This article presents a range of hitherto unheard women’s testimonies of their experiences working in the BBC Drama Plays department during the 1970s and 1980s. It incorporates the subjective interview testimony of nine women who all worked on BBC1’s prestigious strand of one-off dramas, Play for Today (1970-84) to reveal commonalities and differences in their gendered work experiences. This incorporates topics such as discrimination, pay, working conditions, emotional labour and trade unionism. There is attention to what made working for the BBC unique, compared to ITV or independent production companies. It is discerned that BBC women workers generally saw the BBC as a meritocracy, but also that some regret the decline in the strength of television trade unions, which they saw as leading to a situation of pervasive exploitation in television today.

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薪水微薄，但为在制作“质量”的团队中工作感到自豪：女性在 BBC 戏剧中工作经历的口述历史

本文介绍了一系列迄今为止闻所未闻的女性在 1970 年代和 1980 年代在 BBC 戏剧部工作的经历。它结合了九位女性的主观采访证词，她们都曾在 BBC1 著名的一次性电视剧《今日游戏》中工作（1970-84）揭示他们性别工作经历的共性和差异。这包括诸如歧视、薪酬、工作条件、情绪劳动和工会主义等主题。与 ITV 或独立制作公司相比，为 BBC 工作的独特之处引起了人们的关注。可以看出，BBC 女工普遍将 BBC 视为精英政治，但也有人对电视工会力量的衰落感到遗憾，他们认为这导致了当今电视行业普遍存在剥削的局面。