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Richard Dhillon
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Sessional Tutor, Film and Television Studies, Warwick. British/queer television and film histories. Not that kind of doctor. 📺 he/him https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/scapvc/film/staff/dhillon/
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Richard Dhillon @richarddhillon.bsky.social · 25d
Next April, I’ll be running @manchestermarathon.bsky.social to support the vital work of @tht.org.uk.

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Richard Dhillon @richarddhillon.bsky.social · 11d
Outstanding telly! www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

#riotwomen #bbc #sallywainwright
Publicity poster for Riot Women (BBC, 2025)
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Richard Dhillon @richarddhillon.bsky.social · 14d
My notebook’s better than yours!
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Richard Dhillon @richarddhillon.bsky.social · 21d
10 years married to this beaut! 🥰
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 23d
The reason the Right are so invested in the myth that the arts have no value isn’t because the arts don’t generate wealth (they do); it’s that studying the arts teaches people to imagine better ways of judging the value of an idea than by counting how much money it makes…
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Richard Dhillon @richarddhillon.bsky.social · 25d
Next April, I’ll be running @manchestermarathon.bsky.social to support the vital work of @tht.org.uk.

Fundraising page: www.justgiving.com/page/richard...
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Richard Dhillon @richarddhillon.bsky.social · Sep 3
A great piece from @katiecrosson.bsky.social, who, it’s safe to say, knows a thing or two about Play for Today. 📺
Play for Today is back – nine ways Channel 5 can make it as successful as the original
Channel 5 has a lot to live up to, but research into the original BBC drama series has inspired nine principles the new Play for Today should live by.
theconversation.com
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Ian Greaves @greavesian.bsky.social · Aug 24
Thank you to @theobserveruk.bsky.social for giving attention today to the campaign for independent access to the BBC Written Archives. The Corporation is still yet to engage with our argument and properly defend the policy shift. That is because it is indefensible. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Historians dismayed by ‘scandal’ of BBC cutting access to...
Critics say new limit to trove of information sounds knell for independent research
observer.co.uk
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Richard Dhillon @richarddhillon.bsky.social · Aug 18
Huge kudos to Channel 5, here – but the BBC needed to be running with this, long before now. 📺
Channel 5 revives BBC’s Play for Today to ‘help shape future of British drama’
Series aims to follow original in tackling ‘thornier issues’, and to support talent from lower-income backgrounds
www.theguardian.com
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Richard Dhillon @richarddhillon.bsky.social · Aug 18
I simply would not have had a thesis without this place ... 📺
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Richard Dhillon @richarddhillon.bsky.social · Aug 18
📺 An OPEN LETTER responding to the recent access restrictions at the BBC Written Archives Centre – changes that effectively mean an end to sustained research into histories of the BBC, and those of television more broadly. Read the letter, spread the word, and join the campaign here:
Open letter BBC Written Archives - August 2025
Join the campaign to protect the future of independent research at the BBC Written Archives Centre The following text is an open letter expressing the concern of historians and researchers about chan...
docs.google.com
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Richard Dhillon @richarddhillon.bsky.social · Jul 15
Ali Smith, Gliff (2024)
Photograph of a paragraph from Ali Smith’s 2024 novel, Gliff: ‘Most humans haven't got clever enough to speak the languages of other creatures yet for some reason, she said. I often wonder why. Does it make it easier to control other creatures, or even peoples, us deciding that because we don't know what they're saying, what they're saying doesn't get to mean anything, or that they don't get to have a say?’
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Richard Dhillon @richarddhillon.bsky.social · Jul 11
"It's the end of civilization, true. But the television is superb." 📺 #rolli #television #cartoon
Line drawing by cartoonist Rolli. Two figures holding glasses facing one another. The caption reads: "It's the end of civilization, true. But the television is superb."
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Arthur Webber 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @bernietranders.bsky.social · May 16
That Wes Streeting, a gay man who used to work at stonewall, is having to attempt to rebuild bridges with his own community because he burnt them by selling us out in the hope of getting his slimy hands on the keys to 10 Downing Street is shameful.

