TV Cops: The Contemporary American Television Police Drama 0415877873, 9780415877879

The police drama has been one of the longest running and most popular genres in American television. In TV Cops, Jonatha

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TV Cops: The Contemporary American Television Police Drama
0415877873, 9780415877879

In his seminal book "Television's Second Golden Age", Robert Thompson described quality TV as 'best

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Drawing worldwide acclaim from critics and audiences alike, programmes like The Killing, Borgen, The Bridge and The Lega

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The early twenty-first century has seen the emergence of a new sytle of television drama in Britain that adopts the prof

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For these men and women, it isn't just a job. It's a calling. PROTECT They are our eyes. Our ears. Our protec

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Israeli television, currently celebrating fifty years of broadcasting, has become one of the most important content sour

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Drugs, bribes, falsifying evidence, unjustified force and kickbacks: there are many opportunities for cops to act like c

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2016 Winner - BAFTSS (British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies) Best BookWhat makes British television

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This book explores the development of contemporary theatre in the United States in its historical, political and theoret

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Sister Bertrille, Father Dowling, and Reverend Camden - these three characters span the history of television’s depictio

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In the last quarter century, televised court proceedings have gone from an outlandish idea to a seemingly inevitable rea

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