Contemporary British Television Drama

The early twenty-first century has seen the emergence of a new style of television drama in Britain that adopts the professional practices and production values of high-end American television while remaining emphatically ''British'' in content and outlook. This book analyses eight of these dramas - Spooks, Foyle''s War, Hustle, Life on Mars, Ashes to Ashes, Downton Abbey, Sherlock and Broadchurch...