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Jimmy Perry and David Croft Simon Morgan-Russell

Jimmy Perry and David Croft By Simon Morgan-Russell

Jimmy Perry and David Croft by Simon Morgan-Russell


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Summary

Offers an analysis of the four collaborative sitcoms of Jimmy Perry and David Croft, 'Dad's Army', 'It Ain't half Hot, Mum!', 'Hi-de-Hi!' and 'You Rang M'Lord?'. Considers the themes and ideas that run through the series in terms of their representation of class and gender, and in terms of other sitcoms and cultures which produced them.

Jimmy Perry and David Croft Summary

Jimmy Perry and David Croft by Simon Morgan-Russell

This book explores the collaborative sitcoms of two of British television's most well-known comedy writers. Written over a period of twenty-five years, the four series 'Dad's Army', 'It Ain't Half Hot, Mum', 'Hi-de-Hi!' and 'You Rang M'Lord?' have endured as much-loved and often-repeated classics.

The book explores the themes of Perry and Croft's writing in terms of their own biography, and as articulations of British cultural and televisual history. Focusing on issues central to the concept of identity in British culture, class, gender, sexuality and race and analysing individual episodes and scenes in the four series, 'Jimmy Perry and David Croft' evaluates the contributions made by these two writers to the genre of situation comedy, and locates the programmes in the immediate contexts of their production.

Including new interview material from David Croft, this book will be invaluable to students and lecturers of television studies and cultural studies.

About Simon Morgan-Russell

Simon Morgan-Russell is Associate Professor and Chair of English at Bowling Green State University

Table of Contents

List of figures
Preface
1. Introducing the situation comedies of Jimmy Perry and David Croft
2. 'Dad's Army'
3. 'It Ain't Half Hot, Mum'
4. 'Hi-de-Hi!'
5. You Rang, M'Lord?'
6. Afterword
Bibliography
Filmography
Index

Additional information

NLS9780719065569
9780719065569
0719065569
Jimmy Perry and David Croft by Simon Morgan-Russell
New
Paperback
Manchester University Press
2004-10-07
192
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