02635nam 2200601 a 450 991046248490332120200520144314.01-299-20120-20-7083-2360-X(CKB)2670000000167528(EBL)863122(OCoLC)784884321(SSID)ssj0000663231(PQKBManifestationID)12275143(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000663231(PQKBWorkID)10603782(PQKB)10634243(MiAaPQ)EBC863122(Au-PeEL)EBL863122(CaPaEBR)ebr10639800(CaONFJC)MIL451370(EXLCZ)99267000000016752820130109d2012 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrLife on Mars[electronic resource] from Manchester to New York /edited by Stephen Lacey and Ruth McElroyCardiff University of Wales Press20121 online resource (226 p.)Contemporary landmark televisionDescription based upon print version of record.0-7083-2359-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. Quality TV : form and aesthetics -- pt. 2. Contesting the past -- pt. 3. Recalling the past -- pt. 4. Life on Mars as international television -- pt. 5. Debating production.This is the first full-length academic study of Life on Mars (and its successor, Ashes to Ashes), and seeks to account for the series' innovative form and popular appeal. Paying attention to issues of genre and hybridity, the book examines televisual and cultural memory, press and reception contexts and analyses the ways in which both series represent Britain in the 1970's and 1980's. The book also discusses the remakes of Life on Mars in the USA and Spain, acknowledging both the specific address to particular situations and the ways in which key elements are re-worked in different national contContemporary landmark television.Science fiction television programsGreat BritainScience fiction television programsUnited StatesElectronic books.Science fiction television programsScience fiction television programs914.2Lacey Stephen221055McElroy Ruth881024MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462484903321Life on Mars2292054UNINA