Regardless as to whether you have seen it, you probably have some awareness of Baby Reindeer , the autobiographical miniseries from Richard Gadd, which was released on Netflix in April 2024. The seven-part drama thriller recounts a stalking experience that Gadd suffered during his twenties while he was attempting to embark on a career as a stand-up comedian.

‘Mother, Mother Ocean/After all the years I’ve found My occupational hazard/Being my occupation’s just not around’                                     ‘A Pirate Looks at 40,’ Jimmy Buffet

The Witcher has had a lasting impression on fantasy across many media forms, first in Andrzej Sapkowski’s novels and, more recently, its many adaptations. Such adaptations have resulted in “extensive, self-contained fictional spaces” (Jański, 2018, p.119) which allows for a variety of characters, environments, and societies to be depicted from the perspective of the outsider.

Dear all, On July 4, 5 and 6, Taylor Swift will perform in Amsterdam, consequent to the Celebrity Studies Conference in Amsterdam (1 – 3 July 2024). The combination of these events offers a unique opportunity to gather, celebrate, and critique the multifaceted persona(e) of an increasingly iconic performer and songwriter.

Television careers offer many potential benefits: opportunities for creative expression, a sense of making a difference in the world, flexibility and autonomy – but often at a price.

While improvised or unscripted television has been a feature of media industries for decades, most such series are either comedy or reality television. Suspects (Channel 5, 2014-2016), on the other hand, was an unscripted crime drama featuring improvised dialogue. For those unfamiliar with the series, Suspects follows a group of officers from an unspecified London CID.

The mid-1990s were an unusual time to grow up in the US (at least I thought so). The success of The X-Files (Fox 1993-2003; 2016-2018) had led to an explicit spinoff ( Millennium, Fox 1996-1999) as well as a glut of similar conspiracy and alien-related series.

So, this morning, the day has already got off to a good start with the unprompted arrival of what I like to think of as a ‘Nice one!’ e-mail. They don’t have to be long.  They don’t have to be complicated.  And – indeed – they were a thing taught to me in the technology field before we even had e-mails.  I have no idea what I liked to think of them as back then.

(Note: this blog is a version of a paper given at the Classical Association Annual Conference on 23 March, 2024).   British television series par excellence Doctor Who (1963-present) has been the subject of a wide variety of academic works.

Call for Papers: ‘A word, after a word, after a word is power’: The Hulu Adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale (2017-2024): A one-day multidisciplinary symposium. Friday, September 13, 2024 University of Northumbria at Newcastle We are inviting proposals for 20-minute conference papers on the Hulu Adaptation of The Handmaid’s Tale , Margaret Atwood’s famous 1985 dystopia.

This blog first appeared on the Women’s Film and Television History Network – UK/Ireland website on 22 March 2024.   This week, the nominations for the British Academy Television Awards will be announced. There will be nominations for a range of TV craft roles, including directors, cinematographers, sound recordists and editors, as well as production design, hair and make-up, and costume;