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21-23 August 2014 AEN_EDINBURGHTVFEST_WRAP_AW.indd 1 01/08/2014 14:43 Over the past two years Crime + InvestigationTM has commissioned over 100 hours of UK original content, with hit series including: Crimes That Shook Britain, Nightmare In Suburbia and Britain’s Darkest Taboos. This makes CI one of the biggest commissioners of crime content in the UK. The new series of Crimes That Shook Britain launches this August on CI, investigating some of the UK’s most shocking and significant cases that include Jimmy Savile, Lee Rigby, Rose West and The Marchioness disaster.

Recent Emmy-nominated docu-drama series The World Wars is an epic look at three decades of war. The story is told from the perspective of the most iconic figures of World War Two, including Mussolini, Hitler, Patton and Churchill, whose views were forged over 20 years earlier on the battlefields of World War One. They went on to command a world on the brink of disaster. This six part programme has its UK premiere this September on H2®.

AEN_EDINBURGHTVFEST_WRAP_AW.indd 2 29/07/2014 13:11 Pawn Stars UK scoops up hundreds of years of historical riches as it puts an English spin on the massive global hit HISTORY® series Pawn Stars. This successful UK commission follows the antics of Mark Manning (aka Big Mark) and his team from Regal Pawn in Chester, who will be returning to HISTORY this coming season.

Enter Jennifer Ellison’s explosive world of competitive dance. Dance Mums with Jennifer Ellison is the first format adaptation for A+E Networks of its hit US show Dance Moms, featuring a mix of talented kids and larger than life personalities. This eight-part series has its UK premiere this autumn on Lifetime®.

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How to Make Coffee and Controller NEW: Screening: Gogglebox Money Out of Danish – Through the Come and Catastrophe and Masterclass YouTube Welcome to Keyhole: meet the Q&A with Sharon Edinburgh from Edinburgh Commissioners Horgan and Rob The World View: Meet the Creative Europe Special at our Delaney HBO’s Mike Controller: Danny Networking Lombardo in Cohen (BBC Two) Meet the Lunch Conversation Controller: with Stuart The Bridge to Cassian Harrison Murphy EU Funding (BBC Four) Meet the Who Wants to Controller: be a Quiz Show Jay Hunt Millionaire? (Channel 4) the schedule at a glance the schedule at BAFTA Rocliffe New Comedy Showcase

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How To Be A Breakfast The Post We Still Need MOTD: 50 Years Screening: Better Indie and Bloody MacTaggart To Talk About of Football Showrunners Marys on Interview: David Commissioning and Q&A with Breaking the Terrace with Abraham The Richard Ronald D.Moore News - How to NBCUniversal Nurturing the Dunn Memorial and Des Doyle Attract a Young Desperately Showrunner Role Interview: Tessa Generation to Seeking 16-34s in the UK Ross (The Filmhouse. News Ticket-holders Meet the Meet Discovery’s Meet the only, see p18) Meet the Controller: Ben Lee Bartlett, Controller: Controller: Adam Frow (Channel 5) Liz McIntyre and Charlotte Moore MacDonald Sarah Thornton (BBC One) (Sky One) Jed Mercurio: Line Of Duty, Sizzles that Sold My Big Fat Gypsy The Future A Masterclass the Show Benefit Title of Features: Debate: Live! 8 o’clock and Is TV the New Revolutionise Beyond Film? the World of TV Tales from the with Skype TX Casting Couch: Ones to Watch Technology How to Find the Live Pitching British Peter Session Dinklage

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10:00-11:00 11:30 – 13:00 12:00-14:00 13:30-14:30 Question Time: Ed Talks The Network Live Frankie Boyle: An Edinburgh Meet the State of the TV special Controller: Phil Nation Edgar-Jones (11.30-12.30) (Sky Arts) THURSDAY AUGUST 21st

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Minority Report: Screening: Game of Thrones: Pre-Mac- The James Screening: Is TV racist? Dr Who: Deep A Masterclass Taggart MacTaggart Dynamo: Breath Drinks Memorial Magician Based on a (The Filmhouse. How to Have a Lecture Impossible, True Story: A Ticket-holders Global Hit (The Lennox) Series 4 Factual Drama only, see p18) and Q&A with Meet the Masterclass with Coaches Dynamo Jeff Pope and Controllers: Peter depart the Sheridan Smith Fincham and EICC at 19.15 (The Filmhouse. Paul Mortimer for ITV Opening Ticket-holders Meet the (ITV Digital Night Drinks only, see p18) Controllers: Multi Channels) Reception Channel Sleeping with the 19:30-22:00 The Rise of Enemy - You’ve the Ad Men got the Access ITV Opening but who’s got the Night Drinks New Editorial Control? Reception Platforms New (National Museum Opportunities The Future of TV of Scotland) is Now FRIDAY AUGUST 22nd

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BBC: The New Sandford Dynamo The Edinburgh The SuperIndie? St Martin Masterclass: TV Awards Edinburgh Trust Drinks The Art of hosted by Speakeasy Inside The Reception Astonishment John Bishop with UKTV Minds of Steve (The George Pemberton Meet the Hotel) and Reece Controller: Peter Shearsmith Fincham (ITV)

Meet the You Create Controller: the TV Shows Emma Tennant - BEARDYMAN (UKTV) Makes the Music

God: TV’s Holy CCTV Grail? Champagne Drinks Reception

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■ The Pentland ■ The Tinto ■ The Moorfoot ■ The Sidlaw ■ The Fintry ■ The Lennox ■ Festival Terrace ■ The Atrium ■ The Cromdale ■ Platform 5 Cafe ■ Non-EICC events (named) Abraham, David Cavannagh, Pam Frow, Ben Thursday, 18:30 – 19:15, Lennox Suite Thursday, 12:00 – 13:00, The Moorfoot Friday, 10:30 – 11:30, The Sidlaw Friday 10:30 – 11:30, The Pentland Chadha, Gurinder Friday, 12:00 – 13:00, The Pentland Ahmed, Aaqil Saturday, 11:30 – 13:00, Friday, 13:45 – 14:45, The Moorfoot Friday, 15:15 – 16:15, The Tinto The Pentland Georgia LA Alfano , JoAnn Clarkson, SJ Friday, 10:30 – 11:30, The Fintry Friday, 10:30 – 11:30, The Tinto Friday, 10:30 - 11:30, The Tinto Gladdis, Steve Ansbro, Lucy Clews, David Thursday, 15:30 – 16:30, The Moorfoot Friday, 16:45 – 17:45, The Fintry Thursday, 17:00 – 18:00, The Moorfoot Glover, David Ashbourne, Victoria Clinton-Davis, Jo Thursday, 14:00 – 15:00, The Pentland Thursday, 12:00 – 13:00, The Moorfoot Thursday, 17:00 – 18:00, The Moorfoot Gorman, Justin Bampton, Nick Cohen, Danny Thursday, 12:00 – 13:00, The Moorfoot Thursday, 15:30 – 16:30, The Fintry Thursday, 10:30 – 11:30, The Sidlaw Gray, Marianne Bartlett, Lee Friday, 12:00 – 13:00, The Pentland, Thursday, 10:30 – 11:30, The Tinto Thursday, 17:00 - 18:00, The Tinto 15:15 – 16:15, The Pentland Harcourt, Tim Friday, 12:00 – 13:00, The Sidlaw Cox, Sara Thursday, 14:00 – 15:00, The Pentland Beardyman Thursday, 12:00 – 13:00, The Pentland Harris, Pippa Friday, 1645 – 17:45, The Moorfoot Crawford, Kahleen Friday, 10:30 - 11:30, The Tinto Bedell, Elaine Friday, 13:45 – 14:45, The Tinto Harrison, Camilla, Friday, 09:00 – 10:00, The Pentland Davis, Doug Saturday, 11:30 – 1300, The Pentland Cooper, Ben Thursday, 15:30 – 16:30, The Tinto Harrison, Cassian Friday, 10:30 – 11:30, The Fintry Delaney, Rob Thursday, 12:00 – 13:00, The Sidlaw Bennett, Zai Thursday, 13:00 – 13:45, The Tinto, Hartwick, Amy Friday, 10:30 – 11:30, The Fintry 14:00 – 15:00, The Moorfoot Thursday, 14:00 – 15:00, The Moorfoot Biddle, Dan Diaz, Lourdes Havard, Ed Thursday, 14:00 – 15:00, The Tinto Thursday, 15:30 – 16:30, The Sidlaw Friday, 13:45 – 14:45, The Tinto Bishop, John Dolan, Paul Hebden, Kat Friday, 18:15 – 1900, The Pentland Saturday, 11:30 – 1300, The Pentland Thursday, 14:00 – 15:00, The Tinto Blomgren, Lars Dynamo Friday, 12:00-13:00, The Tinto Thursday, 10:30 – 11:30, The Tinto Friday, 16:45 – 17:45, The Fintry Friday, Herd, Richard 19:30 – 21:00, The Filmhouse Bolton, Roger Thursday, 14:00 – 15:00, The Tinto Friday, 15:15 – 16:15, The Tinto Edgar-Jones, Phil Hill, Geoff Saturday, 11:30 – 12:30, The Sidlaw Boston, Emma Friday, 09:00 – 10:00, The Fintry Thursday, 15:30 - 16:30, The Tinto Edge, Steve Hincks, Tim Saturday, 11:30 – 1300, The Pentland Boyle, Chantal Thursday, 17:00 – 18:00, The Fintry Thursday, 14:00 – 15:00, The Pentland Edwards, Rick Hockaday, Mary Friday, 10:30 – 11:30, The Fintry Boyle, Frankie Friday, 09:00 – 10:00, The Fintry Saturday, 13:30 – 14:30, Elsley, Brian Horgan, Sharon The Pentland Friday 12:00 – 13:00, The Fintry Thursday, 13:00 – 13:45, The Tinto, Brogden, Chris Ennett, Will 14:00 – 15:00, The Moorfoot Friday, 12:00 – 13:00, The Moorfoot Thursday, 15:30 - 16:30, The Fintry Hunt, Jay Brooke, Dan Fea, Victoria Thursday, 14:00 – 15:00, The Sidlaw Saturday, 10:00 – 11:00, Friday 12:00 – 13:00, The Fintry Friday, 12:00 – 13:00, The Pentland The Pentland Fincham, Peter Issacs, Dan Browning, Mark Thursday, 15:30-16:30, The Pentland Friday, 10:30 - 11:30, The Tinto Thursday, 17:00 – 18:00, The Tinto Thursday, 17:00 – 18:00, The Sidlaw Jones, Dan Friday, 12:00 – 13:00, The Pentland Thursday, 10:30 – 11:30, The Fintry Byrne, Dorothy Friday, 16:45 – 17:45, The Sidlaw Friday, 09:00 – 10:00, The Fintry Friday, 12:00 – 13:00, The Tinto Flynn, David Jones, Heather Catliff, Nick Thursday, 12:00 – 13:00, The Moorfoot Thursday, 17:00 – 18:00, The Moorfoot Thursday, 15:30 – 16:30, The Sidlaw The speakers

Smith, Jonathan The Moorfoot – 18:00, 17:00 Thursday, Smith, Sheridan Fintry The 15:30 – 16:30, Thursday, Spargo, Robbie The Fintry 10:30 – 11:30, Thursday, Catherine Stephens, Tinto The 12:00 – 13:00, Friday, Ben Stephenson The Pentland 10:00 – 11:00, Saturday, Robert Sterne, The Pentland – 18:00, 17:00 Thursday, Sharon Stotts, Tinto The – 18:00, 17:00 Thursday, Kevin Sutcliffe, The Fintry 09:00 – 10:00, Friday, Celia Taylor, The Moorfoot 09:00 – 10:00, Friday, Emma Tennant, The Sidlaw 15:15 – 16:15, Friday, Sarah Thornton, The Sidlaw 12:00 – 13:00, Friday, Katy Thorogood, The Moorfoot 09:00 – 10:00, Friday, Polly Toynbee, Tinto The 15:15 – 16:15, Friday, Jane Turton, The Pentland 15:15 – 16:15, Friday, Ed Vaizey, Tinto The – 18:00, 17:00 Thursday, Nigel Walley, Tinto The – 16:30, 15:30 Thursday, Vincent Walsh, The Pentland 11:30 – 1300, Saturday, Richard Watsham, The Fintry 16:45 - 17:45, Friday, Emma Westcott, The Moorfoot 09:00 – 10:00, Friday, Williams, Arthur Tinto The 13:45 – 14:45, Friday, Wilson, Duncan, The Moorfoot 12:00 - 13:00, Friday, Wilson, Gill The Moorfoot 09:00 – 10:00, Friday, Kurt Yaeger, Friday, 13:45 – 14:45, The Tinto The 13:45 – 14:45, Friday, Pat Younge, The Pentland 15:15 – 16:15, Friday, Natalka Znak, Tinto The 12:00 – 13:00, Friday,

