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‘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
Genders, A. (2022). ‘We shouldn't let great art disappear into BBC Four's cultural ghetto’: The impact of BBC Four on mainstream arts provision. Critical Studies in Television, 17(2), 187-193. https://doi.org/10.1177/17496020221078502

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
Genders, A. (2022). Precarious work and creative placemaking: Freelance labour in Bristol. Cultural Trends, 31(5), 433-447. https://doi.org/10.1080/09548963.2021.2009735

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
Genders, A. (2019). An invisible nation? The BBC and english-language arts television in Wales. Journal of British Cinema and Television, 16(4), 409-428. https://doi.org/10.3366/jbctv.2019.0492

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
Genders, A. (2020). BBC arts programming: a service for citizens or a product for consumers?. Media, Culture and Society, 42(1), 58-74. https://doi.org/10.1177/0163443719842079

© 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?.

Radio as a Screen Medium in BBC Arts Broadcasting (2018)
Journal Article
Genders, A. (2018). Radio as a Screen Medium in BBC Arts Broadcasting. Journal of Radio and Audio Media, 25(1), 142-155. https://doi.org/10.1080/19376529.2017.1415343

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
Noonan, C., & Genders, A. (2018). Breaking the generic mould? Grayson Perry, Channel 4 and the production of British arts television. Critical Studies in Television, 13(1), 79-95. https://doi.org/10.1177/1749602017746355

© 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.