British Film Industry in the 1970s

SIAN BARBER is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. She has published on British cinema, cinema going and censorship and her most recent publication is Censoring the 1970s: The BBFC and the Decade that Taste Forgot.

'A substantial analysis of British film-making in the 1970s that will make a thoughtful contribution to the field of British cinema studies.' - Andrew Spicer, University of the West of England, UK 'British Film in the 1970s is a great companion text to any module teaching British cinema of the period, but it also is a useful text to encourage those working on other times and places to ask questions about the framing of other periods and national cinemas.' - Dr E. Anna Claydon, Viewfinder Online 'Barber's carefully researched volume will surely become the 'go to' book with regard to the industrial context of British film-making in this newly fashionable decade.' - Stephen Glynn, Journal of British Cinema and Television (Jan 2014)

• List of abbreviations Acknowledgements Table of Figures Dedication Introduction Film and Cultural History Understanding the 1970s Film and Government Funding Innovation Movers and Shakers Institutions and Organisations The Films Sunday Bloody Sunday: Authorship, Collaboration and Improvisation The Go-Between: The Past, the Present and the 1970s Confessions of a Window Cleaner: Sex, Class and Popular Taste Stardust: Stardom, Performance and Masculinity Scum: Institutional Control and Patriarchy The Tempest: A Brave New World of Creative Endeavour? Conclusion