Current Affairs Television: Then and Now. Monday 21 Jan 2013. Venue: The
Library, School of the Arts, 19-23 Abercromby Square, University of Liverpool.
Current Affairs Television: Then and Now Monday 21 Jan 2013 Venue: The Library, School of the Arts, 19-23 Abercromby Square, University of Liverpool Conference programme 9.00-9.30 9.30-9.45 9.45-10.30
Registration Introduction and welcome Session 1: Keynote speaker: Roger Graef (Films of Record): 'The Legal and Ethical Minefield of Current Affairs Television: A road map?’ 10.30-10.45 Break 10.45-12.15 Session 2: Questions to ask of current affairs television Peter Goddard (University of Liverpool): ‘British current affairs television: Crisis averted?’ Gary Horne (University of the Arts London): ‘Called to Account?: Can Current Affairs Still Speak Truth to Power?’ David McQueen (Bournemouth University): ‘Who’s blocking the view? Panorama, current affairs and its blind spots’ Justin Schlosberg (Birkbeck, University of London): ‘Covering the Cover Up: The Hutton Report and the death of David Kelly in current affairs TV’ 12.15-1.00 Lunch 1.00-2.30 Session 3: The television industry perspective Tom Giles (editor, BBC Panorama) Daniel Pearl (editor, C4 Dispatches) Steve Boulton (independent producer; formerly editor World in Action) Chair: Peter Goddard (University of Liverpool) 2.30-2.45 Break 2.45-4.15 Session 4: Current affairs television: approaches and cases Paul Brighton (University of Wolverhampton): ‘"What About My 'Goodnight'?": The role of the current affairs presenter’ Tom Cannon (University of Liverpool): ‘“Maybe It’s Because I’m a Londoner”: The London-centric orbit of current affairs television’: Chris Roberts (University of Roehampton): ‘Current Affairs, mediatisation and representation of complex political decision making and activity: Discursive formations and the appropriation of the dramatic in Panorama’ Marcus Ryder (BBC Scotland/ University of Sussex): ‘Are my Current Affairs programmes any good? A reflexive analysis from a BBC Editor’ 4.15-5.15 Session 5: Keynote speaker Mark Williams-Thomas (ITV Exposure investigator; child protection consultant): ‘Making 'Exposure: The Other Side of Jimmy Savile' for ITV’ 5.15-5.30 Closing remarks
