James Leggott is Associate Professor of film at Northumbria University, UK. He is author of The North East of England on Film and Television (2022), In Fading Light: The Films of the Amber Collective (2020), and Contemporary British Cinema: From Heritage to Horror (2008). He is editor of Conflicting Masculinities: Men in Television Period Drama (I. B. Tauris, 2018).

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• Introduction1. Origins2. Production3. The Comedy of Billy Elliot4. British Cinema5. Interpretations6. AftermathCredits Endnotes

James Leggott is Associate Professor of film at Northumbria University, UK. He is author of The North East of England on Film and Television (2022), In Fading Light: The Films of the Amber Collective (2020), and Contemporary British Cinema: From Heritage to Horror (2008). He is editor of Conflicting Masculinities: Men in Television Period Drama (I. B. Tauris, 2018).

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• Introduction1. Origins2. Production3. The Comedy of Billy Elliot4. British Cinema5. Interpretations6. AftermathCredits Endnotes

James Leggott is Associate Professor of film at Northumbria University, UK. He is author of The North East of England on Film and Television (2022), In Fading Light: The Films of the Amber Collective (2020), and Contemporary British Cinema: From Heritage to Horror (2008). He is editor of Conflicting Masculinities: Men in Television Period Drama (I. B. Tauris, 2018).

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• Introduction1. Origins2. Production3. The Comedy of Billy Elliot4. British Cinema5. Interpretations6. AftermathCredits Endnotes