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A Associated Rediffusion, 52, 53 Above the Fray, 150 Atkinson, Rowan, 64 Adams, Jack, 53 Attenborough, Sir David, 122, 140 Advertising, 5, 44, 67, 93, 122, 147, Audience share, 79, 122, 123 149, 154–5, 176, 177–9 Avalon Management Group, 49 Agency, and structure, 3, 7, 33, 37, 45 Axelrod, Beth, 16 Agents. See Talent agents Aiken, Alistair (Ali A), 152, 153 All3Media, 116 B All 4, 97, 123, 124–6, 142 Baby Cow, 153 Allen, Dave, 57, 58, 79 Bakewell, Joan, 55 Allen, Debi, 80–1, 85, 88, 89, 153 Balding, Clare, 107 Alloca, Kevin, 146 BAME. See Black and Asian Minority Alternative comedy, 45, 58 Ethnic groups Amazon, 4, 5, 105, 106, 128, 184 Bancroft, 170 Ant and Dec, 82, 91, 107 Barfe, L., 45, 47, 48 Apple, 4, 5, 184 Barker, Ronnie, 2, 52, 57, 58 Apprentice, The, 58 Barriers of entry, 114, 171–2, 180–1 Apprenticeships, 141, 144, 165, 181 BBC (British Broadcasting Armitage, Alex, 52 Corporation) Armitage, Richard, 52, 53 barriers of entry, 180 Arshad, Humza, 163 BBC3 and nursery slopes of talent, Artistic value, 2, 76, 155, 179, 184 133–7 Ashley, Ted, 53 BBC Scotland’s The Social, 137–41 Ashley Famous Agency, 53 conceptualising talent, 14, 19, 26–7, Aspirational labour, 164, 179 29–31, 35, 36

digital environment, 97, 99, 100–4, digital environment, 97, 104, 118, 105–10, 114, 128, 129 128 diversity, 161, 162, 166, 167, talent management, 86, 91 168–71 value of talent, 184 evolution of television industry, 4, Bennett-Jones, Peter, 64, 79, 114, 9, 70 115, 117 future role of television, 185 Berry, Mary, 8, 10n1 golden age of television, 46–8, Bettelley, Clare, 18 52–4, 56, 57, 59, 60, 62–6 BFI (British Film Institute), 23 multi-channel networks, 133–7, Big Brother, 120, 121 138–41, 155, 156 Billy Marsh Associates (BMA), 49, 80 networks of infuence, 56, 57, 59, Birt, John, 61, 64–5, 77, 120, 169 62, 63–5 Bishop, John, 85, 123 pathways into television, Black, Cilla, 58 52–4 Black and Asian Minority Ethnic pay levels, 100–1, 104, 106–7, (BAME) groups, 31, 159, 160, 168–71 163, 171 production talent, 107–9, 110 Bland, Sir Christopher, 61 radio, 46–7, 56, 57 Blue Angel Club, 52, 53 role of the agent, 83–4, 178 Bolton, Roger, 54 talent drain, 182 Bonner, F., 104 Top Gear and Clarkson, 26–7, 97 Born, Georgina, 169 BBC1, 63, 70 Bourdieu, P., 7, 8, 23, 24 BBC2, 63, 70 Boyd, D., 15 BBC3, 92, 133, 134–7, 139–41, 182, Boyle, R., 118 184 Boyle, Susan, 31 BBC Alba, 139 Braben, Eddie, 58 BBC Business Unit, 58 Brand, Jo, 80 BBC Choice, 134 Brand, Russell, 83, 100 BBC iPlayer, 134, 139, 140 Brands BBC Radio, 46, 47, 50, 153 digital environment, 128 BBC Scotland, 125, 137–41, 146 multi-channel networks, 145, 147, BBC Taster, 137 149, 151–2 BBC Television Centre, 59 talent agents, 177 BBC: The Secret Files, 71n1 talent management, 86, 92, 93 BBC Trust, 101, 133 Britain’s Got Talent, 51, 66, 69 Beck, U., 3 British Satellite Broadcasting (BSB), Bedder 6, 104, 105 103 Begum, Poppy, 136 Broadcasting Act (1990), 63 Bennett, James Broadcast magazine, 165 conceptualising talent, 19, 22–3, 26, Brooke, Kate, 170 27, 28–31, 33, 34, 37 Brooke-Taylor, Tim, 57 Index 201

