Speakers at RTS Fellows
and Council Dinners
1981
10 Mar Harold Wilson
1982
11 May John Gau 14 Sep Joseph Flaherty
1983
8 Mar Rex Moorfoot Oct Alasdair Milne .... Peter Jay
1984
Feb Douglas Hurd 10 Apr Solomon Sagall 10 July John Davey Sep Donald Flamm 23 Oct Joslyn Owen 11 Dec Clive James
1985
22 Jan Jeff Meadows 9 Apr Stuart Young 16 May Martin Jackson May Tim Brinton 17 June Gerald Kaufman 16 July Michael Checkland 10 Sep John Ranelagh 4 Nov? David Moore 10 Dec Farewell to Sir Huw Wheldon
1986
4 Mar Alan Watson 7 Apr Richard Price 6 May John Whitney 3 June Harry Turner 1 July Ronald Allison 21 Oct Naomi Sargant 15 Dec Jim Moir
1987
3 Mar Margaret Benton 7 Apr Richard Hooper 13 May Julian Critchley 10 Jun Bob Phillis 9 July Peter Marshall 8 Sep Barbara Hosking 20 Oct James Arnold-Baker Dec Michael Grade
1988
16 Feb Paul Bonner 29 Mar Sophie Balhetchet 3 May Greg Dyke 7 June Hugh Williams 5 July Tony Bridgewater’s 80th birthday 13 Sep David McCall 18 Oct Melvyn Bragg 13 Dec John Lloyd
1989
14 Feb Roger Bolton 3 Apr John Gau 31 May Anna Home 27 June Herbert Schlosser 5 Sep Kate Adie 17 Oct Gary Davey 7 Dec Stanley Hubbard
1990
6 Feb Paul Fox 27 Mar Michael Darlow 8 May Anthony Simmonds-Gooding 19 June The Rt Hon Lord Thomson of Montifieth KT PC 4 Sep The Rt Hon David Mellor 16 Oct Jonathan Dimbleby 4 Dec Esther Rantzen
1991
5 Feb Stewart Purvis 28 Mar James Lee 7 May John Cole 18 June Michael Grade 12 Sep Prof Alan Watson 15 Oct Sir Peter Imbert 4 Dec Paul Jackson
1992
4 Feb Ted Childs 31 Mar Norman Tebbit 12 May Farewell Sir Paul Fox 23 June Greg Dyke (Mark Shivas and Michael Darlow) 8 Sep Bruce Gyngell 13 Oct Tony Hall 1 Dec Richard Dunn 14 Dec J Desmond Smyth
1993
20 Jan Ray Snoddy 17 Feb Janet Street-Porter 16 Mar Sir Michael Checkland (Arwel Huw Jones, David Glencross, David McCormack and Bob Phillis) 15 Apr Brendan Slamin, Theo van Eupen and Ray Snoddy, HDTV 11 May Farewell Tony Pilgrim 15 June Linda La Plante 13 July Andrew Quinn 28 Sep Gillian Reynolds 26 Oct Will Wyatt 14 Dec J Desmond Smyth
1994
8 Feb The Hon Gerald Kaufmann 8 Mar David Glencross 12 Apr David Gordon 29 Apr Farewell Sir Geraint Stanley Jones 12 May Farewell Brian Tesler 7 June David Youlton 5 July Joyce Taylor 6 Sep 3 Oct John Bromley 2 Nov Charles Allen 5 Dec Bob Phillis
1995
15 Feb ‘Programming for Children’ - a forum on children’s TV 13 Mar Tom Gutteridge 12 Apr Tribute to Bill Cotton, retiring RTS President 10 May Alan Yentob 14 June Christine Walker 13 July Discussion on Channel 5 27 Sep Steve Morrison Managing Director LWT 26 Oct Hall of Fame 15 Nov Sue Spindler 4 Dec Andy Allen
1996
17 Jan Roger Laughton 12 Feb Salute to David Glencross 13 Mar Michael Jackson 22 Apr Danny Churchill (cancelled) 15 May John Willis 19 June Bruce Gyngell 17 July Julian Aston 11 Oct Stewart Purvis 11 Dec Salute to George Russell
1997
29 Jan David Docherty 20 Feb Dawn Airey
26 Mar Gus Macdonald 23 Apr Michael Starks 28 May Stuart Cosgrove 26 June Salute to HRH Duke of Kent 10 July Salute to Michael Grade (Dorchester) 16 July Adam Singer 30 Sep Pat Mitchell 25 Nov Mark Thompson 15 Dec Nigel Walmsley
