TY - BOOK AU - Rolinson,Dave TI - Alan Clarke T2 - The Television Series SN - 9781847794383 AV - PN1998 .A436 2005 PY - 2005/// CY - Manchester PB - Manchester University Press KW - Clarke, Alan, KW - Clarke, Alan, 1935-1990 KW - Criticism and interpretation KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; Copyright; Contents; General editors' preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The director in television's'studio system'; 2. Realism and censorship in the 1970s; 3. Form and narrative in the 1980s; Conclusion; Appendix: television programmes directed by Alan Clarke; Bibliography; Index; 2; b N2 - The British television director Alan Clarke is primarily associated with the visceral social realism of such works as his banned borstal play 'Scum', and his study of football hooliganism, 'The Firm'. This book uncovers the full range of his work from the mythic fantasy of Penda?s Fen, to the radical short film on terrorism, 'Elephant'. Dave Rolinson uses original research to examine the development of Clarke?s career from the theatre and the?studio system? of provocative television play strands of the 1960s and 1970s, to the increasingly personal work of the 1980s, which established him as o UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=514889&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -