mulvey
1. ‘Creative in its own right’: The Langham Group and the search for a new television drama – John Hill
2. ‘And now for your Sunday night experimental drama…’ Experimentation and armchair theatre – Helen Wheatley
3. A ‘New Drama for Television’?: Diary of a young man – John Hill
4. ‘The very new can only come from the very old’: Ken Russell, national culture and the possibility of experimental television at the BBC in the 1960s – Kay Dickinson
5. From art to avant-garde? television, formalism and the arts documentary in 1960s Britain – Jamie Sexton
6. An experiment in television drama: John McGrath’s The Adventures of Frank – Lez Cooke
7. Don’t fence me in: The Singing Detective and the synchronicity of indeterminacy – Catrin Prys
8. Visions: a Channel 4 experiment 1982–5 – John Ellis
9. Experimenting on air: UK artists' film on television – A.L. Rees
10. Experimental music television – K.J. Donnelly
11. ‘Yes, it’s War!’: Chris Morris and the boundaries of comic acceptability – Brett Mills
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