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The Hill and Beyond: Children's Television Drama - An Encyclopedia
 
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The Hill and Beyond: Children's Television Drama - An Encyclopedia (Paperback)

by Mark J. Docherty (Author), Alistair D. McGown (Author)
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  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: BFI Publishing (1 Feb 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 085170879X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0851708799
  • Product Dimensions: 25 x 18.8 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 620,524 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The variety that is children's television drama is recalled in this book; shows such as: "Grange Hill"; "Stig of The Dump"; "The Railway Children"; "The Magician's House"; "The Chronicles of Narnia"; and "The Box of Delights". It lists entries on every British-made children's drama to have been shown on UK screens since 1950. Critical appraisals assess the kind of stories told for children, along with all the technical data and trivia. Programmes from the BBC and ITV are assessed, whether they were adaptations of literary classics or new, contemporary dramas, adventure, fantasy or science fiction.

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The Hill and Beyond is an encyclopedic reference book covering 50 years of television drama made for children between 1950 and 2000 - whether you want to look back or learn more about Grange Hill, The Chronicles of Narnia or beyond this is the book you need.

Hopefully it gives just the right balance of coverage and data to both classics and obscurities. BBC and ITV, black and white and colour, period or contemporary or futuristic science-fiction, adventure or issues-based, 1950s, 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s ... it should all all here.

300 series are covered, from single plays to long-running series, hopefully including all remakes and sequels from down the years. The vast majority of these are receiving their first printed coverage anywhere.The page also contains links to various positive online reviews.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A definitive work on British children's drama, 14 Nov 2003
By DS (Manchester, England, UK) - See all my reviews
There have been plenty of books on classic children's TV that are the literary equivalent of a pub conversation - often trivial and riddled with inaccuracies, but here's the real deal. With The Hill and Beyond we have full episode guides for every British children's drama series from the '60s onwards, with a wealth of additional information, and lavish illustrations from stills of the shows to period delights like Look-In magazine front covers and paperback adaption covers. British TV has produced a wealth of gems in children's drama. Here the genre gets the unique and highly readable book it so richly deserves.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The book we've been waiting for, 9 Jan 2004
By Nick Lewis (England) - See all my reviews
This wonderful volume is to be treasured: there is not one fondly remembered children's television drama I have not been able to locate within its pages; many others have suddenly resurfaced like long lost friends; and plenty of arguments have been settled as a result of its authors' meticulous research. For once,here is a serious study of a genre often mocked by today's cynical generation, The enthusiasm and dedication of Messrs McGown and Docherty in compiling this book is as great as that of the people who made the programmes in the first place.Unique,informative and entertaining.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Makes TV sound a bit boring, 6 Aug 2004
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There's no faulting these guys credendtials. Sadly the overall tone is rather dull and tends to take itself just a little too seriously. Not how I remember the telly from when I was a kid !! I found myself getting bored, even when they were talking about my favourite shows. Perhaps the stuffy old BFI was trying to claw back some straight-faced sobriety [and revenue] from the overly irreverent nostalgia market. But it means this book fails to differentiate itself from the various other extant dry TV tomes, such as the Penguin TV Companion or the established Lewis/Stempel series. I suspect this is yet another one for the anoraks only [plenty of us out there, but still]. It's v. useful for research but unlikely to cross over beyond the cliquey fact-collecting 'hobby'. Shame.
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