How the BBC's series 'The Game' reflects present day nostalgia for the Cold War and the 1970s

What is it about?

This paper explores how issues of class, community and gender reflect nostalgia for an imagined vision of the 1970s in Britain. It also explores how in a world of global terrorism the Cold War is seen as 'the last good war' where the enemy was clear and a set of rules could be applied to intelligence. It does this by examining how the filming techniques and plot can be seen as the 'alice' variation of chess - which had a set of rules which could be worked out by participants in intelligence communities.

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Why is it important?

This publication is important because it offers the first academic analysis of 'The Game' but also because it shows how nostalgia fills present day visions of the past