Screening Wales
Portrayal, Representation and Identity: A Case Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5681858 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Steve Blandford (corresponding author), Stephen Lacey (0000-0001-5425-7539) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 1-12 |
| Publication date | 2011-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Studies in Television The International Journal of Television Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1749-6020 • E-ISSN: 1749-6039 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.7227/cst.6.2.3 |
| OpenAlex | W2084542702 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 2 |
In 2004, the BBC took the decision to re-launch what had been one of its fl agship programmes over the past four decades, Doctor Who (1963–89, 1996, 2005–present). In most respects this was an unremarkable decision as similar re-launches had taken place, oft en aft er signifi cant amounts of time had elapsed between series. What was intriguing about the 2004 ‘re-launch’ was the decision to produce the programme in Wales rather than its customary London base. Many long-standing Doctor Who fans read the decision negatively, assuming that the programme had been sent to a far-fl ung outpost of the BBC to die. Th is was expressed very strongly during the audience research phase of a study for the BBC Trust and Audience Council Wales carried out by the authors of this article along with Dr Ruth McElroy and Dr Rebecca Williams in 2009–101. Th e study examined the complex question of portrayal in television drama from and about Wales in the context of the huge international success of both Doctor Who and Torchwood (2006–present) in the period 2005–9. One particular audience group made up of self-selecting ‘fans’ of Doctor Who living in Wales articulated very clearly the expectation at the time of the programme’s re-launch that the BBC was putting it out to grass and that this was based mainly on the decision to produce it in Wales
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| Citations per year | 0.3 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2018 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |