Sight & Sound on Television

In September 2000 Sight & Sound began a three-month series of articles in devoted to British television classics.

September 2000: Blues in the Night

Pennies from Heaven was more than a typical song-miming product of Dennis Potter's warped genius, it also fits in the tradition of European responses to the Hollywood musical, argues David Jays.

October 2000: Send in the Clowns

In the 1979 television thriller Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, middle-aged men in darkened rooms plot each other's downfall and bemoan the loss of Empire. Rob White is enthralled.

November 2000: Funny Games

Alternative Comedy may now be a meaningless term, but in dark and dismal 80s Britain, radical humourists in spangly jackets became a TV necessity. Andy Medhurst recalls the moment when a new generation set light to light entertainment.

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