The Doctor can never be alone. He is always supported by a companion. After the success of The Villains of Doctor Who, the editors of that book turn their Tardis towards the Companions of Doctor Who. Popular characters in the world of Doctor Who including Donna, Clara, Amy, Ace and Sarah Jane are all covered by a diverse group of writers who all love and study Doctor Who. Each writer was given the choice of which character to cover and then writes an essay about what that companion brought to th...
Show your love for your favorite girl villain—and one of DC’s most popular characters—HARLEY QUINNTM! Featuring colorful character art, indexed pages, and a fun foldout sticker sheet, this notebook is the perfect way for DC fans of all ages to celebrate their fandom for the beloved DC Super-Villian turned comic book star.
All is not well in the beautiful county of Midsomer. On the eve of its first Villages In Bloom competition, a man lies dead, smelling of damson jam. Who could have done it?Well, that's where you come in. Step into the shoes of Midsomer CID's newest recruit, choose your own path and decide which way the story goes.Will you get to the bottom of the mystery? Will you bring the perpetrator to justice? And perhaps most importantly of all, could you avoid an untimely, and possibly bizarre, death... wi...
Fernsehdramatik - Experimente, Methoden, Tendenzen (Literatur Und Gesellschaft)
by Ingeborg Münz-Koenen
"One More Thing, Sir . . ." - The Musings of a Television Writer-Producer
by Michael Sloan
This book offers an account of how the global popularity of the Nordic Noir wave of television crime drama such as?The Killing/Forbrydelsen and The Bridge/Broen/Bron?had a profound impact on the production of television crime drama in Australia. Through a series of case studies including Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, The Kettering Incident, Secret City and Mystery Road, the authors explore how the Australian television industry responded to the new streaming environment by producing shows with...
An icon. A household name. One of our best-loved actors. Noni Hazlehurst is finally telling a story of her own. A fourth-generation performer, Noni Hazlehurst has storytelling in her blood. She has graced our screens, stages and airwaves for fifty years - and won our hearts and respect in the process. She's had a remarkably diverse career. From presenting Play School for more than two decades, acting in films such as June Again, Ladies in Black, Candy, Little Fish and Monkey Grip, and ten years...
MGM's hit show Vikings has drawn millions of viewers into the fascinating and bloody world of legendary Norse hero Ragnar Lothbrok, who led Viking warriors to the British Isles and France. Covering the first three seasons of the series, this official companion book delves into the real history as well as the behind-the-scenes stories. Viking historian Justin Pollard explains shipbuilding and navigation, Norse culture and religion, and the first encounters between Viking warriors and the kings of...
Breaking Bad (2008-2013), a remarkable synthesis of the crime film, the sitcom, the western, and the family melodrama, is a foundational example of new television in the early twenty-first century. Receiving multiple Emmy Awards, it launched the careers of its creators and stars, most notably Bryan Cranston as high school teacher turned drug manufacturer Walter White, whose attempt to grab the American dream results in the destruction of family, home, community, and himself. In this book, Christ...
Mothers on American television takes an in-depth look at how motherhood is represented on some of the most popular television series produced this century. Adopting a feminist, Marxist, cultural studies and psychoanalytical approach, the book offers a history of the positioning of mothers within American society. It provides detailed analysis of The Sopranos, Sex and the City, The Handmaid’s Tale and more, while reflecting on the newspaper ‘mommy wars’, employment patterns and alternative views...
Heroes in Contemporary British Culture (Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies)
by Barbara Korte and Nicole Falkenhayner
This book explores how British culture is negotiating heroes and heroisms in the twenty-first century. It posits a nexus between the heroic and the state of the nation and explores this idea through British television drama. Drawing on case studies including programmes such as The Last Kingdom, Spooks, Luther and Merlin, the book explores the aesthetic strategies of heroisation in television drama and contextualises the programmes within British public discourses at the time of their production...
The BBC television series Downton Abbey (2010-2016) developed and produced by Academy Award winner Julian Fellowes, became a cultural barometer with American viewers harkening back to the days when televised serial dramas ruled the airwaves. The series finale was one of the most-watched in television history. Exploring Downton Abbey is a collection of scholarly essays, written by both British and American scholars, that interrogate this cultural phenomenon-the essays challenge readers to explore...
Maya is down in the dumps ... quite literally. She's just been pied off by her boyfriend before what was supposed to be their last romantic summer before heading off to Uni. Luckily help is at hand in the form of her friends, determined to find her a fun summer romance. And with a summer job working at fancy new beach resort in town, how can she fail to meet the guy of her dreams? Hot weather, hot guys, hot summer romance... it's a dead cert. But with...
The Official Downton Abbey Cookbook Gift Set (book and apron) (Downton Abbey Cookery)
by Annie Gray
This gift set edition of The Official Downton Abbey Cookbook makes the beloved TV drama come to life through recipes and an exclusive apron. The Official Downton Abbey Cookbook - Gift Set Edition presents over 100 recipes that showcase the cookery and customs of the Crawley household-from upstairs dinner party centerpieces to downstairs puddings and pies-and bring an authentic slice of Downton Abbey to modern kitchens by including a giftable apron that Downton fans will love. Whether adapted...
This volume is part of a new series of novels, plays and stories at GCSE/Key Stage 4 level, designed to meet the needs of the National Curriculum syllabus. Each text includes an introduction, pre-reading activities, notes and coursework activities. Also provided is a section on the process of writing, often compiled by the author. Shaw's play features Professor Henry Higgins who sets out to turn flower-girl Eliza Doolittle into a lady and to pass her off as a duchess at an ambassador's party, an...
Featuring illustrations by Jillian Barthold The first coming-of-age series for millennial consumption, Dawson's Creek created one of the most iconic memes before the word "meme" was mainstream. On January 20, 1998, the Capeside High School class of 2001 came into our lives. Dawson's Creek centered around the titular star-a white man with a lot of privilege-who proved to be anything but our hero. Our heroes were Jen Lindley, the "big city vixen" who turned out to be the third-wave feminist we d...
Mike Connors - A Life of Integrity in Film and Television
by Bill Taylor