Brooklin Smith, Fleur, 150 Film4, 124 Browne, Anthony, 137, 138–9 4Talent, 141, 142 BSB (British Satellite Broadcasting), future role of television, 185 103 golden age of television, 61, 62, 63, Bulkley, Kate, 132 65, 68–9 Burton, Humphrey, 58 Great British Bake Off, 8, 10n1 Business entertainment formats, 58, More4, 124 118 multi-channel networks, 141–4, 156 Butler, Marcus, 150 talent development, 182 talent management, 83, 123 valuing talent, 35, 36 C Channel 5, 70 Cable television, 4, 71 Channel Controllers, 8, 54, 64, 78–9, Campbell, A., 20 83, 89–90, 107, 116, 184 Campbell, Lisa, 43–4 ChannelFlip, 99, 110, 149, 150, 154 Canham, Nick, 82, 90–2, 147–8, 153 Chegwin, Hugo, 153 Carr, Jimmy, 69 Childs, Darren, 1, 113–14, 121–3, Carson, Frank, 51 144–5, 154–5, 159, 165, 167 CBBC, 152 Chivers, Liam, 151, 152 CDN. See Creative Diversity Network Clarkson, Jeremy, 8, 26–7, 97, 104–6, Celebrity culture 183 conceptualising talent, 15, 22, 23, Class 28, 30–4, 37, 177 barriers of entry, 181 digital environment, 110, 117–18, conceptualising talent, 19, 23, 31 126, 127 digital environment, 113 reality television, 88, 183 diversity, 9, 160, 163–5, 167, 170–1 talent agents, 77, 177 higher education, 167 talent management, 88 pathways into television, 55 UKTV model, 145 pay levels, 31, 170–1 YouTube, 110 sports talent, 19, 160 Celebrity Hunted, 88 Cleese, John, 52, 57 Champion, K., 16, 21 Clore, Vivienne, 79, 82, 84 Channel 4 Cock, Gerald, 47 All 4, 97, 123, 124–6, 142 Cohen, Danny, 37 barriers of entry, 180 Collings, D. G., 17 conceptualising talent, 14 Collins, Joe, 48 digital environment, 97, 99, 103–4, Colvin, G., 20 116, 118–20, 123, 124–6, 128 Comedy diversity, 166–7 digital environment, 103, 107, 123 E4, 5, 83, 88, 124, 184 golden age of television, 45, 53, 59, evolution of television talent 60, 66, 68–9 industry, 70, 71 online social video, 146, 153 202 Index

talent management, 84–5, 182 defnition, 29 valuing talent, 35 digital environment, 97, 118 and variety, 29 future role of television, 184 writers, 77 multi-platform television, 2, 155 Comic Strip, The, 104 talent agents, 76, 77, 176–80 Commissioning, 5, 24, 36, 61, 77, 79, 115–21 Commissioning editors, 116–21 D Communications Act (2003), 65 DAA. See Debi Allen Associates Competition, 4–5, 14, 66, 67, 103, Dad’s Army, 58, 77, 80 107, 169, 178 DanTDM, 99 Conceptualising talent, 13–37 Davidson-Houston, Richard, 8, 124, celebrity culture, 32–4 125, 126, 142 cultural intermediaries, 28–31 Davies, Hunter, 48 defning talent, 16–23 Debi Allen Associates (DAA), 80, 153 overview, 13–16 Dee, Jack, 103 state of play, 34–7 Delfont, Bernard, 49 television talent, 23–31 Derbyshire, Victoria, 170 Coogan, Steve, 103, 123, 153 Derry Girls, 125–6 Cook, Mike, 150–1 Devine, Marion, 17, 43, 131 Cook, Peter, 54 Deyes, Alfe, 30, 150 Cooper, Tommy, 50 Dickens, Marnie, 135 Corbett, Ronnie, 2, 51–2, 57, 58 Dickson Wright, Clarissa, 116 Cosgrove, Stuart, 22, 68, 119–21, Digital environment, 97–129 146, 163, 166–7, 171 All 4, 124–6 Cotton, Bill, 57–8, 117 BBC, 100–4 Cowell, Simon, 51, 69, 87, 107, 183 changing gatekeepers, 98–100 Cox, Barry, 61 changing political economy of tele- Coyle, D., 20 vision, 3 Creative Diversity Network (CDN), commissioning editors, 116–21 161 cultural intermediaries, 