WENDY TOYE, is now available for pre-order and releasing on January 20, 2026, a Dr Iram Qureshi’s forthcoming book which is a part of book series ‘British Film Makers’ commissioned by the Manchester University Press.
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Drawing on the archival documents, released as part of Toye’s personal papers kept in Victoria & Albert Museum and BFI library, she also accessed archives at BBC Reading, Seven Stories Newcastle and St John’s College Library, Oxford.
This book provides a historical account of Toye’s screen works from 1952 till 1982. Using these primary sources and textual analysis of Toye’s film and television productions, I examine three aspects of her career; firstly, the development of her visual aesthetic; secondly, how gender has informed her work; and thirdly, what her career reveals about the production context for women in the 1950s British film industry. This study broadened my knowledge about the Post World War II British films, the filmmakers and the industry.
