Sociology on TV

My Top Ten Fictional Films with Sociology Content

Karl Thompson / January 25, 2017

Films are a great way to teach sociological theories and concepts – and there’s lots of films out there which […]

Karl Thompson / December 14, 2016

The Apprentice – The Final Five demonstrates some of the subtle ways in which the class structure disadvantages those from working

Karl Thompson / October 25, 2016

This documentary is the story of a lawsuit by tens of thousands of Ecuadorans against Chevron over contamination of the Ecuadorean Amazon.The

Or is Alan Sugar some kind of Calvinist God? ‘One in four entrepreneurs who start businesses fail within the first

Karl Thompson / September 18, 2016

The Chronicles of Nadiya, fronted by last year’s Bake-Off winner Nadiya Hussain, is a surprisingly solid piece of sociological TV.

Karl Thompson / September 12, 2016

There’s a couple of really useful documentaries relevant to the crime and deviance module which have been on recently, which

Mary Berry’s recent comments against deep fat fryers and Jaffa cake dunking could be interpreted (using Bourdieu) as an example of

A new monthly post outlining recent programmes relevant to Sociology on TV – most will be on the BBC as