30 Creative talent, 27, 28, 99, 176 ITV, 111–13 Creativity, 22, 37, 45, 67 multi-channel networks, 140, 143 Croft, David, 77, 80 multi-platform television, 2, 25–7 ‘Crownsgate’, 95n1 overview, 9, 97–8, 128–9 Cultural capital, 24, 85, 94, 177 PACT and the super indies, 66 Cultural intermediaries production talent, 107–11 agents of change, 6–7 talent management, 1, 91, 92, changing political economy of 122–3 television, 5 talent, television and risk, 114–16 conceptualising talent, 15, 24–5, 26, television and platforms, 126–7 28–31, 34, 36 UKTV, 113–14 Index 203

Disability, 161, 162 Evans, Richard, 18 Disney, 184 Evolution of television talent industry, Diversity, 159–72 43–71 creative economy, 159–67 BBC, radio and talent, 46–7 overview, 171–2 golden age of television, 45–60 television and gender, 168–71 networks of infuence, 56–60 television and social video, 144 overview, 43–4, 70–1 Diversity and equal opportunities in PACT and the super indies, 65–9 television (Ofcom report), 162 pathways into television, 51–6 Donovan, Julie, 65, 66 rise of independents, 60–9 Doonican, Val, 58 television days, 47–51 Doyle, G., 14, 26, 134–5, 180 Ewumi, Kayode, 135 Drake, Charlie, 49 Executive talent, 60, 97, 100, 102, Drama, 35, 99, 170 169–70 Drug Map of Britain, 136 Dr Who, 46 DTM (Dan Middleton), 152 F Duffy, Brooke Erin, 164, 179, 181 Fable Pictures, 149 Dyke, Greg, 61 Facebook, 4, 139, 142, 147, 153, Dynamo, 122 181, 184 Fame, 22–3, 28–9, 30, 31, 33, 37 Farnes, Norma, 51 E Fields, Gracie, 68 E4, 5, 83, 88, 124, 184 Film4, 124 Edinburgh Fringe, 84, 89, 135, 144 Film industry, 6, 76, 170, 179 Edinburgh Television Festival, 43, 64 Fincham, Peter, 115 Education, 113, 167, 171 Finding talent, 85–9 Edwards, Huw, 170 Finestripe Productions, 97, 109 Edwards, Lee, 30 Fleabag, 135 Elberse, A., 89, 153 Flipside Talent, 150 Elite talent, 20–1, 114, 117, 145 Football, 20, 88–9, 142, 160 Emery, Dick, 58 Formats, 65, 66, 99, 128 Endomel Shine Group, 64, 97, 99, Forsyth, Bruce, 49, 57, 58, 80 110, 127, 149–52, 175 Foster, Harry, 48 Enterprice, 135 4oD, 124 Entrepreneurialism, 150–1, 164, 179 4Talent, 141, 142 Epstein, D., 21 Franks, Suzanne, 168 Ericsson, K. Anders, 20–1 Freelance work culture Establishment, The (club), 52 changing political economy of Ethnicity, 9, 31, 160, 161, 162 television, 3 Evans, Chris, 8, 106, 170 digital environment, 103, 111, 113 Evans, Lee, 103 human resources role, 17 204 Index

multi-channel networks, 140, 144, Gracie, Carrie, 170 145 Grade, Bernie, 48, 50 networks of infuence, 63 Grade, Leslie, 48, 49, 50, 90 PACT and the super indies, 65 Grade, Lew, 48–9, 50 pay levels, 103 Grade, Michael, 48–50, 61, 67–8, rise of independents, 60 90–1, 115, 131, 159 talent agents, 77, 178, 179 Grade Organisation, 49, 50, 68 talent management, 90 Grand Tour, The, 105 Free-to-air (FTA) channels, 4, 14, 88, Great British Bake Off, The, 8, 10n1 97, 99, 106 Grierson Trust, 141 FremantleMedia, 66, 69, 143, 148, Gupta, Tanika, 141 154 Guz Khan Show, The, 153 Frost, David, 51–2, 54–6, 57, 64, 68, 114 Frost Report, The, 57 H Fry, Stephen, 107 Haddow, Josh, 136 FTA. See Free-to-air channels Hall, Tony, 4, 169, 170 Hancock, Matthew, 170 Hancock, Roger, 80 G