Moore, Ronald D. Moore, Ronald The Fintry 12:00 – 13:00, Friday The Filmhouse 14:00 – 16.00, Friday Morrison, Steve Moorfoot The 15:30 – 16:30, Thursday, Mortimer, Paul The Sidlaw – 18:00, 17:00 Thursday, Guy Mowbray, The Pentland 13:45 – 14:45, Friday, Stuart Murphy, The Pentland 15:30 – 16:30, Thursday, The Pentland 12:00 – 13:00, Friday, Hamish Mykura, The Sidlaw 15:30 – 16:30, Thursday, Nadermann, Peter Tinto The 10:30 – 11:30, Thursday, Eileen Naughton, The Moorfoot 15:30 – 16:30, Thursday, The Fintry – 18:00, 17:00 Thursday, Andrew Newman, Tinto The 13:45 – 14:45, Friday, Nir, Avi The Fintry – 18:00, 17:00 Thursday, Steve November, Tinto The 13:45 – 14:45, Friday, Dominic Parker, The Pentland – 15:00, 14:00 Thursday, Stephanie Parker, The Pentland – 15:00, 14:00 Thursday, Steve Pemberton, The Fintry 15:15 – 16:15, Friday, Tim Pool, The Pentland 11:30 – 1300, Saturday, Jeff Pope, The Fintry – 16:30, 15:30 Thursday, Regan, Steve The Sidlaw, – 16:30, 15:30 Thursday, The Moorfoot 13:45 – 14:45, Friday Cameron Roach, Tinto The 10:30 - 11:30, Friday, Tessa Ross, The Fintry 13:45 – 14:45, Friday, Robbie Savage, The Pentland 13:45 – 14:45, Friday, Reece Shearsmith, The Fintry 15:15 – 16:15, Friday, Smales, Dom The Fintry 10:30 – 11:30, Thursday, Smith, Elaine C, The Pentland 10:00 – 11:00, Saturday,

Thursday, 15:30 - 16:30, The Pentland 15:30 - 16:30, Thursday, McIntyre, Liz McIntyre, Wilson, McOwen Ben John McVay, Mercurio, Jed Moore Charlotte Moore, Myfanwy Friday, 12:00 – 13:00, The Moorfoot 12:00 – 13:00, Friday, The Sidlaw 12:00 – 13:00, Friday, Tinto The – 18:00, 17:00 Thursday, The Pentland 15:15 – 16:15, Friday, The Moorfoot 10:30 – 11:30, Friday, The Sidlaw 13:45 – 14:45, Friday, The Moorfoot 14:00 – 15:00, Thursday, McAndrew, John McAndrew, Tom McDonald, Thursday, 10:30 – 11:30, The Tinto Tinto The – 11:30, 10:30 Thursday, The Fintry 09:00 – 10:00, Friday, Manford, Jason Manford, Alex Marshall, , Simon Maxwell Friday, 12:00 – 13:00, The Moorfoot 12:00 – 13:00, Friday, The Pentland – 13:00, 12:00 Thursday, Tinto The – 11:30, 10:30 Thursday, Mackenzie, Andrew Friday, 09:00 – 10:00, The Fintry The Fintry 09:00 – 10:00, Friday, Lineker, Gary Mike Lombardo, Adam MacDonald, Thursday, 17:00 – 18:00, The Fintry – 18:00, 17:00 Thursday, The Pentland 13:45 – 14:45, Friday, The Fintry – 15:00, 14:00 Thursday, The Pentland – 18:00, 17:00 Thursday, Lemon, Keith George Levendis, Thursday, 15:30 – 16:30, The Pentland 15:30 – 16:30, Thursday, Tinto The 15:15 – 16.15, Friday The Pentland 12:00 – 13:00, Thursday, Lee, Ralph Thursday, 15:30 – 16:30, The Pentland 15:30 – 16:30, Thursday, Lee, Keli Friday, 09:00 – 10:00, The Moorfoot 09:00 – 10:00, Friday, Jordan, Tony Jordan, Cynthia Kennedy, Kirkham, Alison Jordan, Matt Jordan, Tinto The 12:00 – 13:00, Friday, The Fintry 12:00 – 13:00, Friday Tinto The 15:15 – 16.15, Friday The Moorfoot 12:00 – 13:00, Friday, contents

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Elaine Bedell is Executive Chair of the Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival powered by YouTube and Director of Entertainment and Comedy at ITV. As well as appointing the Festival Advisory Chair, Elaine heads the Executive Committee and manages the overall governance of the Festival and its educational initiatives.

Hello and welcome to the 2014 I’ve been to God knows how many Edinburgh TV Edinburgh Television Festival, the festivals since then. And I’m always here with a certain 39th in its long illustrious history, kind of thrill (as well as a certain kind of hangover). It and my 4th – and final – Festival deliberately isn’t called a TV Conference – it’s a TV as Executive Chair. Festival and a three-day celebration; it’s a networking event, and it’s a place where provocation can lead Thank you for buying your to policy; it’s where ministers rub shoulders with delegate pass. We’re a charitable producers, and where trainees meet executives. organisation, so your pass will There’s simply nowhere like it. have helped to provide someone with a place on one of our training schemes. The Network offers people I have many glorious Edinburgh memories: Kevin their first taste of television via masterclasses, and Spacey dad-dancing last year at the post MacTaggart Ones to Watch recognises and nurtures upcoming party, Robert Peston and James Murdoch swearing diverse talent. This year, over 30% of people on both at each other (and over me, as I sat between them) schemes are from Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic at the MacTaggart dinner; Peter Fincham and Tim backgrounds. Hincks’ band making their first appearance as The Overnights at TV’s Got Talent (where, let’s not forget, I also got my first taste for television at Edinburgh. they were beaten by a girl who sang with her mouth I’d wangled my way to a delegate pass as a baby shut); Eric Schmidt promising us all we had nothing researcher in the BBC Features department because to fear from Google; Vince Gilligan holding a packed someone more senior dropped out at the last minute. room spellbound; Ant and Dec turning up at the I knew no-one here, although everyone seemed to George and getting sucked into a Scottish wedding, know everyone else – or, at least, everyone knew the 2012 Olympics closing session which reduced Alan Yentob. But I sat on my own at the back of every advisory chair Kenton Allen to tears, and the amazing session and was struck again and again by the spirit Alex Crawford talking to us all live from a fallen Tripoli. and passion of every platform speaker. Television, it seemed, was full of impressively creative people who I want to thank everyone who has helped these loved what they did – so much so that they willingly past four years by working much harder than me: my spent their Bank Holiday arguing about the future four Advisory Chairs, including, of course, this year’s direction of their industry. I was hooked. whirlwind dynamo, Melanie Leach; our new Festival Director Lisa Campbell and the full-time Festival team, and all my executive committee members, for consistently attending long meetings and putting up with cold tortilla chips.

Chris Shaw is taking over from me as Executive Chair and I’m very glad to be handing it over to such a loyal friend of the festival. I know he will do a brilliant job – and he will certainly do it wearing much more sensible shoes.

Have a great Festival.

Elaine Bedell Director of Entertainment and Comedy, ITV

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Android devices Twitter Visit the Google Play Store and search for Follow us: “EdTVFest” @edinburghTVFest Tweet us using: #edtvfest Mel Leach is the 2014 has snuck behind some of the most closely-guarded Advisory Chair of The front doors in British telly. All you have to do is guess Guardian Edinburgh whose knicker drawer is whose. International Television And the entertainment doesn’t end there. Cast introduction Festival and Chief and creatives from the Golden Globe-winning Game Executive of Twofour Of Thrones will join HBO President of Programming Group. Mel has led the Michael Lombardo in an eagerly-anticipated Advisory Committee over Masterclass; star of ITV1’s forthcoming Cilla, the past 12 months to Sheridan Smith, and writer Jeff Pope are together produce the sessions at discussing the secrets of their creative partnership; this year’s Festival. Dynamo will be performing effects for us all as part of his must see magical Masterclass and Richard Osman will interview Frankie Boyle on the State huge welcome to this year’s TV of the TV Nation. Two of this year’s biggest Festival, and what a year it’s been breakout stars, Steph and Dom Parker, are on – with Viacom set to acquire hand to tell us exactly what they think of our A Channel 5; Shine and Endemol programmes in a Gogglebox Masterclass and on the brink of a joint venture; Love falling John Bishop is Master of Ceremonies at the for Sky; and All3Media selling to Discovery hotly contested Edinburgh TV Awards and Liberty Global. This unprecedented where, along with Best Channel and consolidation has seen the “tectonic Best Indie, for the first time we’ll also plates moving” to such an extent the be handing out a gong to the Best BBC’s decided its production quotas are Commissioning Editor in the UK. no longer fit for purpose. Find out exactly I owe enormous thanks to this what that means for the industry in one year’s Committee, a tireless team of of our most important sessions in recent volunteers who’ve produced what we years, BBC: The New SuperIndie? hope will be an inspiring, informative And as the BBC examines in-house, Mel Leach and agenda-setting Festival. Special Channel 4 has also been turning its thanks goes to Syeda Irtizaali, attention to the supply chain with the announcement Commissioning Editor for Entertainment at C4 and of a £20m growth fund set up to invest in medium- this year’s Deputy Chair, without whose support I sized Indies. Expect to hear more about that in David would surely be in the Priory. The last word is hers… Abraham’s highly-anticipated MacTaggart Lecture. The business of creativity sits at the heart of both sessions and is a theme that runs throughout this year’s schedule. In The Minority Report: Is TV Racist? Syeda Irtizaali is the Advisory Committee ABC’s Keli Lee has flown in to argue the business case Deputy Chair and Commissioning Editor for diversity with the people who really can deliver for Entertainment, Channel 4. change. Ash Atalla will chair what promises to be a heated debate. ver past years it’s become something Equally controversial was last year’s survey that of a trend to dismiss our industry as out shone a light on the behaviour of broadcasters – but of touch: let’s all snigger at hoary old has anything changed? Find out in the must-attend Otelevision, dad dancing at a cool new club session, We Still Need to Talk About Commissioning. it doesn’t really understand. I hope the subtext of And it wouldn’t be fair if we didn’t ask the same of the this year’s Edinburgh is a robust clarion call to the suppliers. How To Be A Better Indie has surveyed the industry. Television is evolving at lightning speed freelance community and the commissioners to reveal as old business models are thrown out the window the best and the worst practices across the UK’s and international investment comes in. Yet this year Production Companies. A slightly risky session for me has also reminded us just how adaptable, creative, given the day job… ingenious and compelling it can be. So I hope you But in fairness, it’s nowhere near as risky as enjoy this year’s Edinburgh and like all the best dad- letting Keith Lemon into your lavatory. For this year’s dancers, wave you hands in the air like you just don’t Edinburgh Special, Controller Through the Keyhole care. See you on the dancefloor.

6 executive committee 2014 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2014

Chair George Entwistle Andrew Mackenzie Elaine Bedell Consultant Group Creative Director, Director of Entertainment & Twofour Comedy, Jane Fletcher ITV Controller of Press & Publicity, Alex Mahon Channel 4 Chief Executive Officer, Kenton Allen Shine Group Chief Executive Officer, Ben Frow Big Talk Productions Director of Programmes, Andrew Newman Channel 5 Chief Executive, Ash Atalla Objective Productions Managing Director, Daisy Goodwin Roughcut Television Head Girl, Oliver Rawlins Silver River Productions Group Director of James Baker Communications, Managing Director, Krishnan Guru-Murthy Guardian Media Group Red Arrow Entertainment Newscaster, Channel 4 News Sebastian Scott Peter Barron CEO & Co-Founder, Director, External Relations, EMEA, Lorraine Heggessey Predictable Media Google Founder, Boom Pictures Ruth Settle Julian Bellamy Director, Head of Production Steve Hewlett Freuds & Development and Writer, Broadcaster & Media Creative Director, Consultant Chris Shaw Discovery Networks International Editorial Director, Tim Hincks ITN Productions Zai Bennett President, Director, Endemol UK Graham Stuart Sky Atlantic Co-Founder and Director, Sam Hodges So Television Alan Clements Head of Communications, Director of Content, BBC Television Karl Warner STV Managing Director, Tamara Howe Electric Ray Danny Cohen Controller of Business, Director of Television, Comedy and Entertainment, Richard Watsham BBC BBC Director of Commissioning, UKTV Alex Connock Mike Large Managing Director, Director of Communications, Shine North ITV

Phil Edgar-Jones Ralph Lee Director, Deputy Chief Creative Officer, Sky Arts Channel 4

