Historical television programs

TV antiquity: swords, sandals, blood and sand

by Magerstädt, Sylvie

fromThe television series

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TV antiquity explores representations of ancient Greece and Rome throughout television history. The first comprehensive overview of the 'swords and sandals' genre on the small screen, it argues that these shows offer a distinct perspective on the ancient world. The book traces t…

TV antiquity: swords, sandals, blood and sand

by Magerstädt, Sylvie

fromTelevision series (Manchester)

0 Type: Book

TV antiquity explores representations of ancient Greece and Rome throughout television history. The first comprehensive overview of the 'swords and sandals' genre on the small screen, it argues that these shows offer a distinct perspective on the ancient world. The book traces t…

TV antiquity: swords, sandals, blood and sand

by Magerstädt, Sylvie

fromTelevision series (Manchester University Press)

0 Type: Book

TV antiquity explores representations of ancient Greece and Rome throughout television history. The first comprehensive overview of the 'swords and sandals' genre on the small screen, it argues that these shows offer a distinct perspective on the ancient world. The book traces t…

TV antiquity: swords, sandals, blood and sand

by Magerstädt, Sylvie

fromTelevision series (Manchester University Press)

0 Type: Book

This is the first comprehensive overview of Greek and Roman historical dramas on television. It traces the development of fictional representations of antiquity from the 1950s to the present, exploring how broader cultural, political and economic issues have influenced the repre…

Television histories: shaping collective memory in the media age

by Edgerton, Gary R., (Gary Richard)

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"From Ken Burns's documentaries to historical dramas such as Roots, from A & E's Biography series to CNN, television has become the primary source for historical information for tens of millions of Americans today. Why has television become such a respected authority? What false…

Screening twentieth century Europe: television, history, memory

by Bondebjerg, Ib

fromPalgrave European film and media studies

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1. Introduction. A Century of Extremes and Profound Changes: Mediating European History.- 2. Memory and History as Mediated and Embodied Narratives.- 3. Historical Genres on Television: The Broader European Picture.- 4. The Meaning of Small Things: Everyday Drama and History fro…

Screening twentieth century Europe: television, history, memory

by Bondebjerg, Ib

fromPalgrave European film and media studies

0 Type: Book

1. Introduction. A Century of Extremes and Profound Changes: Mediating European History.- 2. Memory and History as Mediated and Embodied Narratives.- 3. Historical Genres on Television: The Broader European Picture.- 4. The Meaning of Small Things: Everyday Drama and History fro…

Screening twentieth century Europe: television, history, memory

by Bondebjerg, Ib

fromPalgrave European film and media studies

0 Type: Book

This book offers a comparative study of historical television genres in Europe, with a special focus on Germany and Great Britain and their way of narrating twentieth century European history. The book analyses our common European past and memory through central historical telev…