The history of television culture and production
The UK’s largest immersive storytelling project StoryTrails is beginning its tour of the UK in 15 locations, starting in Omagh on 1-2 July 2022. Drawing on television archival material from the BBC, the BFI and regional collections, the project involves Read More …
CALL FOR PAPERS CHANNEL 4 THEN AND NOW 23-24th September 2022 Channel 4’s first programmes were broadcast on 2 November 1982, 40 years ago. Royal Holloway University of London’s School of Performance and Digital Arts, and Centre for the History Read More …
Fifty of the next generation of UK creative talent have been recruited by StoryFutures Academy to help develop and deliver StoryTrails, a unique immersive storytelling experience for audiences in 15 town and cities across the UK as part of UNBOXED, Read More …
J P Kelly has recently published an important article in Television and New Media entitled: ”This Title Is No Longer Available”: Preserving Television in the Streaming Age (https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1527476420928480). This article examines several recent changes in the technological composition and market Read More …
In 2015 I edited a book called Adventures in the Lives of Others, a collection of gripping and intimate accounts of problem-solving and decision-making at the cutting edge of documentaries and factual television. An extraordinary line-up of contributors took part, Read More …
Professor of Creative and Digital Economy, Andrew Chitty, is the latest appointment to join Royal Holloway’s Television Research Centre. Professor Chitty commenced his new role in the department of Media Arts as the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s (AHRC) first ever Read More …