British Television Animation 1997-2010

British Television Animation 1997-2010 charts a moment in TV history where UK comic animation graduated from the margins as part of a post-Simpsons broadcast landscape. Shows like Monkey Dust, Modern Toss and Stressed Eric not only reflected the times but they ushered in an era of ambition and belief in British adult animation.

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Van Norris has been Senior Lecturer in Film, Media and Animation Studies at the School of Creative Art Film and Media, University of Portsmouth, UK, since 2003. Alongside his teaching in undergraduate and postgraduate studies in animation, comedy forms and graphic narrative forms, he has presented his research internationally and has published a range of well-regarded articles on animation and comedy, American science-fiction television and mainstream franchise cinema.

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Introduction 1. From here to there: First, Second and Third Wave Animation 2. A Quotation of Normality - The Family Myth 3. 'C'mon Mum Monday Night is Jihad Night' - Race and Nostalgia 4. 'Unpack That' - Animating the Male 5. Sacred Territory - Faith, Satire and the Third Wave Conclusion: It'll Never Be as Good Again