May he never be welcome in an LGBTQ+ space again.
shelleybwoke.bsky.social FreeLinkophant sHELLey B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️‍⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.social · May 16
"(Wes Streeting) has taken steps to build bridges with the LGBT+ community and stakeholders by hosting constructive, open and honest roundtable discussions, and has set out his intention to maintain an open dialogue and to continue to listen to all views."

Every word is a lie.
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Richard Dhillon @richarddhillon.bsky.social · May 11
Long exposure shot of moving along the magazine racks in a British supermarket, showing the four different covers for this week’s Radio Times. Each features a headshot of an actor nominated for a BAFTA award - Jessica Gunning, Monica Dolan, Sophie Willan, and Nicola Coughlan - along with the headline ‘BAFTA’s Leading Ladies’.
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Richard Dhillon @richarddhillon.bsky.social · May 3
Really looking forward to this whole issue. Two articles already available (Rebecca’s, and Faye Woods’s), #openaccess. 📺

EastEnders at 40, @cstonline.bsky.social
augustaquarius.bsky.social Dr Rebecca Williams @augustaquarius.bsky.social · May 3
My own article in my EastEnders at 40 special issue @cstonline.bsky.social is now online in open access

Solving ‘The Six’: EastEnders, convergence culture, and ‘forensic fandom’ #FanStudies

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Six characters from the UK soap opera EastEnders; Stacey Slater, Suki Panesar, Linda Carter, Sharon Watts, Denise Fox and Kathy Cotton
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Richard Dhillon @richarddhillon.bsky.social · Apr 16
"to advocate against trans women is to advocate against equality" — @notaphaseorg.bsky.social
White and purple text on a black background. HOW TO HELP IF YOU'RE A TRANS+ ALLY: DONATE TO TRANS+ CAUSES FUNDRAISE FOR TRANS+ CHARITIES RESHARE HELPFUL RESOURCES MARCH FOR TRANS+ RIGHTS CONTACT YOUR MP SUPPORTING THE PROTECTION OF TRANS+ RIGHTS DISRUPT UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS, LOVED ONES, AND COLLEAGUES PURCHASE & READ TRANS+ LITERATURE BE LOUD & PROUD IN YOUR SUPPORT.
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Richard Dhillon @richarddhillon.bsky.social · Apr 16
Solidarity. Always.
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Richard Dhillon @richarddhillon.bsky.social · Apr 13
On rage …

✏️ @shimi.bsky.social
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Richard Dhillon @richarddhillon.bsky.social · Apr 10
Excellent funded PhD opportunity, working on a fascinating research project at @cujournmedcul.bsky.social in collaboration with Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales: 'The Reg and George archive: co-creating stories about love, care and LGBTQ+ relationships in later life'

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PhD Journalism, Media and Culture at Cardiff University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Programme - PhD Journalism, Media and Culture at Cardiff University, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
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Richard Dhillon @richarddhillon.bsky.social · Apr 3
Finally made it to the fabulous @queerbritain.bsky.social — and also managed to lose an hour in @unioftheartslondon.bsky.social’s brilliant Transcestry exhibition, celebrating 10 years of the Museum of Transology. It’s on until 11 May, and is well worth a trip!
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Richard Dhillon @richarddhillon.bsky.social · Apr 2
an episode of Saturday Variety (ATV, 10 June 1972) opens with Lionel Blair singing a very energetic song about balloons (with a dance troupe and A LOT of balloons), only to be completely upstaged by Larry Grayson who leaps onto the stage after the number holding a rather suggestively arranged bunch.
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Richard Dhillon @richarddhillon.bsky.social · Apr 2
From some viewing I did today at the BFI Mediatheque for a potential new project:
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Richard Dhillon @richarddhillon.bsky.social · Mar 30
📺 😂
Headline: “Sheridan Smith to play Stephen Graham playing Sheridan Smith in new ITV drama”. Headshots below: Sheridan Smith; Stephen Graham
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Richard Dhillon @richarddhillon.bsky.social · Mar 12
A scene from the life of an early career researcher; or, a covering letter.
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Richard Dhillon @richarddhillon.bsky.social · Feb 14
Chris Lang has knocked it out of the park – again.
Publicity photo for Unforgotten series 6.