Mr Steven Gerrard BA 1st Class Hons- Film Studies

Steven Gerrard

Contact Details

Tel: 01570 422351 (4884)
E-mail: s.gerrard@tsd.ac.uk

Location

Arts Building, Ground Floor

Campus

Lampeter Campus

Job Title

Lecturer

Role in the University

Lecturer
Programme Co-ordinator, Media Studies
Welfare Officer

Background

Obtained degree at University of Wales Lampeter 2005
Debt Recovery Manager for Cardiff, DSS 1999
Training Manager for Wales and the Marches, DSS 1998-9
Training Officer, DSS 1996-8
Administration Officer, DSS 1988-1996

Member of

MeCCSA (Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association)

Academic Interests

British ‘low’ tradition
British cinema
Science Fiction and Horror Cinema
Comedy – history and theory
Television – history and theory
The Carry On Films – PhD
Steptoe and Son
British horror films
British Seaside and its history
The British Music Hall

Publications

Publication Type

Authored

Publication Title

Ray Galton and Alan Simpson: The Masters of Sitcom – from Hancock to Steptoe by Christopher Stephens

Year of Publication

2011

Publisher

Michael O’Mara Books Limited

ISBN/ISSN

9781843176336

Edition or Volume

1

Pages: From/To

304, 305, 344

Contributors

Contributor and advisor

 

Publication Type

Edited Book (chapter within)

Publication Title

 Fifty Key British Films by John White and Sarah Barrow (Eds.)

Year of Publication

2008

Publisher

Routledge

ISBN/ISSN

978-0415433303

Edition or Volume

1

Pages: From/To

 

Contributors

Chapter: “Carry On Up The Khyber”

 

Publication Type

Edited book (chapter within)

Publication Title

Seventies British Cinema by Robert Shail (Ed.)

Year of Publication

2008

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan/British Film Institute

ISBN/ISSN

9781844572748

Edition or Volume

1

Pages: From/To

 

Contributors

Chapter: “What a Carry On! The Decline and Fall of a Great British Institution”

 

Publication Type

Authored

Publication Title

British Film Directors: A Critical Guide by Robert Shail

Year of Publication

2007

Publisher

Edinburgh University Press & Southern Illinois University Press

ISBN/ISSN

9780748622306

Edition or Volume

1

Pages: From/To

All

Contributors

Research Assistant

 

 

Additional Information:

 

Media appearances:

 

Title

"Carry On Forever!" as part of Radio Two's Comedy Greats Season (July 2010)

Theme

The Carry On films

Type of Media (Tick box) √

Television

 

Newspaper

 

Website

 

Radio

X

Magazine

 

Other

 

Relationship to research activity and research outputs

Drawn from my PhD research. The BBC approached me directly regarding being interviewed for the programmes

Relationship to ongoing projects

PhD
               

 

Title

“Cor, blimey!” The Life of Sid James – Radio Four (May 2007)

Theme

The life of Sid James both within and outside the Carry On films

Type of Media (Tick box) √

Television

 

Newspaper

 

Website

 

Radio

X

Magazine

 

Other

 

Relationship to research activity and research outputs

Drawn from my PhD research – the BBC approached me for information on this subject after I delivered academic papers

Relationship to ongoing projects

PhD