29th January 2010 - There's No Such Thing as Society? Broadcasting, the NHS and the public
A one day symposium at Bournemouth University
Friday 29th January 2010 (preceded by a screening on the evening of Thursday 28th January)
The aim of this 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 leading programme makers and executives who were themselves part of 1980s broadcasting.
Speakers include:
Jonathan Powell
Professor of Media Production at Royal, Holloway, University of London
Head of Drama at BBC TV from 1985-1988: Controller BBC1 1988-1992
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 (supported by AHRC award No: AH/E008682/1) at Bournemouth Media School and University of the West of England: Hugh Chignell, Georgia Eglezou, Emma Wray, Sherryl Wilson, Patricia Holland
If you would like more informtion or to reseserve a place, please contact
Patricia Holland This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Friday 29th January 2010 (preceded by a screening on the evening of Thursday 28th January)
The aim of this 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 leading programme makers and executives who were themselves part of 1980s broadcasting.
Speakers include:
Jonathan Powell
Professor of Media Production at Royal, Holloway, University of London
Head of Drama at BBC TV from 1985-1988: Controller BBC1 1988-1992
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 (supported by AHRC award No: AH/E008682/1) at Bournemouth Media School and University of the West of England: Hugh Chignell, Georgia Eglezou, Emma Wray, Sherryl Wilson, Patricia Holland
If you would like more informtion or to reseserve a place, please contact
Patricia Holland This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
