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Simpson, Alan Francis (1929–2017), scriptwriter
Rolinson D (2021) Simpson, Alan Francis (1929–2017), scriptwriter. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography [Online database] 14.01.2021. https://doi.org/10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.90000380351
Book Chapter
Saville, Philip (1927–2016), television, film, and theatre director
Rolinson D (2020) Saville, Philip (1927–2016), television, film, and theatre director. In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-112120?rskey=tLXwxa&result=1
Book Chapter
Rolinson D (2019) British Cinema and Television. In: Hill J (ed.) A Companion to British and Irish Cinema. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 332-346. https://www.wiley.com/en-gb/A+Companion+to+British+and+Irish+Cinema-p-9781118477519
Manual / Guide
Pinter at the BBC, Essays in DVD booklet (2)
Rolinson D (2019) Pinter at the BBC, Essays in DVD booklet (2). https://shop.bfi.org.uk/pinter-at-the-bbc-5-dvd-set.html#.XFL4QNL7Tct
Article
Drama as Science Documentary: The Ethics of Making and 'Banning' The Black Pool
Rolinson D (2017) Drama as Science Documentary: The Ethics of Making and 'Banning' The Black Pool. Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 37 (1), pp. 96-112. https://doi.org/10.1080/01439685.2016.1272808
Other
'Rita, Sue and Bob Too', Essay in DVD/Blu-ray booklet
Rolinson D (2017) 'Rita, Sue and Bob Too', Essay in DVD/Blu-ray booklet. [Dual format DVD/Blu-ray booklet.] 22.05.2017. http://shop.bfi.org.uk/directors/alan-clarke/rita-sue-and-bob-too.html#.WOdf69LyuM8
Book Chapter
British Docudrama: New Directions in Reflexivity
Rolinson D (2016) British Docudrama: New Directions in Reflexivity. In: Ebbrecht-Hartmann T & Paget D (eds.) Docudrama on European Television: A Selective Survey. Palgrave European Film and Media Studies. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 199-227. http://www.palgrave.com/de/book/9781137499783
Other
Rolinson D (2016) Dissent & Disruption: Alan Clarke at the BBC. Essays in accompanying book (6 in blu-ray version, 1 in DVD version). [Box Set Book] 06.2016. http://shop.bfi.org.uk/dissent-disruption-the-complete-alan-clarke-at-the-bbc-limited-edition-blu-ray-box-set.html#.V-UFJ4grJpg
Edited Book
The Art of Invective: Selected Non-Fiction 1953-1994, by Dennis Potter
Greaves I, Williams J & Rolinson D (eds.) (2015) The Art of Invective: Selected Non-Fiction 1953-1994, by Dennis Potter. London: Oberon. https://www.oberonbooks.com/dennis-potter.html
Book Review
A Sense of Place: Regional British Television Drama 1956-82
Rolinson D (2015) A Sense of Place: Regional British Television Drama 1956-82. Review of:
Lez Cooke, Manchester, Manchester University Press, 2012. 240pp. ISBN 9780719086786. Critical Studies in Television, 10 (3), pp. 121-123. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.7227/CST.10.3.9; https://doi.org/10.1080/13619462.2015.982016
Article
Studio as hybridised community space: For the Love of Albert
Rolinson D (2015) Studio as hybridised community space: For the Love of Albert. Critical Studies in Television, 10 (3), pp. 5-22. http://cst.sagepub.com/content/10/3/5.abstract; https://doi.org/10.7227/CST.10.3.2
Book Review
Rolinson D (2015) Jimmy McGovern. Review of: Steve Blandford,
Manchester, Manchester University Press, 2013, 224pp. 978-0-7190-8248-1. Critical Studies in Television, 10 (2), pp. 143-145.