7 keynote speakers 8 Boyle’s shows ranging from Paralympic Gamesandcommissioning award-winning the game-changingbroadcast of theLondon 2012 has beenat record levels, with theteamexecuting Lady such asSteve McQueen’s include Academy Award-winnersyears.These many of themost successful UK films of recent established, andhasdeveloped andco-financed bothtalent intheUK, newly discovered and innovativemost synonymousthe with working with and Drama in 2008. Head of Film4in2003,followed by Controller of Film Tessa Ross joinedChannel 4in2000andbecame Martin McDonagh’s KEYNOTE SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES Last King of Scotland Scotland of King Last TESSA ROSS THE RICHARDDUNNMEMORIALINTERVIEW of schedule inadecadefollowing thedecommissioning delivering thebiggest diversification of Channel 4’s in May 2010.Heformed andleadstheteamthat is Abraham becameChannel 4’s sixthChief Executive creative businessesintheUK andUSA, David Following a25 year career building andchampioning DAVID ABRAHAM THE MACTAGGART LECTURE Yorkshire Yorkshire Across the Lines Lines the Across Big Brother Big Under Tessa’s leadership, Film4hasbecome ; critically-acclaimed award-winners suchas Slumdog Millionaire Slumdog to to Southcliffe . Investment inoriginated content and In Bruges In Gogglebox Gogglebox Toast of London of Toast and Phyllida Lloyd’s , The Undateables, Syria: Syria: Undateables, The 12 Years a Slave a Years 12 , Kevin Macdonald’s , MikeLeigh’s and Educating Educating . , Danny The Iron Iron The Another Another

BAFTA award-winning flourishing, withtitles ranging from the Oscar and investment into Film4hasbeenboosted andis headlines with Plebgate andSriLanka exclusives; Year Barnard’s and was Chair of the2013RTS CambridgeConvention. creative agency St Luke’s. Partner andChief Operating Officer of independent History at Oxford University. At 32,he was aFounding trainee inadvertising inLondon, after studying Modern Networks UK. to theUS,David was General Manager of Discovery reviving theprimeUScablenetwork. Before heading General Manager of TLC, he was responsiblefor at Discovery Networks USA where, asPresident and commissions suchas the launchof Dave andchampionedsuccessful was appointed Chief Executive in April 2007. Heled commercial partnerships with UKTV andBT Sport. while keepingrevenues stable as well asforging new 16-24 year-olds intheUK. This hasbeenachieved over 11 millionregistered users, includinghalf of all engagement strategy for Channel 4 which today has Independent Commissioning Group, where she was British comedy at theUK box office,Ben Palmer’s during that timeinclude on riskandinnovation. Piecescommissioned strategy that cemented adrama reputation based Drama, Tessa Ross successfully implemented a Inbetweeners Movie Inbetweeners Inbetweeners Movie. Inbetweeners is England is In the Land of the Free the of Land the In Not Only But Always, White Teeth, No Angels Angels No Teeth, Traffic. White Sex Always, But Only Not A rejuvenated He isamember of theBoard of Creative Skillset David beganhiscareer in1984asagraduate David joinedChannel 4 from UKTV, where he David implemented aninnovative viewer Tessa cameto Channel 4from theBBC’s During her earlier stewardship of Channel 4 , ChrisMorris’ The Selfish Giant Selfish The , Ben Wheatley’s , Channel 4 News News 4 Channel Four Lions Four

. Red Dwarf Dwarf Red 12 Years a Slave Slave a Years 12 . Prior to this,David worked Shameless, Teachers, Teachers, Shameless, ; andthemost successful Sightseers Sightseers , Shane Meadows’ – is makingitsown Back to Earth Earth to Back and Clio to thehit and

This This The The and and The The keynote speakers KEYNOTE SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES

WORLDVIEW HBO’S MIKE LOMBARDO IN CONVERSATION WITH STUART MURPHY

and successful series including True Blood, Boardwalk Empire, The Newsroom, Game of Thrones, Silicon Valley, Girls, Veep, Looking, True Detective, and Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, many ranking among the top programmes in the network’s history. Additional award-winning programmes include the miniseries Mildred Pierce and Generation Kill; HBO Films’ Too Big To Fail, Temple Grandin, Taking Chance, Grey Gardens, Game Change and You Don’t Know Jack. Lombardo also shepherded Cinemax’s first foray into primetime originals with the popular action series Strike Back and Banshee. Formerly, Lombardo was executive vice- president, Business Affairs, Production and Programming Operations, a position he held since Michael Lombardo is President of Programming, January 2003. In this capacity, he was responsible for Home Box Office. He is responsible for for the negotiation and administration of talent, overseeing all of HBO’s and Cinemax’s programming production and licence agreements for HBO original initiatives including HBO Films, HBO Sports, HBO programming, as well as overseeing the network’s Documentaries & Family and HBO Entertainment. West Coast Production and Legal departments and He also oversees the HBO Marketing and Program the Programming Operations. Planning group, which is responsible for research Lombardo currently serves on the boards of and scheduling. In addition, he heads up the West The Paley Center, The Academy of Television Arts Coast Business Affairs, Legal and Production & Sciences, GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian and Straight departments. He was appointed to this position in Education Network) and Film Independent. June 2007. He was appointed a member of the Board of During his tenure as president, HBO Programming, Trustees at the John F. Kennedy Center for the HBO has launched some of its most acclaimed Performing Arts by President Obama in February 2014.

THE RICHARD DUNN MEMORIAL INTERVIEW TESSA ROSS

Head of Drama. Her commissions included Billy Elliot, Clocking Off and Playing the Field. Tessa has previously been a governor at the NFTS, on the board of the National Theatre, a member of the ICA Council and a governor at the BFI. She is an honorary associate of the London Film School and an Honorary Fellow at the NFTS. She was also a member of Chris Smith’s Film Policy Review panel. Tessa was appointed CBE in the New Year 2010 Honours List and received the 2013 BAFTA for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema. In 2014, it was announced that Tessa had been appointed as Chief Executive of the National Theatre, a role she takes up from autumn 2014.

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17 Screenings 18 was commissioned by Phil Clarke,Headof Comedy TX: Director: his companion Clara. TV’s most iconic roles, alongside Jenna Coleman as see Peter Capaldi launchasthe12thDoctor, oneof Steven Moffat andproduced by Nikki Wilson, this will and working with two brilliant original comic talents.” another exciting new narrative project with Channel 4 Television, added:“Wearedelighted to beproducing we arenow goingto series.” transatlantic romantic comedy, andI’mdelighted that outstanding pilot. The result isanoriginal andjoyous and they have come together to makeanotably supremely talented comic writers andperformers, “Sharon HorganandRob Delaney aretwo uniqueand struggle to fall inlove inLondon. (Rob Delaney) who makeabloody messasthey Irish woman (Sharon Horgan)andan American man for Channel 4called series of The feature-length premiereepisodeof thenew The FilmhouseCinema,Edinburgh DoctoR WHO: DEEPBREATH writer of Sharon Horgan(award-winning actressandstar/co- Rob Delaney (comedian andbestselling author) and EICC The Tinto, CATASTROPHE The Tinto and The FilmhouseCinema,88Lothian Road, Edinburgh, EH39BZ (seemapp2) are not requiredfor the‘Catastrophe’ screening. so enquireearly to avoid disappointment. Tickets an hour prior to thescreening. Availability islimited Tickets should becollected at The Filmhousehalf desk at theEICCupto 1hour before thescreening. can bereservedinadvance at theregistration Tickets for screeningsat The Filmhouse Cinema THURSDAY AUGUST 21,13:00–13:45 THURSDAY AUGUST 21,16:45–18:00 An Avalon Television production, Jon Thoday, Joint ManagingDirector of Avalon Phil Clarke,Headof Comedy at Channel said: 4, It’s a6x30,singlecamera comedy following an BBC One, August 23 Pulling Doctor Who Doctor Ben Wheatley ) have written andstar inanew series Catastrophe entitled Deep Breath. Deep . Catastrophe Written by Written

( at Channel 4. The seriesisdirectedby Ben Taylor Sharon HorganandRob Delaney The screening will befollowed by a Q&A with TX: Channel 2015(Catastrophe 4, series) Kara Baker and Jon Thoday. Executive Producers areRichard Allen-Turner, Tandy ( Cardinal Burns Cardinal Entertainment,Adam Webb,Producer, GEITF Acquisitions andCo-productions, ITV Studios Global Producers: and TVCritic Chair: The Thick of It of Thick The Andrew Collins, Writer,Broadcaster Fraser Robinson, and Cuckoo and A Touch of Cloth of Touch A ) andproduced by Adam

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FRIDAY AUGUST 22, 14:00 – 16:00 SHOWRUNNERS The Filmhouse Cinema, Edinburgh

Described by The Hollywood Reporter as “an intriguing behind-the-scenes exposé of the men and women responsible for TV’s recent revolution”, Showrunners will have an exclusive presentation at this year’s GEITF. Showrunners is the first ever feature-length documentary film to explore the fascinating world of US television Showrunners and the creative forces aligned around them. These people are responsible for creating, writing and overseeing every element of production on one of the US’ biggest exports – television drama and comedy series. The film shows audiences the huge amount of work that goes into making sure their favourite TV series airs on time, as Hart Hanson, Jane Espenson, Jonathan Nolan and well as the many challenges that showrunners have many more! to overcome to make sure a new series makes it onto The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the schedules at all! the film’s director Des Doyle and special guest Featuring contributions from J.J. Abrams, Joss showrunner Ronald D. Moore (Outlander, Battlestar Whedon, Ronald D. Moore, Damon Lindelof, Bill Prady, Galactica, Carnivale, Star Trek: The Next Generation)

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DYNAMO: MAGICIAN IMPOSSIBLE, SERIES 4 The Filmhouse Cinema, Edinburgh

Dynamo: Magician Impossible will return to Watch this autumn as the world-wide hit begins its fourth series. The award-winning magic show has charted Dynamo’s journey from humble beginnings in Bradford to becoming one of the world’s most talked-about entertainers/illusionists following his dramatic stunts, which have included the Thames ‘River Walk’ in London, walking down the side of the LA Times building and levitating in front of the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The fourth series of Magician Impossible follows Dynamo as he travels to LA, San Francisco, Paris and – for the first time - India before heading to London and mind-blowing magic, Dynamo: Magician Impossible returning to the north of England, where his story began. is the amazing story of the man himself, and how his From pop stars to actors to passers-by on the street, the passion for illusion has rocketed him to international reaction to Dynamo’s spine-tingling magic is infectious – stardom. We are thrilled that Watch is the home of amazing everyone he comes into contact with. Dynamo and that we have brought the show to a Steve North, General Manager for Watch, said: global audience.” “Dynamo is leading the regenerated interest in magic, TX: Watch, Autumn with millions of fans around the world. As well as the The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Dynamo

19 networking events 20 documentary. produced European TV drama, animation and funding programme. It invests ininternationally about Creative Europe, thenew €1.5billion EU Our UK team will alsobeonhandto tell you more Sponsored by Gateway to Level 1. Scotland. complementary drinks and lunch, courtesy of Creative the Keyhole Edinburgh Special to network andenjoy attending socome along straight after the Through RSVP’d. Commissioners from thekey channels will be at GEITF isavailable to all delegates who have Platform 5Café. This new networking opportunity will beheld at 13:00-14:00on Thursday at the The Meet theCommissioners networking lunch Platform 5Cafe, Level 1 NETWORKING LUNCH MEET THECOMMISSIONERS partnership with In shows suchas Join usfor coffee withour panellists, producers on Festival Terrace, Level 0 FROM CREATIVE EUROPE WELCOME TO EDINBURGH coffeE anddanish – THURSDAY AUGUST 21st 13:00 –14:00 11:30 –12:00 New outdoor spaceopposite the Tinto. Enter from theStrathblane Hall via theEntrance The Killing The , The Bridge Bridge The and

Wallander . to Floor 1Gateway. share your views onthefuture of TV and visual media. RECEPTION I Sponsored by by theteambehind of the James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture.Hosted Thursday 21 August for complementary drinks ahead Atrium onLevel 0between 6.00pm-6.30pmon Make sure you stop by theEY lounge located inthe EY Lounge, The Atrium, Level 0 pre-mactaggart drinks Sponsored by run from theEICC. Coaches to the venue seeing you there. plenty to talkabout! We look forward to MacTaggart Lecturethereisalways reception takesplacedirectly after the opportunity to catch up with old friendsandasthe from ITV Talent. drinks andcanapésalong with aspecial performance invite you to joinusat theendof Day 1to unwind with Gallery of theNational Museumof Scotland. We reception hosted at thestunning Victorian Grand ITV proudly brings you theopeningnight drinks National Museum of Scotland the UK the 19:30 –22:00 18:00 –18:30 VOEIGNGTDIK TV OPENINGNIGHTDRINKS Enter from theStrathblane Hall via theEntrance ITV’s OpeningNight Drinks will beagreat reportin your delegate bag-come along and The Future of Television in in Television of Future The networking events

