Download or read book London s Burning written by Dave Thompson and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The summer of 1976 through the summer of 1977 was the most significant year in British rock history. This collection of memories of concerts and cultural flash points focuses on what was happening on the streets and in the clubs.

Download or read book London s Burning written by Antony Taylor and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-01-26 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the early years of the nineteenth century, cultural pessimists imagined in fiction the political forces that might bring about the destruction of London. Periods of popular protest or radicalism have generated novels that consider the methods insurgents might use to terrorise the metropolis. There has been a tendency to dismiss such writings as the lurid imaginings of pulp novelists but this book re-evaluates the contribution of popular fiction to the construction of the terrorist threat. It analyses the high-points for the production of such works, and locates them in their cultural and historical context. From the 1840s, when a fear of Chartist insurgency was paramount in the minds of authors, it moves through the anarchist thrillers of the 1890s, considers writers' fears about Bolshevik revolution in the East End of the 1920s and 1930s, explores fears of Fascism in the inter-war years, and assesses the concerns with underground counter-culture that feature in the thriller literature of the 1970s. It concludes with a re-evaluation of the metropolitan background to the figure of the Islamist terrorist.

Download or read book London s Burning written by Geoff Tibballs and published by Boxtree. This book was released on 1993-09 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the first episode of London's Burning in 1988, this book traces the history of the television drama programme with an episode-by-episode guide to the storylines. In a series of interviews, cast members reflect on the lives of the characters they play, and discuss their own backgrounds.

Download or read book The Television Handbook written by Jeremy Orlebar and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-05-07 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated to include information and discussion on new technologies and new critical ideas, Jonathon Bignell and Jeremy Orlebar present this excellent critical introduction to the practice and theory of television, which relates media studies theories and critical approaches to practical television programme making. Featuring advice on many aspects of programme making, from initial ideas to post-production processes, and includes profiles to give insight into how people in the industry, from graduates to executives, think about their work. With debates on what is meant by ‘quality’ television, key discussions include: the state of television today how television in made and how production is organized how new technology and the changing structure of the television industry will lead the medium in new directions the rise of new formats such as Reality TV how drama, sport and music television can be understood.

Download or read book London s Burning written by Geoff Tibballs and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the LWT drama series, London's Burning, and of events at real London fire stations. The book looks at the daily professional duties and working culture of the London Fire Brigade, without whose help the reality of the television programme could not be achieved.

Download or read book Tango One written by Stephen Leather and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2009-06-25 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ***Now a motion picture, out 5th March 2018*** In different parts of London, three recruits prepare for their first day at the Metropolitan Police's training centre at Hendon. All three had succeeded in getting into the police in spite of weaknesses. But on their first day, the assistant commissioner announces that he wants them to join a team of undercover detectives. Their brief? To become criminals; to work their way up through whatever criminal organisations they can get access to, and to collate evidence against the criminals they come across. Their target? One of the world's biggest drug dealers, Den Donovan, alias 'Tango One' - number one on HM Customs and Excise's List of most wanted criminals. Three years later all the recruits are getting close to their target. Too close, perhaps, to remember the rules . . . *********** Praise for Stephen Leather '[Leather] has the uncanny knack of producing plots that are all too real' Daily Mail 'Let Spider draw you into his web, you won't regret it' - Sun

Download or read book Pay Off written by Stephen Leather and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2009-07-23 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why does a wealthy Scottish financier set up a drugs deal with the IRA? Jeopardise his career, endanger his family and lover by tangling with the East End underworld and a ruthless mercenary? The motive is simple: revenge for a cold-blooded act of murder. His adversary is a dangerous gangland boss whose connections stretch from the Highlands to London and beyond. More than a match for a newcomer, especially when that newcomer's plans contain a fatal flaw which will be discovered only when it is much too late . . . ********* PRAISE FOR STEPHEN LEATHER 'A master of the thriller genre' Irish Times 'As tough as British thrillers get . . . gripping' Irish Independent 'The sheer impetus of his story-telling is damned hard to resist' Sunday Express

Download or read book False Friends written by Stephen Leather and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2012-08-02 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ninth all-action thriller in the bestselling Dan 'Spider' Shepherd series. The most wanted man in the world is dead. Now those loyal to him seek revenge. When Navy Seals track down and kill Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan, it's obvious there was a traitor on the inside. After the false friends are revealed to be two British students, Malik and Chaudhry - former Islamic fundamentalists recruited by MI5 - they become targets themselves. Dan 'Spider' Shepherd must teach the pair how to survive undercover with al-Qaeda closing in. But Spider is not used to playing the handler. And with the line between mentor and friend beginning to blur, and a terrorist plot putting thousands of lives at stake, can he protect everyone before it's too late?

