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Cult British TV comedy : from Reeves and Mortimer to Psychoville / Leon Hunt.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Manchester, UK ; New York, NY : Manchester University Press, (c)2013.; New York, NY : Distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave MacmillanDescription: 1 online resource (xiii, 258 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781526102355
Other title:
  • Cult British television comedy
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PN1992 .C858 2013
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Contents:
Britain's top light entertainer and singer : Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer and the cultification of light entertainment -- 'Careful now' : Graham Linehan : a case study in post-alternative sitcom -- Patchy in places : developments in post-alternative sketch comedy -- Community and intimacy : from laugh track to commentary track -- The 'Zooniverse' and other (furnished) comic worlds -- Are you sitting uncomfortably? : from 'cringe' to 'dark' comedy -- Near the knuckle? It nearly took my arm off! : British comedy and the 'new offensiveness'.
Summary: This book is the first sustained critical analysis of cult British TV comedy from 1990 to the present day. The book examines 'post-alternative' comedy as both 'cult' and 'quality' TV, aimed mostly at niche audiences and often possessing a subcultural aura. It includes case studies of Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer and the sitcom writer Graham Linehan.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

From alternative to cult : mapping post-alternative comedy -- Britain's top light entertainer and singer : Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer and the cultification of light entertainment -- 'Careful now' : Graham Linehan : a case study in post-alternative sitcom -- Patchy in places : developments in post-alternative sketch comedy -- Community and intimacy : from laugh track to commentary track -- The 'Zooniverse' and other (furnished) comic worlds -- Are you sitting uncomfortably? : from 'cringe' to 'dark' comedy -- Near the knuckle? It nearly took my arm off! : British comedy and the 'new offensiveness'.

This book is the first sustained critical analysis of cult British TV comedy from 1990 to the present day. The book examines 'post-alternative' comedy as both 'cult' and 'quality' TV, aimed mostly at niche audiences and often possessing a subcultural aura. It includes case studies of Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer and the sitcom writer Graham Linehan.

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