This interview with Professor Roberta Pearson and Elizabeth Evans from the Institute of Film and Television Studies shatters the idea that TV is bad for you. They have just completed a report for the Royal National Institute of Blind People on the quality and quantity of Audio Description for the visually impaired. In this interview you’ll hear what they discovered.

As the latest Warner Bros fantasy blockbuster, The Hobbit, hits the cinema screens, Dr Alison Milbank of the University's Department of Theology and Religious Studies, offers her insights into J.R.R.Tolkien and his famous novel. The film based on the adventures of Hobbit Bilbo Baggins and his dwarf companions will, she says, fulfil deeper needs in modern society than pure entertainment.

Hollywood production designer Tom Walsh shares his expertise at the Institute for Screen Industries Research at The University of Nottingham.

The University of Nottingham has recruited an Oscar-winning Hollywood sound designer as part of a unique collaboration between the global film industry and pioneering academic researchers. Randy Thom is Director of Sound at Lucasfilm Ltd's Skywalker Sound facility in Northern California and has a string of blockbuster movies to his name including Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Harry Potter. His most recent award was an Oscar for his work on Pixar's The Incredibles. Mr Thom is working with the...

Learn more about the University's unique partnership with Hollywood, and how it's helping to boost the career chances of some of our top students.