"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)
