Despite the conventionality of television drama, there are moments when alternative strategies emerge which continue to explore the boundaries of the medium."

Often, while sitting in front of the television, we hear one another predict what is going to happen next, or play a guessing game as to how this week's "issue" of a prime time TV drama will be resolved before the hour runs out. Our minds have become accustomed to the tried and tested conventions tirelessly used by most TV producers. Our eyes have become reliant on the bright, colourful studios, the numerous camera angles, …

…that never was." By Mark Thompson (The Media Guardian, Monday 10 November 1997). http://www.phlebas.demon.co.uk/tl/pr/18.htm · Peter Bradshaw, London Evening Standard, Tuesday June 7 1997 Kinney Littlefield, The Orange County Register, 21 August 1999 http://thislife.tvheaven.com/press.htm § Excerpts from BBC America interview: www.bbcamerica.com/spotlight/this_life/index.html § BBC's 'This Life' website http://www.rtguide.beeb.com/thislife/ § The International Movie Database 'This Life' website http://us.imdb.com/Title?0115390