You’Re Nicked

Investigating British Television Police Series

Ben Lamb

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English

Manchester University Press
08 November 2019

Television; Television scripts & screenplays; Television soap operas

Series: The Television Series

You're nicked is the first comprehensive study of television police series in the UK. It shows how British television's most popular genre has developed stylistically, politically and philosophically from 1955 to the present. Each chapter focuses on a particular decade, investigating how the most-watched series represent the inner workings of the police station, the civilian life of criminals and the private lives of police officers. This new methodological approach unearths the complex ideology underpinning each series and discerns the key insights the genre can provide into the breakdown of the post-war settlement. A must-have for scholars and students of British history, television, sociology and criminology, the book will also be of interest to crime-drama enthusiasts worldwide. -- .

By: Ben Lamb
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 14mm
ISBN: 9781526125859
ISBN 10: 1526125854
Series: The Television Series
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 08 November 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction: defining a genre 1 The 1950s and 1960s: a genre comes into its own 2 The 1970s: an action-fuelled filmic decade? 3 The 1980s: emergent feminist thought and resurgent video cameras 4 The 1990s: transitioning from film to digital 5 The 2000s: looking to the past 6 The 2010s: looking to pastures new Conclusion: good evening, all Index -- .

Ben Lamb is English Studies and Creative Writing Course Leader at Teesside University -- .

Reviews for You’Re Nicked: Investigating British Television Police Series

'.this is the first television studies work to include all six decades of the television police series and the exhaustive scope of the monograph is just one of several outstanding features.' The British Journal of Criminology -- .