This book explores docudrama as a creative response to troubled times.
With generic characteristics formed via traditions in theatre as well as
film, and with claims to fact underscored by investigative journalism,
television docudrama examines key events and personalities in unfolding
national histories. Post-Fall of the Berlin Wall, docudrama has become a
means for nations to work through traumatic experiences both within
national borders and Europe-wide. In this regard, it is an important
genre for television networks as they attempt to make sense of complex
current events. These authors offer a template for further study and
point towards ways in which European television cultures, beyond those
discussed here, might be considered in the future.