The older I get, and the more societies, cultures and (increasingly-authoritarian) governments I encounter, the more I think about Blakes 7 (BBC, 1978-1981). There is no actual apostrophe in the title, implying, perhaps, the German possessive rather than the English and tying the oppressive, totalitarian dystopia seen in the series back to the Nazis, a common point of reference in the works of Terry Nation.[1] For those unfamiliar with

TW/CW: Discussions of sexual assault, rape Poldark has been a part of my life – personal and academic – for over four decades.

2023 marks the 65th anniversary of Carry On Sergeant (Peter Rogers, 1958), the first instalment of the Carry On film franchise (1958-1978; 1992). Between 1958 and 1978 the series was a mainstay of British box offices, and remains among the most prolific British film series.

Media Frictions International symposium 2-3 May 2024 Venue: Grand Hotel & Gamla Rådhuset, Jönköping, Sweden Organisers: Professor Annette Hill, Hario Priambodho, Deniz Duru The dynamics of friction matter, for storytelling, for digital and global connections, and for media and social inequalities.

Call for Abstracts/Proposals for Essays for an Edited Collection SCREEN STORYTELLERS: The Works of Jon Favreau Edited by Guy Nicolucci This edited volume on the works of Jon Favreau will be the fourth book in a new series to be published by Bloomsbury Academic.

Sun, sea and only moderate engagement with omnipresent social problems other than those which can be resolved in a 42-minute action-adventure/comedy-drama/pseudo-private-investigation series – if that seems familiar then you may have seen promos and/or the occasional episode of Almost Paradise (WGN/ABS-CBN 2020; Amazon Freevee/ABS-CBN 2023), a US-Philippines co-production with a complicated production history.

‘Television is not dead’ was one of the opening statements of John T. Caldwell at the biennial ECREA Television Section conference Redefining Televisuality: Programmes, Practices, Methods . The conference took place from the 25th to the 27th October 2023 at the Film University Babelsberg in Germany. Experts from all over the world traveled to Babelsberg to discuss the overall topic of change in television.

Online conference organized by Justine Breton (Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, CRIMEL), Claire Cornillon (Université de Nîmes, RIRRA 21) and Florent Favard (Université de Lorraine, Crem). As a short-form comedy that draws on situational humor without being a sitcom, a fantasy series that hijacks the codes of science fiction to raise a number of philosophical and ethical questions, The Good Place is an original item within the

This symposium is organised by: Christa van Raalte, Associate Professor of Film and Television, Bournemouth University; Melanie Gray, Dean of the School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Roehampton University; – Parisa Gilani, Principal Academic in Leadership, Bournemouth University; Melissa Carr, Lecturer in International Human Resource Management, Henley Business School, University of Reading.

Two weeks into my MA, I attended a conference.

Nineties comedy/crime drama Due South (multiple international production partners, 1994-1998;