Ancient Greece on British Television
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Screening Antiquity
ISBN-10
1474412599
ISBN-13
9781474412599
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Imprint
Edinburgh University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 31st, 2018
Print length
248 Pages
Weight
530 grams
Dimensions
16.30 x 24.00 x 2.30 cms
Product Classification:
TelevisionAncient history: to c 500 CE
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Ancient Greece has inspired television producers and captivated viewing audiences in the United Kingdom for over half a century. Through 10 case studies drawn from television drama, theatre, animation and documentary this collection offers wide-ranging insights into the significance of ancient Greece on British television.
Explores the cultural politics of televisual engagements with the history, literature and archaeology of Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece has inspired television producers and captivated viewing audiences in the United Kingdom for over half a century. By examining how and why political, social and cultural narratives of Greece have been constructed through television''s distinctive audiovisual languages, and in relation also to its influential sister-medium radio, this volume explores the nature and function of these public engagements with the written and material remains of the Hellenic past.
Through 10 case studies drawn from feature programmes, educational broadcasts, children''s animation, theatre play productions, dramatic fiction and documentaries broadcast across the decades, this collection offers wide-ranging insights into the significance of ancient Greece on British television.
Brings experts from the disciplines of Classics and Media Studies together to offer rigorous examples of how to apply the methodologies of Media Studies to Classical Reception
Investigates institutional production contexts, developing technologies, the use of space and location, style and aesthetics, costume and staging, globalization and localization and audiences
Explores the representation of ancient Greece across a range of forms, including documentary, television drama, radio, theatre plays, educational television and children''s animation
Includes an interview with ancient historian Michael Scott and producer-director David Wilson to reflecting particularly on concept to reality
Discusses content broadcast on the BBC, ITV and Channel 4
Contributors include Anna Foka, Lynn Fotheringham, Peter Golphin, Tony Keen, Sarah Miles, Amanda Potter and John Wyver
Ancient Greece has inspired television producers and captivated viewing audiences in the United Kingdom for over half a century. By examining how and why political, social and cultural narratives of Greece have been constructed through television''s distinctive audiovisual languages, and in relation also to its influential sister-medium radio, this volume explores the nature and function of these public engagements with the written and material remains of the Hellenic past.
Through 10 case studies drawn from feature programmes, educational broadcasts, children''s animation, theatre play productions, dramatic fiction and documentaries broadcast across the decades, this collection offers wide-ranging insights into the significance of ancient Greece on British television.
Brings experts from the disciplines of Classics and Media Studies together to offer rigorous examples of how to apply the methodologies of Media Studies to Classical Reception
Investigates institutional production contexts, developing technologies, the use of space and location, style and aesthetics, costume and staging, globalization and localization and audiences
Explores the representation of ancient Greece across a range of forms, including documentary, television drama, radio, theatre plays, educational television and children''s animation
Includes an interview with ancient historian Michael Scott and producer-director David Wilson to reflecting particularly on concept to reality
Discusses content broadcast on the BBC, ITV and Channel 4
Contributors include Anna Foka, Lynn Fotheringham, Peter Golphin, Tony Keen, Sarah Miles, Amanda Potter and John Wyver
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