The media and the First World War
29th January 2015
The Media and WWI
Thursday 26 February 2015, 6:15pm - panel discussion
In the Studio at The Hive, Worcester, WR1 3PD
The centenary of the First World War has resulted in a plethora of related television and radio programmes: from Peaky Blinders to the Radio 4 drama Home Front. This panel
discussion will bring together both media professions and academics that have been
involved in these productions to discuss and answer questions on way the contemporary
media has responded to WWI.
Participants include:
• Jessica Dromgoole is the Editor of Radio 4 drama series Home Front.
• Nicola Goodwin is a broadcast journalist with BBC Hereford and Worcester and is one
of the producers for the BBC’s World War One at Home series.
• Prof. Maggie Andrews is a cultural historian at the University of Worcester who
researches, and teaches on WWI and 2 Home Fronts and is the Historical Consultant
for Radio 4’s Home Front and an advisor on the BBC’s World War One at Home series
in the West Midlands.
• Dr Chris Upton is the Reader in Public History at Newman University Birmingham,
specialising in the history of the West Midlands region, he makes regular appearances
on the local media and is the Historical Consultant on the BBC2 drama Peaky
Blinders.
Chaired by:
• Dr Neil Fleming lectures in History at the University of Worcester. He writes about
British, Irish and imperial politics since the late nineteenth century.
There is no charge for this event which is sponsored by the Voices of War and Peace WWI
Community Engagement Centre www.voicesofwarandpeace.org but space is limited so
and we need to calculate numbers for coffee and tea so it is helpful if you can email to let us know you will attend maggie.andrews@worc.ac.uk
.