Beyond The Bridge

Tobias Hochscherf is Professor of Film, Radio and Television at Kiel University of Applied Sciences, Germany. Previously he worked as a senior lecturer at Northumbria University, UK. His research interests include film and television history, televisual representations of society and politics, as well as transnational media cultures. Hochscherf is the author of The Continental Connection: German-speaking Emigres and British Cinema, 1927-1949 and has co-edited the anthologies Divided, But not Disconnected: German Experiences of the Cold War and British Science Fiction Film and Television: Critical Essays. He is Associate Editor of the Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television.Heidi Philipsen is Associate Professor of Media Studies at the University ofSouthern Denmark. Her research interests focus on the creative processes and talent development within audiovisual media. Among other publications, she has written a comprehensive study of The National Film School of Denmark: The New Wave of Danish Film - Influences and Imprints from The National Film School of Denmark.

• Introduction2)Audiovisual Production Culture in Denmark: From Dogme95 to Transnational Cooperation 3)Small-Screen Drama, Creativity and Public Service Broadcasting:Scaffolding as Production Principle Does Crime Pay? The Thriving of Nordic NoirThe Killing (Forbrydelsen)5) Crime Across Borders: The Bridge (Broen)National Security and the War on Terror: The Eagle (Ørnen: En krimi-odyssé)Politics, Family Life and the Media: BorgenGenerational Changes and Family Feuds: The Legacy (Arvingere)9)Conclusions

Well-researched and lucid ... written in clear prose, this book will thus be of great interest to students and scholars of media and television studies as well as to producers seeking new ways of creating quality television for an international audience.