TY - BOOK AU - Oldham,Joseph TI - Paranoid visions: spies, conspiracies and the secret state in British television drama SN - 9781526116147 AV - PN1992 .P373 2017 PY - 2017/// CY - Manchester PB - Manchester University Press KW - Spy television programs KW - Great Britain KW - History and criticism KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 'A balance of terror' : Callan (ITV, 1967-72) as an existential thriller for television --; 'A professional's contest' : procedure and bureaucracy in Special Branch (ITV, 1969-74) and The Sandbaggers (ITV, 1978-80) --; 'Who killed Great Britain?' : Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy (BBC 2, 1979) as a modern classic serial --; Conspiracy as a crisis of procedure in Bird of Prey (BBC 1, 1982) and Edge of Darkness (BBC 2, 1985) --; Death of a master narrative : the battle for consensus in A Very British Coup (Channel 4, 1988) --; The precinct is political : espionage as a public service in Spooks (BBC 1, 2002-11); 2; b UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1561413&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -