Tag: Elke Weissmann
EUROPEAN CULTURES OF TELEVISION STUDIES: POLITICS AND POLICIES by Elke Weissmann
With deep-felt thanks to the respondents. There is a wonderful video on YouTube that shows David...
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EUROPEAN CULTURES OF TELEVISION STUDIES (1): TO BE CONTINUED… by Elke Weissmann
It all started with Traumschiff (ZDF, since 1981). Traumschiff is the German version of Love Boat...
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THE COPING WORKING-CLASS: RECENT BRITISH REAL CRIME DRAMAS AND WORKING-CLASS WOMEN by Elke Weissmann
It is the end of May, and we are coming to the end, I assume, of the high-budget, ‘quality’,...
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ROOTS (HISTORY, 2016) VERSUS ROOTS (ABC, 1977) by Elke Weissmann
I finally got around to watching the new version of Roots (if you haven’t seen it yet, episodes...
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THE RETURN OF MARX? ARE WE REALLY THERE YET? by Elke Weissmann
A while ago, Martin Barker invited scholars to discuss the potential for the re-incorporation of...
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DO YOU SECRETLY LOVE BRADLEY WALSH? DON’T WORRY. YOU ARE IN GOOD COMPANY BY ELKE WEISSMANN
We were working with our first year students on pitches for programme ideas, when I noticed...
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WHY BRITISH QUALITY DRAMA FRUSTRATES ME NO END (AND DON’T GET ME STARTED ON THE US STUFF) by Elke Weissmann
I am currently suffering from a massive dilemma. The last episode of Undercover (BBC, 2016) is...
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RESTRICT THE AIRWAVES, CUT THE INTERNET: OR WHY WE NEED THE RETURN OF BROADCASTING by Elke Weissmann
There’s been quite a bit of trending lately on Facebook about saving the BBC. I’ve done my fair...
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WILL WOMEN EVER HAVE THE LAST LAUGH? TRACEY ULLMAN VERSUS VIOLENT CRIME by Elke Weissmann
Sometimes, things coincide to throw a particular interesting light on an issue that needs raising....
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PROBLEMS WITH QUALITY by Elke Weissmann
In 1990, Charlotte Brunsdon wrote an article entitled ‘Problems with Quality’. It examined British...
Read MoreTEACHING TELEVISION: WHERE DO I START? by Elke Weissmann
As the UK moves closer to the end of its annual academic teaching period and we are becoming reflective and perhaps also a bit optimistic about the future, I am struck by one big question: what does it mean to teach television...
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