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Looking closely at the social and political context of the period in which \"Crimewatch UK\" first appeared and examining the aesthetics, address and appeal of a range of other shows appearing in its wake, including \"Police Camera Action!\" , \"America's Most Wanted\" and \"World's Wildest Police Videos\", this book investigates the conditions that have enabled and advanced the ubiquity of real crime programming on contemporary television and the anxieties that surround it. Examining critiques that real crime TV has increased fear of crime while legitimising a surveillance culture, and that it serves to stifle debate about criminality and policing, \"Crime Watching\" also reflects on the pleasures of these programmes and the enduring nature of our culture's seemingly endless fascination with real crime stories.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49562190545169,"sku":"GOR005727013","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1845112393.jpg?v=1751313885"},{"product_id":"sex-and-the-city-book-deborah-jermyn-9780814332887","title":"Sex and the City","description":"This title examines the full run of \"\"Sex and the City\"\" and its production background, place in television history, innovations to the genre, and reception.With its bold depiction of four female friends navigating the pitfalls of Manhattan's dating scene, \"\"Sex and the City\"\", which aired on HBO from 1998 to 2004, was a unique television drama that evolved into a ubiquitous and widely debated cultural phenomenon. \"\"Deborah Jermyn's Sex and the City\"\" investigates the program's critical and popular success as well as its lasting cultural impact. To give readers a complete picture of \"\"Sex and the City\"\", Jermyn draws on close textual analysis of selected episodes, existing critical work on the program, testimonies from its stars and producers, and intertextual evidence ranging from the \"\"Sex and the City\"\" bus tour to fan guides and Web sites.In this volume, Jermyn explores the show's characters, its careful generic balance of comedy and drama, its mix of both fantasy and realism, and its dedication to the intricacies of women's friendships. Jermyn notes that in the course of its six seasons \"\"Sex and the City\"\" emerged as a kind of controversial shorthand to explore the zeitgeist among a generation of post-feminist TV audiences, each week considering issues surrounding femininity, feminism, sexuality, consumerism, and women's lifestyle choices. 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