Kiszely, P. orcid.org/0000-0001-6479-5250 (2023) Hazell (1978–80) and the disappearing detective: 1970s British television, a genre literature and the end of an era. Journal of Popular Television, 11 (1). pp. 89-107. ISSN 2046-9861
Abstract
This article considers links between 1970s British television and male-oriented detective fiction. It takes as its focus the eponymous protagonist of Thames Television’s Hazell (1978–80), whose first incarnation, in the ‘P. B. Yuill’ novel Hazell Plays Solomon, dates back to 1974. During the 1970s the investigator figure was to British television what the espionage adventurer had been in the 1960s – all but ubiquitous. Contemporaneous genre literature, often influenced by the US ‘hard-boiled’ tradition, played a pivotal role in establishing such a presence. Yet its relationship with television remains obscure. Why should this be the case? And what might be gained from looking at the changing world of the 1970s through the eyes of an obsolete archetype? In response to these questions, the article retrieves one cultural history (literature) on the back of, and while augmenting, another (television). Hazell, with its distinct ‘meta’ quality and end-of-era proximity, proves useful to this exercise.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | This is an author produced version of an article published in the Journal of Popular Television. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | 1970s detective fiction; 1970s British television; male; working class; cultural history |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > Performance and Cultural Industries (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 22 Nov 2023 15:58 |
Last Modified: | 22 Nov 2023 16:54 |
Published Version: | https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Intellect |
Identification Number: | 10.1386/jptv_00096_1 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:205589 |