Tom May
Biographic Data
| ID | 2846165 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tom May |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tom |
| FAMILY NAME | May |
| SIGNATURE | MAY T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6404-0381 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Black Mirror
At several points in his engaging, if tantalisingly partial, study of Black Mirror (Channel 4, 2011-4; Netflix, 2016-), Greg Singh situates the dystopian anthology’s bleak critique within a lineage
A qualitative exploration of triggers for alcohol use and access to support during the Covid ‐19 pandemic among people identifying as problem drinkers in the United Kingdom
Spaces for criticism
The Play for Today Viewing Group, consisting of academics from the United Kingdom and Ireland who meet virtually multiple times per year to discuss a teleplay, collectively analyse two Play s for Today , The Bevellers (1974) and Not for the Likes of Us (1980). These plays reflect Play for Today 's historical tendency towards a greater inclusion of female workers alongside emergent forms and patterns of work, and from heightened studio realism, sh…
The Agile Co-production and Evaluation framework for developing public health interventions, messaging and guidance
A lesson identified from the COVID-19 pandemic is that we need to extend existing best practice for intervention development. In particular, we need to integrate (a) state-of-the-art methods of rapidly coproducing public health interventions and messaging to support all population groups to protect themselves and their communities with (b) methods of rapidly evaluating co-produced interventions to determine which are acceptable and effective. Thi…
Financial adversity and subsequent health and wellbeing during the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK
Aims: There are concerns that the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, including employment inactivity and job loss, will have consequences for the UK population's health and wellbeing. However, there is limited qualitative research into how financial adversity contributes to poor health outcomes in this context. This study aimed to explore forms of financial adversity experienced during the pandemic and their subsequent impacts for health …
How did UK social distancing restrictions affect the lives of women experiencing intimate partner violence during the Covid-19 pandemic? A qualitative exploration of survivor views
In this study, we explored the views of female survivors of IPV in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our results highlight the importance of combined public awareness campaigns and community intervention points for victims to safely seek help during social distancing restrictions. Having the time and space to reflect on healing after escaping abuse was described by women in our study as a benefit from their lives in lockdown, which is a factor…
Mpox knowledge, behaviours and barriers to public health measures among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in the UK
There are differential needs, preferences, and experiences of GBMSM that limit the acceptability of some mitigation and prevention measures. Future public health interventions and campaigns should be co-designed in consultation with key groups and communities to ensure greater acceptability and credibility in different contexts and communities
‘Treading on sacred turf’
The article examines the three single television plays Licking Hitler, The Imitation Game and Rainy Day Women, which were broadcast in the celebrated BBC drama strand Play for Today between 1978 and 1984. Each play was set within the secret war: at a radio station broadcasting black propaganda to Germany, at Bletchley Park, and at the heart of a secret mission to investigate dark doings in remotest Fenland. Similarly, each play dealt substantiall…
Play for Today
This article presents an original statistical analysis of Play for Today (BBC1, 1970–84). It begins by defining what counts as a Play for Today. It then presents six specific data-sets examining the following: (1) the output of Play for Today in different periods; (2) the duration and scheduling of plays; (3) their originality; (4) the use of film or video; (5) audience viewing figures; and (6) the number of television repeats. It also compares t…
Startling or Seductive? An Analysis of Play for Today’s Title Sequences
Play for Today has been widely regarded as a prestigious vehicle for one-off dramas on topical issues. Based on accounts by producers, composers and graphic designers, this article will provide a historical analysis of the changing image of Play for Today through the close analysis of its seven title sequences. Focusing on how the different sequences invested the strand with a particular identity and prepared audiences for the plays that followed…
Hannah Andrews, Biographical Television Drama
Hannah Andrews' book is an exceptionally well-constructed and discursive account of the connections between ideas including truth, fidelity, biography, reputation and narrative which thoroughly delineates how, through various storytelling modes, television drama has represented real people's lives on screen over the past sixty years.The six core chapters provide a cross-disciplinary overview, exploring how the methods of screenwriters are informe…
The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic and Associated Societal Restrictions on People Experiencing Homelessness (PEH)
People experiencing homelessness (PEH) faced unique challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, including changes to accommodation availability, societal restrictions impacting access to essentials like food, and services moving to online and remote access. This in-depth qualitative research aims to add to the existing, but limited research exploring how the pandemic affected PEH. 33 semi-structured qualitative interviews (22 with PEH during the pan…
A qualitative study exploring the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) and drug service provision in the UK
Whilst our findings emphasize the importance of accessible harm reduction measures attending to changing indices of drug-related harm during this period, there is a need for additional structural supports to ensure pre-existing disparities and harms impacting PWID are not exacerbated further by the conditions of the pandemic. In addition, any sustained policy and service delivery adaptations prompted by COVID-19 will require further attention if …
Understanding changes to perceived socioeconomic and psychosocial adversities during Covid-19 for UK freelance cultural workers
There is a dearth of qualitative research exploring how freelancers working in the cultural industries have been affected during COVID-19. In particular, there is a lack of research exploring how socioeconomic and psychosocial adversities may have changed or evolved, and how these changes have been perceived and subjectively experienced by freelance cultural workers. This study builds on qualitative interviews carried out in July-November 2020 ( …
Poorly paid, but proud to work in teams producing 'quality
This article presents a range of hitherto unheard women's testimonies of their experiences working in the BBC Drama Plays department during the 1970s and 1980s. It incorporates the subjective interview testimony of nine women who all worked on BBC1's prestigious strand of one-off dramas, Play for Today (1970-84) to reveal commonalities and differences in their gendered work experiences. This incorporates topics such as discrimination, pay, workin…
Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the mental health and wellbeing of parents with young children
Employers must be cognisant of the challenges that the pandemic has placed on parents, particularly women and lone parents. Flexible working arrangements and support might therefore relieve stress and increase productivity. Coping strategies identified by parents in this study could be harnessed and encouraged by employers and policymakers to promote positive wellbeing during times of stress throughout the pandemic and beyond
Gambling Harm as a Global Public Health Concern
Background Recent research evidence has suggested that gambling is a public health concern. A number of studies report the association between gambling activity and increased instances of various other harms, including substance misuse and psychological disorders. In parallel to alcohol misuse, it is also becoming clear that gambling related harm is more of a continuum of harm, as opposed to traditionally accepted categorisations of gambling beha…
Stephen Bourne, Playing Gay in the Golden Age of British TV
Not what the doctor ordered
Retracted
Fatal and non-fatal overdose among opiate users in South Wales
Process evaluation of the Bristol girls dance project
ISRCTN52882523 Registered 25th April 2013
Peter New Award
Understanding changes to perceived socioeconomic and psychosocial adversities during Covid-19 for UK freelance cultural workers
There is a dearth of qualitative research exploring how freelancers working in the cultural industries have been affected during COVID-19. In particular, there is a lack of research exploring how socioeconomic and psychosocial adversities may have changed or evolved, and how these changes have been perceived and subjectively experienced by freelance cultural workers. This study builds on qualitative interviews carried out in July-November 2020 ( …
Peter New Award
Process evaluation of the Bristol girls dance project
ISRCTN52882523 Registered 25th April 2013
Retracted
Fatal and non-fatal overdose among opiate users in South Wales
Gambling Harm as a Global Public Health Concern
Background Recent research evidence has suggested that gambling is a public health concern. A number of studies report the association between gambling activity and increased instances of various other harms, including substance misuse and psychological disorders. In parallel to alcohol misuse, it is also becoming clear that gambling related harm is more of a continuum of harm, as opposed to traditionally accepted categorisations of gambling beha…
Stephen Bourne, Playing Gay in the Golden Age of British TV
Not what the doctor ordered
Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the mental health and wellbeing of parents with young children
Employers must be cognisant of the challenges that the pandemic has placed on parents, particularly women and lone parents. Flexible working arrangements and support might therefore relieve stress and increase productivity. Coping strategies identified by parents in this study could be harnessed and encouraged by employers and policymakers to promote positive wellbeing during times of stress throughout the pandemic and beyond
‘Treading on sacred turf’
The article examines the three single television plays Licking Hitler, The Imitation Game and Rainy Day Women, which were broadcast in the celebrated BBC drama strand Play for Today between 1978 and 1984. Each play was set within the secret war: at a radio station broadcasting black propaganda to Germany, at Bletchley Park, and at the heart of a secret mission to investigate dark doings in remotest Fenland. Similarly, each play dealt substantiall…
Play for Today
This article presents an original statistical analysis of Play for Today (BBC1, 1970–84). It begins by defining what counts as a Play for Today. It then presents six specific data-sets examining the following: (1) the output of Play for Today in different periods; (2) the duration and scheduling of plays; (3) their originality; (4) the use of film or video; (5) audience viewing figures; and (6) the number of television repeats. It also compares t…
Startling or Seductive? An Analysis of Play for Today’s Title Sequences
Play for Today has been widely regarded as a prestigious vehicle for one-off dramas on topical issues. Based on accounts by producers, composers and graphic designers, this article will provide a historical analysis of the changing image of Play for Today through the close analysis of its seven title sequences. Focusing on how the different sequences invested the strand with a particular identity and prepared audiences for the plays that followed…
