Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 252 pages) : illustrations. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Series |
Screening antiquity
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Screening antiquity.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-245) and index. |
Contents |
Broadcasting Greece: an introduction to Greek antiquity on the small screen / Fiona Hobden and Amanda Wrigley -- 1. Are we the Greeks? understanding antiquity and ourselves in television documentaries / Fiona Hobden -- 2. Louis MacNeice and 'The paragins of Hellas': ancient Greece as radio propaganda / Peter Golphin -- 3. Beginnings of Civilisation: television travels to Greece with Mortimer Wheeler and Compton Mackenzie / John Wyver -- 4. Tragedy for teens: ancient Greek tragedy on BBC and ITV schools television in the 1960s / Amanda Wrigley -- 5. Serpent son (1979): a science fiction aesthetic? / Tony Keen -- 6. Don Taylor, the 'old-fashioned populist'? The Theban plays (1986) and Iphigenia at Aulis (1990): production choices and audience responses / Lynn Fotheringham -- 7. Odyssey in the 'broom cupboard': Ulysses 31 and Odysseus: The greatest hero of them all on children's BBC, 1985-1986 / Sarah Miles -- 8. Greek myth in the Whoniverse / Amanda Potter -- 9. Digital aesthetic in 'Atlantis: the evidence' (2010) / Anna Foka -- 10. Greece in the making: from intention to practicalities in television documentaries -- a conversation with Michael Scott and David Wilson. |
Summary |
Ancient Greece has inspired television producers and captivated viewing audiences in the United Kingdom for over half a century. Through 10 case studies drawn from television drama, theatre, animation and documentary this collection offers wide-ranging insights into the significance of ancient Greece on British television. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Historical television programs -- Great Britain.
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Historical television programs. |
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Great Britain. |
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Hellenism.
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Hellenism. |
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Greece -- On television.
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Greece. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Ancient Greece on British television. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018] 9781474412599 (OCoLC)1012799977 |
ISBN |
9781474412605 (electronic book) |
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1474412602 (electronic book) |
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9781474412599 |
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1474412599 |
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9781474412612 (ePub) |
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1474412610 (ePub) |
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