[Commlist] New book: British Television Intellectuals: Unusual Kinds of Star

Intellect is pleased to share that /British Television Intellectuals: 
Unusual Kinds of Star 
<https://www.intellectbooks.com/british-television-intellectuals>//, 
/by John Tulloch, is now available in hardback.

A pioneering exploration of one of Britain’s most significant yet often 
overlooked television phenomena, this book traces the rise and 
development of the TV intellectual as a distinct presence over the past 
sixty-five years. Situated within the framework of public intellectual 
theory, it explores several of Britain’s most notable and influential 
cultural figures, revealing how these unusual kinds of stars have 
combined creativity and intellect to engage wide international audiences.


*_Table of Contents
_*
*Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction: *Being a television intellectual: An ‘Unusual Type of Star’

*1. *Civilisation to Civilisations: Benchmark Events

*2.* Jacob Bronowski’s The Ascent of Man: A Feeling for Language

*3.* Jonathan Miller’s Atheism: Irony and Unshakeable Disbelief

*4.* Marcus du Sautoy’s The Story of Maths: Solving Problems as Triumph 
and Tragedy

*5.* Niall Ferguson’s The Ascent of Money: Landscapes of Threat and 
Opportunity

*6.* Simon Schama’s ‘The Two Winstons’ and ‘The Second Moment of 
Creation’: Then and Now

*7.* Mary Beard’s Ultimate Rome: Legend as History, History as Myth

*8.* Alice Roberts’ Digging for Britain and Pam Cox’s Servants: Reaching 
for the Audience

*9. *David Olusoga’s ‘First Contact’ and ‘The Cult of Progress’: 
Imperial Conquistadores or Trading Partners?

*10. *Janina Ramirez’s and Alastair Sooke’s ‘Beirut’: Barbarism, Tourism 
and Layered Identity

*11.* Brian Cox: Seven Days on Mars: Expert Identities

*12. *British Television Intellectuals: ‘A Gateway to Something Else’

*Coda*. Tim Winton’s Ningaloo: ‘Resisting the False Shape of Closure’
*References
Index
*

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www.intellectbooks.com/british-television-intellectuals
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