The Age of Static by Phil Harrison
You can tell a lot about British society by its television. More than any other country, Britain still gets a sense of itself from the output of its national broadcasters. So what can we learn from the TV of the last two decades? Beginning in 2000, this book explores the televisual contours of Britain, via five themed chapters: Britain's identity crisis; property and the class system; 'banter' and political correctness; the role of the BBC; and the impact of reality TV on politics. Over this period, Britain has become more divided, more fractious and less certain of its place in the world. What did Jamie's School Dinners tell us about our perceptions of the working classes? What does our love of Downton Abbey say about the national psyche under duress? And how did Top Gear help to ignite Britain's culture wars? In this lively and wide-ranging account of twenty tumultuous years, Phil Harrison asks how we got here - and the role television played in the process.
'TV critic Harrison digs into our recent past to consider how the programmes we watch impact our livesWide-ranging, witty and very well informed.' The i
Phil Harrison is a television writer and cultural critic whose work has appeared in The Guardian, The Telegraph and The Quietus, among others. He was formerly Deputy TV Editor for Time Out, and has interviewed and profiled many famous figures including Jon Hamm, William H. Macy, Jonathan Ross and Mark E. Smith.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781911545521 |
| ISBN 10 | 1911545523 |
| Title | The Age of Static |
| Author | Phil Harrison |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Melville House UK |
| Year published | 2020-10-22 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
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