Peirse, A orcid.org/0000-0003-1032-9013 (Cover date: June 2023) The Hidden Work of Women: Commissioning and Development in British Television Drama. Feminist Media Studies, 23 (4). pp. 1460-1474. ISSN 1468-0777
Abstract
The British horror television series Bedlam (2011–2012) was made by RED Productions and created and written by a trio of male screenwriters, David Allison, Neil Jones, and Chris Parker, with RED’s Richard Fee as Script Editor. However, this team was supported through the development process, from initial idea to final broadcast, almost exclusively, by women. Drawing on original interviews with practitioners, this article explores the creative contributions of the women working in commissioning and development roles on Bedlam, including Anne Mensah (Vice President of Content UK, Netflix), Caroline Hollick (Head of Drama, Channel 4), Nicola Shindler (Chief Executive, Quay Street Productions) and Claudia Rosencrantz (former Controller of Entertainment, ITV). This research illuminates the work of women who carry out a hidden labour of commissioning and development almost never recognised beyond the television industry itself.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Television commissioning, script development, production studies, screenwriting studies, horror television, gender |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Media & Communication (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 05 Nov 2021 13:34 |
Last Modified: | 31 Jan 2024 14:58 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Routledge |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/14680777.2022.2027804 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:179945 |
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