In A New Genre for Television?, filmmaker Justin Hardy argues the dramatised history documentaries broadcast by British public service channels in the 2000s constituted a distinct television genre. Offering a vital distinction between docudramas and drama documentaries, Hardy contributes to the field of television history through exclusive interviews with key figures from BBC and Channel 4
many of whom have never been publicly interviewed before
and envisions a future model for the portrayal of national histories on screen.
By:
Justin Hardy Imprint: Manchester University Press Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 14mm
Weight: 499g ISBN:9781526179531 ISBN 10: 1526179539 Pages: 232 Publication Date:27 May 2025 Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming
Introduction 1 2000: Emergence of a new kind of history television for the millennium 2 2000–2002: From vignettes to fuller dramatization 3 1960s–1990s: Looking for Progenitors 4 2001–2003: Was the flowering of dramatised history documentary led by auteurs? 5 2003–2005: Working towards fuller dramatisation and a new genre? 6 2006–2008: Confirming a new genre 7 2008–2010: Decline and Fall of a Genre Conclusion Index -- .
Justin Hardy is a practicing film/TV director and Lecturer in Public History and Media at UCL and Oxford
