| Man in a Suitcase: ITC-land Volume 1 Contributor(s): Lee, Matthew (Author), Marshall, Rodney (Author) |
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ISBN: 1514691388 ISBN-13: 9781514691380 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $17.33 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Television - Guides & Reviews |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6" W x 9" (1.09 lbs) 370 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Lew Grade's pioneering ITC company created a production line of quirky new drama series for British Independent Television in the 1960s, fulfilling a vision of providing entertaining, colour film series for a global market. In the first of a proposed series of critical guides, Avengers expert Rodney Marshall and television historian Matthew Lee explore ITC's Man in a Suitcase. Their book offers new, inventive readings of all thirty episodes.Man in a Suitcase is a product of its mid-1960s context, exploring themes such as Cold War espionage and Swinging Sixties playgirls, yet most of the stories also have a timeless feel to them: political corruption, blackmail, murder, missing persons or money, art theft. Despite the private detective/bounty hunter formula, there are welcome elements of playfulness, quirkiness, surrealism and a healthy abundance of social and political critique. Man in a Suitcase cannot be simplistically labelled as 'light entertainment' given the dark subject matter and its treatment. It blurs the boundaries between television drama genres."A product of its time and a timeless product: Man in a Suitcase will always be a conundrum." (Matthew Lee) |