Series Editors: Steve Chibnall and I. Q. Hunter, both at De Montfort University,
                      Leicester, UK

At a time when there is a growing popular and scholarly interest in British film, with new sources of funding and notable successes in world markets, this series explores the largely submerged history of the UK's cinema of entertainment. The books rediscover and evaluate not only individual films but whole genres, such as science fiction and the crime film, that have been ignored by a past generation of critics. The series will enhance understanding of how ideas and representations in films relate to changing gender and class relations in post-war Britain, and the accessible writing style will make these insights available to a much wider readership.