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- Reprint of the legendary special edition of the telehor magazine about Laszlo Moholy-Nagy on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of its publication - Key texts on modern photography and film-theory

Taking as his starting point the various stages of a conjuring trick he's performing in a crowded restaurant, Derren's endlessly engaging narrative wanders through subjects from all points of the compass, from the history of magic and the fundamentals of psychology to the joys of internet shopping and the proper use of Parmesan cheese.

The Devil Rides Out is a captivating book penned by the talented author, Paul O'Grady. Published by Transworld Publishers Ltd in 2011, this book is a must-read for fans of the genre. The Devil Rides Out is a thrilling journey that takes readers on an unforgettable adventure. The storytelling prowess of Paul O'Grady shines throughout the book, making it a gripping read from start to finish. Published by the renowned Transworld Publishers Ltd, this book is a testament to their commitment to delivering high-quality literature. The Devil Rides Out is a book that you won't want to put down.

Fionna and Cake are experts at the art of the quest. In this one-of-a-kind handbook, they cover everything from sword collections and dangerous flora and fauna to the many exotic locations they explore.

A compelling behind-the-scenes history of the filming of the hit TV series, Fame, incorporating interviews with a number of the creative principals and the author's own experiences working on the series' production.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Funny, forthright and sharp as a knife . I would expect nothing less from the fabulously honest Paul O'Grady.' *****'He writes as he speaks, entirely from the heart .

Beginning in 1966 as something a little out of the ordinary for prime-time TV, and suffering from shaky ratings throughout its entire run, "Star Trek" went on to spend the better part of the next three decades exploding into a worldwide, billion-dollar industry. This is the reminiscence of the show that has become a cultural phenomenon.

Gripping account by Richard Hammond of life before and after his terrifying high-speed car crash.

Only 23-years-old when he directed his extraordinary debut feature Gummo, Harmony Korine has since continued to serve notice that he is the riskiest, most radical young talent in independent US film.

This is the unabridged original text of Dennis Potter's acclaimed six-part television serial. The narrative counterpoints life in a hospital ward of a writer crippled by a horrific skin disease with the plot of his atmospheric thriller to the point where fantasy and reality seem to exchange places.

What did Basil Fawlty fail to avoid mentioning? Why did Sybil keep snagging her cardies? Where was Polly on the night of the Great Wedding Anniversary disaster? This book presents the scripts for the show's classic episodes.

Moab is My Washpot is in turns funny, shocking, tender, delicious, sad, lyrical, bruisingly frank and addictively readable.

Tv-serier er blevet finkultur. I hvert fald nogle af serierne. Sådan har det ikke altid været: Der gik fx 14 år fra den første danske tv-udsendelse, til Danmarks Radio producerede sin første tv-serie. I dag er danske tv-serier internationalt i høj kurs, samtidig med at internationale streamingtjenester for alvor er på vej ind på markedet for audiovisuel seriefiktion. Denne bog skildrer tv-seriernes historie fra et dansk perspektiv. Danskproducerede serier står i centrum, men også udenlandske serier, som er blevet set i Danmark, bliver analyseret i den historiske sammenhæng, de indgår i. Bogen henvender sig til mediestuderende, men kan også læses af andre, der ønsker en kort og samlet introduktion til tv-seriens historie, genrer og formater. PALLE SCHANTZ LAURIDSEN er lektor i audiovisuelle medier på danskstudiet ved Institut for Nordiske Studier og Sprogvidenskab, Københavns Universitet