Hancock, Tony, 50, 80 Gale, Emily, 143, 148, 162 Handfeld-Jones, Helen, 16 Gaming industry, 17–18, 151, 152 Harris, Robert, 54 Gardam, Tim, 54 Harvey-Jones, Sir John, 64 Garnett, Tony, 62 Hat Trick Productions, 125, 126, 166 Garvie, Wayne, 119 Haydock, Livvy, 135, 136 Gavin and Stacey, 134 Haynes, R., 56 Gender equality, 9, 27, 31, 101, Head, G., 17, 19, 20, 21 160–3, 168–71 Heart FM, 82 Generation Game, The, 58 Heckman, R. J., 18 Geordie Shore, 87, 88 Hegarty, N., 55 Gervais, Ricky, 149 Henry, Lenny, 123, 160–1 Giedroyc, Mel, 8, 10n1 Herring, James, 86, 87, 117–18 Giftedness, 18 Hewitt, Dan’l, 31 Gig economy, 103, 113 Hewlett, Steve, 54 Gladwell, M., 20 Higher education, 56, 70, 113–14, Gleam Futures, 110, 150 167, 180 Gogarty, Max, 136–7, 138, 140 Hill, Benny, 79 Gogglebox, 87 Hollywood, 2, 76, 170 Good Morning Britain, 132 Hollywood, Paul, 8, 10n1 Goodwin, Victoria, 107–9, 110, Holmes, Su, 32 128–9, 133–4 #HoodDocumentary, 135 Google, 4, 184 Horrie, Chris, 61 Index 205

Horrocks, Peter, 54 digital environment, 97, 99, 101, Horton, E., 59, 60, 67, 77 106, 107, 111–13, 123 Hower, Daniel, 150 evolution of television talent indus- Howerd, Frankie, 50 try, 70, 71 Hulu, 5 golden age of television, 46, 51–4, Human resources (HR), 17–18, 56, 59–60, 62–3, 65–7, 69 133–4 networks of infuence, 59, 62, 63, Humphries, Jake, 102 65 Humza Productions, 163 PACT and the super indies, 65, 66, Hunt, Jay, 5 67, 69 Huntley, Lynette, 141, 143 pathways into television, 52, 53, 54, 56 pay levels, 62, 101, 106, 107 I talent agents, 83, 178 Iannucci, Armando, 103 talent management, 83, 87, 88, 123 Ibbotson, Peter, 54 viewer age, 5 I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, ITV2, 88, 184 87, 88 ITVBe, 88 IMG Media, 64 ITV Hub, 111, 112 Independent production companies, 63–5, 68, 70, 86, 109, 118–19, 167, 178 J Independent television sector Jack Dee Live at the Apollo, 95n2 commissioning editors, 119 Jackson, Michael, 64 digital environment, 99, 109, Jackson, Paul, 52, 103–4, 115, 118–19 116–17 diversity, 165, 166, 167 James, Clive, 120 evolution of television talent indus- John Bishop in Conversation, 123 try, 70 John Noel Management, 83, 87, 88 networks of infuence, 63–5 Jones, Terry, 57 PACT and the super indies, 65–8 Jupp, Rachel, 54 talent agents, 178 talent management, 86 Instagram, 86, 153 K Intellectual property (IP), 65, 68, 86, Kardashians, 183 99, 114, 117, 126–7, 145 Kavanagh, Damian, 135, 140, 182 IP. See Intellectual property Kelly, L. W., 16, 21, 118 iPlayer, 134, 139, 140 Kennedy, Jan, 80 Isaacs, Jeremy, 54 Khan, Guz, 153 ITV Kuipers, G., 6, 24 advertising, 5 Kurland, Michelle, 59 conceptualising talent, 14 206 Index

L Matheson, Hilda, 168 Lambert, Stephen, 95n1 Matthews, J., 25, 29, 155 Land, Anita, 90, 115 Matthews, Spencer, 88 Lander, Katie, 109 McDonagh, Martin, 141 Lang, Jamie, 88 McDonald, Duff, 17 Lee, Caspar, 150, 153 McGee, Lisa, 125 Lee, D., 23, 67 McGovern, Steph, 170–1 Legacy television, 14, 18, 31, 93, 108 McIntyre, Michael, 85 Leibovitz, Annie, 95n1 McKinsey & Company, 16–17 Lester, Phil, 150 MCN. See Multi-channel networks Lewis, Helen, 97 MediaCity, Salford, 110, 166 Lewis, R. E., 18 Mellahi, K., 17 Licence fee, 45, 102 Mentoring, 