Author of 'The TV Detective: Voices of Dissent in Contemporary Television', winner of the 2016 BAFTSS Best Monograph award.
see: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/tv-detective-9781780762951/

New monograph out now: 'Hopeful Vision: Entertainment on the Small Screen'
see: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-hopeful-vision.html

Research interests include: British television and industry; the history and analysis of key genres such as crime drama, factual drama, social realism, light entertainment, reality TV; popular memories of TV viewing; questions of cultural value and aesthetics.

Experience

  • –present
    Associate Professor in Television Studies, University of Bristol

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