CHANNEL 4 AT 40 by John Ellis
The UK’s Channel 4 turns 40 on 4 November 2022. How can we assess the achievements (and failures)...
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CHANNEL4: PRIVATISING PUBLIC SPACE by John Ellis
On Monday evening 4 April, the UK Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries tweeted that she intended to...
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2022: THE YEAR OF BRITISH BROADCASTING ANNIVERSARIES by John Ellis
There’s an avalanche of anniversaries coming in 2022, a veritable tsunami of television history....
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THE QUESTION OF SPORT by John Ellis
Why is there so little TV scholarship about TV and sport? Compared to the reams about Netflix,...
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NO MORE GUILT ABOUT ‘GUILTY PLEASURES’ by John Ellis
A shorter version of this article was published in The Conversation on 13/01/2021 TV viewing has...
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TV TECH IS KILLING TV. WHY DOES IT ALL HAVE TO BE SO COMPLICATED? by John Ellis
Our digital TV has just updated its interface, without asking us. This confirms my long-held...
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