Ancient Greece on British Television
Fiona Hobden and Amanda Wrigley
Abstract
Ancient Greece has inspired television producers and captivated viewing audiences in the United Kingdom for over half a century. By examining how and why political, social and cultural narratives of Greece have been constructed through television’s distinctive audiovisual languages, and also in relation to its influential sister-medium radio, this volume explores the nature and function of these public engagements with the written and material remains of the Hellenic past. Through ten case studies drawn from feature programmes, educational broadcasts, children’s animations, theatre play produc ... More
Ancient Greece has inspired television producers and captivated viewing audiences in the United Kingdom for over half a century. By examining how and why political, social and cultural narratives of Greece have been constructed through television’s distinctive audiovisual languages, and also in relation to its influential sister-medium radio, this volume explores the nature and function of these public engagements with the written and material remains of the Hellenic past. Through ten case studies drawn from feature programmes, educational broadcasts, children’s animations, theatre play productions, dramatic fiction and documentaries broadcast across the decades, this collection offers wide-ranging insights into the significance of ancient Greece on British television.
Keywords:
Broadcasting history,
Mass media,
Radio,
Television,
Children’s television,
Television documentary,
Audiences,
British cultural history,
Ancient Greece,
Greek drama
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2018 |
Print ISBN-13: 9781474412599 |
| Published to Edinburgh Scholarship Online: January 2019 |
DOI:10.3366/edinburgh/9781474412599.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Fiona Hobden, editor
University of Liverpool
Amanda Wrigley, editor
University of Reading
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