TAK for al musikken.50 år i medierne. Med musikken som omdrejningspunkt. Det har været en forrygende og overraskende rejse. Og er det stadig. Musikkens verden har beriget mig i 55 år, for det begyndte alt sammen som en hobby. Jeg var 12 år, og Elvis’ stemme i Radio Luxemburg slog benene væk under mig. Det førte til en skriftlig protest til Danmarks Radio fem år efter, da de startede P3. De behandlede ikke musikken med respekt.Nu har jeg foretaget den rejse igen. Jeg har forsøgt at genopleve samværet med de mennesker, der har haft betydning og dermed har været med til at gøre mig til den, jeg er. De 50 professionelle år startede lige så forunderligt som forløbet har været. Inde i varmen det ene øjeblik, ude i kulden det næste. Men altid med min tro på, at nogle ville have udbytte af det, jeg lavede.Jeg anede ikke, at det var en revolution at spille Elvis og Beatles i dansk radio, men sådan blev det, fordi ingen andre ville røre den slags musik med en ildtang. Mit fundament blev publikum. For det var ikke populært hos meningsdannere i pressen, og blandt kolleger og chefer i DR var der i mange år heller ikke megen opbakning. Bogen er reflektioner fra det liv i medierne, som blev mit. Jeg var meget ung, da jeg blev indfanget af musikken. Jeg var ret ung, da jeg fik mit første barn, og en meget voksen mand på 59 år da jeg blev far til min yngste datter. Tingene griber ind i hinanden. Kærligheden, børn, ægteskab, arbejde, skilsmisse, medierne, musikken. Det er alle disse krinkelkroge og snoede stier, jeg har forsøgt at bevæge mig ind og ud af.Hvor er jeg heldig. Mit arbejde giver mig mulighed for at fortælle, skrive og formidle det, der optager mig. Jeg kan fornemme, at min historie også er en del af soundtracket til mange danskeres historie og oplevelser.Hvad jeg skulle have gjort uden al musikken, ved jeg ikke. Derfor siger jeg tak.Jørgen de Mylius

Tv-kultur kan som begreb bruges til at beskrive den betydning, der ligger i tv-udsendelserne, og den betydning, seerne faktisk får ud af udsendelserne. Men det kan også bruges, så det omfatter de fælles erfaringer og forestillinger, hvormed vi i en bred forstand 'tænker' vores omverden.Det sidste aspekt er medinddraget i denne antologi om kulturen, der udfolder sig omkring såvel som i tv-mediet.Bogen er opdelt i fem hovedafsnit: 'tv-kultur', 'tv-fakta','tv-fiktion', 'tv-underholdning' og 'tv-reklame'.

Fondly remembered as Spike Dixon in Hi-De-Hi, Jeffrey Holland is one of our best-loved situation comedy actors. An invaluable member of the repertory company of writer and director David Croft, his many other television credits include Are You Being Served?, Dad's Army, It Ain't Half Hot Mum, Oh, Doctor Beeching!, and You Rang, M'Lord?Written in collaboration with Britain's foremost comedy historian, Robert Ross, producer and presenter of the hugely successful touring show Jeffrey Holland: Comedy Friends and Heroes, this unique memoir reveals the hilarious tales from Holland's long and illustrious career, through the comedy greats that have inspired him, to the comedy colleagues with whom he has worked. There will be heart-warming stories from his twenty-year association with Paul Shane and Su Pollard: BBC's comedy 'A' Team of sitcom. There will be poignant and deep reflection on his all-time favourite comedian, Stan Laurel, and revealing stories of working with the great and good of variety theatre - from understudying Frankie Howerd in pantomime, to unforgettable encounters with Ben Warriss, the no-nonsense straight man of Jewel and Warriss fame, via many happy years as part of Russ Abbot's Madhouse. Not to mention blissful thoughts on the joy of The Goon Show, and the thrill of stepping into the huge shoes of Peter Sellers, when the crazy characters were resurrected for Goon Again!Filled with the enthusiasm and affection, The First Rule of Comedy..! is a life told through the eyes of one of the true greats of the genre.

In this hilariously revealing debut memoir, comedian Sarah Cooper charts her rise from lip-synching in church to lip-synching the president, and all the dad issues she collected along the way. As the youngest of four in a tight-knit Jamaican family, Cooper cut her teeth in the mean cornfields of suburban Maryland. Soon she became a charmingly neurotic woman trying to break her worst patterns and reclaim her linen closet. From an early obsession with hair bands to her struggle to escape the immigrant-to-basic-bitch pipeline to her use of the Internet as a marriage counselor (after being fired by two real ones) and the curse of her TED Talk vibe, Cooper invites us to share in her triumphs and humiliations as she tries (and fails) to balance her own dreams with the American dream. With determination and wit, Cooper mines a lifetime of oppressive perfectionism for your laughter and enjoyment, as she moves from tech to comedy, marriage to divorce, smart to foolish, while proving once and for all that being foolish is actually the smartest thing you can do.

