A New Genre for Television?: Creativity in Historical Drama Documentary

In A New Genre for Television?, filmmaker Justin Hardy argues the dramatised history documentaries broadcast by British public service channels in the 2000s constituted a distinct television genre. Offering a vital distinction between docudramas and drama documentaries, Hardy contributes to the field of television history through exclusive interviews with key figures from BBC and Channel 4 - many of whom have never been publicly interviewed before - and envisions a future model for the portrayal of national histories on screen.

Author: Justin Hardy
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 05/27/2025
Pages: 232
Weight: 1.1lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9781526179531