Jamie Medhurst

(He/Him)

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Articles

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Comments

Research interests include, media history and policy, media and politics, and documentary film history and analysis. Author of 'The Early Years of Television and the BBC' (Edinburgh University Press, 2022) and 'A History of Independent Television in Wales' (University of Wales Press, 2010). Currently working on a book, 'Programmes, Politics and Protest: broadcasting and society in Wales' (to be published by the University of Wales Press). Member of the Steering Committee of the Entangled Media Histories network and Chair of the Academic Advisory Group of the Wales Broadcast Archive. Member of the REF2029 sub-panel 34 (Communication, Cultural and Media Studies, Library and Information Management).

Experience

  • –present
    Professor of Film and Media, Aberystwyth University

Education

  • 2005 
    Aberystwyth University, PhD Television History

Publications

  • 2022
    The Early Years of Television and the BBC, Edinburgh University Press
  • 2016
    Broadcasting in the 1950s in the UK and US: historical perspectives, Cambridge Scholars Publishing
  • 2010
    A History of Independent Television in Wales, University of Wales Press

Grants and Contracts

  • 2025
    Broadcasting Policy in a Devolved UK
    Role:
    Principal Lead
    Funding Source:
    Arts and Humanities Research Council
  • 2016
    Television and Society in Wales in the 1970s
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Leverhulme Trust
  • 2010
    Broadcasting History in the UK and US
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Arts and Humanities Research Council
  • 2008
    The Early Years of Television and the BBC
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    British Academy
  • 2008
    A history of Independent Television in Wales
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Arts and Humanities Research Council

Professional Memberships

  • Royal Historical Society
  • Higher Education Academy

Contact Jamie for

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  • Consulting / Advising
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