Jamie was awarded a small AHRC bursary to attend AHTV, jointly hosted by the TV Foundation and the AHRC, which took place on February 5th, 2020 at the Barbican Centre, London. Here, Jamie was in the audience for a number of panels that touched upon how scholars and the TV industry can work together to create specialist factual television. Jamie also had a ‘speed meeting’ with Olivia Grigoriou, a Development Executive for the production company Fremantle, where the nature of ‘selling’ a television concept was discussed in more detail.

CMDA UK Steering Committee

On January 22nd, 2020, CMDA hosted members of its UK Steering Committee at Lancaster University. This was an opportunity for all CMDA staff to present their current and upcoming contributions to the project. Useful feedback was provided by the committee, particularly in relation to the development and management of the archival website and public engagement events.