First UK broadcasting devolution study gets go ahead

28 April 2025

The first four-nations study of broadcasting policy in a devolved UK is set to begin following the awarding of a major research grant to an Aberystwyth academic.

Virtual reality and video game tech transform radio play

21 February 2025

Virtual reality and video gaming techniques could give a new lease of life to radio and theatre plays.

EastEnders at 40: how a ‘public service soap’ became a national institution

18 February 2025

Writing on The Conversation, Jamie Medhurst, Professor of Film and Media, discusses the success of the BBC soap opera.

History of Welsh music videos charted in new website

07 February 2025

Welsh-language television has played a more important part than commercial record labels in the development of Welsh music videos over the past 50 years, say researchers.

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

16 October 2024

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.

Welsh language literature through an LGBTQ+ lens

10 October 2024

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.

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

27 June 2024

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

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

30 April 2024

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.

Students win prestigious awards at Royal Television Society ceremony

24 April 2024

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.

Enchanting Christmas television of the 1930s

26 December 2023

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.