Hand-Made Television explores the ongoing enchantment of many of the much-loved stop-frame childrens television programmes of 1960s and 1970s Britain. The first academic work to analyse programmes such as Pogles Wood (1966); Clangers (1969); Bagpuss (1974) (Smallfilms) and Gordon Murrays Camberwick Green (1966); Trumpton (1967) and Chigley (1969); the book connects these series to their social and historical contexts while providing in-depth analyses of their themes and hand-made aesthetics. Hand-Made Television shows that the appeal of these programmes is rooted not only in their participatory address and evocation of a pastoral English past; but also in the connection of their stop-frame aesthetics to the actions of childhood play. This book makes a significant contribution to both Animation Studies and Television Studies; combining scholarly rigour with an accessible style; it is suitable for scholars as well as fans of these iconic British childrens programmes.
2016-05-20 2016-05-20File Name: B01FXZS184
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