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A 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

The Magic Box

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    Publisher: Faber & Faber
    Publication Date: 8/5/2021
    ISBN13: 9780571284597, 978-0571284597
    ISBN10: 0571284590

    Non Fiction , Entertainment

    Description

    A 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

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