Hannah Andrews, Biographical Television Drama
Hannah Andrews' book is an exceptionally well-constructed and discursive account of the connections between ideas including truth, fidelity, biography, reputation and narrative which thoroughly delineates how, through various storytelling modes, television drama has represented real people's lives on screen over the past sixty years.The six core chapters provide a cross-disciplinary overview, exploring how the methods of screenwriters are informe…
The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic and Associated Societal Restrictions on People Experiencing Homelessness (PEH)
People experiencing homelessness (PEH) faced unique challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, including changes to accommodation availability, societal restrictions impacting access to essentials like food, and services moving to online and remote access. This in-depth qualitative research aims to add to the existing, but limited research exploring how the pandemic affected PEH. 33 semi-structured qualitative interviews (22 with PEH during the pan…
A qualitative study exploring the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) and drug service provision in the UK
Whilst our findings emphasize the importance of accessible harm reduction measures attending to changing indices of drug-related harm during this period, there is a need for additional structural supports to ensure pre-existing disparities and harms impacting PWID are not exacerbated further by the conditions of the pandemic. In addition, any sustained policy and service delivery adaptations prompted by COVID-19 will require further attention if …
Understanding changes to perceived socioeconomic and psychosocial adversities during Covid-19 for UK freelance cultural workers
There is a dearth of qualitative research exploring how freelancers working in the cultural industries have been affected during COVID-19. In particular, there is a lack of research exploring how socioeconomic and psychosocial adversities may have changed or evolved, and how these changes have been perceived and subjectively experienced by freelance cultural workers. This study builds on qualitative interviews carried out in July-November 2020 ( …
Poorly paid, but proud to work in teams producing 'quality
This article presents a range of hitherto unheard women's testimonies of their experiences working in the BBC Drama Plays department during the 1970s and 1980s. It incorporates the subjective interview testimony of nine women who all worked on BBC1's prestigious strand of one-off dramas, Play for Today (1970-84) to reveal commonalities and differences in their gendered work experiences. This incorporates topics such as discrimination, pay, workin…
The Agile Co-production and Evaluation framework for developing public health interventions, messaging and guidance
A lesson identified from the COVID-19 pandemic is that we need to extend existing best practice for intervention development. In particular, we need to integrate (a) state-of-the-art methods of rapidly coproducing public health interventions and messaging to support all population groups to protect themselves and their communities with (b) methods of rapidly evaluating co-produced interventions to determine which are acceptable and effective. Thi…
Financial adversity and subsequent health and wellbeing during the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK
Aims: There are concerns that the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, including employment inactivity and job loss, will have consequences for the UK population's health and wellbeing. However, there is limited qualitative research into how financial adversity contributes to poor health outcomes in this context. This study aimed to explore forms of financial adversity experienced during the pandemic and their subsequent impacts for health …
How did UK social distancing restrictions affect the lives of women experiencing intimate partner violence during the Covid-19 pandemic? A qualitative exploration of survivor views
In this study, we explored the views of female survivors of IPV in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our results highlight the importance of combined public awareness campaigns and community intervention points for victims to safely seek help during social distancing restrictions. Having the time and space to reflect on healing after escaping abuse was described by women in our study as a benefit from their lives in lockdown, which is a factor…
Mpox knowledge, behaviours and barriers to public health measures among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in the UK
There are differential needs, preferences, and experiences of GBMSM that limit the acceptability of some mitigation and prevention measures. Future public health interventions and campaigns should be co-designed in consultation with key groups and communities to ensure greater acceptability and credibility in different contexts and communities
A qualitative exploration of triggers for alcohol use and access to support during the Covid ‐19 pandemic among people identifying as problem drinkers in the United Kingdom
Spaces for criticism
The Play for Today Viewing Group, consisting of academics from the United Kingdom and Ireland who meet virtually multiple times per year to discuss a teleplay, collectively analyse two Play s for Today , The Bevellers (1974) and Not for the Likes of Us (1980). These plays reflect Play for Today 's historical tendency towards a greater inclusion of female workers alongside emergent forms and patterns of work, and from heightened studio realism, sh…
Black Mirror
At several points in his engaging, if tantalisingly partial, study of Black Mirror (Channel 4, 2011-4; Netflix, 2016-), Greg Singh situates the dystopian anthology’s bleak critique within a lineage
Sociology (17 works) · Medicine (14 works) · Psychology (11 works) · Qualitative research (10 works) · Psychiatry (8 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Art (6 works) · Pandemic (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Business (5 works)