Book Review
Rolinson D (2014) The Beiderbecke Affair. Review of: William Gallagher,
BFI TV Classics, British Film Institute/Palgrave Macmillan, 2012, 128pp. ISBN 978-1-84457-469-8. Critical Studies in Television, 9 (3), pp. 127-128. https://doi.org/10.7227/CST.9.3.11
Other
Red Shift. Essay in DVD booklet
Rolinson D (2014) Red Shift. Essay in DVD booklet. [DVD Booklet] 10.2014. http://shop.bfi.org.uk/pre-order-red-shift.html#.V-UF_YgrJpg
Article
The many Doctors symposium: William Hartnell
Rolinson D (2014) The many Doctors symposium: William Hartnell. Science Fiction Film and Television, 7 (2), pp. 217-219. https://doi.org/10.3828/sfftv.2014.12
Article
Report on The Singing Detective 25th Anniversary Symposium, University of London, 10 December 2011
Rolinson D (2013) Report on The Singing Detective 25th Anniversary Symposium, University of London, 10 December 2011. Journal of Screenwriting, 4 (3), pp. 335-343. https://doi.org/10.1386/josc.4.3.335_7
Book Chapter
Is This England ’86 and ’88? Memory, haunting and return through television seriality
Rolinson D & Woods F (2013) Is This England ’86 and ’88? Memory, haunting and return through television seriality. In: Fradley M, Godfrey S & Williams M (eds.) Shane Meadows: Critical Essays. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. http://www.euppublishing.com/book/9780748676392
Book Chapter
The helium of publicity: mass-mediated 'terrierism'
Rolinson D (2013) The helium of publicity: mass-mediated 'terrierism'. In: Leggott J & Sexton J (eds.) No Known Cure: The Comedy of Chris Morris. London: BFI, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 223-247. https://filmstore.bfi.org.uk/acatalog/info_26348.html
Book Chapter
Rolinson D (2012) "You’re still living in the Middle Ages!": Time Travel in Doctor Who and Pseudo-Historical, Neomedieval, Alternate Realities. In: Robinson C & Clements P (eds.) Neomedievalism in the Media: Essays on Film, Television, and Electronic Games. hors série, 0. Lewiston: Edwin Mellen Press. http://mellenpress.com/mellenpress.cfm?bookid=8617&pc=9
Book Review
Shadows of Progress: documentary film in post-war Britain
Rolinson D (2012) Shadows of Progress: documentary film in post-war Britain. Review of:
Patrick Russell and James Piers Taylor (eds), London, British Film Institute–Palgrave Macmillan, 2010, xii+429 pp., ISBN 978-1844573219. Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 32 (3), pp. 479-482. https://doi.org/10.1080/01439685.2012.699622
Other
Rolinson D (2011) Tales Out of School. [Essay as DVD booklet] 07.2011.
Book Chapter
Small Screens and Big Voices: Televisual Social Realism and the Popular
Rolinson D (2011) Small Screens and Big Voices: Televisual Social Realism and the Popular. In: Tucker D (ed.) British Social Realism in the Arts since 1940. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 172-211. http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=390272
Article
A Documentary of last resort? The case of Shoot to Kill
Rolinson D (2010) A Documentary of last resort? The case of Shoot to Kill. Journal for the Study of British Cultures, 17 (1), pp. 47-58. http://www.britcult.de/jsbc/09-back-numbers.htm#Vol.17,1/2010
Article
Moonbase 3 and the limitations of reality in Apollo-era television SF
Rolinson D (2010) Moonbase 3 and the limitations of reality in Apollo-era television SF. Science Fiction Film and Television, 3 (1), pp. 79-92. https://doi.org/10.3828/sfftv.2010.5
Book Chapter
The last studio system: a case for British television films
Rolinson D (2010) The last studio system: a case for British television films. In: Newland P (ed.) Don’t Look Now: British Cinema of the 1970s. Bristol: Intellect, pp. 163-176. http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/books/view-Book,id=4699/
Other
Rolinson D (2008) This Sporting Life. [Essay as DVD booklet] 2008.