The ultimate guide to the famous productions of Irwin Allen, legendary producer of The Poseidon Adventure and The Towering Inferno, featuring over 2,000 exclusive images. This lavish coffee table hardback book is the first and only book of its kind to take a visual journey through the mind and career of legendary producer Irwin Allen, the "Master of Disaster"--the man behind some of the most popular television programs of the 1960s and the visionary who invented the special effects movie blockbuster format with his 1970s hits The Poseidon Adventure and The Towering Inferno. It traces Allen from his early days as a Hollywood agent and radio personality to his lengthy stint at 20th Century Fox, where he produced movies such as The Lost World and Five Weeks in a Balloon and the popular television shows Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost in Space, The Time Tunnel and Land of the Giants. Allen employed the studio's sprawling lot and soundstages, its library of movie footage, costumes and props, and its veteran special effects craftsmen to bring vivid color and movie-quality action, miniature effects and visuals to television viewers accustomed to low-budget, black and white programming. Allen's flare for action and visual punch gave audiences some of the 1960s most popular and iconic figures: Admiral Nelson and Captain Crane of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea; the Lost in Space Robot and Jonathan Harris' nefarious Dr. Zachary Smith; Will Robinson and the Robinson family of space travelers; the pop art kaleidoscope of The Time Tunnel; the Jupiter 2, the Seaview, the Flying Sub, the Spindrift. Before George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, Irwin Allen broke box office records with two of the biggest movie blockbusters of all time: The Poseidon Adventure and The Towering Inferno. Wooed to Warner Bros. at the height of his power with the offer of a building named in his honor and one of the most generous studio contracts ever given a producer, Allen faced his biggest challenge: topping himself with The Swarm, Beyond the Poseidon Adventure, When Time Ran Out, and a series of ambitious projects for television. Illustrated with more than 2000 images including concept and production artwork, storyboards, blueprints, design sketches, miniatures and behind-the-scenes photographs, many of them never before published, this is the ultimate guide to Allen's famous productions, from his documentaries The Sea Around Us and The Animal World to his spectacular TV-movie City Beneath the Sea, plus fascinating unproduced projects, all explored in detail for the first time.

_Red Dwarf_ is virtually unique among British sitcoms. It began in 1988 and was still releasing new episodes in 2020, making it one of the longest running sitcoms of all time, but the core cast has remained largely unchanged. And its science fiction flavour contrasts strongly with the drawing rooms and sofas which were the norm when it launched, and the fast-cut mockumentary style which is popular today. And yet, this is a show which nobody wanted to make, and which only barely made it to our screens at all. In this work, Tom Salinsky will look at exactly how it came to be; who was considered for the cast but didnâEUR(TM)t make it; how it was radically reinvented for the third, sixth, seventh, ninth and tenth seasons; how it survived the breakup of its key creative partnership, the loss of the original spaceship models, BBC strikes, the departure of a major cast member, and the seemingly self-defeating rules which the writers imposed on themselves. But this isnâEUR(TM)t just a behind-the-scenes account. ItâEUR(TM)s also a detailed critical analysis, examining why the best episodes succeed and why the less impressive episodes struggle, while also finding time to ask just how a hologram made of light can smell burning camphor wood, why a creature evolved from a cat is familiar with Wilma Flintstone, or just how long Lister and Kochanski were dating for. How can all this possibly be contained in one book? It canâEUR(TM)t! Volume I will cover the first six series and Volume II will conclude the story of _Red Dwarf_ on television as well as looking at the novels, comic strips, computer games and more.

A guide to the British class system, by British comedy institution and leading satirical website, The Daily Mash. If you're British, this book is for you.