'A collection of the Australian-born writer's TV criticism published in the London Observer during the period between 1979 and 1982. This is a paperback edition of a volume first published by Jonathan Cape in 1983. Clive James' earlier volumes of TV criticism include Visions Before Midnight (1977 & 1981) and The Crystal Bucket (1983). They have been published in a single volume with a new introduction and index as Clive James on Television (1991).' (Publication summary)
'There’s plenty to enjoy about Stephen Oliver’s survey of TV humour, writes Jane Goodall. But how uniquely Australian is the phenomenon he’s trying to capture?'
'There’s plenty to enjoy about Stephen Oliver’s survey of TV humour, writes Jane Goodall. But how uniquely Australian is the phenomenon he’s trying to capture?'
