Something completely different : British television and American culture / Jeffrey S. Miller.
Between Emma Peel and the Ministry of Silly Walks, British television had a significant impact on American popular culture in the 1960s and 1970s. In Something Completely Different, Jeffrey Miller offers the first comprehensive study of British programming on American television, discussing why the...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Minneapolis, MN :
University of Minnesota Press,
©2000.
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| Summary: | Between Emma Peel and the Ministry of Silly Walks, British television had a significant impact on American popular culture in the 1960s and 1970s. In Something Completely Different, Jeffrey Miller offers the first comprehensive study of British programming on American television, discussing why the American networks imported such series as The Avengers and Monty Python's Flying Circus; how American audiences received these uniquely British shows; and how the shows' success reshaped American television. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 250 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-236) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0816689725 9780816689729 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |