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'Hewett is interested in acting within the context of other practices and developments, such as directing, production practices, technology and actor training [.] Each chapter is given over to a particular production practice - studio realism and location realism - and approached with a broadly common set of questions and a specific example to anchor the wider argument [.] The validity of this approach is confirmed by the illuminating and detailed textual analysis that is at the heart of each chapter, which is used not to elucidate the narrative but to concretise the arguments made about space, the variety of actors' approaches and training and directorial and production practices.' Stephen Lacey, University of South Wales, Critical Studies in Television, Vol. 13, No. 4 (December 2018) 'Covering a fantastic range of BBC TV science fiction, Hewett innovatively traces different modes of realism in much-loved original shows and their remakes/continuations. Tackling the likes of Doctor Who, The Quatermass Experiment and Survivors, The changing spaces of television acting smartly spearheads emergent work on TV performance. Based on archival research and new interviews with key producers, actors and writers, this is a must-read, must-own title for anyone interested in telefantasy.' Matt Hills, Professor of Journalism and Media, University of Huddersfield -- .

'Hewett is interested in acting within the context of other practices and developments, such as directing, production practices, technology and actor training [.] Each chapter is given over to a particular production practice - studio realism and location realism - and approached with a broadly common set of questions and a specific example to anchor the wider argument [.] The validity of this approach is confirmed by the illuminating and detailed textual analysis that is at the heart of each chapter, which is used not to elucidate the narrative but to concretise the arguments made about space, the variety of actors' approaches and training and directorial and production practices.' Stephen Lacey, University of South Wales, Critical Studies in Television, Vol. 13, No. 4 (December 2018) -- .

'Hewett is interested in acting within the context of other practices and developments, such as directing, production practices, technology and actor training [...] Each chapter is given over to a particular production practice - studio realism and location realism - and approached with a broadly common set of questions and a specific example to anchor the wider argument [...] The validity of this approach is confirmed by the illuminating and detailed textual analysis that is at the heart of each chapter, which is used not to elucidate the narrative but to concretise the arguments made about space, the variety of actors' approaches and training and directorial and production practices.' Stephen Lacey, University of South Wales, Critical Studies in Television, Vol. 13, No. 4 (December 2018) 'Covering a fantastic range of BBC TV science fiction, Hewett innovatively traces different modes of realism in much-loved original shows and their remakes/continuations. Tackling the likes of Doctor Who, The Quatermass Experiment and Survivors, The changing spaces of television acting smartly spearheads emergent work on TV performance. Based on archival research and new interviews with key producers, actors and writers, this is a must-read, must-own title for anyone interested in telefantasy.' Matt Hills, Professor of Journalism and Media, University of Huddersfield -- .

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Richard Hewett is Lecturer in Media Theory at the University of Salford

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