You're Havin' a Class! An exploration of the experiences of working-class scripted television comedy writers

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Some of the best loved British comedies have been written by working-class people, for example Only Foolsand Horses (BBC, 1981-2003) and The Royle Family (BBC, 1998-2012). The success of these programmesdid not significantly pave the way for other working-class comedy writers into the industry. The Panic Report(2018) revealed that just 12.4% of people working in Film, TV and Radio are working-class. Furthermore,understanding the barriers for working-class comedy writers has not received significant academic attention.The importance and originality of this study is that it examines the experiences of working-class scriptedtelevision comedy writers through the lens of cultural sociology, centering writers' own voices and scripts to provide new understandings.