Diane Charlesworth

Publications

• Whatever happened to Uncle Cecil? Opening the BBC archives on a missing part of the historical narrative in British children?s television
• From homebuyer advisor to angel of the hearth: the development of Kirstie Allsopp as the female face of Channel Four ?squeezed middle? austerity programming
• Performing celebrity motherhood on Twitter: courting homage and (momentary) disaster ? the case of Peaches Geldof
• Getting to the heart of the matter, and the value of the female television personality in difficult times: an analysis of BBC4?s celebration of Joan Bakewell at 80
• An analysis of the representation of Jewish resistance in the film Defiance [2008: Zwick] and aspects of its public reception as part of the holocaust narrative
• It's a man's world: an analysis of the value of the television personality to UK public service broadcasting in the digital age [1999-2011]
• Journeying with Jamie Oliver: masculinity, social entrepreneurialism and the politics of C4
• Before Sachsgate: reassessing the value of Jonathan Ross to BBC strategic direction
• Gendering the past: negotiations of authority and authenticity in history on television and television history: the case of Victoria Wood, Victoria?s Empire [2007] and the BBC.
• A man for all seasons: helping the BBC off the ?naughty step?: Stephen Fry as television personality
• How we built Britain: dynasty and heritage; David Dimbleby & the BBC.
• The importance of the television personality to public service broadcasting: the case of Jamie Oliver and Channel Four
• Negotiating and validating the 'housewife' identity: Cookery advice in BBC Women's daytime programming (1946-1961), the influence of Marguerite Patten, and Cookery Club (1956-1961) as early audience participation series
• From homebuyer advisor to angel of the hearth: the development of Kirstie Allsopp as the female face of Channel Four ‘squeezed middle’ austerity programming
• Stand up to Cancer 2012 & 2014: the medical telethon as the voice of public service broadcasting for a neo-liberal age
• Female presence at the BBC: uncovering the hidden history of Joan Gilbert (1938-1962)
• Unpacking discourses of ‘care’ and ‘sustainability’ in the UK children’s television ecology and television policy. A case study of Channel Five’s pre-school brand Milkshake’s series The World According to Grandpa (2020-present) and Going Green with the Grimwades (2020-present)
• Book Review: Baroness Floella Benjamin, What Are You Doing Here? My Autobiography (London, Macmillan, 2022)
• Book Review: Yuval Gozansky (ed.) Histories of Children's Television Around the World (New York: Peter Lang, 2023)
• UK Broadcasting and Media for Children: Past, Present and Looking to the Future