Helen PiperHelen Piper is Associate Professor in Television Studies in the Department of Film and Television at the University of Bristol. She has published widely on television forms, aesthetics and genres within the categories of reality television, light entrtainment and crime drama, including the monograph The TV Detective - Voices of Dissent in Contemporary Television which was awarded the BAFTSS Best Book Award in 2016. Her academic career follows a previous career as a talent agent and working as a senior manager for BBC Worldwide and BBC Entertainment. Read More Read Less