Overview

In this book, Faye Woods explores the raucous, cheeky, intimate voice of British youth television. This is the first study of a complete television system targeting teens and twenty somethings, chronicling a period of significant industrial change in the early 21st century. British Youth Television offers a snapshot of the complexities of contemporary television from a British standpoint — youth-focused programming that blossomed in the commercial expansion of the digital era, yet indelibly shaped by public service broadcasting, and now finding its feet on proliferating platforms. Considering BBC Three, My Mad Fat Diary, The Inbetweeners, Our War and Made in Chelsea, amongst others; Woods identifies a television that is defiantly British, yet also has a complex transatlantic relationship with US teen TV. This book creates a space for British voices in an academic and cultural landscape dominated by the American teenager. 

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Author:   Faye Woods
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   4.703kg
ISBN:  

9781137445476

ISBN 10:   1137445475
Pages:   267
Publication Date:   17 October 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Section 1: Framing.- 1. Made in Britain: Mapping British Youth Television.- 2. Branding Youth Space: British Youth Strands and Channels.- Section 2: Fiction.- 3. British Youth Drama: Space, place, authenticity and intimacy.- 4. Teen TV Translations: Across The Pond.- Section 3: Factual.- 5. Youth Factual: First Person, Peer Address and Interaction.- 6. Structured Reality: Designer Clothes, Fake Tans, Real Drama?.- 7. Conclusion: A Short-form future?.- Notes.- Bibliography

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Faye Woods is Lecturer in Film and Television at the University of Reading, UK. Her research interests include youth representations, feminist media studies and television industries. Her work has appeared in a range of journals as well as the edited collections Television Aesthetics and Style and Multiplicities: Cycles, Sequels, Remakes and Reboots in Film & Television. 

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