Do Not Adjust Your Set: The Early Days of Television

(Hardback)

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In the early days of television, everything was live, even the "repeats". Actors and actresses had to think on their feet, running from set to set, often while changing costume and making cuts to their scripts at the same time. In this book, stars such as Dame Eileen Atkins, Wendy Craig and Sir Nigel Hawthorne recall the frenetic conditions in which classics such as "Dixon of Dock Green" and "Z Cars" were made, and the extraordinary hazards they had to deal with - scenery collapsed, actors went missing, and even died.

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Plenty of gripping anecdotes - Sunday Times

Kate Dunn has compiled a valuable and necessary work of oral history She has mapped out a world of television that has been comprehensively lost - Independent on Sunday

Author Bio

Kate Dunn comes from a theatrical family that spans four generations. As well as working extensively in repertory, Kate has appeared in the West End, on television and on tour both nationally and internationally. She has recently completed a Ph.D in Drama. She lives in Bristol.