Books written by Stephen Lacey

British Realist Theatre: The New Wave in its Context 1956 - 1965

Stuart Hall, looking back at the new drama from the vantage point of 1961 in an article for Encore entitled 'Beyond Naturalism Pure', observed that 'the crude thesis is that what we have managed to do best is either a kind of pastiche ...
Tony Garnett

As part of Garnett's customary exhaustive research methods, he was introduced to Gerry Healy, leader of the Workers Revolutionary Party (WRP), a small Trotskyist political group. After a while, Healy also came to the meetings, and, ...
The Tin Moon

Did I tell you to move yet , McDonald ! Diamond screamed . McDonald stopped . ' Well , did I ? ' McDonald didn't answer . That made Diamond really angry . He walked up to McDonald and smashed him in the face with his fist . WHACK !
Scent In Your Garden

Salvia discolor plants of manageable size that can be stood outside, beside seats, for the summer or even planted in the ... Stauntoma Iwxaphylla resemble those of epiphyllum, on summer nights and exhales a powerful and exotic perfume.
It's about Retirement... But I Digress

"It's about retirement...but I digress" pretty well describes what turned out to be a decade long project about my experiences along the retirement process road. The book is broken down into three phases.
Popular television drama: Critical perspectives

Davies, M. M. (2001), 'Dear BBC': Children, Television Storytelling and the Public Sphere, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Davies, M. M., and B. Corbett (1997), Children's Television in Britain, 1992–1996: An Enquiry for the ...
Life on Mars: From Manchester to New York

Life on Mars: From Manchester to New York is the first full account of this ground-breaking television drama, and uses textual analysis and cultural and contextual critique to explore the popular and critical success of the original UK ...
British Realist Theatre: New Wave in Its Context, 1956-65

British Realist Theatre: New Wave in Its Context, 1956-65
The ‘War on Terror’: Post-9/11 Television Drama, Docudrama and Documentary

This book explores the ways in which television has engaged directly and indirectly with the new realities of the post-9/11 world.
Royal Horticultural Society Companion to Scented Plants

Whether you're an experienced gardener or you just like flowers, this authoritative guide to creating beautiful, well designed gardens that are highly scented will show you how scent can turn a good-looking garden into an unforgettable one.
The War on Terror: Post-9/11 Television Drama, Docudrama and Documentary

This book explores the ways in which television has engaged directly and indirectly with the new realities of the post-9/11 world.
Gardens of the National Trust

First published in 1996, this new edition has been substantially revised to showcase superb new photography, and to introduce recently acquired properties such as Greenway in Devon and the gardens of houses such as Red House in Kent and ...
Life on Mars: From Manchester to New York

An American remake was broadcast in 2008-9, and a Spanish version in 2008. Ashes to Ashes, the eagerly awaited follow-up to Life on Mars, ran for three series (2008 – 2010).
Popular Television Drama: Critical Perspectives

... comedy and the feminist movement ' , in S. Wagg ( ed . ) , Because I Tell a Joke or Two : Comedy , Pol- itics and ... Film and Television Comedy , London : Routledge . Oakley , A. ( 1974 ) , Housewife , London : Penguin . Rabinovitz , L ...