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Recreating classic sitcom performances: an interview with Kevin McNally (2021)
Journal Article
Hewett, R. (2021). Recreating classic sitcom performances: an interview with Kevin McNally. Journal of British Cinema and Television, 19(1), 87-105. https://doi.org/10.3366/jbctv.2022.0605

Actor Kevin McNally has had the unusual experience of recreating the performances of not one but two famous comedy actors, having played Tony Hancock on radio in The Missing Hancocks (BBC Radio 4, 2014-20) and on television for the Lost Sitcoms entry... Read More about Recreating classic sitcom performances: an interview with Kevin McNally.

Book review : Contemporary British Television Drama (2021)
Journal Article
Hewett, R. (2021). Book review : Contemporary British Television Drama. Critical Studies in Television, 16(3), 330-332. https://doi.org/10.1177/17496020211015463b

Review of: Contemporary British Television Drama James Chapman, Contemporary British Television Drama, London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2020; 187 pp.: ISBN 9781780765228, £63 (hbk), ISBN 9781526125859, £22.99 (pbk), ISBN 978135015250, £16.55 (EPUB/MOBI) Read More about Book review : Contemporary British Television Drama.

Belittling Ern : the changing performance dynamic of Morecambe and Wise (2021)
Journal Article
Hewett, R. (2021). Belittling Ern : the changing performance dynamic of Morecambe and Wise. Comedy Studies, 12(2), 203-214. https://doi.org/10.1080/2040610X.2021.1893468

Despite their renown as one of the most successful double acts in British television history, Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise have received scant academic attention. However, they have been celebrated in numerous biographies and documentaries, as resul... Read More about Belittling Ern : the changing performance dynamic of Morecambe and Wise.

Who's in charge? Changing character agency in early Doctor Who (2020)
Journal Article
Hewett, R. (2020). Who's in charge? Changing character agency in early Doctor Who. Series: International Journal of TV Serial Narratives, 6(1), 5-15. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2421-454X/9805

This article investigates the impact of production process upon character agency in early Doctor Who, focusing on the period between 1963 and 1966, during which time William Hartnell starred as the Doctor. As originally conceived by Sydney Newman, Ve... Read More about Who's in charge? Changing character agency in early Doctor Who.

Essentially English : Sherlock Holmes at the BBC (2016)
Journal Article
Hewett, R. (2016). Essentially English : Sherlock Holmes at the BBC. Journal of British Cinema and Television, 13(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.3366/jbctv.2016.0293

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories, currently enjoying renewed popularity on television via the BBC’s Sherlock (2010- ), have been adapted for the screen countless times around the world. Arguably best remembered are Granada’s long-runn... Read More about Essentially English : Sherlock Holmes at the BBC.

Canon Doyle? : Getting Holmes right (and getting the rights) for television (2015)
Journal Article
Hewett, R. (2015). Canon Doyle? : Getting Holmes right (and getting the rights) for television. Adaptation, 8(2), 192-206. https://doi.org/10.1093/adaptation/apv004

The importance of copyright with regard to television versions of literary works has only recently begun to be considered in adaptations studies, but offers an intriguing perspective not only on what can be transferred, but how. Few characters have b... Read More about Canon Doyle? : Getting Holmes right (and getting the rights) for television.

The changing determinants of UK television acting (2015)
Journal Article
Hewett, R. (2015). The changing determinants of UK television acting. Critical Studies in Television, 10(1), 73-90. https://doi.org/10.7227/CST.10.1.6

Few aspects of archive television drama are more redolent of the era in which they were produced than the performance style employed – a factor which all too often prompts incomprehension, disbelief or even ridicule from those who seek to impose pure... Read More about The changing determinants of UK television acting.

Spaces of preparation: The Acton ‘Hilton’ and changing patterns of television drama rehearsal (2014)
Journal Article
Hewett, R. (2014). Spaces of preparation: The Acton ‘Hilton’ and changing patterns of television drama rehearsal. Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 34(3), 331-344. https://doi.org/10.1080/01439685.2014.937179

It is only comparatively recently that performance in arenas other than theatre and cinema has begun to receive serious academic attention. The ‘Spaces of Television’ project and the University of York’s ‘Playing the Small Screen’ symposium have each... Read More about Spaces of preparation: The Acton ‘Hilton’ and changing patterns of television drama rehearsal.