Article
'A new wilderness': memory and language in the television science fiction of Nigel Kneale
Rolinson D & Devlin K (2008) 'A new wilderness': memory and language in the television science fiction of Nigel Kneale. Science Fiction Film and Television, 1 (1), pp. 45-65. https://doi.org/10.3828/sfftv.1.1.5
Article
'The Surprise of a Large Town': depicting regional space in Alan Plater’s Land of Green Ginger
Rolinson D (2007) 'The Surprise of a Large Town': depicting regional space in Alan Plater’s Land of Green Ginger. Journal of British Cinema and Television, 4 (2), pp. 285-306. https://doi.org/10.3366/jbctv.2007.4.2.285
Book Chapter
'Who done it': discourses of authorship in the John Nathan-Turner era
Rolinson D (2007) 'Who done it': discourses of authorship in the John Nathan-Turner era. In: Butler D (ed.) Time and Relative Dissertations in Space: Critical Perspectives on Doctor Who. Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series. Manchester: Manchester University Press, pp. 176-189.
Book Review
Fires were started: British cinema and Thatcherism
Rolinson D (2007) Fires were started: British cinema and Thatcherism. Review of:
Lester D Friedman (ed), London, Wallflower Press, 2005 (2nd edn), xxiv + 341 pp., ISBN 978-1904764717. Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 27 (4), pp. 590-592. https://doi.org/10.1080/01439680701553560
Other
Rolinson D (2007) The Firm Special Edition. [DVD commentary, Essay as DVD booklet] 08.2007.
Book Review
Documentary: The Margins of Reality
Rolinson D (2007) Documentary: The Margins of Reality. Review of:
Paul Ward, New York: Wallflower, 2005, 144pp. ISBN 9780231850094. Scope: An Online Journal of Film and TV Studies, (8). http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/scope/issues/2007/june-issue-08.aspx
Other
Rolinson D (2007) Hell Drivers. [Essay as DVD booklet] 03.2007.
Other
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
Rolinson D (2006) Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire. [Essay as DVD booklet] 08.2006.
Authored Book
Rolinson D (2005) Alan Clarke. Television Series. Manchester: Manchester University Press. http://manchester.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.7228/manchester/9780719068300.001.0001/upso-9780719068300
Book Chapter
Rolinson D (2005) Sweet Sixteen. In: McFarlane B (ed.) The Cinema of Britain and Ireland. 24 Frames. London: Wallflower Press, pp. 251-259. http://cup.columbia.edu/book/978-1-904764-39-7/the-cinema-of-britain-and-ireland
Book Chapter
'If they want culture, they pay': consumerism and alienation in 1950s comedies
Rolinson D (2003) 'If they want culture, they pay': consumerism and alienation in 1950s comedies. In: MacKillop I & Sinyard N (eds.) British Cinema of the 1950s: A Celebration. Manchester: Manchester University Press, pp. 87-97. http://www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/cgi-bin/indexer?product=9780719064890
Article
"Bring something back": The strange career of Professor Bernard Quatermass
Rolinson D & Cooper N (2002) "Bring something back": The strange career of Professor Bernard Quatermass. Journal of Popular Film and Television, 30 (3), pp. 158-165. https://doi.org/10.1080/01956050209602852
Book Review
Rolinson D (2002) J. Lee Thompson. Review of:
Steve Chibnall, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2000, 380pp. ISBN 9780719060120. Scope: An Online Journal of Film and TV Studies, August 2002. http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/scope/issues/2002/august.aspx
Book Review
Documentary, Interpretivism and Positivism (Review Essay)
Rolinson D (2001) Documentary, Interpretivism and Positivism (Review Essay). Review of: No Other Way to Tell It: dramadoc/docudrama on television, Derek Paget, Manchester, Manchester University Press, 1998, pp. vii + 237. ISBN 978-0719045332 New Documentary: a critical introduction, Stella Bruzzi, London, Routledge, 2000, pp. 199. ISBN 978-0415385244 Lies, Damn Lies and Documentaries, Brian Winston, London, BFI, 2000, pp. 186. ISBN 978-0851707976. Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 21 (3), pp. 323-325. https://doi.org/10.1080/01439680120069443
Book Review
Windows on the sixties: Exploring key texts of media and culture
Rolinson D (2001) Windows on the sixties: Exploring key texts of media and culture. Review of: Windows on the Sixties: exploring key texts of media and culture, Anthony Aldgate, James Chapman, and Arthur Marwick (eds), London, I.B. Taurus, 2000, 194 pp. ISBN 978-1860643835. Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 21 (2), pp. 190-191. https://doi.org/10.1080/01439680120051523