Offers practical advice on writing innovative television scripts that will allow you to finally get that big idea out of your head and onto the screen. Learn to craft smart, original stories and scripts for a variety of television formats and genres, including comedy, drama, pilots, web series, and subscription video on demand.

Writing Australian History on Screen reveals the depths in Australian history from convict times to the present day. The essays convey perspectives of Australian history on screen taken from an Australian viewpoint in a way that offers insights and an understanding of the unique Australian history and sense of identity.

Writing Comedy for Television (1983) is a practical, step-by-step manual about how and what to write. It contains many examples from the scripts of various sitcoms and sketch shows. It demonstrates how to construct a storyline for a series, how to lay out a sketch, who to pitch to, and how a television comedy is put together.

Book documents from the definitive Russian texts the complex course of Sergei Eisenstein's writings during the revolutionary years in the Soviet Union. It presents Eisenstein the innovative aesthetic thinker, socialist artist and humourist, passionately engaged in the debates over the art forms of the future.

The Truth Is Out There. Reopen The X-Files with this definitive new collection. Celebrating the iconic show of the '90s - returning to TV screens in a new six-part mini-series in January 2016 - this indispensable volume collects together cast and crew interviews, in-depth features and behind the scenes pictures and secrets.