'I Think Women Are Possibly Judged More Harshly with Comedy': Women and British Television Comedy Production. Issue 2 (1st June 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mills, Brett; Ralph, Sarah
• Is Part Of: Critical studies in television. Volume 10:Issue 2(2015)
• Page Start: 102
• Page End: 117
• Publication Date: 2015-06-01
• Subjects: women -- British television comedy -- production -- interviews -- creative workers; Television -- Periodicals; Television criticism -- Periodicals; 384.5505
• DOI: 10.7227/CST.10.2.8
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1749-6020

Abstract

Abstract : Critics and creative workers have recently highlighted the lack of women working in British television comedy. Through thematic analysis of interviews with British television comedy professionals, this article explores how women talk about their work and their position within the industry. Outlining the specific industrial contexts within which female comedy professionals work, the article examines institutionalised gender norms and practical impediments which the interviewees' responses reveal, while also exploring the institutional and personal initiatives which they have developed to address these problems.