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09:30 – 10:30 16:45 – 17:45

Breakfast & Bloody Marys CCTV champagne DRINKS on the Terrace with RECEPTION NBCUniversal The Tinto, Level 0 Festival Terrace, Level 0 China Central Television’s senior executives are Join executives and label MDs from NBCUniversal back to meet potential partners. This is a unique for a reinvigorating breakfast of Bloody Marys and opportunity to discuss emerging opportunities in the breakfast rolls in the tranquil surrounds of the indoor rapidly growing Chinese TV market, gain insight into and outdoor Festival Terrace. As one of the world’s successful collaborations with the State Broadcaster leading media and entertainment companies in and learn about China’s current commissioning the development, production, and marketing of trends. Among CCTV senior attendees are Director entertainment, news and information, we’re keen to of Programmes, R&D Department, Mr. Keyu Wu, meet new potential collaborators and partners to responsible for commissioning and funding new share our UK TV ambitions. Afterwards, come along programmes, and Director of Drama Mr. Si Fu. Light to the Is TV the New Film? session and hear from refreshments and beverages will be provided. industry experts and talent right at the top of their game discuss why television holds all the appeal, and Sponsored by debate whether TV really is the new film. New outdoor space opposite The Tinto Sponsored by

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The Sandford St Martin THE EDINBURGH SPEAKEASY Trust Drinks Reception WITH UKTV Festival Terrace, Level 0 The George Hotel, 19-21 George Street, Edinburgh

Hear more about the varied opportunities for Folks from the festival don’t need no password to get religion on TV with session chair Sian Williams; jazzed tonight, just bring your pass and be nifty about panellists Roger Bolton, Tony Jordan, Polly Toynbee, it! The bootleg whiskey cocktails are free from the Aaqil Ahmed and Ralph Lee; alongside other bathtub until they run out so bring a few rubes for the commissioners, programme-makers and trustees; bar later. as well as Anna McNamee (BBC World Service and The Edinburgh Speakeasy at The George is the only Radio 4), the new executive secretary of the Sandford place to be on Friday night. See you hepcats there. St Martin Trust. New outdoor space opposite The Tinto Sponsored by

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We’re going big on networking this year, with many more events on offer across the Festival from breakfast receptions, post session drinks to evening receptions and flamboyant parties. So come and join thousands of TV executives from the across the globe and start making those new connections, you never know who you’re going to meet!

MEET THE COMMISSIONERS NETWORKING LUNCH Thursday, 21 August, 13:00-14:00, Platform 5 Café, Level 1

We know our delegates FESTIVAL TERRACE want access to the key Level 0, Ground, Rear industry decision makers and Open every day 09:00-18:00 this year we’ve created a brand new Meet the Commissioners Networking Chill out and unwind in our brand new outdoor Lunch right at the start of the Festival. Festival Terrace, a tranquil oasis providing Commissioners from BBC, ITV, Channel 4, UKTV sumptuous garden style lounging, an outdoor and many more will be there, and all delegates smoking area and licensed bar serving wine, who have RSVP’d will enjoy a complimentary beer, hot and cold drinks. Located at the rear of lunch courtesy of Creative Scotland. Join us the Ground Floor, the Festival Terrace is open at the Platform 5 Café for an hour of rapid, all day, every day, making it the perfect spot for structured networking. an impromptu meeting or catch-up over drinks in the open air and dare we say…Edinburgh sunshine! And if you needed any more reason to visit, come along to our networking events below, meet our partners and enjoy free drinks and delicious treats!

THURSDAY AUGUST 21 11:30-12:00 Coffee and Danish - Welcome to Edinburgh from Creative Europe

FRIDAY AUGUST 22 09:30 -10:30 Breakfast and Bloody Marys on the Terrace with NBCUniversal

FRIDAY AUGUST 22 16:15-16:45 The Sandford St Martin Trust Drinks Reception

25 the programme

Day 1: Thursday 21 p27 - 37 Day 2: friday 22 p38 - 51 Day 3: Saturday 23 p52 - 53

26 thursday 21 10:30 - 11:30 thursday 21 10:30 - 13:00

10:30 – 11:30

HOW TO MAKE MONEY OUT OF YOUTUBE The Fintry

YouTube continues to be the leading Chair: Suzi Perry online content platform. Thousands Panel: Robbie Spargo, Head of YouTube Activities, of channels are making six figures Freemantle Media, Dan Jones, Director of Digital, annually on YouTube, while it Maverick, Dom Smales, MD, Gleem Futures continues to connect new talent with their audiences across the Producers: David Allberry, Head of Talent, Comedy globe. Reaching over a billion viewers every month it Entertainment, Talkback, Kirsty Milner, Head of Talent, is a straight-line approach for brands to advertise Somethin’ Else direct to fans via talent. If you have yet to discover the value of YouTube or want to know how to monetise Sponsored by your current content, then this masterclass will give you insight and practical information to do just that.

MEET THE CONTROLLER: DANNY COHEN (BBC tw0) The Sidlaw

Just as BBC Two turned 50, the Speaker: Danny Cohen, Director of Television, BBC controller chair spun around to unveil Chair: Dermot Murnaghan, Sky News Kim Shillinglaw as the channel’s 13th rule-maker. What’s in store for the Producer: Katy Thorogood, Commissioning Editor, channel Janice Hadlow describes as Factual, ITV “intelligent pleasure” and Mark Assistant Producers: Mel Bezalel, Assistant Lawson, less generously, as one suffering an “identity Producer, BBC Documentaries, John O’Rourke, crisis”? The channel may have increased peaktime Assistant Producer, BBC Scotland Arts share year-on-year with drama a particular strongpoint, but it’s an ongoing tightrope to balance Sponsored by the high-brow with relevance; the removal of the daytime schedule still hurts; post-9pm is an issue and there’s no escaping the schedule’s Bake Off-sized hole. Danny Cohen talks through Kim’s plans to steer the channel through its 50th year and beyond. Kim Shillinglaw is away.

27 thursday 21 10:30-14:00

10:30 - 11:30

THE bridge to EU funding The Tinto

From The Bridge and Borgen to The Panel: Lars Blomgren, Producer, Filmlance (The Returned and The Killing, Europe has Bridge, The Tunnel), Marianne Gray, Producer, produced an impressive crop of Yellow Bird (Wallander, The Millenium Trilogy), gripping TV drama series in recent Peter Nadermann, Producer and Managing Director, years – series that have met with Nadcon (The Killing, The Bridge), Alex Marshall, enthusiasm around the globe. But in Producer, Warp Films (This is England), Simon thursday 21 10:30 - 14:00 thursday the absence of network broadcasters of the scale and Maxwell, Head of International Drama, Channel 4 agility of HBO, what is the emerging model for Chair: Peter White, International Editor, Broadcast international TV drama production in Europe? How does it differ from the showrunner-based US model Producer: Cameron Roach, Acting Head of Drama, Sky and how does the UK fit into the picture? The UK has Assistant Producer: Charly Conquest, Development recently introduced tax breaks for TV and, what’s Producer, EMEA, CNBC more, the EU now offers grants of up to €1 million for TV drama European co-pros under Creative Europe. In partnership with Could public funding be the answer and, most importantly, how do you get your hands on it?

11:30 – 12:00

coffeE and danish – WELCOME TO EDINBURGH FROM CREATIVE EUROPE Festival Terrace (outside, opposite the Tinto)

Join us for coffee with our panellists, producers on In partnership with shows such as The Killing, The Bridge and Wallander. Our UK team will also be on hand to tell you more about Creative Europe, the new €1.5 billion EU funding programme. It invests in internationally produced European TV drama, animation and documentary.

12:00 – 13.00

MEET THE CONTROLLER: CASSIAN HARRISON (BBC FOUR) The Sidlaw

Tasked with differentiating the Speaker: Cassian Harrison, Channel Editor, BBC4 channel from BBC Two – against a Chair: Charlene White, News Anchor, ITV News backdrop of budget cuts – Cassian will discuss his plans to refresh the Producer: Katy Thorogood, Commissioning Editor, channel’s output and create a BBC Factual, ITV Four with, in his words, “big impact.” Assistant Producers: Jason Bates, With a mandate to innovate and a BBC Four-friendly Mel Bezalel, Assistant Producer, BBC Docs, Harry arts push on Tony Hall’s agenda, how does he balance Garne, Assistant Producer, Optomen the channel’s relevance to all licence fee payers against the need to serve a high-brow minority? Sponsored by

28 thursday 21 10:30 - 14:00

12:00 – 13:00 CONTROLLER THROUGH THE KEYHOLE edinburgh special The Pentland

This year, the Festival Chair: Keith Lemon brings you a one-off LIVE Panel: Sara Cox, Broadcaster, special of ITV’s smash Richard Osman, Creative Director, Endemol UK. hit, Through the Keyhole. Jason Manford, Comedian Hosted by Keith Lemon, the show returned to ITV in 2013 to ratings Producers: Lee McNicholas, Creative Director, success and is nominated at next Syco Entertainment, Leon Wilson, Managing month’s Rose d’Or Awards. For this Director, Talkback, Meriel Beale, Executive one off, Keith will be delving into the Producer, Talkback, Audrey Barnett, Executive homes of some of British TV’s biggest Assistant, Syco Entertainment controllers as a celebrity panel try to work VT Directors: Andrew Chaplin, Jamie Deeks, Dan out “who habitates in a house like this?” Johnston

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WHO WANTS TO BE A QUIZ SHOW MILLIONAIRE? The Moorfoot

Everybody wants a hit quiz. The Panel: Victoria Ashbourne, Managing Director, Victory, good ones are the backbone of David Flynn, Chief Creative Officer, Endemol,Justin daytime and the best come with Gorman, Head of Entertainment Channel 4, Pam primetime celebrity spin-offs. Cavannagh Commissioning Editor, Daytime & Early Commissions can run into Peak, BBC, Tom Blakeson, Creative Director, Remedy hundreds of episodes a year. So if you’re chasing the Chair: Paul Sinha (The Chase) next Chase, come and join some of the best in the business as they candidly reveal the top five secrets Producers: Shaun Parry, Head of Entertainment, to having a smash hit quiz. Endemol UK, Stephen Lovelock, Freelance Series Producer, Remarkable

13:00 – 14:00

NEW: MEET THE COMMISSIONERS NETWORKING LUNCH Platform 5 Café

This new networking opportunity is available to all delegates who have RSVP’d. Commissioners from the key channels will be attending, so come along straight after the Through the Keyhole Edinburgh Special and enjoy a complementary lunch, courtesy of Creative Scotland. 13:00 – 13:45 Sponsored by Catastrophe The Tinto

Exclusive screening plus Q&A with Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney.

29 thursday 21 14:00 - 15:00

GOGGLEBOX masterclass The Pentland

The creators of Gogglebox along Panel: Tim Harcourt, Creator of Gogglebox and with stars of the show Steph and Head of Development, Studio Lambert, Chantal Dom Parker invite delegates to see Boyle, Series Producer, Gogglebox, David Glover, the workings behind the sofas. As Head of Specialist Factual, Channel 4, Stephanie well as discussing the duo’s Parker and Dominic Parker, Stars of Gogglebox favourite tipple, they’ll take a look at Chair: Richard Osman, Creative Director, Endemol UK how the idea developed, the secrets behind the thursday 21 14:00 - 15:00 thursday show’s casting and how it’s become a global Producers: Lizzie Barroll Brown, Manager, ARG, sensation – as well as revealing what’s next. Tom O’Brien, Head of Development, Electric Ray

The WORLD VIEW: HBO’S MIKE LOMBARDO IN CONVERSATION WITH STUART MURPHY The Fintry

In one of our most unmissable Speaker: Mike Lombardo, President, HBO sessions, Sky’s Stuart Murphy Programming interviews HBO’s president of Interviewer: Stuart Murphy, Director, programming Mike Lombardo about Entertainment Channels, Sky attracting stellar talent, the creative process, as well as Mike’s aspirations Producer: Fraser Robinson, Vice President, Scripted for the future. HBO has long been at the heart of the Acquisitions and Co-Productions, ITV Studios Global TV revolution, redefining what we can expect to see Entertainment on the small screen with ground-breaking series including Game of Thrones and True Detective, as Sponsored by well as classics The Sopranos, The Wire and Sex and The City.

MEET THE CONTROLLER: JAY HUNT (CHANNEL 4) The Sidlaw

It’s been an award-winning year for Speaker: Jay Hunt, Chief Creative Officer, Channel 4 Channel 4 – eight BAFTA wins plus nine RTS awards – but are viewers Producer: Louise Blythe, Executive Producer, enjoying the shows as much as the BBC Academy judges? After a disappointing 2013, Assistant Producer: Sharifa Mansour, Assistant peaktime share is up, with decent Producer (Development), UKTV gains at 8pm weekdays and 9pm looking rosy. However, it’s down in all-time share thanks to Sponsored by struggles in daytime and at weekends. The hits have been more forthcoming this year too, from Gogglebox to Benefits Street, so what does Jay Hunt have to say about the channel and its impact? And is Channel 4 a better broadcaster for indies to work with this year? Ask her yourself – put your questions to Jay Hunt through the Festival app.