1998
27 Jan Malcolm Wall 17 Feb Geoffrey Perkins 2 Mar Children’s Programmes Anna Home, Dr David Buckingham, Karen Flischel, Holde Lhoest 20 Apr Allan McKeown 26 May Jana Bennett 24 June Rod Lynch 16 July Steve Morrison 22 Sep Richard Eyre 17 Nov Hall of Fame 1998 7 Dec Tribute to Andy Allen
1999
21 Jan Sir Robin Biggam 23 Feb Sir Christopher Bland 23 Mar Roger Graef 20 Apr John Hendricks 27 May David Graham 1 July David Liddiment 27 July Paul Smith in conversation with Michael Grade 28 Sep Dawn Airey 12 Oct Tim Gardam 18 Nov Peter Salmon 19 Dec Hall of Fame 1999
2000
(19 Jan RTS/London Business School Dinner – Pretenders to the Home: Broadband Attempts To Usurp The Traditional Broadcasters’ Throne)
27 Jan Salute to Will Wyatt 24 Feb Janie Grace, Nickleodeon 6 Mar Salute to John Birt, Royal Lancaster Hotel 27 Apr Tony Ball BskyB 6 July Salute to Michael Bunce, Savoy Hotel 27 July Richard Holme CBE, BSC 21 Sept Chris Cramer, President CNNI 13 Nov Mark Thompson 7 Dec Stuart Prebble, Ondigital
2001
23 Jan Neil Blackley, first Vice President Merrill Lynch 20 Feb David Edmonds, DG Telecommunications OFTEL 29 Mar Adam Singer, Telewest communications 26 April David Elstein 16 May Ray Snoddy, Media editor The Times 28 June Nigel Walmsley 18 July Martin Sorrell 27 Sept Nick Elliott 25 Oct Stephen Carter NTL 4 Dec Richard Sambrook
2002
31 Jan A Salute to Joyce Taylor 10 Feb David Edmonds 12 Mar Kim Howells, Broadcasting Minister 24 Apr Sir Christopher Bland, BT 18 June Peter Bennett Jones, Tiger Aspect Productions and PBJ Management 18 Sept Jana Bennett OBE, BBC Television 7 Nov Sumner Redstone, Viacom 5 Dec Richard Freudenstein, BskyB
2003
6 Feb Charles Allen, Granada plc 6 Mar Andy Bird, Turner Broadcasting System International 31 Mar Neil Blackley, Merrill Lynch 6 May Rupert Gavin, BBC Worldwide 17 June` John Willis, BBC
6 Oct Ashley Highfield, BBC 4 Dec Ed Richards, Ofcom
2004
10 Feb Jane Root, BBC2 24 Mar Simon Shaps, Granada 22 June Jane Lighting, Five 24 Sep Greg Dyke 18 Oct Dawn Airey, Sky Networks 18 Nov Sir Howard Stringer, Sony Corporation of America 4 Dec Ed Richards, Ofcom
2005
10 Feb Andy Duncan, Channel 4 4 May Gerhard Zeiler, RTL Group 23 June ITV 50th Anniversary; Lord Bragg, Tony Warren, Charles Allen CBE, Lord MacDonald, Andy Allen 14 Nov Jon Snow 7 Dec Andy Bird
2006
25 Jan Stephen Carter, Chief Executive Ofcom 5 Apr Simon Duffy, Executive Vice Chairman, ntl: 11 May Simon Shaps, Director of Television , ITV 18 Sep Philip Graf, Ofcom 16 Oct Peter Fincham, BBC 1 7 Dec Andy Bird, President Walt Disney International
2007
24 Jan Anthony Lilley, Magic Lantern Productions 6 Mar Lisa Opie, managing director Content Five 25 June Joanna Shields, President International Bebo 19 Nov Peter Salmon, Chief Creative Officer, BBC Vision Studios
2008
22 April Peter Bazalgette 5 June Rupert Howell 9 Oct Stephen McPherson 3 Dec Jeremy Darroch, Chief Executive BSkyB
2009
31 March Dawn Airey 4 Nov Julian Bellamy, Head of Programmes Channel 4
2011
23 May David Abraham, Channel 4
2012
10 Dec Simon Albury Farewell Dinner