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.

Contemporary film and TV in the UK appear to offer at least three interrelated problems for the lower socio-economic classes. There is imbalance, exploitation, and precarity in the industry; perennial problems around representation; and the inculcation of neoliberal ideology antithetical to social justice and equality.

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.

Call for articles – ViewFinder Issue 120: Arena LearningOnScreen’s ViewFinder Issue 120 is now open for submission from academics, researchers, doctoral students and video essayists. In this issue we will be exploring the landmark BBC arts and culture series Arena.