Download or read book The Double Tap written by Stephen Leather and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2009-07-23 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The assassin: the world's most successful contract killer. An anonymous professional with a unique calling card - one bullet in the head and one in the chest for each and every target. The Judas goat: an ex-member of the SAS, Mike Cramer is the perfect sacrificial bait. When the FBI discover the next name on the assassin's hitlist, Cramer is set up to take his place. The wild card: Cramer's past has caught up with him. Ex-IRA extremist Dermot Lynch blames Cramer for his lover's death - and he's out for revenge. As Cramer trains for the most dangerous mission of his career, Lynch hunts down his sworn enemy. And the unknown assassin silently closes in on his target. The players are in position for the final deadly game . . . *********** PRAISE FOR STEPHEN LEATHER 'A master of the thriller genre' Irish Times 'A writer at the top of his game' Sunday Express 'In the top rank of thriller writers' Jack Higgins

Download or read book The Stretch written by Stephen Leather and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2009-05-28 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a big player in the 90s London underworld, Terry Greene has always made a priority of 'taking care of business' personally. Preston Snow was out of line. So the up-close-and-personal visit was in no way out of character. It was a messy hit. But the job was done. More messy however, was the aftermath. Fingered by one of his own crew, Terry finds himself taking the fall and is put away for life. The only person he can trust in the entire world is his estranged wife, Sam. She must now take over the reins of his organisation, find the snitch and - in theory - get Terry off the hook. But after a shaky start, she quickly starts to get her own ideas . . . *********** PRAISE FOR STEPHEN LEATHER 'A master of the thriller genre' Irish Times 'As tough as British thrillers get . . . gripping' Irish Independent 'The sheer impetus of his story-telling is damned hard to resist' Sunday Express

Download or read book The Vets written by Stephen Leather and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2009-08-20 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hong Kong. The British administration is preparing to hand the capitalist colony back to Communist China with the minimum of fuss. Colonel Joel Tyler, however, has other plans for the British colony - plans that involve four Vietnam War veterans and a spectacular mission making use of their unique skills. But while the vets are preparing to take the country by storm, their paymaster, Anthony Chung, puts the final touches to an audacious betrayal. The future of Hong Kong is at stake . . . ********* PRAISE FOR STEPHEN LEATHER 'A master of the thriller genre' Irish Times 'A writer at the top of his game' Sunday Express 'In the top rank of thriller writers' Jack Higgins

Download or read book The Birthday Girl written by Stephen Leather and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2009-07-23 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tony Freeman rescued Mersiha when she was fighting for her life in war-torn Yugoslavia. Now she's his adopted daughter, the perfect all-American girl, and it seems like her past is another country. But Mersiha has been trained to kill. And when she discovers that Freeman's company is being subjected to a sinister takeover bid, she decides to help - whatever the risks. The consequences of her actions are lethal, for Mersiha has unearthed a conspiracy of terrifying proportions . . . ********* PRAISE FOR STEPHEN LEATHER 'A master of the thriller genre' Irish Times 'A writer at the top of his game' Sunday Express 'In the top rank of thriller writers' Jack Higgins

Download or read book Hot Blood written by Stephen Leather and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2008-09-18 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourth book in the bestselling Dan 'Spider' Shepherd series. Dan 'Spider' Shepherd is used to putting his life on the line. It goes with the turf when you're an undercover cop. Now working for the Serious Organised Crime Agency, Shepherd is pitting his wits against the toughest criminals in the country. But when the man who once saved his life is kidnapped in the badlands of Iraq, thrown into a basement and threatened with execution, Shepherd has to decide whether his loyalties lie with his country, his career, or his friend. Shepherd and his former SAS colleagues realise that the hostage has been abandoned by the Government and that officially nothing is being done to rescue him. And with the execution deadline only days away, Shepherd knows that the only way to stop his friend being murdered is to put himself in the firing line in the most dangerous city in the world - Baghdad.

Download or read book The 200 Greatest British TV Shows of All Time written by Claudia Morgan and published by Richards Education. This book was released on with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journey through the illustrious history of British television in "The 200 Greatest British TV Shows of All Time." From the timeless humor of "Fawlty Towers" to the groundbreaking mystery of "Sherlock," and from the cultural phenomenon of "Doctor Who" to the gripping drama of "Broadchurch," this book celebrates the finest that British TV has to offer. Each chapter delves into the heart of a beloved show, offering insights into its creation, its impact, and its place in British cultural history. Whether you're a lifelong fan or a newcomer to British TV, this collection is a must-read, offering a rich tapestry of genres, eras, and stories that have captivated audiences around the world. Uncover the stories behind the screen, the characters that became icons, and the episodes that left a mark on the history of television. With 200 chapters, each dedicated to a different show, this guide is the ultimate guide to the shows that have defined British television and continue to inspire new generations of viewers.

Download or read book An Introduction to Television Studies written by Jonathan Bignell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'An Introduction to Television Studies' is a comprehensive introduction to the field. It provides resources for thinking about key aspects and introduces institutional, textual, cultural, economic, production and audience-centred ways of looking at television.

Download or read book Encyclopedia of Television written by Horace Newcomb and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-02-03 with total page 2730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedia of Television, second edtion is the first major reference work to provide description, history, analysis, and information on more than 1100 subjects related to television in its international context. For a full list of entries, contributors, and more, visit the Encyclo pedia of Television, 2nd edition website.

Download or read book Independent Television in Britain written by P. Bonner and published by Springer. This book was released on 1998-07-13 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stimulating treatment of an area of public life which is a subject of continuing debate and controversy. This volume covers the years in which ITV faced more challenges than at any time in its history and its regulator, the IBA, was subject to political pressures so extreme that they brought about its abolition and rebirth as the Independent Television Commission. The book gives detailed accounts, based on documents not previously available and interviews with over sixty senior figures in the industry, of the changes and controversies of the period. Highlights include: the conflict with government over the programme Death on the Rock , the battle with the BBC for possession of the rights to Dallas , the financial crisis at ITN, the impact of the Peacock Committee Report and the 1990 White Paper on Broadcasting, as well as detailed accounts of the broadcasters' and the regulator's battle with the government over the Broadcasting Bill and the subsequent 'auction' of ITV licences.