66, 77, 178 Light entertainment, 29, 45, 46, 57, Meritocracy, 4, 142, 159, 160, 172, 58, 59, 62 179, 181 Limmy (comedian), 146 Metcalfe, Blair, 84, 92–3, 127, 149 Literary agents, 7, 78, 85 Michaels, Ed, 16 Little Britain, 134 Middleton, Dan (DTM), 152 Little Dot Studios, 132 Milligan, Spike, 50, 51 Littler, Jo, 3, 100, 159, 179, 181 Mills, B., 59, 60, 67, 77 Littlewood, Yvonne, 168 Milne, Alasdair, 169 Live at the Apollo, 85, 95n2 Mitchell, David, 149 Live television, 154 Moffat, Peter, 141 Llewellyn, Pat, 116 Moffatt, Scarlett, 87, 88 Loach, Ken, 123 Moir, Jim, 58 London, 113–14, 119–20, 139, 141, Mokkingbird talent agency, 88 160, 165–7, 180–1 Monetary value of talent, 2, 76, 91–4, Love Island, 44 155, 183–5 LWT (London Weekend Television), Monty Python’s Flying Circus, 79 53, 55, 56, 58, 59, 61, 66 More4, 124 Morecambe and Wise, 49, 57, 58, 80, 106 M Moss, Edward, 47 Made in Chelsea, 87, 88 Moyles, Chris, 102 Maitlis, Emily, 170 Mulhern, Stephen, 82 Maker Studios, 31 Multi-channel networks (MCN), Mandelson, Peter, 61 131–56 Marsh, Billy, 49, 50, 80 BBC Scotland’s The Social, 137–41 Marshall, P. D., 32 changing political economy of tele- Marwick, A., 15 vision, 5 Mary Queen of Shops, 116 Channel 4 and search for talent, Maschwitz, Eric, 46 141–4 Index 207

defnition, 132 New public management, 169 differing business models and cul- Newspaper industry, 93 tures, 132–7 Noel, John, 75, 83–4, 86, 87 digital environment, 99, 110 Noel Gay Artists, 52, 53 economics of YouTube, 147–9 Norton, Graham, 29, 82, 104 online talent sector, 149–54 overview, 131–2, 154–6 television personalities, 30 O UKTV model, 144–7 Ofcom, 100, 105, 109, 120, 162 Multi-platform television Off-screen talent, 21, 29, 62, 70, 90, commissioning editors, 117–20 99–100, 128, 155 conceptualising talent, 25–8, 31, 36 O’Leary, Dermot, 82, 83, 86, 91 digital environment, 9, 97–100, Oliver & Ohlbaum Associates, 102 107, 111, 112, 117–20, 126–7 Oliver, Jamie, 116 multi-channel networks, 132, 141, One Foot in the Grave, 117 144, 154 One Potato Two Potato, 116 talent agents, 178, 179 Online social video talent management, 1, 81, 82–5, conceptualising talent, 24, 35 91, 182 digital environment, 9, 125, 126–7, television and social video, 175 129 Murphy, Ryan, 5 diversity, 163, 164, 171, 172 Musgrave, G., 177 future role of television, 183, 184 Music hall, 33, 46, 47 multi-channel networks, 131, Music industry, 177 135–7, 142–3, 145–6, 149–52, Mustafa, Allan, 153 154–6 talent agents, 177, 179 talent development, 182–3 N talent management, 24, 94 Naked Chef, The, 116 television and social video, 143, Natural Curiosity, 122 145–6, 149–50, 152, 154, Netfix, 4, 5, 80, 81, 99, 128, 184 175–6 Networks valuing talent, 35, 94 conceptualising talent, 23 viewer age, 5 golden age of television, 52, 54, YouTube, 5–6, 145–7, 150–3, 56–60, 67 175–6, 184 of infuence, 56–60 Online talent pathways into television, 52, 54 conceptualising talent, 27, 30–2, 36 talent management, 81, 89 digital environment, 110, 115 television, talent and barriers of future role of television, 184 entry, 180 multi-channel networks, 149–54, New Faces, 51 155 Newman, Pat, 46 talent management, 89, 92 208 Index

