{"product_id":"magic-box","title":"Magic Box","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eLOUDER THAN WAR \u003c\/i\u003eBOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cfont size=\"+1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA riveting journey into the psyche of Britain through its golden age of television and film; a cross-genre feast of moving pictures, from classics to occult hidden gems, \u003ci\u003eThe Magic Box\u003c\/i\u003e is the nation’s visual self-portrait in technicolour detail.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''The definition of gripping. Truly, a trove of wyrd treasures.''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBENJAMIN MYERS\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A lovingly researched history of British TV [that] recalls the brilliant, the bizarre and the unworldly.''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A reclamation, not just of a visual ''golden age'', but of Britain as a darkly magical place.''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE SPECTATOR\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A feat of argument, description and affection.'' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e''Young unearths the ghosts of TV past – and Britain''s dark psyche.'' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHERALD\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Highly entertaining . . . [A] fabulous treasure trove.'' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSCOTSMAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Young is a phenomonal scholar.'' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Impassioned.'' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE CRITIC\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrowing up in the 1970s, Rob Young’s main storyteller was the wooden box with the glass window in the corner of the family living room, otherwise known as the TV set. Before the age of DVDs and Blu-ray discs, YouTube and commercial streaming services, watching television was a vastly different experience. You switched on, you sat back and you watched. There was no pause or fast-forward button.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe cross-genre feast of moving pictures produced in Britain between the late 1950s and late 1980s – from \u003ci\u003eQuatermass \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTom Jones\u003c\/i\u003e to\u003ci\u003e The Wicker Man \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBrideshead Revisited\u003c\/i\u003e, from \u003ci\u003eA Canterbury Tale\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e The Go-Between\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eBagpuss \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eChildren of the Stones\u003c\/i\u003e, and from John Betjeman’s travelogues to ghost stories at Christmas – contributed to a national conversation and collective memory. British-made sci-fi, folk horror, period drama and televisual grand tours played out tensions between the past and the present, dramatised the fractures and injustices in society and acted as a portal for magical and ghostly visions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Magic Box\u003c\/i\u003e, Rob Young takes us on a fascinating journey into this influential golden age of screen and discovers what it reveals about the nature and character of Britain, its uncategorisable people and buried histories – and how its presence can still be felt on screen in the twenty-first century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''[A] forensic dissection . . . this tightly packed treatise takes pains to illustrate how what we view affects how we view ourselves.''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTOTAL FILM\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57312832749950,"sku":"NW9780571284603","price":11.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780571284603.jpg?v=1778589761","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/magic-box","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}