COMING SOON

Post-War British Film Comedy
by Andrew Roberts

To register your interest in this title or for any questions, e-mail us on sales@tomahawkpress.com with the product title in the Subject line. We will keep your details and notify you when the product is available for purchase.

They say what a nation laughs at can be highly revealing.  But what shall we conclude when we examine what tickled the funny bone of the British after the Second World War? 

There has never been a book detailing post-war British film comedy - until now.

The writer and academic Andrew Roberts will cast his acerbic but affectionate eye over the likes of the Carry Ons, the Doctor films and Norman Wisdom in addition to Ealing Studios, the Boulting Brothers and St. Trinians. However, this is but the tip of the iceberg as the book will also encompass second features, the Children's Film Foundation, and such neglected, but talented directors as Ken Annakin and Val Guest. Roberts provides the perfect guide to what made the nation laugh between 1945 and 1970. So – nearly all great British film comedy life will be present and correct in this entertaining tome.