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Tony Garnett Stephen Lacey

Tony Garnett By Stephen Lacey

Tony Garnett by Stephen Lacey


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Summary

Tony Garnett is the first book-length study of one of the most respected producers working in British television, responsible for both Cathy Come Home (1966) and This Life (1996-8). The book discusses the ways in which Garnett has shaped the role of the creative producer, and analyses his contribution to a distinctively televisual social realism.

Tony Garnett Summary

Tony Garnett by Stephen Lacey

Tony Garnett is the first book-length study of one of the most respected and prolific producers working in British television. From ground-breaking dramas from the 1960s such as Up the Junction and Cathy Come Home to the 'must see' series in the 1990s and 2000s such as This Life and The Cops, Garnett has produced some of the most important and influential British television drama.

This book charts Garnett's career from his early days as an actor to his position as executive producer and head of World Productions. Drawing on personal interviews, archival research, contextual analysis and selected case studies, Tony Garnett examines the ways in which Garnett has helped to define the role of the producer in British television drama. Arguing that Garnett was both a key creative and political influence on the work he produced and an enabler of the work of others, the book traces his often combative relationships with broadcasting institutions (especially the BBC). Additionally, the study discusses the films he made for the cinema and considers some of the ways in which Garnett's experiments in film technology 16 mm in the 1960s, digital video in the 1990s have shaped his creative output.

Tony Garnett will be of interest to all levels of researchers and students of British television drama, media and film.

About Stephen Lacey

Stephen Lacey is Professor of Drama, Film and Television at the University of Glamorgan

Table of Contents

Introduction: Telling the truth
1. From actor to producer - into the driving seat
2. The 1960s - social realism and The Wednesday Play
3. Plays for Today: representing 'managed dissensus'
4. Independence and dependency
Bibliography
Appendix 1: list of television plays and films
Appendix 2: list of films for theatrical release

Additional information

NLS9780719066290
9780719066290
0719066298
Tony Garnett by Stephen Lacey
New
Paperback
Manchester University Press
2012-05-30
200
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