Television category: 3830 books
by Tat Wood, Dorothy Ail
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2014
In About Time, the whole of classic Doctor Who is examined through the lens of the real-world social and political changes as well as ongoing developments in television production that influenced the series in ways big and small over the course of a generation. Armed with these guidebooks, readers...
by Jenny Hammerton
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2018
Grab your rumpled raincoat, chomp down on a cigar, and rattle those pots and pans. It’s time to braise, broil, chop, chill, grill, roast, and poach with the world’s most beloved sleuth!
Columbo super-fan, Jenny Hammerton, offers an episode by episode guide, focusing on the food and drink...
by Jerry C. Whitaker
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
Up-To-Date Broadcast Engineering Essentials
This encyclopedic resource offers complete coverage of the latest broadcasting practices and technologies. Written by a team of recognized experts in the field, the SBE Broadcast Engineering Handbook thoroughly explains radio and television transmission...
by Ru Emerson
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
Reunited at last, Xena, Warrior Princess, her apprentice, the bard Gabrielle, and the annoying but well-intentioned Joxer the Mighty, are on an epic voyage to find Helen of Troy—who has been in hiding since the end of the Trojan War. But while Joxer believes he is on a quest to recover a stolen...
by Ru Emerson
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
Passing through Athens, Xena, the Warrior Princess, and her apprentice, the bard Gabrielle, are just in time for the women’s foot races—in which the legendary hunter, Atalanta, will be running. But when a band of armed raiders kidnap a group of maidens, Xena and Gabrielle must rely on Atalanta’s...
The Wider Worlds of Jim Henson
Essays on His Work and Legacy Beyond The Muppet Show and Sesame Street
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2012
Jim Henson was the creative force behind a huge catalog of television series, films, specials, and other productions, even excepting the Muppets. This collection of essays delves into the rest of Henson's body of work, including projects developed during his lifetime and those that represent his legacy....
by Peter Beharrell, Howard Davis, John Eldridge
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2009
First published in 1980, More Bad News is the Second Volume in the research findings of the Glasgow University Media Group. It develops the analytic findings and methods of the first volume Bad News through a series of Case Studies of Television News Coverage, and argues that much of what passes as...
by Emma Marriott
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
The World of Poldark explores the characters, the compelling stories and the era that Winston Graham's Poldark novels- and the television series - set out to recreate, the England that Ross Poldark returned to from the American War of Independence. England, and especially Cornwall, was then marked...
How the Movies Saved Christmas
228 Rescues from Clausnappers, Sleigh Crashes, Lost Presents and Holiday Disasters
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2017
Santa Claus is in trouble! Who will save Christmas? This A-to-Z guide to holiday films, television movies and series specials provides cast, credits, production information and commentary for 228 cinema Christmases that were almost ruined by villains, monsters, spirits, secularism, greed, misanthropy...
Liberation
The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to Blake's 7
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
This definitive guide book to the classic 1970s BBC science-fiction series Includes comprehensive facts, figures and analysis, examination of key episodes from their genesis to the final version, excerpts from the original drafts of scripts and interviews with people involved in the production. This...
by J. P. Telotte
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2004
A historical account of the context, impact, and legacy of one of the most successful series in American television history.
Bebe Daniels
Hollywood's Good Little Bad Girl
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
Bebe Daniels had one of the most diverse and lengthy careers in show business. From her beginnings as a child on the vaudeville circuit to her resurgence as a radio and television star in postwar Britain, Daniels’ story has not been told. Best remembered for her work in silent films, Daniels was...
South Park FAQ
All That's Left to Know About The Who, What, Where, When of America's Favorite Mountain Town
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
There are few modern animated television shows that could survive over a decade and a half and remain as funny... or as stupid... or as sick... or as depraved... today as when they started. Even fewer can claim to cater to “mature” audiences, while their critics complain that everything about...
SIX WORDS FRESH OFF THE BOAT
Stories of Immigration, Identity, and Coming to America
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
Six Words Fresh Off the Boat marries the phenomenon of Larry Smith's successful Six-Word Memoirs with ABC and 20th Century Fox Television's hit comedy Fresh Off the Boat. The book captures hundreds of takes on the immigration experience, from every-day people as well as world-famous celebrities including...