Table of Contents

Introduction – 'A Television Classic' .- 1 Edge of Darkness: Production Context .- 2 British Television Drama in the 1980s.- 3 Britain and the 'Strong State' in the 1980s .- 4 Narrative and the Serial Form.- 5 Conspiracy Genre and Paranoid Narrative.- 6 Death, Grief and Magical Thinking.- 7 Reviewing Television.- Afterword: Troy Kennedy Martin.- Notes .- Awards .- Bibliography .- Credits.- Index.

About the Author

JOHN CAUGHIE is Professor of Film& Television Studies at the University of Glasgow.