| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 252 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Screening antiquity |
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Screening antiquity.
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| Contents |
Broadcasting Greece: an introduction to Greek antiquity on the small screen / Fiona Hobden and Amanda Wrigley -- 1. Are we the Greeks? understanding antiquity and ourselves in television documentaries / Fiona Hobden -- 2. Louis MacNeice and 'The paragins of Hellas': ancient Greece as radio propaganda / Peter Golphin -- 3. The beginnings of Civilisation: television travels to Greece with Mortimer Wheeler and Compton Mackenzie / John Wyver -- 4. Tragedy for teens: ancient Greek tragedy on BBC and ITV schools television in the 1960s / Amanda Wrigley -- 5. The serpent son (1979): a science fiction aesthetic? / Tony Keen -- 6. Don Taylor, the 'old-fashioned populist'? The Theban plays (1986) and Iphigenia at Aulis (1990): production choices and audience responses / Lynn Fotheringham -- 7. The Odyssey in the 'broom cupboard': Ulysses 31 and Odysseus: The greatest hero of them all on children's BBC, 1985-1986 / Sarah Miles -- 8. Greek myth in the Whoniverse / Amanda Potter -- 9. The digital aesthetic in 'Atlantis: the evidence' (2010) / Anna Foka -- 10. Greece in the making: from intention to practicalities in television documentaries -- a conversation with Michael Scott and David Wilson |
| Summary |
Ancient Greece has inspired television producers and captivated viewing audiences in the United Kingdom for over half a century. Through 10 case studies drawn from television drama, theatre, animation and documentary this collection offers wide-ranging insights into the significance of ancient Greece on British television |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-245) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Historical television programs -- Great Britain
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Hellenism.
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Hellenism.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Eastern.
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Historical television programs
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Hellenism
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| SUBJECT |
Greece -- On television
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| Subject |
Great Britain
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Greece
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hobden, Fiona, editor.
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Wrigley, Amanda, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781474412605 |
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1474412602 |
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1474412599 |
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9781474412599 |
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