Category: Blogs
KSI vs Logan Paul YouTube boxing match: stars sparring with traditional broadcasters to make millions by Lyndsay Duthie
The amateur boxing match between YouTube stars KSI (UK) and Logan Paul (USA) on August 25 could...
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SOCIAL MEDIA CASTING: THE ULTIMATE DEMOCRATISATION OF TV? by Hayley Sarian, Peri Bradley and Richard Berger
Whether an actor playing a role or a contributor representing themselves, no one simply walks onto...
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A CAREER IN POPULAR FACTUAL TV: AN INTERVIEW WITH TOM EDWARDS (PART TWO) by Christopher Hogg
In the second part of this interview with television producer Tom Edwards, the focus shifts from...
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A CAREER IN POPULAR FACTUAL TV: AN INTERVIEW WITH TOM EDWARDS (PART ONE) by Christopher Hogg
Tom Edwards has worked for over twenty years in the British television industry, specialising in...
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NOSTALGIA FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD by Andrew J. Salvati
“Well, we all need a little love in our lives.” So replied the actor-musician François Clemmons,...
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MAKING JAZZ 1080: TELEVISION PRODUCTION AS PROCESS by Nicolas Pillai
This blog post was originally published by the AHRC. After The Fast Show, how does one present...
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PASTS UNKNOWN by Andrew J. Salvati
Like Proust and his madeleine, the simple act of eating in Anthony Bourdain’s television shows...
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THE HANDMAID’S TALE AND THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE FEMININE WOMAN: (TV’S) ALTERNATIVE HISTORIES by Anita Biressi
I am writing this blog during Season Two of Hulu’s TV production of The Handmaid’s Tale; a drama...
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PROBLEMS OF STYLE IN HIGH-END TELEVISION DRAMA by Max Sexton
This blog sketches out some of the ideas that account for recent TV drama’s formal strategies due...
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ACROPOLIS NOW: COMEDY, CULTURAL POLITICS, AND GREEK-AUSTRALIAN IDENTITY by Nektaria McWilliams
This blog post has first been published on Filmicon. Growing up as a child of first-generation...
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IS THE BRIDGE CHANGING PERCEPTIONS OF MENTAL HEALTH? by Sarah Niblock
I’ve spoken before that I am a HUGE fan of The Bridge and especially the character of Saga Noren. ...
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REARRANGING THE CHAIRS ON THE DECK OF THE TITANIC by Gary R. Edgerton
I’m the king of the world! — James Cameron on accepting the 1998 Best Director Oscar for Titanic...
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