Jamie Medhurst
Biographic Data
| ID | 3047312 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jamie Medhurst |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jamie |
| FAMILY NAME | Medhurst |
| SIGNATURE | MEDHURST J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Aberystwyth University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9627-2446 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Battle for the Nation's Rights’? Past, Present and Future Public Service Media in Wales
As in other UK nations, public service broadcasting (PSB) is facing an uncertain future in Wales as a result of threats to funding from government and competition from streaming services and other content providers. Partly because of this, calls for the devolution of broadcasting powers have intensified over the past couple of years to the point where it is now an aim of the Welsh government to see such powers being transferred to Cardiff from We…
Nation shall speak peace unto nation'? The BBC and the nations
This article will take an historical view on the BBC's relationship with the nations, beginning with a discussion of the pre-television era, and then considering how the Corporation introduced television to the 'national regions' in the post-war period before focussing on Wales as a case study, ending with the establishment of the Welsh Fourth Channel, S4C. The aim is to underline the often complex historical relationship between the BBC as a UK-…
British Radio Drama, 1945–63, Hugh Chignell (2020)
Review of: British Radio Drama, 1945–63 , Hugh Chignell (2020) London: Bloomsbury, 200 pp., ISBN 978-1-50132-969-2, h/bk, £86.40
Alice Liddell as the Beggar Maid, seen
The photograph Alice Liddell as the Beggar Maid (1858) is at once ubiquitous and uncritiqued: it can be found in museums and archives across the UK and North America and has been digitally reproduced across the internet, and yet the longest critical examination of it is Simon Winchester’s largely biographical study, The Alice Behind Wonderland (2011). This article turns to deconstructive close reading in order to address the seeing and not seeing…
Mea Maxima Culpa
There is no doubting the influence and impact of (Lord) John Reith on the shape of British broadcasting, both radio and television. As one cultural historian argues: ‘he occupies an important place in the social and cultural history of twentieth-century Britain.’ The most commonly-accepted view in television histories is that John Reith disliked television, would have nothing to do with the medium, viewed those involved with establishing and runn…
Lewis Carroll
This book is the first sustained engagement with Lewis Carroll’s interest in photography, despite 160 years having passed since he began taking, collecting and commissioning photographs. It represe
Representing and Repetition
Victor Gollancz's book, In Darkest Germany (1947), is compiled from letters written and photographs taken during his six‐week visit to the British Zone of Occupation in 1946, and provides a counter to the official British political narrative about the occupation of Germany. This article examines Gollancz's text in the light of more recent theories of photography and of childhood as constructions in order to address his claim that photography is a…
The vision of a nation
Gavin Schaffer, professor of British History at the University of Birmingham, is a social and cultural historian specialising in the history of race and immigration. In this book, he combined this
Broadcasting and the NHS in the Thatcherite 1980s
Minorities with a Message
This article explores the significance of the report of the Beveridge Committee on Broadcasting (1949–1951)—which was charged with considering all aspects of post-war broadcasting in Britain at a time of political, social, economic and cultural change—in relation to Wales. It argues that the interaction between the committee and the Welsh political and cultural and groups that submitted evidence to the committee allows for an insight into the cul…
Wales Television—Mammon's Television’? ITV in Wales in the 1960s [1]
Medhurst, Jamie, 'Wales Television - Mammon's Television? ITV in Wales in the 1960's', Media History (2004) 10(2) pp.119-131 RAE2008
Mea Maxima Culpa
There is no doubting the influence and impact of (Lord) John Reith on the shape of British broadcasting, both radio and television. As one cultural historian argues: ‘he occupies an important place in the social and cultural history of twentieth-century Britain.’ The most commonly-accepted view in television histories is that John Reith disliked television, would have nothing to do with the medium, viewed those involved with establishing and runn…
The vision of a nation
Gavin Schaffer, professor of British History at the University of Birmingham, is a social and cultural historian specialising in the history of race and immigration. In this book, he combined this
Minorities with a Message
This article explores the significance of the report of the Beveridge Committee on Broadcasting (1949–1951)—which was charged with considering all aspects of post-war broadcasting in Britain at a time of political, social, economic and cultural change—in relation to Wales. It argues that the interaction between the committee and the Welsh political and cultural and groups that submitted evidence to the committee allows for an insight into the cul…
Wales Television—Mammon's Television’? ITV in Wales in the 1960s [1]
Medhurst, Jamie, 'Wales Television - Mammon's Television? ITV in Wales in the 1960's', Media History (2004) 10(2) pp.119-131 RAE2008
Minorities with a Message
This article explores the significance of the report of the Beveridge Committee on Broadcasting (1949–1951)—which was charged with considering all aspects of post-war broadcasting in Britain at a time of political, social, economic and cultural change—in relation to Wales. It argues that the interaction between the committee and the Welsh political and cultural and groups that submitted evidence to the committee allows for an insight into the cul…
Broadcasting and the NHS in the Thatcherite 1980s
The vision of a nation
Gavin Schaffer, professor of British History at the University of Birmingham, is a social and cultural historian specialising in the history of race and immigration. In this book, he combined this
Lewis Carroll
This book is the first sustained engagement with Lewis Carroll’s interest in photography, despite 160 years having passed since he began taking, collecting and commissioning photographs. It represe
Representing and Repetition
Victor Gollancz's book, In Darkest Germany (1947), is compiled from letters written and photographs taken during his six‐week visit to the British Zone of Occupation in 1946, and provides a counter to the official British political narrative about the occupation of Germany. This article examines Gollancz's text in the light of more recent theories of photography and of childhood as constructions in order to address his claim that photography is a…
Mea Maxima Culpa
There is no doubting the influence and impact of (Lord) John Reith on the shape of British broadcasting, both radio and television. As one cultural historian argues: ‘he occupies an important place in the social and cultural history of twentieth-century Britain.’ The most commonly-accepted view in television histories is that John Reith disliked television, would have nothing to do with the medium, viewed those involved with establishing and runn…
Alice Liddell as the Beggar Maid, seen
The photograph Alice Liddell as the Beggar Maid (1858) is at once ubiquitous and uncritiqued: it can be found in museums and archives across the UK and North America and has been digitally reproduced across the internet, and yet the longest critical examination of it is Simon Winchester’s largely biographical study, The Alice Behind Wonderland (2011). This article turns to deconstructive close reading in order to address the seeing and not seeing…
British Radio Drama, 1945–63, Hugh Chignell (2020)
Review of: British Radio Drama, 1945–63 , Hugh Chignell (2020) London: Bloomsbury, 200 pp., ISBN 978-1-50132-969-2, h/bk, £86.40
Nation shall speak peace unto nation'? The BBC and the nations
This article will take an historical view on the BBC's relationship with the nations, beginning with a discussion of the pre-television era, and then considering how the Corporation introduced television to the 'national regions' in the post-war period before focussing on Wales as a case study, ending with the establishment of the Welsh Fourth Channel, S4C. The aim is to underline the often complex historical relationship between the BBC as a UK-…
A Battle for the Nation's Rights’? Past, Present and Future Public Service Media in Wales
As in other UK nations, public service broadcasting (PSB) is facing an uncertain future in Wales as a result of threats to funding from government and competition from streaming services and other content providers. Partly because of this, calls for the devolution of broadcasting powers have intensified over the past couple of years to the point where it is now an aim of the Welsh government to see such powers being transferred to Cardiff from We…
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