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Co-produced by Candour Productions and the University of Leeds is part of our @ukri.org funded project. The screening will be followed by a live Q&A with director Imaan Labad, contributors, and the research team.

🎬 Join us for the online launch of What’s On?, a research-led film exploring class inequalities in the UK TV industry.

📅 Wednesday, 25 March
⏰ 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM (Online)

@leedsunimedia.bsky.social @bethjohnsontv.bsky.social @lrjdmnr.bsky.social @drdaveobrien.bsky.social

Our Friend in the North West: Cameron Roach We have been celebrating a lot of big birthdays in our region. Hollyoaks has turned 30, Corrie had its 65th birthday and this month Waterloo Road marks 20 years. These shows have offered many people t...

Great to see our upcoming policy briefing and our @ukri.org AHRC-funded ‘What’s On?’ project mentioned in Cameron's Roach's interview in @rtsmedia.bsky.social magazine! Many thanks Cameron for engaging with the research and your great work on class and place, read here:
rts.org.uk/article/our-...

What Do We Know About Class in Television Studies? | Journal of British Cinema and Television This article offers a comprehensive overview of class in Television Studies, focusing on public service broadcasting (PSB) in Britain. We examine both off-screen and on-screen dynamics, investigating ...

Very excited to see our new paper from the project out in Journal of British Cinema and Television Studies, we hope you enjoy reading it! @lrjdmnr.bsky.social @bethjohnsontv.bsky.social @annaviolasborgi.bsky.social @drdaveobrien.bsky.social
www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/...

Report sets out ‘blueprint for change’ to increase working-class representation in the arts Inquiry finds class should become protected characteristic and calls for rise in number of apprenticeships An inquiry into class representation in creative fields has recommended changes believed to be the first of their kind in Greater Manchester to increase the number of working-class people in the arts. Class Ceiling, a report led by Nazir Afzal, the chancellor of the University of Manchester, and Avis Gilmore, the former deputy general secretary of the National Education Union, was announced on 26 September, with promises of providing a “blueprint for change” that would highlight solutions to the obstacles that have kept working-class representation in the arts low, with the hope that such changes could be put in place throughout the country. Continue reading...

Report sets out ‘blueprint for change’ to increase working-class representation in the arts

This morning we were delighted to co-host the launch of the 'Class Ceiling' report with Rise Associates. Headed by @manchester.ac.uk Chancellor @nazirafzal.bsky.social OBE the Inquiry found that radical measures are needed to close the arts class gap in GM.

this episode was kindly recorded and edited by @carlhartley.co.uk at our “What’s Class Got to Do with It?” Symposium in September at @leedsunimedia.bsky.social in Leeds

Featuring @bethjohnsontv.bsky.social @drdaveobrien.bsky.social @lrjdmnr.bsky.social @tellynelly.bsky.social @philralph.bsky.social and Nicola Crowther (BBC)

#TVIndustry#SocialClass#WhatsOnProject

🎧 Podcast Alert!
Happy New Year from the What’s On? team! 🎉
If you haven’t listened yet, check out our podcast episode exploring how social class shapes UK television: who gets in, what stories are told, and how audiences connect.
Listen here 👇 rethnkingclassinuktv.podbean.com/e/whats-clas...

Thank you so much @carlhartley.co.uk for editing the episode!

🆕 Listen to the special episode recorded as part of our symposium for our @ukri.org funded project last September!! 🎙️ Featuring our PI @bethjohnsontv.bsky.social @drdaveobrien.bsky.social @lrjdmnr.bsky.social @tellynelly.bsky.social @philralph.bsky.social and Nicola Crowther (BBC).
👇

Doctors - Series 24: 262. Bureaucrazy Graham shows his true colours, Bear has big news for the partners, and Rosie is on a mission. Jimmi loses his cool when trying to help a patient.

End of an era… today is the final day to watch my final ep of Doctors
leaving @bbciplayer.bsky.social at 2:45pm.
As these final 16 eps play out, please remember the hundreds of people who have struggled to find work since the axe fell… 😢😢🤬

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗨𝗞 𝗧𝗩 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮? 𝗪𝗲’𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆. We’re making a short film with Candour Productions as part of the @ukri.org -funded project 'What’s On? Rethinking Class in the UK Television Industry'
📍 Filming in Leeds w/c 5 January 2026 (expenses covered)
📅 Deadline: 21 November 2025

can totally relate to that!! :-)

Thanks for being with us, it was a huge pleasure! And thanks for sharing your wonderful keynote, which we are sure will keep us all thinking for long!

Thank you @oliviahvero.bsky.social was a pleasure to have you, we are looking forward to seeing our your great research project develops and please do stay in touch!

Thank you for being there and for your important contributions to the day, loving our projects collaboration 🥳

COMMON PEOPLE: RECLAIMING THE NARRATIVE ON CLASS IN TV AT A TIME OF CRISIS… Here is the full text of my opening keynote address given at the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) 'What’s Class Got to Do With It?' symposium on class and the UK TV industry at the School o...

You can catch up with @philralph.bsky.social Keynote here www.linkedin.com/pulse/common... we will be sharing highlights and updates in the weeks to come! Stay tuned!

Thanks to our keynote @philralph.bsky.social and Nicola Crowther (BBC Audiences) for their thoughtful contributions, the team and colleagues @leedsunimedia.bsky.social for supporting and contributing to a wonderful day
packed of lively discussions on class and TV which will hopefully continue!

Huge hanks to all who came to our 'What’s Class Got to Do With It?' symposium on Friday! from our What's On Team @bethjohnsontv.bsky.social @lrjdmnr.bsky.social @drdaveobrien.bsky.social @annaviolasborgi.bsky.social

Still digesting all of the impressions and conversations from Friday! It was an absolute pleasure to present some of my ideas as well as be surrounded by likeminded people from academia to industry. Excited to get back to writing my dissertation!! There's more work to be done 👩🏻‍💻📑

COMMON PEOPLE: RECLAIMING THE NARRATIVE ON CLASS IN TV AT A TIME OF CRISIS… Here is the full text of my opening keynote address given at the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) 'What’s Class Got to Do With It?' symposium on class and the UK TV industry at the School o...

Here is my recent keynote for @whatsontvclass.bsky.social given @leedsunimedia.bsky.social on Friday 19th - give it a read and let me know your thoughts. Many thanks to @lrjdmnr.bsky.social for inviting me to hang my metaphorical arse out in public...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/common...

Next stop was Leeds to take part in the What's Class Go To Do With It? symposium hosted by our friends at @whatsontvclass.bsky.social. Thank you team What's on TV for such a stimulating and thought-provoking day!

Really looking forward to giving the opening keynote on class in the UK TV industry at this symposium in Leeds tomorrow. Highlights to come for those who can’t make it. Those who can - do say hello!

This fully booked day brings together researchers, industry voices, and policymakers to explore how class shapes UK television, from who gets to work in the industry, to which stories make it on screen, to how audiences connect with them.
#Television#SocialClass#CreativeIndustries#ResearchImpact

Looking forward to welcome speakers and attendees tomorrow for the “What’s Class Got to Do With it? Rethinking TV from the Inside Out” symposium aligned to our AHRC Project! We are delighted to have us @philralph.bsky.social as Keynote and Nicola Crowther (BBC) as Responder for plenary sessions!

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