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This is the first book-length study of one of the most prolific producers working in British television, responsible for both Cathy Come Home (1966) and This Life (1996-8). The book discusses the ways in which Garnett has shaped the role of the creative producer, and analyses his contribution to a distinctively televisual social realism.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Telling the truth
1. From actor to producer – into the driving seat
2. The 1960s – social realism and The Wednesday Play
3. Plays for Today: representing ‘managed dissensus’
4. Independence and dependency
Bibliography
Appendix 1: list of television plays and films
Appendix 2: list of films for theatrical release

Tony Garnett

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 10/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719066283, 978-0719066283
      ISBN10: 071906628X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This is the first book-length study of one of the most prolific producers working in British television, responsible for both Cathy Come Home (1966) and This Life (1996-8). The book discusses the ways in which Garnett has shaped the role of the creative producer, and analyses his contribution to a distinctively televisual social realism.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction: Telling the truth
      1. From actor to producer – into the driving seat
      2. The 1960s – social realism and The Wednesday Play
      3. Plays for Today: representing ‘managed dissensus’
      4. Independence and dependency
      Bibliography
      Appendix 1: list of television plays and films
      Appendix 2: list of films for theatrical release

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