Producing British Television Drama Local Production in a Global Era
This book presents a compelling case for a paradigmatic shift in the analysis of television drama production that recentres questions of power, control and sustainability. Television drama production has become an increasingly lucrative global export busi
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Ruth McElroy Caitriona Noonan
Producing British Television Drama
Ruth McElroy · Caitriona Noonan
Producing British Television Drama Local Production in a Global Era
Ruth McElroy Creative Industries University of South Wales Cardiff, UK
Caitriona Noonan School of Journalism, Media and Culture Cardiff University Cardiff, UK
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Acknowledgements
This book is very much born from conversations with colleagues in The Centre for the Study of Media and Culture in Small Nations. They have supported this research by providing a productive space to discuss the challenges facing media in small nations. We wish to thank Emeritus Professor Steve Blandford who initially led the research team examining the BBC’s Roath Lock Drama Studios and we are grateful to the Creative Industries Research Institute at the University of South Wales for funding that project. We are grateful to the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council for funding our international research network, ‘Television in Small Nations’ (AH/M011348/1), and latterly an Early Career Research grant for ‘Screen Agencies as Cultural Intermediaries: Negotiating and Shaping Cultural Policy for the Film and TV Industries within Selected Small Nations’ (AH/ R005591/1). More information about both projects can be found at www.
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