Poorly paid, but proud to work in teams producing ‘quality’: An oral history of women’s experiences working in BBC drama

IF 0.9 2区艺术学 0 FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION

Critical Studies in Television Pub Date : 2022-05-12 DOI:10.1177/17496020221102051

Tom May

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Abstract

This article presents a range of hitherto unheard women’s testimonies of their experiences working in the BBC Drama Plays department during the 1970s and 1980s. It incorporates the subjective interview testimony of nine women who all worked on BBC1’s prestigious strand of one-off dramas, Play for Today (1970-84) to reveal commonalities and differences in their gendered work experiences. This incorporates topics such as discrimination, pay, working conditions, emotional labour and trade unionism. There is attention to what made working for the BBC unique, compared to ITV or independent production companies. It is discerned that BBC women workers generally saw the BBC as a meritocracy, but also that some regret the decline in the strength of television trade unions, which they saw as leading to a situation of pervasive exploitation in television today.

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收入微薄，但以在制作“高质量”的团队中工作为荣:BBC电视剧中女性工作经历的口述历史

这篇文章展示了一系列迄今为止闻所未闻的女性在20世纪70年代和80年代在BBC戏剧部门工作的经历。它结合了9位女性的主观采访证词，她们都曾在BBC1台著名的一次性电视剧《今日游戏》(Play for Today, 1970-84)中工作，以揭示她们在性别工作经历中的共同点和差异。这包括歧视、薪酬、工作条件、情感劳动和工会主义等主题。人们关注的是，与ITV或独立制作公司相比，BBC的工作有何独特之处。可以看出，BBC的女性员工普遍认为BBC是一个精英管理机构，但也有一些人对电视行业工会力量的下降感到遗憾，她们认为这导致了今天电视行业普遍存在的剥削现象。

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Critical Studies in Television FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION-

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2.10

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30.00%

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期刊介绍： Critical Studies in Television publishes articles that draw together divergent disciplines and different ways of thinking, to promote and advance television as a distinct academic discipline. It welcomes contributions on any aspect of television—production studies and institutional histories, audience and reception studies, theoretical approaches, conceptual paradigms and pedagogical questions. It continues to invite analyses of the compositional principles and aesthetics of texts, as well as contextual matters relating to both contemporary and past productions. CST also features book reviews, dossiers and debates. The journal is scholarly but accessible, dedicated to generating new knowledge and fostering a dynamic intellectual platform for television studies.