On-screen talent Pay levels conceptualising talent, 21, 29, 35, 37 BBC, 100–1, 104, 106–7, 168–71 digital environment, 99, 100 conceptualising talent, 27, 31 evolution of television talent digital environment, 100–1, 104, industry, 70 106–7, 110, 114 multi-channel networks, 155 diversity, 163, 165, 166, 168–70 pay levels, 170 gender equality, 168–70 talent development, 182–3 networks of infuence, 62 talent management, 86, 90 production talent, 110 Opportunity Knocks, 51 Pay-Tv channels, 4, 5, 14, 99, 101, 106 OP Talent, 99, 110, 151–2 Pearson Playwright Scheme, 141 Optomen, 116 Pentland, Louise, 150 Osborn, David, 111, 112–13 People Just Do Nothing, 153 Osbourne, Sharon, 87 Perkins, Sue, 8, 10n1, 80 Over-the-top (OTT) services Perry, Jimmy, 80 changing political economy of Petrie, Joe, 153 television, 4, 5 Phillips, Trevor, 61 defnition, 14 Plantin, Marcus, 61 digital environment, 97, 99, 101, Platforms. See Multi-platform television 111, 124–6, 128 Playwrights, 141 multi-channel networks, 134 Popular culture, 4, 35 Oxbridge (Oxford and Cambridge), Portas, Mary, 116 52, 56, 61, 167, 180 Portfolio careers, 3, 90–2, 153 Potter, I., 62, 64 PR. See Public relations P Practice, and talent, 20–1 PACT (Producers’ Alliance for Cinema Prebble, Lucy, 141 and Television), 65 Preston, Alison, 36, 118–19 Pagnamenta, Peter, 54 Private education, 171 Palin, Michael, 57 Producers’ Alliance for Cinema and Panorama, 54 Television (PACT), 65 Paradine Productions, 52 Production talent Parkinson, Michael, 57, 58 digital environment, 99, 107–11, 115 Parnell, Val, 50 networks of infuence, 63–5. See Paterson, Jennifer, 116 also Independent production Paterson, Richard, 23, 65, 178 companies Pathways into television, 51–6 Professional tastemakers, 24 Patreon, 147 Project Diamond, 161, 162 Pattison, Vicky, 88 PSB. See Public service broadcasting Paul Jackson Productions (PJP), 103 Public relations (PR), 30, 36, 86, 87, Paul, Logan, 146 92, 177 Paxman, Jeremy, 54, 90 Public service broadcasting (PSB) Index 209

barriers of entry, 180 S changing political economy of Salary levels. See Pay levels television, 4 Salford MediaCity, 110, 166 conceptualising talent, 14, 27, 33, 35 Sandbrook, Dominic, 55 digital environment, 97, 102, 108, Satellite television, 4, 71 111, 128 Sayle, Alexei, 58 evolution of television talent Scholz, T. M., 17–18 industry, 71 Screenwriters, 170 future role of television, 184, 185 Seaton, Jean, 58, 62, 168 golden age of television, 48, 56 Sellers, Peter, 50 talent agents, 179, 180 Sherrin, Ned, 53, 54 talent development, 182 Skillset, 141 Publishing industry, 7–8, 85, 177 Skins, 136 Sky, 59, 99, 148 Slot, Owen, 15 Q Smales, Dominic, 150 ‘Queensgate’, 80, 95n1 Smitham, Sabina, 149, 155–6 Smith, Ed, 19 Smith Maguire, J., 24, 25, 29, 155 R Soaps, 94, 152 Race, 146, 162 Social, The (BBC Scotland), 125, 134, Radio, 33, 46–7, 56, 70, 82, 104 137–41, 182 Ramsay, Gordon, 58, 116 Social capital, 81, 85 Randle, K., 23 Social class. See Class Ratings, 79, 122 Social media RDF Television, 80, 95n1 BBC Scotland’s The Social, 137–8 Reality television, 32, 76, 87–8, 90, celebrity culture, 32–3 94, 145, 183 conceptualising talent, 31–3 Record industry, 155 digital environment, 126, 128 Rediffusion, 52, 53 multi-channel networks, 137–8, 151 Redmond, Sean, 32 talent drain, 181, 183 Regulation, 109, 146–7 talent management, 86–8 Reid, Susanna, 102 valuing talent, 184 Renwick, David, 80, 117 Social video. See Online social video Rhimes, Shonda, 5 Sony, 69 Richard Stone Partnership, 79, 82 Sorenson, I., 14 Risk-taking, 79, 82–4, 94, 114–18, Sparks, C., 63 182–5 Sports talent, 15, 19, 20–1, 88–9, Ross, Jonathan, 82, 100, 104, 106, 142, 160 107, 152 Stamp, Steve, 153 Roussel, Violaine, 2, 6, 76, 177 Stand-up comedians, 85, 153 Royal Television Society (RTS), 109, Starr, Freddie, 51 160 Star talent, 34, 79, 117 210 Index

Steafel, Sheila, 57 and practice, 20–1 Stoll, Oswald, 47 production talent, 107–11 Stone, Richard, 79, 82 and radio, 46–7 Strange, N., 86, 128, 184 role of the agent, 176–80 Structure, and agency, 3, 7, 33, 37, 45 state of play, 34–7 StyleHaul, 153 talent drain, 1, 181–3 Subscription video-on-demand talent management, 75–95 (SVOD), 4, 5, 105, 106, 128 talent, television and risk, 114–16 Suggs, Joe, 150 television talent, 23–31 Sullivan, John, 80 television talent flters, 165–7 Super indies, 67, 86, 121 valuing, 2, 19, 27, 76, 91–4, 185 SVOD. See Subscription Talent agents video-on-demand accessing multi-platform television, Syco, 69 82–5 Syed, Matthew, 13, 20, 37 agents of change, 6–7 Sykes, Eric, 50–1 building careers and the talent life Syrett, Michael, 17, 43, 131 cycle, 89–93 changing landscape, 76–7 cultural intermediaries, 24, 30–1, T 34, 176–80 Talent evolution of television talent agents of change, 6–8 industry, 9, 70, 71 barriers of entry, 114, 171–2, 180–1 fnding talent, 85–9 building careers and the talent life golden age of television, 48 cycle, 89–93 multi-channel networks, 149–50, 155 celebrity culture, 32–4 role of the agent, 3, 78–85, 176–80 changing gatekeepers, 98–100 talent management, 9, 75–7, 82–5, changing political economy of tele- 93–4 vision, 3–6 Talent development, 20, 24, 37, 182 conceptualising, 9, 13–37 Talent identifcation, 15, 17, 24, 85–9, cultural intermediaries, 28–31, 99, 156 176–80 Talent life cycle, 89, 153, 178 defning, 8, 10, 16–23, 29, 34, 37, Talent management 182, 185 building careers and the talent life digital environment, 9, 97–129 cycle, 89–93 diversity, 9–10, 159–72 changing landscape, 76–7 evolution of television talent indus- conceptualising talent, 15, 17, 18, try, 43–4, 70–1 24, 30, 36 fnding, 85–9 digital environment, 122–3 future role of television, 183–5 digital multi-platform age, 75–95 multi-channel networks, 131–56 evolution of television industry, 43 multi-platform television, 2 fnding talent, 85–9 overview, 1–3, 8–10, 13–16 multi-channel networks, 131, 133 Index 211

overview, 75–6, 93–4 Television licences, 45, 102 talent agents, 78–85 Television personalities, 22–3, 26, valuing talent, 36 28–9, 30, 33–4 Talent pool, 144, 159, 175, 180 Thames Television, 62, 106, 111 Talent schemes, 141 ThatcherJoe (Joe Suggs), 150 Talent shows, 29, 51 That Was the Week That Was (TW3), Talkback Thames, 69 53, 54 Tansley, C., 18 Theatre, 47, 70, 79, 177 Taste, 24, 91, 118 The Only Way is Essex (TOWIE), 87, 183 Tavernier, Clare, 154, 164, 182–3 Thirkell, Robert, 58 Television