Dr Lisa Kelly

  • Senior Lecturer (Theatre, Film & Television Studies)

telephone: 0141 330 4677
email: Lisa.Kelly@glasgow.ac.uk

Room 336, Film and Television Studies, Gilmorehill Halls, G12 8qq

Import to contacts

ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0285-2093

Research interests

Lisa’s research is concerned with the production and circulation of television, its broader economic and industrial frameworks, and the ways in which individual practices and institutional policies help shape the range and types of programming produced. Key areas of interest include television sitcom, global entertainment formats, and creative talent across the screen industries. She was also part of a research team examining film policy through a case study of the UK Film Council.

Lisa’s current research involves television, talent and gender, with a particular focus on diversity of talent onscreen and behind the scenes and developing talent in small nations. She is the co-author of The Television Entrepreneurs: Social Change and Public Understanding of Business (2012) and The Rise and Fall of the UK Film Council (2015).

Biography

Lisa was appointed Lecturer in Television Studies at the University of Glasgow in 2015. Prior to this she was a Research Associate at the University’s Centre for Cultural Policy Research (CCPR) where she worked on two AHRC-funded projects.

She holds a BA(Hons) in Communication and Mass Media from Glasgow Caledonian University and an MPhil in Screen Studies and PhD in Television Studies from the University of Glasgow.

Publications

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2022

Lee, David, Champion, Katherine ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9311-8221 and Kelly, Lisa ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0285-2093 (2022) Relocation, relocation, relocation: examining the narratives surrounding the Channel 4 move to regional production hubs. Cultural Trends, 31(3), pp. 222-239. (doi: 10.1080/09548963.2021.1966296)

2018

Kelly, Lisa W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0285-2093 (2018) ‘Authentic’ men and ‘angry’ women: Trump, reality TV, and gendered constructions of business and politics. In: Happer, Catherine, Hoskins, Andrew and Merrin, William (eds.) Trump's Media War. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham, pp. 87-99. ISBN 9783319390687 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-94069-4_6)

2016

Kelly, Lisa ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0285-2093 (2016) Professionalising the British film industry: the UK Film Council and public support for film production. International Journal of Cultural Policy, 22(4), pp. 648-663. (doi: 10.1080/10286632.2015.1015532)

2015

Doyle, Gillian ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1817-0684, Schlesinger, Philip ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0078-9630, Boyle, Raymond ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8367-470X and Kelly, Lisa ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0285-2093 (2015) The Rise and Fall of the UK Film Council. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh. ISBN 9780748698233 (doi: 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748698233.001.0001)

Kelly, Lisa W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0285-2093 and Champion, Katherine ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9311-8221 (2015) Shaping screen talent: conceptualising and developing the film and TV workforce in Scotland. Cultural Trends, 24(2), pp. 165-175. (doi: 10.1080/09548963.2015.1031482)

2013

Boyle, R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8367-470X and Kelly, L.W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0285-2093 (2013) Television, business entertainment and civic culture. Television and New Media, 14(1), pp. 62-70. (doi: 10.1177/1527476411435420)

2012

Boyle, R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8367-470X and Kelly, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0285-2093 (2012) The Television Entrepreneurs: Social Change and Public Understanding of Business. Ashgate: Farnham. ISBN 9781409403227

2011

Kelly, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0285-2093 and Boyle, R. (2011) Business on television: continuity, change and risk in the development of television’s ‘business entertainment format’. Television and New Media, 12(3), pp. 228-247. (doi: 10.1177/1527476410372097)

2010

Boyle, R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8367-470X and Kelly, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0285-2093 (2010) The celebrity entrepreneur on television: profile, politics and power. Celebrity Studies, 1(3), pp. 334-350. (doi: 10.1080/19392397.2010.511135)

2009

Kelly, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0285-2093 (2009) Casting The wire: complicating notions of performance, authenticity, and 'otherness'. Darkmatter,

2008

Kelly, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0285-2093 (2008) Challenging sitcom conventions: from The Larry Sanders show to The Comeback. In: Leverette, M., Ott, B.L. and Buckley, C.L. (eds.) It’s Not TV: Watching HBO in the Post-Television Era. Routledge: London, UK. ISBN 9780415960380

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Articles

Lee, David, Champion, Katherine ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9311-8221 and Kelly, Lisa ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0285-2093 (2022) Relocation, relocation, relocation: examining the narratives surrounding the Channel 4 move to regional production hubs. Cultural Trends, 31(3), pp. 222-239. (doi: 10.1080/09548963.2021.1966296)