30 thursday 21 14:00 - 15:00

BAFTA ROCLIFFE NEW COMEDY SHOWCASE The Moorfoot

Discover the best of future British Panellists: Myfanwy Moore, UK Controller of comedy at this showcase. In March, Comedy Production, BBC, Amy Hartwick, Senior the British Academy of Film and Vice President, Creative Development, ABC Studios, Television Arts, Rocliffe and GEITF Sharon Horgan, Actress, Comedian and Writer and launched a nationwide search for the Rob Delaney, Writer & Comedian comedy writing stars of tomorrow, for Chair: Farah Abushwesha, Filmmaker and the second year running. A team of British comedy Founder of Rocliffe greats assembled to select the best two scripts from over 400 entries. The jury included Andrew Newman, Producers: Alex Cook, Senior Manager, Talent Jim Field Smith, Caroline Norris and Kevin Cecil. At Development, BAFTA, Kam Kandola Flynn, Television Edinburgh, the two best scripts will be performed by Events Programmer, BAFTA, Julia Carruthers, professional actors and presented by the writers to an Learning and Events Officer, BAFTA,Bradley Down, expert panel. Previous Bafta Rocliffe New Writers Awards Officer, BAFTA,Ri Chakraborty, Creative Forum (BRNWF) writers have gone on to secure Director and Executive Producer, Sam Mitchell, representation and commissions by UK and US Producer, BBC. broadcasters and indies, making this a session not to be missed. Sponsored by

How do you do digital? The Tinto

This practical session unpacks the Panellists: Richard Herd, Network Manager, Jamie secrets of what makes a strong digital Oliver’s Food Tube Dan Biddle, Head of Broadcast production. How can traditional TV Partnerships, Twitter UK Kat Hebden, Head of Digital, creatives migrate their skills? What do FremantleMedia UK producers need to know to launch a Chair: Colin Macdonald, Commissioning Editor successful channel? Where are the for Games, Channel 4 jobs of the future and what skills do you need to beat the competition? Producer: Jonathan Almond, Channel Manager, Jamie Oliver’s Drinks Tube

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31 thursday 21 15:30 - 16:30

MINORITY REPORT: IS TV RACIST? The Pentland

The lack of diversity on- and Panel: Keli Lee, Executive Vice President, Casting, off-screen is one of the year’s hottest ABC Entertainment Group, Peter Fincham, Director topics and it’s gathering momentum of Television, ITV, Ralph Lee, Deputy Chief Creative thanks to increasing pressure from Officer, Channel 4,Charlotte Moore, Controller of campaigners and press. Now even BBC One, Stuart Murphy, Director, Entertainment the government is warning Channels, Sky thursday 21 15:30 - 16:30 thursday broadcasters they’ve got one last chance to sort it out Chair: Ash Atalla, Managing Director, - or else. So just what ARE the broadcasters doing Roughcut Television about it? And how will they respond to our latest explosive research, which shows how they really Producers: Faraz Osman, Creative Director, reflect the nation? One network executive from ABC Lemonade Money, Eddie Botsio, Journalist and thinks she has at least part of the answer. Executive Broadcaster, Syeda Irtizaali, Commissioning Editor, Vice President, Casting, Keli Lee will take us through Entertainment, Channel 4 her successful initiative of casting actors from diverse backgrounds in mainstream programming such as CSI and Grey’s Anatomy. Lessons we can all learn – or are we just inherently racist?

Based on a True Story: A factual drama Masterclass with Jeff Pope and Sheridan Smith The Fintry

“I’ve played mainly slappers and Panel: Jeff Pope, Sheridan Smith chavs,” Sheridan Smith once told an Chair: Neil Midgley, Media commentator, interviewer, citing her turns in shows Forbes.com including Three Pints… and Gavin & Stacey. Now, however, Smith is Producer: Victoria Fea, Controller of Drama, ITV famed for her incredible dramatic range and has a BAFTA to show for it. In her next Sponsored by project, Cilla, she unites for the third time with writer Jeff Pope. In this session, Smith and Pope discuss their unique collaboration and reveal some of the secrets behind their success. Jeff has dominated the factual drama genre for 20 years.and will reveal just what attracted him to the stories behind his award- winning work, including Philomena, Appropriate Adult and See No Evil: The Moors Murders.

32 thursday 21 15:30 - 16:30

MEET THE CONTROLLERS: MULTiCHANNEL (NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, A+E NETWORKS UK, COMEDY CENTRAL, MTV) The Sidlaw

Speakers: Hamish Mykura, Executive VP and head of international content, National Geographic, Heather Jones, VP of programming, A+E Networks UK, Lourdes Diaz, VP, Development and Production, Comedy Central, Steve Regan, VP Commissioning There have been breakout hits and channel launches and Production, MTV Networks Europe for all four controllers in the past year, but how do Chair: Charlene White, News Anchor, ITV News they build on UK success while continuing to appeal internationally? And what does that mean for indies Producer: Sarah Thornton, VP Production and pitching to them? What does Hamish Mykura want Development, Factual Entertainment, Discovery in his search for “flashy” formats? Can Heather Jones Associate Producers: Simon Norman, Story Assistant, really find UK versions of US reality hits? What is Steve Casualty, John O’ Rourke, Assistant Producer, BBC Regan’s definition of “unexpected” and is Comedy Scotland Arts Central set to mop up BBC Three comedians?. Sponsored by

The Rise of the Ad Men The Moorfoot

Advertisers spent £3.7bn on television Panel: Nick Bampton Commercial Director of in 2013. The broadcast airtime trading Sales, Channel Five, Steve Gladdis, Managing model, that puts the money into the Partner and Joint Head of Planning, Mediacom, pockets of TV producers, hasn’t Steve Morrison, Chairman, All3Media, Eileen changed in decades. Until now. The Naughton, Managing Director, UK, Advertising industry is going through a seismic Sales, Google shift. Media agencies (like Group M Entertainment) are Chair: Kamal Ahmed, Business Editor, BBC diversifying and investing in content but are producers rising to the challenge? Advertisers are up Producer: Lisa Opie, BBC Controller of Business, for funding content direct but is the industry Factual and Daytime innovating enough? Why is search the crack cocaine of advertisers? Or is it about the data dummy?

NEW PLATFORMS, NEW OPPORTUNITIES The Tinto

The new normal, or the calm before Panel: Will Ennett, Head of Pay TV Content, Doug the storm: Has the internet finished Davis, Director of Content Acquisitions and Sales, fragmenting the TV audience, or is Blinkbox, Nigel Walley Managing Director of Decipher there a new wave on its way? Emma Boston, General Manager, Really, Eden, Good Technology has transformed TV over the past 15 Food, Home and UKTV Play years, with an explosion of TV services, new Chair: Hannah Tallett, TV Presenter and Journalist, platforms and new commissioners feeding an ever Sky News growing demand from consumers for TV content. How can content producers and broadcasters get Producers: Richard Lewis, Head of Entertainment the most out of them and grow the audience for their UK, YouTube, Jen Topping, Director of Business and shows?And is this the calm before the storm, with a Strategy, Soho Productions, Microsoft Studios fresh wave of change on the horizon that could still see our industry challenged? Sponsored by

33 thursday 21 17:00 - 18:00

Game of thrones: A Masterclass The Pentland

Get invaluable insight into THE show Panel: Mike Lombardo, President of of 2014 – Game of Thrones. Mike Programming, HBO, Robert Sterne, Casting Director Lombardo, HBO’s President of and Actor. Special guests to be announced Programming, leads a panel that will Chair: Jane Martinson, Incoming Media Editor, discuss how HBO has created a show The Guardian that is without doubt, a global

thursday 21 17:00 - 18:00 thursday phenomenon. What are the secrets to its huge Producer: Chris Sussman, Commissioning Editor, BBC success? The panel will look at casting, the creative process and how HBO successfully creates show Sponsored by superfans. Plus special mystery guests.

HOW TO HAVE A GLOBAL HIT The Fintry

Creating a global hit has long been Panel: Avi Nir, CEO Keshet Media Group, the holy grail of TV production. George Levendis, Head of International Production, Whether your focus is on drama, Syco Entertainment, Eileen Naughton, Managing comedy, entertainment or features, Director UK Advertising sales, Google Tim Hincks, successful formats never go out of President, Endemol Group fashion. But is it a game of chance or do the formats that really travel actually share a Producers: Alex Menzies, Commissioning Editor, common DNA? What parallels can we draw between Features, Channel Four Television, Matt Pritchard non-scripted brands like Big Brother, Deal or No Deal Group Director of Development, Twofour and The X Factor versus scripted hits like Homeland and Amazon-backed Ripper Street? Sponsored by

MEET THE CONTROLLERS: PETER FINCHAM AND PAUL MORTIMER (ITV DIGITAL CHANNELS) The Sidlaw

In a year when ITV Speakers: Peter Fincham, Director of Television, ITV. announced two new Paul Mortimer, Controller of Digital Channels, ITV channels – ITV Chair: Sian Williams, Broadcaster and Journalist Encore and ITVBe – Sian Williams asks Producer: Tom Edwards, Commissioning Editor, Peter Fincham and Factual, BBC One and Two Paul Mortimer what it means for ITV’s channel family. Assistant Producers: Liana Lonsdale, Researcher, Explore just what “intelligent young mums” want from Shine, Kim Rowell, Interactive Producer, Channel 4 ITVBe and just how TOWIE’s move to the new female- skewing channel will avoid impacting on ITV2. With Sponsored by Plebs returning and new comedy Cockroaches on the cards, what else is on ITV2’s wishlist when it comes to “young-skewing scripted” content? Angela Jain is on sabbatical

34 thursday 21 17:00 - 18:00

Sleeping with the Enemy - You’ve got the Access but who’s got the Editorial Control? The Moorfoot

Observational ‘fly-on-the-wall’ Panel: David Clews Head of Documentaries, TwoFour, documentaries in institutions like Nick Catliff, Managing Director, Lion TV Jo Clinton- BA, Claridge’s or Iceland regularly Davis, Controller of Factual, ITV, Jonathan Smith, command more than 3 million viewers, Creative Director, The Garden Productions so broadcasters want more – Virgin, Chair: Tim Samuels, Documentary Maker and Asprey, the Marines, the House of Broadcaster Commons. And yet production companies increasingly feel handcuffed by the companies they Producer: Danny Horan, Executive Producer, spend huge amounts of time and money filming. Access The Garden Productions agreement negotiations roll on well into filming; press officers ‘manage’ shoots; viewings of a ‘final cut’ can turn into ‘polite blackmailing’. It’s an uncomfortable truth many avoid in fear of losing a commission, upsetting a company or getting a contributor fired. You might have got the access, but who’s really got the control?

The Future of TV is Now The Tinto

Change is happening more quickly Panel: Rt Hon Ed Vaizey, Minister of State at the and across more dimensions than at Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the any point in the 90-yearhistory of Department for Business, Innovation and Skills television services and we need to Lee Bartlett, President, Discovery Studios and act now to drive operational changes Production Group, Ben McOwen Wilson, EMEA to prepare our businesses for the Director of Content Partnerships, YouTube, future. This practical and high-profile session will Mark Browning, Managing Director ITN Productions, consider current key trends not only to traditional Sharon Stotts, Director, EY content creators and distributors, but also to new Chair: Dermot Murnaghan, Sky News entrants, to potential competitors and investors seeking to enter a fast growing creative industry. The Producer: Ri Chakraborty, Executive Producer Future of Television is happening right now and here is how you can turn your vision into reality. Sponsored by

Pre-Mactaggart drinks EY Lounge, The Atrium

Make sure you stop by the EY lounge located in Sponsored by the Atrium on Level 0 between 6.00pm - 6.30pm on Thursday 21 August for complimentary drinks ahead of the James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture. Hosted by the team behind The Future of Television in the UK report in your delegate bag – come along and share your views on the future of TV and visual media.

35 thursday 21 18:30 - 19:15

The James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture: David Abraham Lennox Suite, EICC, Level -2

Marking the first time in 12 years that it has been delivered by a Channel 4 executive, David Abraham will give the 2014 James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture.

It has been a year of creative success for Channel 4, reflected in BAFTA and RTS wins for programmes thursday 21 18:30 - 19:15 thursday such as Gogglebox, Southcliffe and Educating Yorkshire, and three Academy Awards for Film4’s 12 Years a Slave. Against a backdrop of seismic change in the broadcasting landscape, Abraham will explore creativity and risk in British television and set out a vision for why Channel 4 is as important now as ever in its 30-year history.

