From Newcastle to Nashville: The Northern Soul of Jimmy Nail

James Leggott

doi:10.1057/978-1-137-55506-9_10

From Newcastle to Nashville: The Northern Soul of Jimmy Nail

James Leggott^*

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Abstract

Newcastle-born Jimmy Nail became an overnight star in 1983 as a result of his striking performance as a Geordie bricklayer, Oz, in Auf Wiedersehen Pet. This chapter focuses in particular upon the television shows Spender and Crocodile Shoes which Nail produced at the height of his television fame in the early 1990s. It suggests how their nuanced articulations of regional identity and realism can be read through an auteurist recognition of Nail’s own ambivalence towards his former home and his career trajectory.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Social Class and Television Drama in Contemporary Britain
Editors	David Forrest, Beth Johnson
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Pages	135-148
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Electronic)	9781137555069
ISBN (Print)	9781137555052
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55506-9_10
Publication status	Published - 9 May 2017

Keywords

Class
Jimmy Nail
North-East Britain
Realism
Regional Identity

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