Kelly, Lisa ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0285-2093 (2016) Professionalising the British film industry: the UK Film Council and public support for film production. International Journal of Cultural Policy, 22(4), pp. 648-663. (doi: 10.1080/10286632.2015.1015532)

Kelly, Lisa W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0285-2093 and Champion, Katherine ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9311-8221 (2015) Shaping screen talent: conceptualising and developing the film and TV workforce in Scotland. Cultural Trends, 24(2), pp. 165-175. (doi: 10.1080/09548963.2015.1031482)

Boyle, R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8367-470X and Kelly, L.W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0285-2093 (2013) Television, business entertainment and civic culture. Television and New Media, 14(1), pp. 62-70. (doi: 10.1177/1527476411435420)

Kelly, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0285-2093 and Boyle, R. (2011) Business on television: continuity, change and risk in the development of television’s ‘business entertainment format’. Television and New Media, 12(3), pp. 228-247. (doi: 10.1177/1527476410372097)

Boyle, R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8367-470X and Kelly, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0285-2093 (2010) The celebrity entrepreneur on television: profile, politics and power. Celebrity Studies, 1(3), pp. 334-350. (doi: 10.1080/19392397.2010.511135)

Kelly, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0285-2093 (2009) Casting The wire: complicating notions of performance, authenticity, and 'otherness'. Darkmatter,

Books

Doyle, Gillian ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1817-0684, Schlesinger, Philip ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0078-9630, Boyle, Raymond ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8367-470X and Kelly, Lisa ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0285-2093 (2015) The Rise and Fall of the UK Film Council. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh. ISBN 9780748698233 (doi: 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748698233.001.0001)

Boyle, R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8367-470X and Kelly, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0285-2093 (2012) The Television Entrepreneurs: Social Change and Public Understanding of Business. Ashgate: Farnham. ISBN 9781409403227

Book Sections

Kelly, Lisa W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0285-2093 (2018) ‘Authentic’ men and ‘angry’ women: Trump, reality TV, and gendered constructions of business and politics. In: Happer, Catherine, Hoskins, Andrew and Merrin, William (eds.) Trump's Media War. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham, pp. 87-99. ISBN 9783319390687 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-94069-4_6)

Kelly, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0285-2093 (2008) Challenging sitcom conventions: from The Larry Sanders show to The Comeback. In: Leverette, M., Ott, B.L. and Buckley, C.L. (eds.) It’s Not TV: Watching HBO in the Post-Television Era. Routledge: London, UK. ISBN 9780415960380

This list was generated on Sun Jun 15 04:22:45 2025 BST.

Grants

2016-2017: Principal Investigator, 'Nurturing Scottish Screen Industries Talent: The Case of Outlander', Carnegie Trust Research Incentive Award.

2013-14: Principal Investigator, ‘Shaping Scotland’s Talent: Change, Flexibility and New Pathways in the Screen Industries’, RSE Research Workshops Grant.

2012-14: Named Researcher, ‘The UK Film Council: A Case Study of Film Policy in Transition’, AHRC Research Grant.

Supervision

I welcome applications from new PhD students interested in all aspects of television studies as well as topics relating to creative labour, gender and representation, and media and cultural policy. 

  • Dokey, Teresa
    A Series of Cycles: Outlander and the Role that Screen Content Tourism Plays in Creating Emotional Bonds and Personal Connections, and in Gaining Historical and Cultural Knowledge.
  • Floyd, Matthew
    How the Industry Speaks to Itself: Constructing a History of Television (1976 – present day) through the MacTaggart Lectures and the Edinburgh International TV Festival Archive
  • Gelbelman, Eugina A
    A Woman Voyeur: Interrogating the Female Auteur and Spectator
  • McGlynn, Amanda
    The use of secret filming in investigative programmes (2000 – 2020) Does secretly recorded footage offer a more realistic portrayal of events?

Teaching

MLitt: Film and Television Core Course

MLitt: Advanced Topics in Television Studies

Honours Option: Television Sitcom

Level 2: History, Aesthetics, Genre

Level 1: Looking, Listening, Reading

Level 1: Key Moments in the Development of Cinema and Television

 

Additional information

Board Member GMAC Film

Co-Founder/Organiser EDI Lab


Dr Lisa Kelly, FTV staff