All Outputs (8)

Combined blogs (2022)
Working Paper
Spicer, A. Combined blogs

These four blogs/working papers constitute one of the outputs from a research project that explores the ways in which Channel 4's relocation out of London in 2017-18 constitues a significant event for the brodcaster - the 'largest shake-up in its his... Read More about Combined blogs.

‘4 All the UK’: The policies and politics of relocation (2022)
Journal Article
Spicer, A. (2022). ‘4 All the UK’: The policies and politics of relocation. Viewfinder, 121,

This article discusses the cultural, social and political reasons why Channel 4 moved out of London in 2017-18 and the context of the move with the threat of privatisation by the government. It places Channel 4's relocation as part of a much longer h... Read More about ‘4 All the UK’: The policies and politics of relocation.

Channel 4 at 40: The TV revolution (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Spicer, A. (2022, December). Channel 4 at 40: The TV revolution. Presented at Channel 4 at 40: The TV Revolution in Bristol, Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol

This is the full text of my opening introduction to a public-facing event at the Arnolfini Gallery on 3 December 2022 entitled 'Channel 4 at 40: The TV Revoution in Bristol'. In this overview I provide the social, political, cultural and historical... Read More about Channel 4 at 40: The TV revolution.

Exploring stardom: Sean Connery (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Spicer, A. (2022, September). Exploring stardom: Sean Connery

Sean Connery was one of a select few stars who have become an instantly recognisable cultural icon whose image and distinctive voice have penetrated deeply into global popular culture and public consciousness. Best known as the screen’s ‘first’ Ja... Read More about Exploring stardom: Sean Connery.

Sean Connery: Beyond Bond (2022)
Exhibition / Performance
Spicer, A. Sean Connery: Beyond Bond. [Word document with embedded podcast]. Performed at Bristol. 25 August 2022 - 25 August 2022. (Unpublished)

This is the background text to my podcast for Watershed Cultural Cinema, September 2022, that accompanied the launch of my book - Sean Connery: Acting, Stardom and National Identity at Watershed on 4 September 2022. It also contains my brief introduc... Read More about Sean Connery: Beyond Bond.

Sean Connery: Acting, Stardom and National Identity (2022)
Book
Spicer, A. (2022). Sean Connery: Acting, Stardom and National Identity. Manchester: Manchester University Press

This study provides an authoritative and comprehensive account of the career of one of one modern cinema’s most distinctive stars, an instantly recognisable cultural icon whose image and distinctive voice have penetrated deeply into global popular cu... Read More about Sean Connery: Acting, Stardom and National Identity.

GO WEST! 2 Bristol's Film and Television Industries (2022)
Report
Spicer, A., Presence, S., & Frymus, A. (2022). GO WEST! 2 Bristol's Film and Television Industries. Bristol: UWE Bristol

This report updates and substantially extends the 2017 report, Go West! Bristol's Film and Television Industries. It revises all the statistical information, including the number of companies. The report analyses the major changes that have occurred... Read More about GO WEST! 2 Bristol's Film and Television Industries.

Bond and stardom (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Spicer, A. (2022, March). Bond and stardom. Presented at Cinematic Bond at 60: National and International Perspectives

Bond has become a modern and enduring folk hero and cultural icon, which has profound implications for the six actors who have played the role. In examining this, somewhat neglected, facet of that phenomenon – Bond and stardom – I argue that playing... Read More about Bond and stardom.