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Beyond The Bridge

Contemporary Danish Television Drama. Popular Television Genres

Genres: Television
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom
Imprint: I.B. Tauris
Published: 20th Feb 2017
Dimensions: w 136mm h 224mm d 21mm
Weight: 460g
ISBN-10: 1784533564
ISBN-13: 9781784533564
Barcode No: 9781784533564
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Drawing worldwide acclaim from critics and audiences alike, programmes like The Killing, Borgen, The Bridge and The Legacy demonstrate widespread fascination with Danish style, aesthetics and culture as seen through television narratives. This book uses familiar, alongside lesser known, case studies of drama series to demonstrate how the particular features of Danish production - from work cultures, to storytelling techniques and trans-national cooperation - have enhanced contemporary Danish drama's appeal both at home and abroad. The era of globalisation has blurred national and international television cultures and promoted regular cross-fertilisation between film and television industries. Important questions have emerged from this context surrounding, for example, the 'Americanisation' of foreign television formats, the meaning and practice behind the term 'quality television', and the purpose and efficacy of public service broadcasting. Beyond the Bridge tackles these issues in relation to Danish television, by examining the so-called 'scaffolded production processes' behind the making of quality serials and their thought-provoking content. Drawing on popular motifs from these celebrated dramas such as foreign politics, organised crime, global warming, and the impact of multinational corporations, this timely book provides crucial insight into the Danish dramas at the forefront of sophisticated, forward-thinking, fictional television.

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Well-researched and lucid ... written in clear prose, this book will thus be of great interest to students and scholars of media and television studies as well as to producers seeking new ways of creating quality television for an international audience. * The Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television * A truly fascinating study, rich in detail about Danish public service broadcasting and its production ecology. The book can be recommended for its insight into the scaffolding behind the nation-based production culture which makes these dramas, one that absorbs lessons from inside and outside the nation. * Critical Studies in Television *