This collection of new essays on television presents an up-dated English Version of the Kind of Sharp-written cultural analysis. Introduction, All in the Family: Russell Grant on Breakfast Television, That's Life, One Man and His Dog Show, What's My Line, All in Fun: Su Pollard on Disney Time, Black Blue Peter, TV Games: People as Performers, Tops of the Pops: The Politics of the Living Room, Fragments of Neil: Entertainment and Political Leadership, Romantic Perfection: The Torvill and Dean Story, Olympic Myths: The Flames and the Night and the Music, TV Commercials: Moving Statues and Old Movies, The Glut of the Personality, Writing about Soap Opera, Fabulous Powers: Blaming the Media, The 'A' Team: Paradigms of Masculinity, The Battle of Orgreave, Today's Television and Tomorrow's World, TV Magazines: Workers' Profiles, Out of Bounds: The Myth of Marginality, Disembodied Voices and Familiar Faces: Television Continuity, Television Previewers: No Critical Comment, List of Contributors.