Joseph Oldham
Biographic Data
| ID | 8836224 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joseph Oldham |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joseph |
| FAMILY NAME | Oldham |
| SIGNATURE | OLDHAM J |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Scripting the Soviet “Spy of the Century”
From 1975 to 1980, the British scriptwriter Arthur Hopcraft worked on numerous drafts for a proposed film biopic of H. A. R. (Kim) Philby, the notorious UK Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) officer who turned out to be a Soviet spy. The film was slated to be made by S. Benjamin Fisz Productions but was never produced. This article examines the five-year development of Philby, a project that, at various stages, saw the involvement of three notable…
Paranoid visions
A balance of terror' : Callan (ITV, 1967-72) as an existential thriller for television -- 'A professional's contest' : procedure and bureaucracy in Special Branch (ITV, 1969-74) and The Sandbaggers (ITV, 1978-80) -- 'Who killed Great Britain?' : Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy (BBC 2, 1979) as a modern classic serial -- Conspiracy as a crisis of procedure in Bird of Prey (BBC 1, 1982) and Edge of Darkness (BBC 2, 1985) -- Death of a master narrative : …
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Paranoid visions
A balance of terror' : Callan (ITV, 1967-72) as an existential thriller for television -- 'A professional's contest' : procedure and bureaucracy in Special Branch (ITV, 1969-74) and The Sandbaggers (ITV, 1978-80) -- 'Who killed Great Britain?' : Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy (BBC 2, 1979) as a modern classic serial -- Conspiracy as a crisis of procedure in Bird of Prey (BBC 1, 1982) and Edge of Darkness (BBC 2, 1985) -- Death of a master narrative : …
Scripting the Soviet “Spy of the Century”
From 1975 to 1980, the British scriptwriter Arthur Hopcraft worked on numerous drafts for a proposed film biopic of H. A. R. (Kim) Philby, the notorious UK Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) officer who turned out to be a Soviet spy. The film was slated to be made by S. Benjamin Fisz Productions but was never produced. This article examines the five-year development of Philby, a project that, at various stages, saw the involvement of three notable…
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