All Outputs (8)

Building and sustaining freelance careers in a small nation: The case of Cardiff’s film and television industries (2024)
Journal Article

Often characterised as an occupational group of highly skilled, responsive, resilient and creative individuals, freelancers make a vital contribution to the strength and sustainability of film and television production. Freelancers are both intrinsic... Read More about Building and sustaining freelance careers in a small nation: The case of Cardiff’s film and television industries.

‘We shouldn't let great art disappear into BBC Four's cultural ghetto’: The impact of BBC Four on mainstream arts provision (2022)
Journal Article

Although BBC Four has been lauded for its dedication to more esoteric content and artforms, since the channel was introduced there has concern for the range and depth of arts content on the BBC’s terrestrial services – BBC One and BBC Two. As journal... Read More about ‘We shouldn't let great art disappear into BBC Four's cultural ghetto’: The impact of BBC Four on mainstream arts provision.

Precarious work and creative placemaking: Freelance labour in Bristol (2021)
Journal Article

As an occupational group characterized by their responsiveness, resilience and innovation, freelancers make a vital contribution to the UK’s creative economy. However, although there has been a general acknowledgement of their importance, a number of... Read More about Precarious work and creative placemaking: Freelance labour in Bristol.

An invisible nation? The BBC and english-language arts television in Wales (2019)
Journal Article

The history of the BBC’s regional programming is one of perennial tension between representing and reflecting the diversity of the UK’s nations and regions, and what is often perceived as an unrelenting ‘metropolitan centricity’. Through charting the... Read More about An invisible nation? The BBC and english-language arts television in Wales.

BBC arts programming: a service for citizens or a product for consumers? (2019)
Journal Article

© The Author(s) 2019. The British Broadcasting Corporation occupies what is often considered to be a unique position within UK culture as both a respected national institution that is a pillar of enlightenment values and, increasingly, an agile, entr... Read More about BBC arts programming: a service for citizens or a product for consumers?.

An invisible army: The role of freelance labour in Bristol’s film and television industries (2019)
Report

The purpose of this report is to complement current statistical data on freelance labour by providing a detailed, qualitative portrait of how freelancers negotiate precarious careers within specific regional contexts. It is based on a one-year resear... Read More about An invisible army: The role of freelance labour in Bristol’s film and television industries.

Radio as a Screen Medium in BBC Arts Broadcasting (2018)
Journal Article

Today more than half of all radio listening in the UK is occurring through digital platforms. Within this context the BBC’s current arts proposition provides a valuable insight into how public service broadcasters are adapting and responding to this... Read More about Radio as a Screen Medium in BBC Arts Broadcasting.

Breaking the generic mould? Grayson Perry, Channel 4 and the production of British arts television (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018, © The Author(s) 2018. This article examines Channel 4’s critically acclaimed series, Grayson Perry: Who Are You? (2014). Using interviews with those involved in making the series and textual analysis, we argue that the elements that contribut... Read More about Breaking the generic mould? Grayson Perry, Channel 4 and the production of British arts television.