British television changed radically in the new millennium. The influence of American 'quality' drama series such as The Sopranos, 24, Six Feet Under, and Mad M

This collection is a wide-ranging exploration of contemporary British television drama and its representations of social class. Through early studio-set plays,

Contemporary British Television Crime Drama examines one of the medium’s most popular genres and places it within its historical and industrial context. The t

This book explores how British culture is negotiating heroes and heroisms in the twenty-first century. It posits a nexus between the heroic and the state of the

The early twenty-first century has seen the emergence of a new style of television drama in Britain that adopts the professional practices and production values