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Book SynopsisA LOUDER THAN WAR BOOK OF THE YEAR
A riveting journey into the psyche of Britain through its golden age of television and film; a cross-genre feast of moving pictures, from classics to occult hidden gems, The Magic Box is the nation's visual self-portrait in technicolour detail.
'The definition of gripping. Truly, a trove of wyrd treasures.'
BENJAMIN MYERS
'A lovingly researched history of British TV [that] recalls the brilliant, the bizarre and the unworldly.'
GUARDIAN
'A reclamation, not just of a visual 'golden age', but of Britain as a darkly magical place.'
THE SPECTATOR
'A feat of argument, description and affection.' FINANCIAL TIMES
'Young unearths the ghosts of TV past - and Britain's dark psyche.' HERALD
'Highly entertaining . . . [A] fabulous treasure trove.' SCOTSMAN
'Young is a phenomonal sc
