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Pobol y Cwm: BBC’s longest running TV soap celebrates 50 years on air

Writing in The Conversation, Professor Jamie Medhurst from the Department of Theatre, Film & Television Studies looks back at half a century of the BBC Wales soap opera.

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Welsh language literature through an LGBTQ+ lens

Aberystwyth academics are looking to give exposure to forgotten voices in Welsh-language LGBTQ+ literature in a bid to place their writing alongside other definitive works.

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Plaid Cymru wants broadcasting powers devolved to Wales – how the conversation is changing

Writing in The Conversation, Jamie Medhurst, Professor of Film and Media, discusses how the result of the General Election could impact the ongoing debate about the devolution of broadcasting powers from Westminster to the Senedd

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Reality TV in the UK is almost dead – why The Traitors offers a last glimmer of hope

Writing in The Conversation, Professor Jamie Medhurst from the Department of Theatre, Film & Television Studies discusses reality TV in the UK and how shows like The Traitors could help reverse their declining popularity.

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Students win prestigious awards at Royal Television Society ceremony

Talented students and recent graduates from the Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies have won awards at the Royal Television Society Cymru Wales annual awards ceremony.

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Enchanting Christmas television of the 1930s

For this festive article, Professor Jamie Medhurst from the Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies takes a nostalgic look back at the long tradition of Christmas television programming from the BBC - including the live turkey-carving demonstration in 1936 and the world’s first TV pantomime in 1937. 

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Doctor Who 60: show has always tapped into political issues – but never more so than in the 1970s

Writing in the Conversation, Prof Jamie Medhurst from the Department of Theatre, Film & Television Studies discusses how the show Doctor Who has always tapped into political issues – but never more so than in the 1970s.

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Sir Anthony Hopkins to deliver video message for Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies’ 50th anniversary event

Oscar-winning actor Sir Anthony Hopkins will deliver a video message to students who worked as crew on a new Andie MacDowell film shot in Aberystwyth as part of a special screening.

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Aberystwyth students set for international performance design festival

A group of Drama, Theatre and Performance Design students from Aberystwyth University will have an unrivalled opportunity to work alongside global artists, designers and theatre makers at a world-renowned festival in Czechia this month.

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