Producing British Television Drama

Ruth McElroy is Professor of Creative Industries at University of South Wales, UK. She is editor of Contemporary British Television Crime Drama: Cops on the Box (2017).Caitriona Noonan is Lecturer in Media and Communications at Cardiff University, UK. Published in Critical Studies in Television, her research interests are in cultural production and policy.

“McElroy and Noonan offer an eloquent and persuasive defence of PSB. … This is a timely, well-argued analysis of the ecology of contemporary television that, in exploring and championing the ‘local’ in drama production, has much to add to current debates.” (Stephen Lacey, Critical Studies in Television, Vol. 15 (2), 2020)

• 1. Introduction.- 2. What Makes TV Drama Special?.- 3. The Ecology of TV Drama Production.- 4. Locating Regional Production.- 5. Building a Sustainable Labour Force.- 6. Cultural Intermediaries and the Value of Game of Thrones.- 7. Power and sustainability in TV Drama Production.