Some of you may have seen the announcement of an issue of Open Philosophy (2022; 5:1) which is devoted to a ‘Topical issue: Ethics and Politics of TV Series’ or, as the editorial explains, ‘Taking TV Series Seriously’. The editorial, which is somewhat breath-taking, can be found here.

On a Good Day… there’s a knock at the door and it’s the postal operative with a ‘Do Not Bend’ envelope that they don’t want to bend and you open it up and inside you see this… Fig 1: Adam Adamant Lives! (2|entertain: 2006) … and you are so relieved because you were so worried about what 2|entertain were going to do to the viewing notes you’d written for their DVD release of Adam Adamant Lives! (1966-1967). The series – a

Oh jings, is it that time again? Already? For the semi-regular look into the lives, laughs and lunacy of my lot? Yes, it is. So, what do you need to know? Well, MDBJ got a new rug for the living room. The children, quoth she, are to be banned from going near it, looking at it, thinking about it in general and that is that! They will destroy it inadvertently and my life will be ruined again. No, don’t mention the couch!

We are seeking proposals for an edited collection tentatively titled Television Comedy & Cultural Crisis. Chapters should focus on a specific television series, and address how that series engages with the discourse of a particular cultural crisis through comedy.

Autumn 2022 marks the centenary of the BBC. From almost the very start, women worked in many capacities including behind the scenes, making programmes and speaking on air. This conference will explore how women across the world were ‘addressing the nation’ and other political and social communities. Not just as broadcasters but also, for example, as activists, actors, journalists, writers, cartoonists, orators, storytellers and public figures.

University of Amsterdam, Thursday 30th June – Friday 1st July 2022 Keynote Speakers: Dr Benjamin Stevens (Trinity University) and Dr Rutger Allan (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) Organisers: Caterina Fossi MA (University of Amsterdam), Dr Merlijn Breunesse (University of Amsterdam), and Koen Vacano MA (University of Amsterdam)

Organised by the ECREA Media Industries and Cultural Production Section Streaming media content, live or recorded, has experienced exponential growth during the COVID19 pandemic. Streaming, understood as the digital transmission and reception of files over the Internet, refers to text, audio and video content.

Queering the quotidian – Queer phenomenological approaches to ‘lowbrow’ entertainment Issue 20, Summer 2022 Co-Editors-in-Chief: Philippa Orme & Isaac Pletcher Book Review Editor: Wesley Kirkpatrick The body is fundamental to explorations of queer identity. Queer bodies sense, relate and respond to the world differently;

I am keenly anticipating the simultaneous launch (in April) of three edited collections I have been working on with fellow editors Sarah Cardwell and Lucy Fife Donaldson. The books are part of a new sub-series from MUP, collectively titled ‘Moments in Television’. They derive from the parent ‘Television Series’ books about TV drama creators, a series that has been running for nearly 20 years.

Partly due to an excess of clutter and partly due to the onset of old age, I’ve recently decided to tidy up my study.  Over the years I’ve been an obsessive collector and haven’t been able to bring myself to throw stuff away.

Australians are facing a federal election soon. But first, some translations for international readers. ‘Daggy’ and ‘Pollies’ are Australianisms. “Pollie” is short for ‘Politician’. “Daggy” means uncool or unfashionable. Also short for ‘Politician’. Elections are equal parts fruitful and terrible for the television. They are fruitful because of the advertising – gloriously bad, but gloriously huge ad-spend.