Dr Richard Farmer
PhD, Ma, Ma Hons
Current positions
Honorary Senior Research Associate
Department of Film and Television
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Publications
Recent publications
30/01/2026‘Artist mill-hand in film studio’: Harold Blackburn, post-war British film production and the making of The Master of Bankdam (1947)
Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television
Film Studios in Britain, France, Germany and Italy: Architecture, Innovation, Labour, Politics, 1930-60
Film Studios in Britain, France, Germany and Italy
Death in filmland: British film studios and 1930s detective fiction
Journal of British Cinema and Television
Requiem for a Film Studio: The Death and Afterlife of Denham
Industrial Archaeology Review
‘Bridal outfits from the heart of filmland’: Clothes rationing, wartime film production and Gainsborough Pictures’ Studio Hire Service
Journal of British Cinema and Television
