Set in a mental health facility, Wakefield shows the advantages of television over feature film, giving scope to explore mental health stories without resorting to caricatures.
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SHARP Professor, leader of the Vitalities Lab, Centre for Social Research in Health and Social Policy Centre, UNSW Sydney, and leader of the UNSW Node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Science Communication, Australian National University
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Dean of Research (Creative), University of South Australia
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Senior Lecturer in Screen Studies, University of New England
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Senior Lecturer in Film, Media and Cultural Studies, University of Newcastle
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Professor of Law, University of York
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Professor of Modern History, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Lecturer in Media and Journalism, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Producer and Writer, University of Salford
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Senior Lecturer in Contextual Studies for Film and Television, University of the Arts London
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PhD candidate, RMIT University
