Time on TV: Narrative Time, Time Travel and Time Travellers in Popular Television Culture

by Kevin Robinson and David Simmons

Book Overview

From early examples such as Star Trek and Sapphire and Steel to more contemporary shows including Life on Mars and The Vampire Diaries, time has frequently been used as a device to allow programme makers to experiment stylistically and challenge established ways of thinking. Time on TV provides a range of exciting, accessible, yet intellectually rigorous essays that consider the many and varied ways in which telefantasy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350242357
• ISBN13: 9781350242357
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"