Style in British Television Drama

This pioneering book provides detailed analysis of scenes from nine British television dramas produced between 1954 and 2001. Taking dinner table scenes as a recurring motif, the study analyses changes in televisual style with reference to production practices, technology, aesthetic preferences, and social and institutional change.

Lez Cooke is a Research Fellow in the Department of Media Arts at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is the author of British Television Drama: A History (2003), Troy Kennedy Martin (2007) and A Sense of Place: Regional British Television Drama, 1956-82 (2012).