Speaker: David Abraham, Chief Executive, Channel 4

2014 is already shaping up to be a seismic year of change in the landscape of television so I am honoured to have the opportunity to give the MacTaggart Lecture at the Festival this year. It’s also been over a decade since Channel 4 has had this platform - so it will be a key opportunity, in front of our creative partners, to set out a vision for how and why we intend to maintain our cultural impact in a world in which globalisation and technology continue to reshape everything.” David Abraham

36 thursday 21 19:30 - 22:00 thursday 21 19:30 - 22:00

ITV OPENING NIGHT DRINKS reception The National Museum of Scotland – Coaches depart the EICC from 19.15

ITV proudly brings you the Opening Night Drinks reception at the stunning Victorian Grand Gallery of the National Museum of Scotland. We invite you to join us at the end of Day 1 to unwind with drinks and canapés, along with a special performance from ITV Talent.

ITV’s Opening Night Drinks will be a great opportunity to catch up with old friends and as the reception takes place directly after the MacTaggart Lecture there is always plenty to talk about! We look forward to seeing you there.

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sp ir at io n Adam MacDonald, Director, Entertainment Tom Porter, Commissioning Editor, News Louise Hammersley, MediaLaw Allanah Friday 22 09:00 - 10:00

THE FUTURE OF FEATURES: 8 O’CLOCK AND BEYOND The Moorfoot

How To Look Good Naked. What Not Panel: Gill Wilson, Head of Features, Channel 4, To Wear. House Doctor. How Clean Is Alison Kirkham, Head of Commissioning, Factual Your House. We used to know exactly Features and Formats, BBC One and Two, Celia what the elements of a successful Taylor, Head of Non-Scripted Commissioning, Sky, features show were - a snappy title, a Emma Westcott, Commissioning Editor, News, larger-than-life presenter, a neat Current Affairs & Documentaries, Channel 5, format twist and a female audience. But tastes Katy Thorogood, Commissioning Editor, Factual, ITV changed and commissioners are now having to work Chair: Simon Dickson much harder to attract and retain an 8pm audience. So what does it mean for the future of features? Each Producers: Tina Flintoff, Commissioning Editor, panellist will show an exclusive clip of an upcoming Factual Entertainment, Channel 4, Rich Evans, show which best exemplifies how they’re evolving Commissioning Editor, Factual Entertainment, their features slate. Channel 4 Colleen Flynn, Head of Development, Keo

ONES TO WATCH LIVE PITCHING SESSION The Tinto

The Ones To Watch delegates have Judge: John Hay, Commissioning Editor , Channel 4 been handpicked from hundreds of Pitchers: Ones to Watch delegates applicants as rising stars of the industry. This is your chance to watch Producers: Alex Ayling, YouTube Channel Manager, them in action, pitching live to BBC Worldwide, Ben Tattersall Smith, Social Media Channel 4 Arts Commissioning Editor Manager, BBC John Hay, for a £4,000 commission to realise their idea as a Random Acts film. They’ll get feedback on their ideas live on stage and the lucky winner will be crowned at the end of the session.

09:30 – 10:30 Breakfast & Bloody Marys on the Terrace with NBCUniversal Festival Terrace (outside, opposite the Tinto)

Join executives and label MDs from NBCUniversal for a reinvigorating breakfast of Bloody Marys and breakfast rolls in the tranquil surrounds of the indoor and outdoor Festival Terrace. As one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news and information, we’re keen to meet new potential collaborators and partners to share our UK TV ambitions. Afterwards, come along to the Is TV the New Film? session and hear from industry experts and talent right at the top of their game discuss why television holds all the appeal, and debate whether TV really is the new film.

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Emma Read, Dan Grabiner, Assistant Producer, Head Of Factual andFeatures, fridayFriday 22nd 9:00 - 10:00 22 10:30 11:30

JED MERCURIO: LINE OF DUTY - A MASTERCLASS The Moorfoot

Is Lindsay Denton guilty? For six Speaker: Jed Mercurio, Writer weeks earlier this year, that was the Chair: Boyd Hilton, TV & Reviews Editor, question on everyone’s lips. Heat Magazine With BBC2’s biggest drama hit in 10 years, Line of Duty, Jed Mercurio Producer: Steve Regan, VP Commissioning and created a sensation that rivalled the Production, MTV Networks Europe originality we have come to expect from the best US cable shows and Scandi thrillers. But how did the former hospital physician and RAF Officer achieve this? Is it his method of writing to the wire or the fact he is a ‘showrunner’ who oversees every aspect of his productions? Will his golden touch now extend to Sky One and the forthcoming Critical. And more importantly... is Lindsay Denton guilty?

Is TV the new Film? The Tinto

With the rise and rise of television Panel: JoAnn Alfano, drama across the world in scale, Executive VP, Scripted ambition and reach, the stars of the Programming, NBC Universal big screen appear to be favouring the International Television small screen. From Matthew Production, Pippa Harris, McConaughey to Maggie Gyllenhaal, Co-Founder, Neal Street Tom Hardy to Idris Elba via Kevin Spacey, quality Productions, Dan Isaacs, television drama is attracting quality film talent in Chief Operating Officer, quite an unprecedented way. A panel of industry Kudos, Cameron experts and talent right at the top of their game Roach, Acting Head discuss why television holds all the appeal and of Drama, Sky debate whether TV really is the new film. SJ Clarkson, Director (Mistresses, Heroes, Dexter) Chair Richard Bacon, Broadcaster

Producer: Rachel Job, Channel Editor, History and H2 Assistant Producer: Vicky Walker, Senior Scheduler, Drama, UKTV

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41 Friday 22 12:00 - 13:00

WE STILL NEED TO TALK ABOUT COMMISSIONING The Pentland

Panel: Danny Cohen, Director of Television, BBC, Peter Fincham, Director of Television, Channels and Online, ITV, Jay Hunt, Chief Creative Officer, Friday 22 12:00 - 13:00 Friday Channel 4, Stuart Murphy, Director, Entertainment After last year’s survey and festival session, which Channels, Sky, Ben Frow, Director of Programmes, prompted real changes at a number of broadcasters, Channel 5 GEITF and Broadcast return to the subject of Chair: Alex Graham commissioning and indie relations. We Still Need to Talk About Commissioning uncovers new research Producers: Neale Simpson, Head of Entertainment conducted by SPA Future Thinking and reviews Development, RDF Television, Nick Thorogood, SVP, lessons learned and progress made. All five major Content & Marketing, Scripps Networks channel controllers – Danny Cohen, Jay Hunt, Peter Fincham, Ben Frow and Stuart Murphy – will appear Offical research partner on stage together and face the findings, as well as

your questions from the floor. The new survey will also innovation intelligence inspiration assess whether the independent sector has other, wider concerns around in-house production or Terms of Trade.

NURTURING THE SHOWRUNNER ROLE IN THE UK The Fintry

UK television drama is in rude health. Panel: Tony Jordan, Managing Director, Red Planet With new tax break arrangements in Pictures, Bryan Elsley, Writer and Producer, place, large international productions Ronald D. Moore, Writer/Executive Producer, are finding a home in the UK. Victoria Fea, Controller of Drama, ITV. Demand for our native formats and Chair: Hilary Salmon, Head of Drama England, BBC creative talent has never been higher. We’ll examine whether our writer talent base has the Producer: Cameron Roach, Acting Head of Drama, Sky complete set of skills to compete in a US-dominated international market. Do we need to acquire more Sponsored by expertise in Showrunner-led environments to properly hold our own as transatlantic production partnerships develop? This session will help to shape the funding Creative Skillset has prioritised to facilitate opportunities for developing writers and new writing models.

42 Friday 22 12:00 - 13:00

MEET DISCOVERY: LEE BARTLETT, LIZ MCINTYRE AND SARAH THORNTON The Sidlaw

Discovery Networks Speakers: Lee Bartlett, President, Discovery Studios International’s and Production Group, Liz McIntyre, VP Production production and and Development, Factual, Discovery Networks development International, Sarah Thornton, VP Production and team has 25 new, original series on its current slate Development, Factual Entertainment, Discovery and more in development in 2014. DNI more than Networks International doubled its commissioning hours in the last two years and chalked up a number of hit returning series for Producer: Louise Blythe, Executive Producer, BBC its flagship networks Discovery Channel and TLC Academy Partner for BBC North across its 220 countries and territories. So what are Assistant Producer: Jodie Adams, Assistant Producer, the next opportunities for independent producers BBC Science in Discovery? In this session, Factual and Factual Entertainment commissioners Elizabeth McIntyre and Sponsored by Sarah Thornton will discuss what they are looking for; joined by Discovery Studios Group President, Lee Bartlett, to talk about Discovery’s vision for its newly acquired production entities. sizzles that sold the show The Moorfoot

Join TV’s top commissioners, Panel: Andrew Mackenzie, Group Creative Director, producers and promo tape makers Director, Twofour, Tom McDonald, Acting Head of as they discuss the benefits of the Commissioning, Science & Natural History, Cynthia humble sizzle tape. When should you Kennedy, Sales Director, Keshet, Chris Brogden, use them? How much should you Entertainment, Commissioner, Sky, Duncan Wilson, spend on them? What’s the trick to Fifth Street Productions selling a concept in 60 seconds? Which commissioners Chair: Alex Connock, Managing Director, Shine North like them and which don’t? How many shows have been sold on the sizzle alone? And, of course, we’ll be Producers: Anna Blue and Will Spokes, Joint Heads of unveiling some of the best examples of the Sizzles Programmes, Princess Productions. That Sold The Show.

Revolutionise the World of TV with Skype TX Technology The Tinto

Viewer participation, interactivity and social media Panel: Matt Jordan, Skype TX Technical lead, have become TV’s holy grail but finding reliable Natalka Znak Chief Creative officer, Znak & Jones, technology at the right price isn’t always easy. Kat Hebden, Head of Digital, Freemantle Media UK, One solution that’s working for some of the biggest Dan Jones, Creative Director, Digital, Maverick TV , entertainment and fact ent series is Skype, which Chair: Gideon Joseph, CEO of Transatlantic has been integrated into programmes such as The X Entertainment, Skype Factor, Britain’s Got Talent, Ellen, Jimmy Kimmel Live and Embarrassing Bodies, as well as news channels, Producer: Neil Smythe, Producer to put viewers at the heart of the action.Now it’s your Sponsored by turn. If you’re looking to produce innovative new formats, talked-about TV moments or add a brilliant twist to an established format, come to this ‘how to’ session where Skype will be showcasing its new TX product for the production community.

43 Friday 22 13:45 - 14:45

MOTD: 50 Years of Football The Pentland

There are few shows you could Speakers: Gary Lineker, Broadcaster, BBC Sport describe as must-watch after some Robbie Savage, Football Broadcaster, 50 years on-air, but Match of the Day Guy Mowbray, Football Commentator has been a firm fixture in TV Chair: Gabby Logan, Presenter

Friday 22 13:45 - 14:45 Friday households since its birth exactly half a century ago on Friday 22 Producer: Jamie Morris, Head of Scheduling & August 1964. From humble beginnings – 20,000 Planning, BBC Three tuned in to highlights of Liverpool v Arsenal, less than half the attendance at the ground – MoTD has forged ahead to become a veritable institution, regularly attracting over 4.5 million viewers. Gary Lineker, its host since 1999, will be joined by Robbie Savage, Guy Mowbray and Chair Gabby Logan to discuss how the show remains at the top of its game and look back at the iconic moments that have contributed to its enduring popularity.

The Richard Dunn Memorial Interview: Tessa Ross The Fintry

From TV dramas such as Shameless, Speaker: Tessa Ross, Head of Film4 Teachers and Sex Traffic, to films Chair: Kirsty Wark, Television Journalist, including 12 Years a Slave, Slumdog Presenter and Writer Millionaire and This is England, Tessa Ross is behind some of the biggest Producer: Piers Wenger, Head of Drama, Channel 4 and most ground-breaking hits of our Assistant Producer: Vicky Walker, Senior Scheduler, generation. Despite this, she has been dubbed “the UKTV world’s most modest movie queen”. In this rare interview, we look back at Tessa’s incredible 13 year career at Film 4, discussing how she took a troubled film division and turned it into an award winning powerhouse. Tessa will also discuss how she works with creative mavericks such as Steve McQueen and Danny Boyle to produce films that “have something original in tone, voice and spirit”, and why she is quitting the job she loves to take on a brand new challenge as chief executive of the National Theatre.

44 Friday 22 13:45 - 14:45

MEET THE CONTROLLER: CHARLOTTE MOORE (BBC ONE) The Sidlaw

Charlotte Moore has been in charge of Speaker: Charlotte Moore, Controller, BBC One BBC One for over a year, so how is her Interviewer: Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Channel 4 vision taking shape? She’s seen hits News Anchor with Happy Valley, Pound Shop Wars and David Beckham Into The Producer: Alexander Gardiner, MD, Shiver, Unknown and yet the critics circle – Assistant Producers: Liana Lonsdale, Researcher, “predictable”, said acting Trust chair Diane Coyle – Shine North, Kim Rowell, Interactive Producer, while the subsequent Trust report called for “more Channel 4 creative risks”.The factual renaissance is still to arrive with supermarket, parking and rip off-themes rife. Sponsored by However, most of Moore’s commissions are still to launch on screen with The Met, The Big Picture and Bake Off hotly tipped. With a reputation as a collaborative team player, what is Charlotte’s own personal blue-print for the flagship channel?

