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Edited by Fiona Hobden, University of Liverpool, Amanda Wrigley, University of Reading

Publisher:: Edinburgh University Press
Online publication date:: April 2021
Print publication year:: 2018
Online ISBN:: 9781474412605

Subjects:: Ancient History, Classical Studies, Art: General Interest, Art

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Ancient Greece has inspired television producers and captivated viewing audiences in the United Kingdom for over half a century. Through 10 case studies drawn from television drama, theatre, animation and documentary this collection offers wide-ranging insights into the significance of ancient Greece on British television.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

List of Figures and Tables
pp vii-viii

Series Editors’ Preface
pp ix-x

Acknowledgements
pp xi-xii

Contributors
pp xiii-xiv

Abbreviations
pp xv-xvi

Broadcasting Greece: An Introduction to Greek Antiquity on the Small Screen
pp 1-23

1 - Are We the Greeks? Understanding Antiquity and Ourselves in Television Documentaries
pp 24-43

2 - Louis MacNeice and ‘The Paragons of Hellas’: Ancient Greece as Radio Propaganda
pp 44-63

3 - The Beginnings of Civilisation: Television Travels to Greece with Mortimer Wheeler and Compton Mackenzie
pp 64-83

4 - Tragedy for Teens: Ancient Greek Tragedy on BBC and ITV Schools Television in the 1960s
pp 84-108

5 - The Serpent Son (1979): A Science Fiction Aesthetic?
pp 109-122

6 - Don Taylor, the ‘Old-Fashioned Populist’? The Theban Plays (1986) and Iphigenia at Aulis (1990): Production Choices and Audience Responses
pp 123-146

7 - The Odyssey in the ‘Broom Cupboard’: Ulysses 31 and Odysseus: The Greatest Hero of Them All on Children’s BBC, 1985–1986
pp 147-167

8 - Greek Myth in the Whoniverse
pp 168-186

9 - The Digital Aesthetic in ‘Atlantis: The Evidence’ (2010)
pp 187-202

10 - Greece in the Making: From Intention to Practicalities in Television Documentaries. A Conversation with Michael Scott and David Wilson
pp 203-223

Bibliography
pp 224-245

Index
pp 246-252

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