Lynda La Plante

Julia Hallam, Jonathan Bignell, Sarah Cardwell , Steven Peacock

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Manchester University Press
30 November 2011

Television; Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

Series: The Television Series

Lynda La Plante is Britain's most successful and well known screenwriter and the first woman to win the prestigious Dennis Potter writer's award. Attracting millions of viewers, the popular and critical success of La Plante's work is central to understanding changes that shook the UK television industry in the late twentieth century. This critical introduction, the first account of her work, focuses on three innovative serials: Widows (ITV, 1983), Prime Suspect (ITV 1991) and Trial and Retribution (ITV 1997). In each chapter questions of gender and genre, acting and stardom and authorship and value are mapped against the changing relationship between women and the television industry. The final chapter traces La Plante's metamorphosis from 'just a writer for hire' to the astute businesswoman she has become through a focus on the trans-national appeal of dramas such as Killer Net (C4 1997) and Bella Mafia (CBS 1997). -- .

By: Julia Hallam
Series edited by: Jonathan Bignell, Sarah Cardwell, Steven Peacock
Other: Bethan Hirst
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: NEW IN PAPERBACK
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 213g
ISBN: 9780719065491
ISBN 10: 0719065496
Series: The Television Series
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 30 November 2011
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Julia Hallam is Reader in Communication Studies at the University of Liverpool.