John Caughie

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John Caughie is a British academic, specialising in film and television studies.

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Professor of Film and Television Studies at the University of Glasgow, [1] his books include Theories of Authorship, A Companion to British and Irish Cinema and Television Drama: Realism, Modernism, and British Culture. He is on the editorial board of the British film and television journal, Screen, and is a Council member of the Arts and Humanities Research Council, U.K. [2] [3]

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