This book is about the life and work of David Milch, the writer who created NYPD Blue, Deadwood and a number of other important US television dramas.

This collection interrogates the concept of complex TV, and reappraises the value of simplicity in TV, with reference to a range of television programming, including episodic series and serial dramas, sitcoms, science-fiction, animation, ...

"This is the first academic study of the science fiction television devised and written by Terry Nation, who wrote Dalek stories and other serials for Doctor Who, and created the BBC's 1970s post-apocalyptic space adventure series Blake's 7 ...

Lynda La Plante is Britain's most successful and well known screenwriter and the first woman to win the prestigious Dennis Potter writers award.

Energetic, engaging and informed by meticulous scholarship, this book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of Joss Whedon's work. It is also a timely and important re-invigoration of television studies.

Complexity and simplicity persuasively illuminate the book’s chosen programmes in new ways. The book explores an eclectic range of TV fictions, dramatic and comedic.

This book assesses Joss Whedon’s contribution to US television and popular culture.

This book uncovers the full range of his work from the mythic fantasy of Penda’s Fen, to the radical short film on terrorism, Elephant.

This is the first full-length study of the screenwriter Troy Kennedy Martin, whose work for film and television includes Z Cars, The Italian Job, Kelly’s Heroes, The Sweeney, Reilly – Ace of Spies and Edge of Darkness.

This book is the first to focus on his often neglected work for television, from the mid-1960s right through to the present.