'For Queen. For Country. For Kicks.': Post-Apocalyptic Patriotism, Youth and Gender in Spooks: Code 9 (BBC Three, 2008)
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ToolsCornea, Christine (2020) 'For Queen. For Country. For Kicks.': Post-Apocalyptic Patriotism, Youth and Gender in Spooks: Code 9 (BBC Three, 2008). Refractory: a Journal of Entertainment Media, 34 (2020).
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Abstract
Spooks: Code 9 was commissioned for BBC Three as a youth-oriented science fiction/espionage spin-off series, derived from BBC One’s long-running spy series, Spooks (2002-). While the seasoned London-based spies of the original Spooks repeatedly succeed in defending a present-day Britain from terrorist attacks, S:C9’s young MI5 recruits find themselves in a post-apocalyptic Britain, following a nuclear explosion at the 2012 London Olympics. This article analyses the representation and intersection of youth, gender, genre, and patriotism in S:C9 in the context of the aftermath of the 2005 London bombings, economic recession and youth unemployment.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | This article was originally published by Refractory. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | television,youth,british,7,unemployment,postapocalyptic,science fiction,spyfi |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Art, Media and American Studies University of East Anglia > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Film, Television and Media |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Oct 2020 23:51 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Oct 2020 23:49 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/77111 |
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