AILEEN BLANEY is a postdoctoral scholar in Film Studies at Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea LUISA CIGOGNETTI is an independent scholarJOHN CORNER is Visiting Professor in Communication Studies at the University of Leeds and Emeritus Professor at the University of Liverpool, UKJEROME DE GROOT is Lecturer in English and American Studies at the University of Manchester, UKSONJA DE LEEUW is Professor of Media and Culture Studies at Utrecht University, The NetherlandsALEXANDER DHOEST is Lecturer in Media Studies at the University of Antwerp, BelgiumTOBIAS EBBRECHT is Professor of Media History at the Film and Television Academy (HFF 'Konrad Wolf'), Potsdam-Babelsberg, GermanyEMMA HANNA is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Greenwich, UKSIRA HERNÁNDEZ CORCHETE is Assistant Lecturer in the School of Communication at the University of Navarra, SpainAMY HOLDSWORTH is Lecturer in the Department of Theatre, Film and Television at the University of Glasgow, UKIRIS KLEINECKE-BATES is Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Hull, UKMARGIT ROHRINGER is a Lecturer at the University of Vienna, AustriaPIERRE SORLIN is Emeritus Professor of Sociology in Audiovisual Media, University of Paris III, FranceISABELLE VEYRAT-MASSON is Director of Research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, FranceBRIAN WINSTON is the first Lincoln Chair of Communication at the University of Lincoln, UK, and was formerly Pro-Vice Chancellor

'This valuable collection explores the resurgence of history in televisual form in the latter part of the 20th century...the chapters provide not only a range of evidence and analysis, but also some powerful areas of ongoing discussion for historians, broadcasters and producers.' -Justin Champion, Royal Holloway, University of London, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television '...provides a good sense of the serious work being done on historical presentation across the Continent.' - Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly

• Introduction: History on Television in Europe: The Past Two Decades; E.Bell & A.Gray PART I: PERSPECTIVES 'Once Upon A Time...': Visual Design and Documentary Openings; J.Corner History on Television: The Problem of Sources; P.Sorlin & L.Cigognetti Combating 'A Message Without a Code': Writing the 'History' Documentary; B.Winston Contexts of Production: Commissioning History; A.Gray Beyond The Witness: The Layering of Historical Testimonies on British Television; E.Bell PART II: TELEVISED HISTORY AND NATIONAL IDENTITY Staging Historical Leaders on French Television: The Example of Napoleon Bonaparte; I.Veyrat-Masson Landscape and Memory: British Television Documentaries about the First World War; E.Hanna Mediated Collective Memory and the Political Process Towards Democracy in Spain: An Analysis of the Spanish TV Historical Documentary Series La Transición ;  S.Hernandez Corchete PART III: TELEVISED HISTORY, MEMORY AND IDENTITY Television Fiction, A Domain of Memory: Retelling the Past on Dutch Television; S.de Leeuw Facing the Truth, Pain, and Reconciliation; A.Blaney Women and War:  M.Rohringer History in Popular Television Drama: The Flemish Past in Wij , Heren van Zichem ; A.Dhoest PART IV: HISTORY PROGRAMMING: FORM, GENRE, TECHNIQUE 'I Feel Completely Beautiful For the First Time In My Life': Bodily Re-Enactment and Reality Documentary; J.de Groot (Re)Constructing Biographies: German Television Docudrama and the Historical Biography; T.Ebbrecht Flog It!: Nostalgia and Lifestyle on British Daytime Television; I.Kleinecke Who Do You Think You Are? Family History and Memory on British Television; A.Holdsworth Conclusion: Broader Themes and Televisualisation; E.Bell & A.Gray Notes Bibliography Index