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Paranoid visions : spies, conspiracies and the secret state in British television drama / Joseph Oldham.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Manchester : Manchester University Press, (c)2017.Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781526116147
  • 9781526116130
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PN1992 .P373 2017
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
'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).
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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE Non-fiction PN1992.8.67 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available ocn991529295

'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).

Includes bibliographies and index.

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