Social Class and television audiences in the 1990s

Dalby, James R ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9948-3975 (2017) Social Class and television audiences in the 1990s. In: Social Class and Television Drama in Contemporary Britain. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, pp. 103-118. ISBN 9781137555052

Preview

Text Social Class and television audiences in the 1990s.pdf - Accepted Version Available under License All Rights Reserved. Download (195kB) | Preview

Abstract

TV dramas produced in the 1990s – which have often been unfavourably compared with those from the so-called ‘golden age’ due to their supposedly audience pleasing and derivative focus on ratings after 1980s deregulation – still have an important part to play in studies of social class in UK TV drama. While more traditional themes of social class in programming, such as working-class perspectives and social-realist approaches, waned in the 1990s, the fact that commissioning became increasingly audience-led at this time allows an insight into some of the prevailing goals, aspirations and self-image of class-society in the post-Thatcher era.

Item Type:	Book Section
Additional Information:	Chapter 8
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Television; social class; contemporary Britain; TV drama
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1992-1992.92 Television Broadcasts
Divisions:	Schools and Research Institutes > School of Arts, Culture and Environment
Research Priority Areas:	Creative Practice and Theory Culture, Continuity, and Transformation
Depositing User:	James Dalby
Date Deposited:	25 Oct 2016 10:34
Last Modified:	10 Oct 2025 13:00
URI:	https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/4123

University Staff: Request a correction | Repository Editors: Update this record