Clive James On Television
06 April 2017
Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
A hilarious journey through the life and television of the 1970s and 80s, this nostalgic time capsule collects the treasured columns of Clive James.
'The funniest writer in Britain' – Sunday Times
Clive James is the man who created TV criticism as a genre, bringing to it all the breadth of reference, intelligence and delight that he brought to more conventionally highbrow...
Details
06 April 2017
704 pages
9781509832439
Imprint: Picador
Reviews
James reinvented the style of TV criticism. Described by Sheridan Morley as 'far and away the funniest writer in regular Fleet Street employment', James was the first critic to prostrate himself before the flow of the medium in all its manifestationsTime Out
The funniest writer in BritainSunday Times
One of the few columnists who makes you laugh aloud . . . if there were angels he would be on their side: and that would certainly include Charlie's AngelsMelvyn Bragg, broadcaster and author
Clive James's television reviews are sufficiently potent to turn the pale glimmers on the set into something like a gaudily lit portable theatre of clacking wooden puppets speaking a splintered language which is instantly, and hilariously, recognizableDennis Potter, dramatist and writer of The Singing Detective