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Film and TV

Two More Things…Two videoessays on Columbo

posted by Helena Heald November 26, 20216 min read94 Views

by David Martin-Jones In a previous post, David Martin-Jones, author of Columbo: Paying Attention 24/7, explored the recent and enduring…

Film and TV

Marvel’s Scarlet Witch: From Page to Screen

posted by Helena Heald May 20, 20219 min read158 Views

by Miriam Kent Wanda Maximoff, known as the Scarlet Witch, is one of Marvel’s most enduring characters. Her history has…

British History

Culture Wars, Talking Pictures and the Telegraph: Part Two

posted by Teri Williams September 24, 20207 min read309 Views

By Julian Petley and Andrew Roberts Catch up with Part One of Culture Wars, Talking Pictures and the Telegraph For…

Cultural Studies

Detective storyworlds: why do you keep watching?

posted by Teri Williams March 25, 20206 min read477 Views

By Antoine Dechêne A few months ago, my wife and I were having one of our numerous chats about the…

Diversity in British Cinema
Cultural Studies

Diversity in British Film and Television

posted by Teri Williams January 27, 20203 min read566 Views

The controversy over ‘all-white’ 2020 BAFTAs once again shows the importance of understanding that issues of diversity are at the…

British History

Doing History in the Age of Downton Abbey

posted by Teri Williams February 8, 20195 min read1371 Views

Julie Anne Taddeo As the most watched period drama in television history, Downton Abbey has met with popular success but…

Atlantic Literature

6 Books for TV Lovers

posted by Carla Hepburn December 14, 20176 min read2724 Views

By Jennifer J. Smith It is a truth universally acknowledged that there is so much great television. From limited streaming…

Film and TV

American television and off-screen registers: a corpus-based comparison

posted by Teri Williams August 17, 20174 min read1821 Views

In this post, Tony Berber Sardinha and Marcia Veirano Pinto detail their corpus based research on American television and off-screen…

Cultural Studies

Five Unmissable Performances from Penny Dreadful

posted by Ruth at EUP Journals March 14, 20166 min read3059 Views

By Benjamin Poore For the uninitiated, Penny Dreadful is a genre-busting neo-Victorian fantasy horror show, set in the 1890s, in…

Cultural Studies

John Cura: Pioneer of the Television Archive

posted by Ruth at EUP Journals February 17, 20165 min read2105 Views

By Richard Wallace The work of John Cura is a fascinating side-note in the history of British television. Between 1947…

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