The history of television culture and production
JP Kelly’s book Time, Technology and Narrative Form in Contemporary US Television Drama: Pause, Rewind, Record has just been published by Palgrave MacMillan. The book examines how television has been transformed over the past twenty years by the introduction Read More …
The ADAPT team has been busily working with the BBC on their celebrations of the 50th anniversary of regular colour broadcasting in the UK. Coverage of the project, including highlights of recently edited OB simulation footage, appears on the BBC Read More …
Broadcast only once – or at most twice – in a time before on-demand, catch-up or the video recorder, most of the drama made for British television up until the early 1980s has lain unseen for decades. Since 2013, the Read More …
ADAPT project leader Prof. John Ellis spoke about the ADAPT project at the Nordic Media Festival in Bergen on Fri 11 May in 2017. “In an ambitious experiment, 20 retired BBC employees filmed while recreating a simple live broadcast using Read More …
The Centre for the History of Television Culture and Production was officially opened on 22nd February at a launch event at the BFI Southbank. The event brought together television scholars and industry professionals, highlighting shared interests, mutual concerns and the Read More …
In February 2017, Lez Cooke, John Hill and Billy Smart programmed a second season of ‘Forgotten Dramas’ at BFI Southbank as part of the AHRC-funded ‘History of Forgotten Television Drama in the UK’ project. Here they report on the screenings Read More …
In 2015 I edited a book called Adventures in the Lives of Others, a collection of gripping and intimate accounts of problem-solving and decision-making at the cutting edge of documentaries and factual television. An extraordinary line-up of contributors took part, Read More …
We are pleased to announce that the Centre for the History of Television Culture and Production will be officially opened at a reception at the BFI Southbank on Wednesday 22nd February 2017 from 5pm – 6.30pm. Speakers will include: James Read More …
Professor of Creative and Digital Economy, Andrew Chitty, is the latest appointment to join Royal Holloway’s Television Research Centre. Professor Chitty commenced his new role in the department of Media Arts as the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s (AHRC) first ever Read More …