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[ecrea] "There's no such thing as society"? 29 January at Bournemouth

Thu Dec 10 22:26:02 GMT 2009



"There's No Such Thing as Society"?
Broadcasting, the NHS and 'the public'

A one day symposium at Bournemouth University

Friday 29 January 2010

preceded by screening on evening of  Thursday 28th


The aim of the Symposium is to explore the challenges to the concept of 'public service' by Margaret Thatcher's Conservative Governments in the 1980s, specifically in relation to broadcasting and the National Health Service. The Symposium will consider the ways in which changes in policy were reflected by the broadcast media across the genres, and the ways in which a political project became part of the public discourse and popular culture.

The Symposium will showcase research carried out at Bournemouth University and the University of the West of England, and it will also be an important opportunity to hear
from programmes makers and executives who were themselves part of 1980s
broadcasting.

Confirmed speakers include:

Jonathan Powell
Head of Drama at BBC TV from 1985-1988:  Controller BBC1 1988-1992
Professor of Media Production at Royal, Holloway, University of London

Kevin Marsh  Editor BBC College of Journalism
BBC news editor in the 1980s. Editor of Radio 4 Today Programme  to 2006
Visiting Fellow at Bournemouth Media School

Stephen Iliffe
Professor of primary care for older people. UCL School of Life and Medical Sciences
A GP and commentator in the 1980s

Ray Fitzwalter
Editor of World in Action in the 1980s then Head of Current Affairs at Granada Television
author of The Dream that Died: the Rise and Fall of ITV

Tony Stoller
Chief Executive of the Radio Authority 1995-2003
Visiting Fellow in Bournemouth Media School's Centre for Broadcasting History Research

Tom O'Malley
Professor of Media Studies, Aberystwyth University
Co-editor of  The Peacock Committee and UK Broadcasting Policy 2009
Co-editor of the journal Media History (Routledge)

Yvette Vanson
Television Director and Producer
Producer of Kentucky Fried Medicine 1988: Stitching up the NHS 1989

Nick Gray
Television Producer/Director, Jimmy's and First Tuesday
Deviser/Producer of Jimmy's 1987-1997.

Heather Sutherland
University of Reading


and from the 'No such thing as society?" research project
at Bournemouth Media School and University of the West of England:

Hugh Chignell
Georgia Eglezou
Emma Wray
Sherryl Wilson
Patricia Holland

Research supported by AHRC award No:  AH/E008682/1

If you would like more informtion or to reseserve a place, please contact
Patricia Holland
(p.holland76 /at/ googlemail.com)

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