Television Drama

In 2014, the UK science-fiction television series Black Mirror was released on Netflix worldwide, quickly becoming a hit with US audiences. Like other beloved British imports, this series piqued Americans' interest with hints of dark comedy, clever plotlines, and six-episode seasons that left audiences frantic for more. In Transatlantic Television Drama, volume editors Michele Hilmes, Matt Hills, and Roberta Pearson team up with leading scholars in TV studies and transnational television to look at how dramas like Black Mirror captivate US audiences....

This revised and updated edition is a complete resource for anyone who wants to write and produce a television drama series or create an original series, as well as for teachers in screenwriting classes and workshops. It leads listeners step-by-step through each stage of the development and writing process, offering practical industry information and artistic inspiration. This edition also takes listeners into the future, engaging provocative issues about the interface between traditional TV and emerging technologies. 

The complete soundtracks of the first three series of the award-winning sitcom, plus two Christmas Specials Television’s favourite grumpy old man, Victor Meldrew, railed against the inanities and injustices of modern life for over a decade. His darkly comic predicaments kept One Foot in the...

A mob boss in therapy. An experimental, violent prison unit. The death of an American city, as seen through a complex police investigation. A lawless frontier town trying to talk its way into the United States. A corrupt cop who rules his precinct like a warlord. The survivors of a plane crash...

Now a major TV series from Apple TV+ starring Jake Gyllenhaal. 'Scott Turow is master of the legal thriller' – The Guardian From the godfather of the legal thriller, Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow is a gripping courtroom drama about ambition, hypocrisy and justice. Carolyn Polhemus was an...

The complete soundtracks of the final three series of the hugely popular sitcom, plus five Christmas Specials One Foot in the Grave dominated the airwaves in the 1990s, running for six series and seven Specials over more than a decade and attracting audiences of almost 20 million at its peak...

Welcome to Malory Towers, where there's more to life than lessons! Mischievous Daffy loves playing tricks, but when she goes too far there are a few surprises in store... Meanwhile, there's something so familiar about new pupil Alice. The girls are certain they've met her before - could she be...

Bloomsbury presents The TV MBA: Business Lessons from Popular Culture, written and read by Rhymer Rigby. What can CEOs learn from The Sopranos? Can you use Bridget Jones' Diary as a guide to career development? And what is Breaking Bad if not the ultimate manual for side hustlers? Referencing...

Heart-breaking - a tale of love and survival amidst the horrors of Auschwitz Human - the real story behind one of the most potent symbols of the Holocaust - the blue numbers tattooed on prisoners' arms Inspirational - the very best of humanity in the very worst of circumstances Unforgettable - a...

NOW A MAJOR BBC DRAMA, 'WAITING FOR THE OUT' An Irish Times and The i Book of the Year 'Tense and intimate . . . an education' – Geoff Dyer 'Authentic, fascinating and deeply moving' – Terry Waite Andy West teaches philosophy in prisons. Every time he steps behind bars, he also confronts his...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Niven, a novel about America’s favorite TV family, whose perfect façade cracks, for fans of Lessons in Chemistry and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. This program includes narration by actor and Audie Award–winning narrator Marin Ireland...

El reparto y el equipo de una popular serie policíaca de televisión están rodando en el Distrito de los Lagos, y entre bastidores las relaciones son tan tensas como en la pantalla. La reputación del director le precede, las dos estrellas principales están enemistadas y los rumores vuelan...

She’s a breakfast radio star, the queen of witty banter and humorous accounts of her chaotic love life – until a secret from her past makes headlines of its own. Emily Blake, known to listeners as the fearless, filter-less Blake from Mack & Blake for Breakfast, has built a career out of...

ER: The Oral History is a deep dive into the show that began the modern medical drama phenomenon, and it contains new interviews with over 60 people, including John Wells and Noah Wyle (showrunner and star of the original ER, respectively, and executive producers of HBO's The Pitt), Eriq LaSalle...

Noir - as a style, movement, or sensibility - has its roots in hardboiled detective fiction by writers like Chandler and Hammett, and films adapted from their novels were among the first called "film noir" by French cineastes. But film isn't the only medium with a taste for a dark story. Hundreds of noir dramas have been produced for television, featuring detectives and femmes fatales, gangsters, and dark deeds, continuing week after week, with a new disruption of the social order. In TV Noir, television historian Allen Glover presents the first complete study of the subject.

"With a lilt in her charming British accent, Jessica Ball introduces listeners to the companion audiobook to the PBS series VICTORIA...Ball is aided by narrator Dugald Bruce Lockhart, who ably adds newspaper commentaries and other observations from Victorian writings. Together, they create a...

A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES “This is a terrific book, compelling and beautifully written by a true master of the genre.”—Peter James, bestselling author of the Roy Grace series The author of The Chestnut Man and creator of the hit television series The Killing returns with a twisty...

Take the ambitious competitiveness of The Devil Wears Prada, mix it with the complex female friendships of Big Little Lies and throw in the high-stakes drama of The Morning Show and the result is Georgie Tunny's gripping debut which rips back the glossy curtain on television news. Best friends...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An intimate memoir from Vanderpump Rules star Scheana Shay, delving into everything from the origin story of the iconic show, to her struggles with fertility and pregnancy loss, and the behind-the-scenes moments that were left on the cutting room floor...

International Bestseller A New York Times Book Review Best Book of the Year Winner of the Barry Award for Best First Mystery/Crime Novel Audie Awards Winner A NETFLIX Original Series. Don't miss the sequel series, "The Chestnut Man: Hide and Seek" streaming now. “A full-throttle...