Hunt, Leon,  1961- <br/><br/>
Cult British TV comedy :  from Reeves and Mortimer to Psychoville / 
 Cult British television comedy 
Leon Hunt. 
 - Manchester, UK ;  New York, NY :  Manchester University Press,  (c)2013. New York, NY :  Distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan 
 - 1 online resource (xiii, 258 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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'. 
<br/><br/> 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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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781526102355 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB795491  bnb GBC101635  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>018363795  Uk 020045360  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Television comedies--Great Britain.<br/>Cult films--Great Britain.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN1992  / .C858 2013