Drama out of a Crisis: BBC Television Drama and the Northern Ireland Troubles

Martin McLoone

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Abstract

An overview of BBC television drama that has portrayed aspects of the Troubles, the article defines three types of output - drama-documentaries, the single-authored drama and the serial form. Each is considered in turn and analysed in terms of approach to the underlying political crisis.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationBroadcasting in a Divided Community: Seventy Years of the BBC in Northern Ireland
EditorsMartin McLoone
PublisherQueen's University Belfast
Pages20-34
ISBN (Print)085389-620-8
Publication statusPublished (in print/issue) - 1996

Keywords

  • television history
  • BBC NI
  • television drama
  • the Troubles

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