Hanna, Emma (2010) The Great War on the small screen: televisual narratives of the First World War. In: History Talks, 17 March 2010, University of Greenwich. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

In Britain since the 1960s television has been the site where the Western Front of popular culture has clashed with the Western Front of history. This talk will examine the ways in which those involved in the production of historical documentaries for this most influential media have struggled to communicate the stories of the First World War to British audiences. From the landmark epic series The Great War (BBC, 1964) up to more recent controversial productions such as The Trench (BBC, 2002) and Not Forgotten: The Men Who Wouldn't Fight (BBC, 2008), Emma Hanna will give an overview of the production, broadcast and reception of a number of British television documentaries to examine the difficult relationship between the war's history and its popular memory. [From the Author]

Item Type:	Conference or Conference Paper (Lecture)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Great War, television, representation of war, First World War, narrative,
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D501 World War I P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General)
Pre-2014 Departments:	School of Humanities & Social Sciences School of Humanities & Social Sciences > History Research Group
Related URLs:	Organisation
Last Modified:	14 Oct 2016 09:05
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/2062

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