Time on TV
Narrative Time, Time Travel and Time Travellers in Popular Television Culture
Published on 22. June 2016
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-1-78453-013-6 (ISBN)
Description
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 shows have explored this subject, providing the reader with a greater understanding of the importance of time to the success of genre on the small screen.
Reviews / Votes
"With detailed analysis and thoughtful case studies, the authors in this engaging volume approach one of the most salient - and yet overlooked - modes of television content: time travel. Each chapter deepens and extends temporal exploration of such varied shows as Star Trek, Quantum Leap, Timeslip, Sapphire & Steel, Torchwood, and Life on Mars, among many others. It's about time we had a volume that's all about time." - Paul Booth, De Paul University, author of Time on TV (2012), "This volume feels like the beginning of an important and emerging area of TV Studies. It examines a range of frequently-overlooked examples of telefantasy and provides innovative readings of how these shows engage with discourses of genre, memory and affect. During a period when television's narrative representations of temporality are becoming increasingly complex and viewers' access to television history are being reconfigured, Time on TV's contributions to examining these issues are incredibly timely and welcome." - Dr Ross P. Garner, Cardiff UniversityMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
461 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78453-013-6 (9781784530136)
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Lorna Jowett | Kevin Robinson | David Simmons
Time on TV
Narrative Time, Time Travel and Time Travellers in Popular Television Culture
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Persons
Lorna Jowett is Reader in Television Studies at the University of Northampton, UK. Kevin Lee Robinson is Lecturer in Scriptwriting for TV and Film, University of Northampton, UK. David Simmons is Lecturer in English and Film and TV, University of Northampton, UK.
Content
Acknowledgements
Timey wimey stuff: Introduction to Time on TV
Lorna Jowett, Kevin Robinson and David Simmons
Part I: Structuring Time
'Time is a companion... who goes with us on the journey': Star Trek, Time Travel and Patterns of Narrative History'
Lincoln Geraghty
Reality Resets: Changing the Past in Eureka
Stan Beeler
Timeslip: Putting Aside Childish Things
Pete Boss
The Primeval Anomaly
John Jeffreys
'There is a corridor': The Work of P.J. Hammond in Sapphire & Steel and Torchwood
Kevin Lee Robinson
Part II: Experiencing Time
'No one can touch the Gene Genie': The Past as Fantasy Space in Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes
Nicola Allen
Watchmaking in the Dark: the Intricacy of Intimacy in Crime Traveller
David Hipple
'Centuries of evil... wacky sidekicks... yadda, yadda': Vampire Television and the Conventions of Flashback
Lorna Jowett
Timeless: Memory, Temporality, and Identity in Once Upon A Time
Gwyneth Peaty
'Bonanza was never like this': Quantum Leap and Interrogating Nostalgia
David Simmons
Time on TV: Afterword
Lorna Jowett and David Simmons
Work Cited
TV and Filmography
Index
Timey wimey stuff: Introduction to Time on TV
Lorna Jowett, Kevin Robinson and David Simmons
Part I: Structuring Time
'Time is a companion... who goes with us on the journey': Star Trek, Time Travel and Patterns of Narrative History'
Lincoln Geraghty
Reality Resets: Changing the Past in Eureka
Stan Beeler
Timeslip: Putting Aside Childish Things
Pete Boss
The Primeval Anomaly
John Jeffreys
'There is a corridor': The Work of P.J. Hammond in Sapphire & Steel and Torchwood
Kevin Lee Robinson
Part II: Experiencing Time
'No one can touch the Gene Genie': The Past as Fantasy Space in Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes
Nicola Allen
Watchmaking in the Dark: the Intricacy of Intimacy in Crime Traveller
David Hipple
'Centuries of evil... wacky sidekicks... yadda, yadda': Vampire Television and the Conventions of Flashback
Lorna Jowett
Timeless: Memory, Temporality, and Identity in Once Upon A Time
Gwyneth Peaty
'Bonanza was never like this': Quantum Leap and Interrogating Nostalgia
David Simmons
Time on TV: Afterword
Lorna Jowett and David Simmons
Work Cited
TV and Filmography
Index