Cult British TV comedy : from Reeves and Mortimer to Psychoville / Leon Hunt.

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Hunt, Leon, 1961- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Manchester, UK ; New York, NY : Manchester University Press, [2013]Distributor: New York, NY : Distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave MacmillanCopyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 258 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781526102355
1526102358

Other title:

Cult British television comedy

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Cult British TV comedy.DDC classification:

791.45/617 23

LOC classification:

PN1992.8.C66 H86 2013

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Contents:

From alternative to cult : mapping post-alternative comedy -- Britain's top light entertainer and singer : Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer and the cultification of light entertainment -- 'Careful now' : Graham Linehan : a case study in post-alternative sitcom -- Patchy in places : developments in post-alternative sketch comedy -- Community and intimacy : from laugh track to commentary track -- The 'Zooniverse' and other (furnished) comic worlds -- Are you sitting uncomfortably? : from 'cringe' to 'dark' comedy -- Near the knuckle? It nearly took my arm off! : British comedy and the 'new offensiveness'.

Summary: This book is the first sustained critical analysis of cult British TV comedy from 1990 to the present day. The book examines 'post-alternative' comedy as both 'cult' and 'quality' TV, aimed mostly at niche audiences and often possessing a subcultural aura. It includes case studies of Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer and the sitcom writer Graham Linehan.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-253) and index.

This book is the first sustained critical analysis of cult British TV comedy from 1990 to the present day. The book examines 'post-alternative' comedy as both 'cult' and 'quality' TV, aimed mostly at niche audiences and often possessing a subcultural aura. It includes case studies of Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer and the sitcom writer Graham Linehan.

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