Stephen Lacey is Professor of Drama, Film and Television in the Cardiff School of Creative and Cultural Industries at the University of Glamorgan

Introduction: Telling the truth
1. From actor to producer - into the driving seat
2. The 1960s - social realism and The Wednesday Play
3. Plays for Today: representing 'managed dissensus'
4. Independence and dependency
Bibliography
Appendix 1: list of television plays and films
Appendix 2: list of films for theatrical release

This is the first book-length study of one of the most prolific producers working in British television, responsible for both Cathy Come Home (1966) and This Life (1996-8). The book discusses the ways in which Garnett has shaped the role of the creative producer, and analyses his contribution to a distinctively televisual social realism.