目次

Introduction 1. The Field Vs the Stage 2. "Are the Bouts Rigged?" The Enduring Possibility of Sporting Entertainment 3. "Equally Vociferous Both for And Against": Compromise, Conflict and Pleasure 4. Villains, Blue-Eyes and The Melodrama of Celebrity 5. "Everything Is Eventually Going to Find Its Way on The Goggle-Box": Television and Spectacle Epilogue