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- First comprehensive history of the UK’s independent TV sector
- Presents qualitative insights into the nature of creative work in the UK indie sector
- Includes interviews with a wide range of creative workers, from those in junior roles to senior figures in the industry
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book is the first authoritative account of the UK’s independent television production sector, following the creation of Channel 4 in 1982. It examines the rise of a global industry, increasingly interconnected through format development, distribution, ancillary sales and rights. Drawing on case studies, interviews and policy analysis; the author considers the cultural politics behind the growth of the ‘indies’, the labour conditions for workers in this sector, and some of the key television programmes that have been created within it. Filling an important gap in our understanding, this book constitutes a comprehensive account of this vital cultural industry for students, academics and researchers working in the areas of the cultural and creative industries, media and cultural policy and television studies.
Reviews
“As the first book-length academic study of the UK independent television production sector, this book will surely become a widely-cited resource for scholarship and teaching about present-day British television. Grounded in theory and informed by interviews with practitioners, it offers a coherent examination of the changing contexts of labour and production within a sector increasingly dominated by ‘super-indies’. So it deserves to be widely read by those interested in broadcasting history, the precarity of media work, and perceptions of profitability and value in UK media production.” (Peter Goddard, Department of Communication and Media, University of Liverpool, UK)
“This is a timely book and a landmark analysis. It charts the transformation of British ‘independent’ TV as the delivery of audio visual content and its consumption transform apace, and the legitimacy of public service broadcasting is questioned afresh amidst deep fractures in collective identity. David Lee firmly situates independent TV production in the debate on creative labour and cultural value, exposing the contradictions lived by those working in the industry.” (Philip Schlesinger, Professor in Cultural Policy, University of Glasgow)
“In studies of media industries it remains rare to find an analysis that takes history, structure, creative labour and questions of value equally seriously. In his study of the British independent television sector, David Lee achieves just that, providing a comprehensive account of the shifting dynamics of independent television production. This is an important book that will be of great value to students and researchers, as well as those who work in the industry.” (Anamik Saha is Lecturer in Media and Communications at Goldsmiths, University of London and author of Race and the Cultural Industries)
Authors and Affiliations
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University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
David Lee
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Independent Television Production in the UK
Book Subtitle: From Cottage Industry to Big Business
Authors: David Lee
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71670-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-71669-5Published: 19 March 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-10091-9Published: 26 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-71670-1Published: 07 March 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 244
Topics: Film/TV Industry, British Culture, Cultural Policy and Politics