BOOKS - Beyond Dixon of Dock Green: Early British Police Series
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Beyond Dixon of Dock Green: Early British Police Series
Author: Susan Sydney-Smith
Year: May 23, 2002
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 1.1 MB
Language: English
Year: May 23, 2002
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 1.1 MB
Language: English
Based on original archive research, this book traces the emergence of a distinctly British form of TV the early BBC uniformed police series. Challenging the commonly held assumption that the genre began with the 1955 series and " and "Dixon of Dock Green and " and ", Susan Sydney-Smith suggests that in fact these series were shaped by television's own evolution in social function from the relaying of news to the replaying of stories.