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book		The avengers : Toby Miller Bath: Bath Press, 1997. Call No: 79AVE MIL Author: Miller, Toby 1958 Place: Bath Publisher: Bath Press PubDate: 1997 PhysDes: vii, 192 p. : ill. ; 24cm Subject: POSTMODERNISM AND TV/VIDEO; SEX AND TV; AVENGERS, THE [TV] (UK, 1961-69) ISBN: 0851705588 (pbk.) LON: abn98003809; 13617304 More info
title clippings file		AVENGERS, THE : [TV] (UK, 1961-69) Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE PhysDes: Clippings Subject: AVENGERS, THE [TV] (UK, 1961-69) More info
journal article		'...I was a woman and she was a man...' - Patrick Macnee in UTS Review (Nov 1998) vol.4 iss.2 p.251-254 Author: Dzenis, Anna PhysDes: Book review; Bibliography Subject: AVENGERS, THE [TV] (UK, 1961-69) Summary: A book review of 'The Avengers', by Toby Miller. More info
book		The laugh was on Lazarus / John Garforth London: Panther Books, 1967. Call No: 5668 Author: Garforth, John Source: UK Place: London Publisher: Panther Books PubDate: 1967 PhysDes: 128 p. ; 18 cm Series: The Avengers Subject: AVENGERS, THE [TV] (UK, 1961-69) Summary: a novel based on the ABC Television series 'The Avengers' More info
book		The magnetic man : The Avengers #8 / Norman Daniels New York: Berkley Medallion Books, 1968. Call No: N79AVE DAN Author: Daniels, Norman Source: US Place: New York Publisher: Berkley Medallion Books PubDate: 1968 PhysDes: 128 p. ; 18 cm Series: The Avengers Subject: AVENGERS, THE [TV] (UK, 1961-69) Notes: Published by arrangement with ABC Television Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 More info
book		Small screen aesthetics : from TV to the Internet / Glen Creeber London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. Call No: 611 CRE Author: Creeber, Glen Source: UK Place: London Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan PubDate: 2013 PhysDes: iv, 181 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Subject: TELEVISION; TELEVISION AND THE CINEMA; INTERNET; INTERNET AND THE CINEMA; INTERNET AND TV; I LOVE LUCY [TV] (US, 1951-57); CNN; HBO; AVENGERS, THE [TV] (UK, 1961-69); SOPRANOS, THE [TV] (US, 1999-) Summary: In this book the author gives a critical and historical account of small screen aesthetics, tracing its origins from the early days of television through to the arrival of the internet, YouTube and beyond. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-172 ) and index. ISBN: 9781844574094 Donation: Estate of Adrian Miles Contents: 1. Early Television: Creating an Image --2. TV Comes of Age: A Medium in Its Own Right --3. The Converging Screen: The Influence of Cinema and the internet on TV --4. Web TV: The New Small Screen. More info
book		Storytelling in film and television / Kristin Thompson Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2003. Call No: 632.2 THO Author: Thompson, Kristin Edition: 1st ed. Source: USA Place: Cambridge, Massachusetts Publisher: Harvard University Press PubDate: 2003 PhysDes: 172 p ; 20cm + b&w ill. Subject: ADAPTATIONS; ADVERTISING; CHARACTERS ON TV; DRAMAS; INTERNET; SCRIPTWRITING; SYMBOLISM ON TV; NARRATIVE IN FILMS; NARRATIVE IN TV; SEQUELS; SERIALS; SITUATION COMEDY; SOAP OPERAS; MERCHANDISING; BORDWELL, DAVID; CLEESE, JOHN; FROST MARK; KAEL, PAULINE; LYNCH, DAVID; NEWCOMB, HORACE; WILLIAMS, RAYMOND; WODEHOUSE, P.G; AVENGERS, THE [TV] (UK, 1961-69); BAD GIRLS [TV] (UK, 1999-); BLUE VELVET (US, David Lynch, 1986); BOB NEWHART SHOW, THE [TV] (US, 1961-62); BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER [TV] (US, 1997-2004); HILL STREET BLUES [TV] (US, 1980-87); MURPHY BROWN [TV] (US, 1988-); ROYLE FAMILY, THE [TV] (UK, 1998-2000); SINGING DETECTIVE, THE [TV] (UK, Jon Amiel, 1986); SOPRANOS, THE [TV] (US, 1999); STAR WARS (US, George Lucas, 1977); YES MINISTER [TV] (UK, 1980-84) Summary: Author Kristin Thompson analyses the narrative workings of television and film, looking at the narrative techniques the two media share. Thomson then focuses on the specific challenges that series television presents and the tactics writers have devised to meet them – tactics that sustain interest and maintain sense across multiple plots and subplots and in spite of frequent interruptions as well as weeklong and seasonal breaks. [Taken from back cover]. ISBN: 0674010876 More info
