{"product_id":"troy-kennedy-martin-9780719067037","title":"Troy Kennedy Martin","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Lez Cooke\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Film - History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first full-length study of the screenwriter Troy Kennedy Martin, whose work for film and television includes Z Cars, The Italian Job, Kelly's Heroes, The Sweeney, Reilly - Ace of Spies and Edge of Darkness. With a career spanning six decades Troy Kennedy Martin has seen the rise and fall of the television dramatist, making his debut in the era of studio-based television drama in the late 1950s prior to the transition to filmed drama (for which he argued in a famous manifesto) as the television play was gradually replaced by popular series and serials, for which Kennedy Martin did some of his best work. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on original interviews with Kennedy Martin and his collaborators, the book provides a comprehensive analysis of the film and television career of one of Britain's leading screenwriters. Also included is a chapter examining Kennedy Martin's significant contribution to innovative and experimental television drama - his 1964 'Nats Go Home' polemic and the six-part serial, Diary of a Young Man, plus his 1986 MacTaggart Lecture which anticipated recent developments in television style and technology. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten in an easily accessible style, this book will appeal to anyone with an interest in television drama, screenwriting, and the history of British television over the last fifty years.","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46864617013399,"sku":"9780719067037","price":2804.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780719067037.webp?v=1769975032","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/troy-kennedy-martin-9780719067037","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}