The Bodies Beneath Av William Fowler, Vic Pratt

<b>From occult rites in soft porn discos to Sooty the TV puppet''s amphetamine problem, a feast of curiosities from British film and TV.</b><p>The past, they say, is another country, but as seen through the lens of British film and television, it is a deeply strange and unfamiliar land. From occult rites in soft porn discos to Sooty the TV puppet''s amphetamine problem, from Old Mother Riley, and Vampire Hunter to Vincent Price''s heart-attack-inducing cookery program, in this book veteran curators William Fowler and Vic Pratt have delved deep into the archives of the British Film Institute to serve up a feast of curiosities that will tempt the palate of even the most jaded cinephile.</p><p>Each chapter considers a key aspect of British life as seen through the psychotronic lens of pop culture. Do <i>All the Right Noises</i> and <i>Under the Docto</i>r tell us more about attitudes to marriage and sexuality than a sociological survey? Can American musicologist Alan Lomax capture a truer

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