book		Television : a history / Francis Wheen ; editorial consultant, Peter Fiddick. London: Century, 1985. Call No: 70 TEL WHE Author: Wheen, Francis. Source: UK Place: London Publisher: Century PubDate: 1985 PhysDes: 252 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27cm. Subject: HISTORY OF TV; BROADCASTING; SPORTS PRESENTATION; SOAP OPERAS; ALL IN THE FAMILY [TV] (US, 1971-?); AVENGERS, THE [TV] (UK, 1961-69); BALL, LUCILLE; BERLE, MILTON; COLLINS, JOAN; FROST, DAVID; NIXON [RICHARD M.] ON TV; REAGAN RONALD; OLIVIER, LAURENCE; SCALES, PRUNELLA; BONANZA: THE NEXT GENERATION (US, Bill Claxton, 1988); BRIDESHEAD REVISITED (UK, Julian Jarrold, 2008); CHARLIE'S ANGELS [TV] (US, 1976-81); CLARKE, ARTHUR C.; DEATH OF A PRINCESS [TV] (UK/US/NZ/AT/NE, Antony Thomas, 1980); DYNASTY [TV] (AT, 1970); FORSYTE SAGA, THE [TV] (UK, 2002); GUNSMOKE [TV] (US, 1955-75); JUDGEMENT AT NUREMBERG (US, Stanley Kramer, 1961); VIE SUR TERRE, LA (FR, Abderrahmare Sissako, 1998); MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS [TV] (UK, 1969-1974); OLYMPICS ON TV; ON THE BUSES (UK, Harry Booth, 1971); PRISONER [TV] (AT, 1979-86); ROCKFORD FILES, THE [TV] (US, 1974-80); ROOTS [TV] (US, 1977); SESAME STREET [TV] (US, 1969-); THORN BIRDS, THE [TV] (US, Daryl Duke, 1983); TODAY [TV] (AT, 1982-); UPSTAIRS, DOWNSTAIRS [TV] (UK, 1970-75); YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, THE [TV] (US, 1973- ) Summary: This book examines the beginnings of television and the making of a televised history of the medium in all of its different manifestations, around the world, and look at a variety of programs from current affairs to comedy, documentaries, to dramas, in countries as different as Britain and Japan, or India and the United States The history is looked at from the perspective of the "Third Age of Broadcasting" - the rea of cable, video, direct broadcasting by satellite, teletext, viewdata and computers Notes: Dust jacket title: Television a world history.; Based on a documentary series by Granada Television; Includes index ISBN: 0712609296 Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 More info
Interim book		The television genre book / edited by Glen Creeber ; associate editors, Toby Miller and John Tulloch London: British Film Institute, 2001. Call No: 720 TEL Author: Creeber, Glen; Miller, Toby; Tulloch, John Source: UK Place: London Publisher: British Film Institute PubDate: 2001 PhysDes: xi, 163 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm Subject: PROGRAMME GENRES; DRAMAS; SOAP OPERAS; CHILDREN, PROGRAMMES FOR; NEWS PROGRAMMES; DOCUMENTARIES; ADAPTATIONS. AUSTEN, JANE; SOAP OPERAS; SITUATION COMEDY; HOMOSEXUALITY ON TV; BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER [TV] (US, 1997-2004); SIMPSONS, THE [TV] (US, 1989-); SOUTH PARK [TV] (US, 1997-); I LOVE LUCY [TV] (US, 1951-57); ROSEANNE [TV] (US, 1988- ); ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS [TV] (UK, 1992 - 1996); WILL & GRACE[TV] (US, 1998-); MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS [TV] (UK, 1969-1974); DALLAS [TV] (US, 1978-91); COUNTRY PRACTICE, A [TV] (AT, 1981-1993, 1994); TWIN PEAKS [TV] (US, David Lynch & others, 1990-1991); ALLY MCBEAL [TV] (US, 1997-); AVENGERS, THE [TV] (UK, 1961-69); HILL STREET BLUES [TV] (US, 1980-87); E.R. [TV] (US, 1994 - ); STAR TREK [TV] [...] (US, 1966-69, 1987-); X-FILES, THE [TV] (US, 1993-); CATHY COME HOME (UK, Ken Loach, 1966); DAY AFTER, THE (US, Nicholas Meyer, 1983); ROOTS [TV] (US, 1977); SINGING DETECTIVE, THE [TV] (UK, Jon Amiel, 1986) Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN: 0851708498(pbk.) More info

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