Experimental British television

Laura Mulvey is Professor of Film and Media Studies at Birkbeck College, University of London. Jamie Sexton is Lecturer in the Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth

• Introduction: Experimental British television – Laura Mulvey1. ‘Creative in its own right’: The Langham Group and the search for a new television drama – John Hill2. ‘And now for your Sunday night experimental drama…’ Experimentation and armchair theatre – Helen Wheatley3. A ‘New Drama for Television’?: Diary of a young man – John Hill4. ‘The very new can only come from the very old’: Ken Russell, national culture and the possibility of experimental television at the BBC in the 1960s – Kay Dickinson5. From art to avant-garde? television, formalism and the arts documentary in 1960s Britain – Jamie Sexton6. An experiment in television drama: John McGrath’s The Adventures of Frank – Lez Cooke7. Don’t fence me in: The Singing Detective and the synchronicity of indeterminacy – Catrin Prys8. Visions: a Channel 4 experiment 1982–5 – John Ellis 9. Experimenting on air: UK artists' film on television – A.L. Rees 10. Experimental music television – K.J. Donnelly11. ‘Yes, it’s War!’: Chris Morris and the boundaries of comic acceptability – Brett MillsIndex