This book explores the history of Cornwall's portrayal on screen, from the earliest days of the moving image to the recent BBC adaptation of Winston Graham's Poldark books. Innovative new research looking at amateur film and newsreels, avant-garde and documentary works alongside mainstream popular film and television. 7 b&w and 13 col. illus.

Rachel Moseley is head of the Department of Film and Television Studies and director of the Centre for Television History, Heritage and Memory Research at the University of Warwick.