Category: Children’s TV
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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STEAM ENGINES, SPIDERS AND STINGRAYS: SOME OBSERVATIONS ON YOUNG CHILDREN’S TV VIEWING by Máire Messenger Davies
I started my career studying and writing about television and children by watching my own children...
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Call for Chapters: Children and Popular Culture (Deadline: December 1, 2017)
CFP: Global Studies of Childhood Special Issue: Children and Popular Culture Guest Editor: Patrick...
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BFI Media Conference 2017, 29-30 June, BFI Southbank, London, UK
The BFI Media Conference is a unique event for teachers of film and media at 16+ and in HE,...
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BEYOND THE MAGIC ROUNDABOUT: EUROPEAN CHILDREN’S TV IN BRITAIN by Jonathan Bignell
I blogged last year for CSTonline about how shared conceptions of childhood facilitated links...
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AN ANIMATED DISCUSSION OF CANONICITY by Richard Hewett
Canon: A collection or list of sacred books accepted as genuine: ‘the biblical canon’; The works...
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OBJECT TROUVE: PLAY AWAY, ORDINARY CHILDREN’S TELEVISION AND PERSONAL MEMORIES by Billy Smart
There’s a general rule of thumb about the BBC Archives recognised by fans of old television – that...
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FAMILIAR ALIENS: TELETUBBIES RETURNS by Jonathan Bignell
The British pre-school children’s television programme Teletubbies was made by Ragdoll Productions...
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