Cult TV: The Essential Critical Guide

Cult TV: The Essential Critical Guide
ISBN-10
1857939263
ISBN-13
9781857939262
Series
Cult TV
Category
Performing Arts / General
Pages
288
Language
English
Published
1996
Publisher
Pavilion
Authors
Jon E. Lewis, Penny Stempel

Description

From Emergency Ward 10 to ER and Quatermass to the X Files, cult television programmes have held viewers in their thrall for 40 years. In the '90s, satellite broadcasters have fuelled viewers' hunger for cult shows, while the terrestrial stations have muscled in with timewarp re-runs and new classics. Shows that a few years ago could only be played in the memory are back to entertain new audiences as well as those who remember their first time on air.

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