My Big Fat Gypsy Benefit Title Debate: Live! The Moorfoot

We all know how powerful a great Panel: Ben Frow, Director 0f Programming, title can be, but how do you come up Channel 5, Steve Regan, VP Commissioning and with the right one and impress the Production, MTV Networks Europe, Fiona Sullivan, commissioner? A panel of Executive Producer, True North, Liam Humphreys, commissioners and industry experts Head of Factual Entertainment, Channel 4 dissect the best and worst TV titles of Chair: Anna Richardson, Producer, Presenter, Journalist all time. And if you’ve got a great title for a potential programme, enter live during the session to be in with Producers: Craig Orr, Executive Producer, a chance of winning £5k development money for your Commissioning and Development, MTV Networks, marvellous moniker. UK & Ireland

TALES FROM THE CASTING COUCH: HOW TO FIND THE BRITISH PETER DINKLAGE The Tinto

Channel 4’s Cast Offs (2009) was “a Panel: Steve November, Head of Drama, ITV, breakthrough in television’s depiction Kahleen Crawford, Casting Director (Under The Skin, of disabled people”; London 2012 Jimmy’s Hall, Filth), Kurt Yaeger, Actor, Producer, Paralympics was a massive Professional BMX Rider and below-knee amputee breakthrough for “Superhuman” (Sons of Anarchy, Quarry and NCIS), Arthur Williams, presenting talent as well as athletes. C4 Paralympics and Specialist Factual Presenter The BBC has promised to quadruple disability Andrew Newman, Chief Executive, Objective, portrayal on screen by 2017. What about other Ed Havard, Head of Events and Special broadcasters? Are the Americans better than us? Our Programming, Channel 4 panel will watch disabled actors audition the iconic Chair: Rick Edwards, Broadcaster and Writer scene from When Harry Met Sally, ask where next for disabled presenters, and suggest practical ways to Producer: Alison Walsh, Disability Executive, Channel 4 take more creative risks with disability in all genres – Assistant Producer: Rhianna Andrews, Development to find the next Peter Dinklage and develop a Producer, Bwark disabled Davina or Chatty Man... Sponsored by

45 Friday 22 15:15 - 16:15

BBC: The new SuperIndie? The Pentland

The DG says the “tectonic plates have Panel: Danny Cohen, Director, BBC Television been moving” as Fox, Warner Bros, John McVay, PACT, Pat Younge, Discovery and Liberty have swooped, Wecreateasssociates.com; former Creative Director,

Friday 22 15:15 - 16:15 Friday creating superindies of Shine, BBC Production, Jane Turton, Chief Operating Officer, Endemol, All3Media and Shed. So, All3Media Tony Hall wants to release BBC Chair: Steve Hewlett, Writer, Broadcaster Production to compete in the open market. The and Media Consultant upside for BBC in-house producers is the freedom to make programmes for any broadcaster; the downside Producer: Steve Anderson Managing Director, – they lose the guarantee of making at least half of all NBC Peacock Productions. BBC shows, a guarantee that underwrites 2,500 staff and freelancers, 2,ooo annual hours of production and £400m annual turnover. Will the new BBC in-house ‘superindie’ shoulder the old BBC burdens of expensive overheads, nations and regions obligations and commitments to training? Can competition between BBC in-house and indies ever be a level playing field? A big and bold idea that sets the agenda for BBC Charter Renewal, but will it work?

Inside The Minds of Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith The Fintry

Edinburgh delegates, beware! Papa Panel: Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton Lazarou is coming and he wants you Chair: Jeremy Dyson all for his wives. He’ll be joined by Tish Guppy, Edward and Tubbs, Herr Lipp Prod: Chris Sussman, Commissioning Editor, BBC and Legz Akimbo as we delve inside the minds of Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton, the creators of The League Of Gentlemen, Psychoville and Inside No. 9. Since Royston Vasey first appeared on our screens 15 years ago, Reece and Steve have collaborated on three critically-acclaimed comedy series on BBC2 and have enjoyed huge success with their own projects. We take a look back at their careers and find out what they have coming up next. Warning: this is a local session for local people.

46 Friday 22 15:15 - 16:15

MEET THE CONTROLLER: EMMA TENNANT (UKTV) The Sidlaw

Last year UKTV’s Emma Tennant Speaker: Emma Tennant, Controller, UKTV declared commissioning ambitions “as Chair: Lauren Taylor, Senior Presenter, big as Henry VIII’s codpiece”. Twelve Al Jazeera English months on it seems the controller has been true to her word with an Producer: Sarah Thornton, VP Production and increased spend of £120 million on Development Factual Entertainment Discovery programming. It has also been a year of firsts for the Networks International group with Dynamo moving to BBC1 and UKTV’s Assistant Producers: Christopher Payne, Producer, remake of US format Storage Hunters. So has investing North One Television, Sharifa Mansour, Assistant in “big entertainment shows with a terrestrial-size Producer (Development), UKTV budget” paid off? Will it continue? And how will they retain a breadth of genres given plans to broadcast Sponsored by new commissions initially on the flagship channels?

GOD: TV’s holy grail? The Tinto

“We don’t do God” said Alistair Panel: Polly Toynbee, Vice President, British Campbell. Many TV commissioners Humanist Association, Roger Bolton, presenter, would seem to agree. But are they Feedback and Trustee, Sandford St Martin Trust, missing an opportunity to commission Tony Jordan, Managing Director, Red Planet Pictures, award-winning, successful Ralph Lee, Deputy Chief Creative Officer, Channel 4, programming that connects with Aaqil Ahmed, Head of Religion and Ethics, BBC audiences? And does the success of productions like Chair: Sian Williams, Broadcaster and Journalist The Nativity, My Brother the Islamist and Rev show that producers make an impact by expanding their Producer: Lewis James, Editor, Newsround horizons on what constitutes religious broadcasting? Assistant Producer: Jennifer Shaw, Assistant In a year when we’ve been asked if Britain is still a Producer, Boundless Productions “Christian Country”, Roger Bolton, Polly Toynbee, Sponsored by the Sandford St Martin Trust with the support writer Tony Jordan (The Ark, The Nativity) and of the Jerusalem Trust and PictureWise Productions commissioners Aaqil Ahmed and Ralph Lee argue how much God should be on the box.

16:15-16:45 The Sandford St Martin Trust Drinks Reception Festival Terrace

Hear more about the varied opportunities for religion on TV with session chair Sian Williams; panellists Roger Bolton, Polly Toynbee, Aaqil Ahmed and Ralph Lee; alongside other commissioners, programme-makers and trustees; as well as Anna McNamee (BBC World Service and Radio 4), the new executive secretary of the Sandford St Martin Trust. New outdoor space opposite The Tinto.

47 Friday 22 16:45 - 17:45

DYNAMO MASTERCLASS: THE ART OF ASTONISHMENT The Fintry

Dynamo: Magician Impossible is a Panel: Dynamo, Dan Albion, Executive Producer, huge ratings success for Watch and Inner Circle Films, Lucy Ansbro, Executive Producer, has reinvigorated the nation’s interest Phil McIntyre Entertainments, Richard Watsham, in magic. In this session, we’ll find out Director of Commissioning, UKTV

Friday 22 16:45 - 17:45 Friday how Dynamo: Magician Impossible Chair: Andrew Collins Scriptwriter, Journalist was conceived and what’s in store for and Broadcaster the upcoming fourth series. Charting Dynamo’s career, we’ll hear how the adversity that he faced in Producer: Fraser Robinson, Vice President, Scripted his youth inspired his dedication to the art of creating Acquisitions and Co-Productions, ITV Studios Global ‘Effects’. We’ll also discuss his evolution from online Entertainment sensation to TV star. The producers, commissioner and star of the series will discuss the business of magic on television, and we’ll hear from UKTV about how the series has advanced the Watch brand.

MEET THE CONTROLLER: PETER FINCHAM (ITV) The Sidlaw

The BAFTAs continued to flow in 2014 Speaker: Peter Fincham, Director of Television, ITV with multiple wins under its belt; Chair: Kirsty Wark, Television Journalist, Presenter drama remains a key strength and Writer (Broadchurch has to be one of the most-anticipated second series) but Producer: Tom Edwards, Commissioning Editor, audience share has failed to match Factual, BBC One and BBC Two the highs of the previous year. Winter weekends loom Assistant Producers: Jason Bates, Assistant and the channel needs a replacement for Dancing on Producer, Harry Garne, Assistant Producer, Optomen Ice to avoid being left out in the cold. And after all the hype, will Rising Star deliver? Sponsored by Another headache for Peter Fincham is how to keep hold of male viewers with the loss of the Champions League, while finding a new entertainment hit and boosting breakfast remain persistent challenges. What is the factual strategy under its new head Richard Klein? Long Lost Family is a ratings banker but one-offs dominate. Is there another returnable long-runner waiting in the wings?

48 Friday 22 16:45 - 17:45

You Create the TV Shows - BEARDYMAN Makes the Music The Moorfoot

Join world-famous beatbox supremo Performer: Beardyman Beardyman travelling at the speed of thought in his awesome musical Sponsored by spaceship. Using only his own voice and technical wizardry, Beardyman puts his reputation on the line as he network promises to create an entire music soundtrack catalogue for an imaginary TV schedule working only on YOUR programme title suggestions. No preparation is possible – so join in and dare him to succeed! You make up the TV titles– Beardyman makes the music.

CCTV champagne Drinks reception The Tinto

Following the successful CCTV open-pitch session last year, senior executives from China Central Television (CCTV) are back at GEITF to meet with potential partners in an exclusive networking drinks reception. This event provides a unique opportunity for delegates to discuss emerging opportunities in the rapidly growing Chinese TV market, gain an insight into successful international collaborations with the State Broadcaster, and learn about China’s current commissioning trends. Attendees from CCTV include Director of Programmes, R&D Department, Mr. Keyu Wu, who is responsible for commissioning and funding new programmes, and Director of Drama, Mr. Si Fu, as well as senior personnel from other CCTV sectors. Light refreshments and beverages will be provided at the venue.

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49 Friday 22 18:15 - 19:00

EDINBURGH TV AWARDS 2014 THE NOMINATIONS ARE: The Pentland, Level 3 Programme Innovation Award Him & Her: The Wedding; Live From Space Hosted by John Bishop, one of the biggest The Murder Trial; Our Gay Wedding: The Musical; comedians in the country, the re-branded Peaky Blinders Edinburgh TV Awards enter their 13th year with some exciting new developments. Celebrating NEW: Producer or Director Debut Friday 22 18:15 - 19:00 Friday the creative, innovative and commercial solutions that broadcasters and production companies have Production Company of the Year presented to the British public in the past year, the Edinburgh TV Awards gongs are the ones everyone Big Talk Productions; Kudos; Love Productions; in the industry wants to get their hands on. So Television; Twofour

New for 2014: Vote for your TV Moment of the Year The Network and Ones to Watch in our new category that celebrates the television Programme Choice that got everyone talking, tweeting and sharing via Breaking Bad; Game of Thrones; Gogglebox; the Festival App. Happy Valley; Orange is the New Black

Host: John Bishop NEW: TV Moment of the Year Coronation Street: Hayley Producer: James Longman, Head of Cropper’s Death Programmes, Comedy Entertainment, Talkback Educating Yorkshire: Musharaf’s King’s Speech moment The Eurovision Song Contest: Conchita Wurst’s winning performance Happy Valley: Sergeant Catherine Cawood’s heroic rescue of Ann Newsnight, Jeremy Paxman Search EdTVFest vs Russell Brand in the iTunes App Store or Our Gay Wedding: The Google Play Store and follow Musical: Nathan sings the instructions to the voting his vows to Benji form. Voting closes at 16:00 Friday. Vote for your moment of the year using the Festival app until 16:00 Friday

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THE EDINBURGH SPEAKEASY WITH UKTV The George Hotel, 19-21 George Street, Edinburgh

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51 saturday 23 10:00 - 14:30

10:00 – 11:00

QUESTION TIME: AN EDINBURGH SPECIAL The Pentland

In time-honoured Edinburgh tradition, Panel: Dan Brooke, Channel 4, Ben Stephenson, the final morning will see a high-level Controller, Drama Commissioning, BBC, Elaine C debate about the biggest issues Smith, Actress and Comedy Entertainer facing the TV business – and the hot Chair: Kirsty Wark, Television Journalist, Presenter topics that have been the talk of the and Writer Festival. Chaired by Kirsty Wark, saturday 23 10:00 - 14:30 saturday GEITF Question Time follows the format of the TV Producer: Alan Clements, Director of Content, STV, show, inviting questions from audience members to Neil Midgley, Media Commentator, Forbes.com our panel of industry luminaries. Will it be the potential effect on broadcasting of Scottish independence? The future of Channel 4, after David Abraham’s MacTaggart Lecture? BBC Charter Renewal? Or even the upcoming General Election? This is a must-attend session that always makes news, and always sets the agenda for the coming year

