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

一些最受欢迎的英国喜剧是由工人阶级创作的，例如只有傻瓜和马（BBC, 1981-2003）和罗伊尔家族（BBC, 1998-2012）。这些节目的成功并没有为其他工人阶级的喜剧作家进入这个行业铺平道路。《恐慌报告》（2018）显示，在电影、电视和广播行业工作的人中，只有12.4%是工薪阶层。此外，理解工人阶级喜剧作家所面临的障碍并没有得到学术界的重视。本研究的重要性和独创性在于，它通过文化社会学的视角审视工人阶级电视喜剧编剧的经历，以编剧自身的声音和剧本为中心，提供新的理解。

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.