industry Thirteen, 135 agents of change, 6–8 Thoday, Jon, 84, 94 background, 1–3 Thompson, John B., 1, 7–8, 78, 85, barriers of entry, 114, 171–2, 180–1 177 changing gatekeepers, 98–100 Thompson, Mark, 169, 179–80 changing political economy, 3–6 Thorne, Jack, 141 conceptualising talent, 9, 14, 21–3, Tiger Aspect, 64 25–31, 32–4, 36, 37 Toffolo, Georgia, 88 cultural intermediaries, 28–31, Toksvig, Sandi, 80 176–80 Top Gear, 27, 104–6 diversity, 9–10, 159–67, 168–72 TOWIE (The Only Way is Essex), 87, future role of television, 183–5 183 golden age, 45–60 Trade unions, 62, 110 history of, 47–51 Training, 20, 66, 113, 118, 156, 178 multi-platform television, 1, 25–8 Troubleshooter, 58, 64 networks of infuence, 56–60 Tunstall, Jeremy, 7, 54, 56, 59–60, 67, overview, 1–3, 8–10 71, 102, 107, 176 PACT and the super indies, 65–9 Turner, G., 28 pathways into television, 51–6 Twitter, 86, 181 rise of independents, 60–9 Two Fat Ladies, The, 116 role of the agent, 176–80 Two Ronnies, The, 2, 57, 103 talent drain, 1, 181–3 Tymon, Oisin, 105 talent, television and risk, 114–16 television and social video, 143, 145– 6, 149–50, 152, 154, 175–6 U television talent, 23–31 UKTV television talent flters, 165–7 barriers of entry, 181 UK and US, 3, 6, 19, 78–9, digital environment, 97, 113–14, 179–80. See also Digital envi- 118, 121–3, 128, 129n1 ronment; Evolution of television diversity, 165 talent industry; Multi-channel multi-channel networks, 5, 144–7 networks; Talent management Universities, 56, 70, 114, 167, 180 212 Index

V X Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular, 50 X Factor, The, 31, 51, 66, 69, 87, 128 Value of talent artistic value, 2, 76, 155, 179, 184 conceptualising talent, 19, 27, 35–6 Y future role of television, 184–5 Year With the Queen, A, 95n1 monetary value, 2, 76, 91–4, 155, Yentob, Alan, 64, 120 183–5 Younger audience talent agents, 76, 179 digital environment, 9, 110, 124 talent life cycle, 91–4 multi-channel networks, 138, 140, Variety theatre, 29, 45–8, 51, 68, 70 152 Varlaam, C., 60 online social video, 5–6, 30, 152 Vaughan, Frankie, 49 viewer age, 5, 43 VICE, 83, 136 Young, Kirsty, 123 Viewer age, 5, 43 Young Ones, The, 103 Vivenneclore agency, 80, 82, 147 ‘Your Voice, Your Story’ scheme, 166 Vloggers, 30, 109, 146, 148, 154, 164 YouTube conceptualising talent, 14, 30, 31, 35 W digital environment, 99, 108, 110, Wace, Margarey, 168 126–9 Waldman, Ronnie, 45, 46 diversity, 163, 164 Waller-Bridge, Phoebe, 135 economics of, 147–9 Walsh, Bradley, 80 multi-channel networks, 131, 132, Walsh, Louis, 87 139, 142, 145–9, 150–3, 155 War for Talent report (McKinsey & online social video, 5–6, 145–7, Company), 16, 17 150–3, 175–6, 184 Watchmaker Productions, 120 pathways into television, 56 W. Chump and Sons, 105 talent agents, 81, 177, 179 Wenham, Brian, 54 talent drain, 181 White, Sharon, 162 talent management, 81, 89 Williamson, Milly, 15, 32–3, 37, 183 Willis, Emma, 82 Wilman, Andy, 104, 105 Z Winkleman, Claudia, 170 Zahl, Hymie, 48 Wisdom, Norman, 49 Zavaroni, Lena, 51 Wogan, Sir Terry, 175 Zoella, 30, 148, 149, 150, 153 Wood, Doug, 99, 151, 175 Wood, Victoria, 79 Worth, Harry, 49 Writers, 77, 99, 141, 156, 166 Wyatt, Will, 64