11:30 – 12:30

MEET THE CONTROLLER: PHIL EDGAR-JONES (SKY ARTS) The Sidlaw

Freshly promoted to run Sky Arts, Phil Speaker: Phil Edgar-Jones, Director of Sky Arts Edgar-Jones has been given a bigger Chair: Krishnan Guru-Murthy, News Anchor, commissioning budget and a clear Channel 4 brief to champion “crazy ideas and make them massive”. So just how Producer: Alexander Gardiner, MD, Shiver radical is his vision? Will his Assistant Producers: Hannah Palmer, Senior entertainment roots see the channel lurch into new Researcher, Humble Bee Films, Gemma Brady, territory and away from more “traditional” arts output? Producer, The Garden Productions And with the BBC now making arts programming a top priority, how can Sky Arts stay ahead of the curve? Sponsored by

52 saturday 23 10:00 - 14:30

11:30 – 13:00

ED TALKS The Pentland

The ED Talks are a series of punchy and Speakers: Prof Vincent Walsh, Institute of Cognitive provocative TED Talk-style lectures Neuroscience, University College London, Dr Paul coming under the umbrella theme of Dolan, Professor of Behavioural Science, LSE how to foster and harness creativity. As Tim Pool, Head of Live News, VICE Steve Edge, we in telly can all be guilty of naval- Brand Guru, Prophet, Madman, Wanderer, Edge gazing, we’ve gathered together Design, Camilla Harrison, CEO, M&C Saatchi, speakers from a range of disciplines and professions, Gurinder Chadha, Director, Writer, Producer (Bend from a neuroscientist who’ll explain why creativity is It Like Beckham, Bride & Prejudice) not a team sport to a VICE journalist who’ll tell us how Chair: Anita Rani, Broadcaster and Journalist we can better tap into tech. We’ll also hear from the boss of M&C Saatchi about the best way to sell an idea, Producer: Anna Fern, Channels Executive, ITV, while director Gurinder Chadha offers an irreverent Edward Phillips, Producer, Twofour Broadcast, take on diversity with stand-up Romesh Ranganathan. Gemma John-Lewis, Commissioning Co-ordinator, Entertainment, ITV

Professor Vincent Walsh Camilla Harrison A leading neuroscientist, Professor Vincent Camilla Harrison has worked at leading ad Walsh has worked extensively with artists agencies including WCRS, Wieden and and creative organisations on the themes Kennedy and Leo Burnett. She joined M&C of perception and awareness. At Edinburgh, Saatchi as marketing director in 2005 and he will discuss the inception of an idea, its five years later, became COO. In September effect on the brain and why away days and last year, she took over the reins as CEO. Harrison will brainstorming aren’t likely to create that Eureka give a “fast and furious” take on creating the best moment we’re all looking for. environment for creativity to flourish.

Steve Edge Professor Paul Dolan Steve Edge describes himself as a brand LSE Professor Paul Dolan is internationally guru, prophet and Madman. The designer is renowned as an expert on happiness but famously flamboyant and eclectic and this he also draws lessons from behavioural promises to be an entertaining talk as well economics to understand and change as a very personal one, as Edge discusses individual behaviour. It is this latter theme that growing up with severe dyslexia and the impact it has forms the basis of his talk, and using a range of examples, had on him. He’ll also discuss the power of branding he will reveal how tiny things can cause fundamental and the tricks of titling. changes in consumer response and behaviour.

Gurinder Chadha Tim Pool Making her directorial debut with the Tim Pool rose to fame on the back of his documentary, I’m British But…in 1989, 21-hour marathon reporting during the Gurinder Chadha went on to direct feature Occupy Wall Street protests. He was films which centred on British Asian subsequently hired by VICE Media to families, including Bhaji on the Beach, develop and produce new methods of BAFTA-nominated Bend it Like Beckham and Bride reporting, including his interactive live-chat stream, and Prejudice, but her aim, she says, was to put every which puts the audience in control of the questions one of us in their shoes, no matter what our and even the camera. In this session, Pool will give a background. In her ED Talk, Chadha teams up with live – and lively - demonstration of the possibilities stand-up comedian Romesh Ranganathan, promising afforded by new technology, such as drones. an “irreverent take” on diversity.

53 12:00 – 14:00

The Network Live The Cromdale, Level -2

The Network is the TV Festival’s entry- Host: Andy Akinwolere, Presenter level talent scheme. By buying a ticket to GEITF, you’ve already helped the Producers: The Network delegates 2014 Network delegates take their first steps towards a career in the industry. So why not come down to the Cromdale and see them in action? Over the past few days, the Networkers have been getting a hands-on taster of the

11:30 - 14:30 23 11:30 saturday industry in workshops led by top programme-makers. See the results as they present The Network – Live!, the show they have written, filmed and produced.

13:30 - 14:30

Frankie boyle: State of the TV nation The Sidlaw

The Festival is set to end with a bang Speaker: Frankie Boyle, comedian this year as Frankie Boyle gives his Interviewer: Richard Osman, Creative Director, unique take on the TV industry in this Endemol UK closing session. The inimitable comedian will cast his critical eye over Producer: Tom Thostrup, Producer, 2LE Media the TV Festival as well as the wider industry and some of the highs and lows of TV in 2014. Boyle has established himself as one of the biggest names on the UK comedy scene as a regular panelist of Mock the Week. Since leaving the show, he has written and starred in his own Channel 4 shows, Tramadol Nights and the Boyle Variety Show as well as appearing on many other top comedy shows. Areas of discussion include the opportunities for new comedians, the loss of BBC3 and the ‘quota’ for female panelists. Boyle will also be asked for his opinion on the drive for ratings versus the desire for experimentation as well as his views on some of the year’s noisiest shows such as Benefits Street. Famous for a string of controversies - from a joke in 2010 about the Israel-Palestine situation, which was censured by the BBC Trust, to his joke about Katie Price’s son Harvey - the session will also address whether and where comedians have to draw the line. Is any joke acceptable as long as you can explain the rationale behind it? Should comedians take greater responsibility for their jokes and how should they respond when they cause offence? And with the Scottish referendum just around the corner, Boyle will be giving his take on Scottish Independence to make this a topical, and we’ve no doubt, talked-about closing session.

54 the talent schemes

I am going to let you in on the best-kept non-secret about the Festival: we are a charity. Part of the cost of your delegate pass goes directly to funding something vital to all of our futures: new and emerging talent. Through The Network and Ones to Watch, we open up the Festival’s opportunities for free. So, on behalf of both schemes, thank you for being here.

Our schemes have been developing television careers since 1990. Since then, thousands have honed their skills in Edinburgh and enjoyed the continuing support of the Festival, industry experts and each other. In 2014, we introduced assessment days, increasing engagement and ensuring those who make it on are the brightest new talent. We have a great track record of identifying the leaders “THE TALENT SCHEMES ARE RIGHTLY AT of tomorrow and our alumni are now in senior THE VERY HEART OF THE TV FESTIVAL, positions across the industry. In a year when ENSURING THE FESTIVAL AND THE diversity has been hotly debated, we are committed INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE CONTINUALLY to making a positive contribution: 2014’s Network REGENERATES WITH THE BEST NEW delegates are 32% BAME and Ones to Watch are TALENT FROM THE WIDEST AND MOST 30% BAME. DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS”. Chris Shaw, Editorial Director, ITN Productions None of this would be possible without the tireless work of the Talent Schemes committee, an “THE NETWORK WAS GENUINELY THE amazing selection of TV’s senior figures united by BEST EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE. I HAVE one goal: to ensure the people who make television NEVER FELT SO CONFIDENT AND AT are as diverse as the people who watch it. Enormous EASE WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE SO thanks to the main Festival and the Executive QUICKLY. I ACHIEVED AND LEARNT SO Committee for their advice, input and support. MUCH THAT I WILL TAKE FORWARD WITH Thank you also to our speakers and generous ME AS I EMBARK ON MY CAREER. supporters, who share our desire to nurture the WHATEVER PATH MY TV CAREER TAKES, best and most diverse talent to ensure a healthy THE NETWORK WILL HAVE PLAYED A future for TV. HUGE PART IN GETTING ME THERE.” Sarah Joyce, The Network Delegate 2013 When you see a Network or Ones to Watch delegate at the Festival, give them your business “THE ONES TO WATCH PROGRAMME card and impart that bit of wisdom you wish you COMPLETELY CHANGED HOW I SEE THE had known. Join us today in supporting the careers TELEVISION INDUSTRY AND MY OWN CAREER. IT WAS BRILLIANT TO MEET of tomorrow’s diverse voices. You can find out more PEOPLE FROM ALL AREAS OF THE in the accompanying Talent Schemes publication INDUSTRY AND BE REMINDED OF HOW in your bag, along with a full delegate list for the HUGE AND VIBRANT TELEVISION Festival. If you would like to offer a work placement CURRENTLY IS. I MADE SOME WONDERFUL to our bright and passionate Networkers, e-mail me FRIENDS, LEARNT MORE THAN I HAVE IN at [email protected] or come and join A LONG TIME AND GOT A GREAT LOOK us on Thursday at 1pm at The Sheraton for lunch, BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE INDUSTRY.” where you can meet this year’s schemes delegates. Tamsin Curry, Ones to Watch Delegate 2013 I hope to see you there.

Campbell Glennie Director, Talent Schemes

55 festival team 56 The Festival Team Spa, Edinburgh Carron Webster andall at Sheraton Grand Hotel & Claire Selby andCarrie Wootten, Ravensbourne Amy Bull andall at theEICC www.forty6design.com Alan BingleandMichael Sullivan , Forty6 Design Rod White,FilmhouseEdinburgh FarmChris Evans, The Conventions Bureau Julie Kershaw &Lynne Downie, Edinburgh Rich Waterworth, Varun Kabra andall at Google David Pemsel, Tim Hunt andall at The Guardian Skylark Technology Owen Pearson, Alan WatkinsSkylark Technology, A specialthankyou to… Greg MacVean, Photographer Rob McDougall,Photographer James Herring, Taylor HerringCommunications John Tosh, SoundDesigner Neil McRobb, McRobb Display Ltd Andrew Gordon, Set Designer Lec Croft, Lighting Designer Nick Powers, The Network Production Manager Lou Collins, Production Co-ordinator Pete Sullivan, Production Manager Suzie Garton, Registration Co-ordinator Tom Ivin,Festival Researcher Registrations Manager Hannah AvaDahl, Panellist Coordinator & HollyFestival Close, Assistant Rhiannon Robertson, Producer, Talent Schemes Susannah Rose, Senior Marketing Executive Amanda Linton, Financial Controller Adam Webb,Festival Producer Nicky Ammon,Production Director Campbell Glennie,Director, Talent Schemes Ellie Caddell,Brand Partnerships &Marketing Director Lisa Campbell,Festival Director the festival team Toby Tilling,Production Co-ordinator, BBCComedy Joe Myerscough, Producer/Director, WindfallFilms Frankie McCamley, Broadcast Journalist, BBCNews London Live Poppy Begum,Broadcast Journalist, BBCNews and Journalist, BBCandGlobal Radio Aaron Safir, Programme Editor, Arise News, Broadcast Laura Foster, Broadcast Journalist, BBCNews Louise Hammersley, MediaLaw Barrister APP EDITORIAL TEAM www.ravensbourne.ac.uk & Scott Campbell Simpson, Theo Clarke,Olly Plumstead, Ben Turnball Sarah Walsh, Abhi Kamalanathan, Dan Regan,Iain Myers, Kit Jennings, Daryl Yeoman, Alan Geeson, Langdale, Mark Willington, Sophie Ede, Heather Taylor, SeanMehmet, Evan McClintock, Leon Ally Macfarlane, James Love, Daniel Ansell, Simon Marc Walsh, MartinHiggins,Christopher Villota, Students Harri Kamalanathan, Garth Twa Carrie Wootten, Laura Lillepruun, Tutors services for theFestival. students of Ravensbourne for their in-kindfilming We would liketo thankthefollowing tutors and FILMING CREW Warburton , Jena Aalvik, BrianBenedict Alexander, Sabrina Scollan, Florence Murray , James Hill, Olivia Wood, Tom Rigg, Sarah Scarlett Mark, Hollick ,Laura Timms, Hannah Woodhead, Darren Erin Steel, Rhian Stuttle, Elliott Thompson, Josh CharlieMcPhee, Greta Spokauskaite, Kate Holvey, Jass, Lija Jursins, Sophie Kane, Kirsty Lane, Harris, Matthew Ingram, Sophie Jamieson, Esha Jasmine Gardiner, Peter Samuel Harper,Lindsey Kayleigh Chan,Matthew Charlton, Jennifer Fox, FESTIVAL STEWARDS