Contents Welcome 02 Sponsors 04 Festival Information 09 Festival Extras 10 Free Clinics 11 Social Events 12 Channel of the Year Awards 13 Orientation Guide 14 Festival Venues 15 Friday Sessions 16 Schedule at a Glance 24 Saturday Sessions 26 Sunday Sessions 36 Fast Track and The Network 42 Executive Committee 44 Advisory Committee 45 Festival Team 46 Welcome to Edinburgh 2009 Tim Hincks is Executive Chair of the MediaGuardian Elaine Bedell is Advisory Chair of the 2009 Our opening session will be a celebration – Edinburgh International Television Festival and MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television or perhaps, more simply, a hoot. Ant & Dec will Chief Executive of Endemol UK. He heads the Festival and Director of Entertainment and host a special edition of TV’s Got Talent, as those Festival’s Executive Committee that meets five Comedy at ITV. She, along with the Advisory who work mostly behind the scenes in television times a year and is responsible for appointing the Committee, is directly responsible for this year’s demonstrate whether they actually have got Advisory Chair of each Festival and for overall line-up of more than 50 sessions. any talent. governance of the event. When I was asked to take on the Advisory Chair One of the most contentious debates is likely Three ingredients make up a great Edinburgh role last year, the world looked a different place – to follow on Friday, about pay in television. Senior TV Festival: a stellar MacTaggart Lecture, high the sun was shining, the banks were intact, and no executives will defend their pay packages and ‘James Murdoch’s profile and influential speakers, and thought- one had really heard of Robert Peston. And in fact, discuss the price of on-screen talent, in To provoking agenda-setting sessions. I’m delighted I was in a different place: at the BBC, enjoying the Pay or Not to Pay. And in another useful session MacTaggart Lecture promises that this year we have all three coming together privilege of managing millions of pounds of on Saturday – SOS: Save Our Sector – we’ll be to be a classic’ to form an irresistible and impossibly exciting guaranteed, public money. offering tips on how indies can survive the cocktail (the only one you’re going to get by the downturn when broadcasters are squeezing tight. Tim Hincks Executive Chair But in a stormy Autumn, just as we started our way, given that Channel 4 are no longer teaming monthly committee meetings, the world changed. There’ll also be sessions looking to an online up with Soho House). Banks collapsed, Peston became a permanent future. Hear Roly Keating outline the BBC’s James Murdoch’s MacTaggart Lecture promises fixture on the ten o’clock news, and advertising archive strategy on Saturday, and learn about the to be a classic. I’m delighted he’s agreed to deliver revenues fell off a steep cliff. It’s been one of the content strategies from competing beasts Hulu it. His message won’t, I think it is safe to predict, toughest years television has ever known. and Google. And how can you make money out go down well with every delegate (or public of one, very good, internet idea? Hear from those But during this economic turmoil, something else service broadcaster) but Murdochs have never who already have in How To Make Money Online extraordinary happened: people turned to terrestrial much cared about that sort of thing. And more to on Friday afternoon. television viewing, and in record numbers. Britain’s the point, pay TV appears to be one business Got Talent in particular seemed to strike a chord There will be major policy debates with Ed Richards model whose future is very bright – the odd Ofcom with a nation who’d grown cynical with institutions, from Ofcom, the shadow spokesman, Ed Vaizey, ruling aside. Don’t miss it. but found a shared community in watching the and all the key broadcasters in a public service ‘We want to celebrate the And the stellar bookings don’t stop there. Ant & display of British eccentricity and talent. And it broadcasting debate on Saturday afternoon. Dec, Robert Peston, David Simon and Ross Kemp wasn’t just Britain’s Got Talent – Andy Murray at We’ve got some thought-provoking keynote very best... whilst examining will be on a platform somewhere near you, together Wimbledon, Comic Relief, X Factor – all proved speakers including NewsCorp’s James Murdoch, some of the more complex with all the channel controllers and the majority of that television can still unite a country and provide who will get the debate under way on Friday issues’ commissioners, both terrestrial and digital. And a national conversation. evening with his MacTaggart Lecture. then there are the sessions – covering everything Elaine Bedell Advisory Chair So despite the odds, popular, quality television Plus, you’ll get a chance to decide who will be from the problems facing UK drama to how to is alive and kicking. And we want to celebrate the this year’s Channel of the Year in a live audience make money online, and video on demand to the very best programmes in Edinburgh, even whilst vote. So make sure you go along to support your future of public service broadcasting. we’re examining some of the more complex issues favourite channel at six o’clock on Saturday So it looks like being a rather brilliant Edinburgh. that surround them. So we have Jeremy Clarkson evening, where the very funny Michael McIntyre A thousand thanks go to Elaine Bedell and her and Top Gear, Peter Andre, Ant & Dec, Davina will be your host, and remember – every vote counts! Advisory Committee, and to Amy Brown and the McCall and stars of reality TV, Andy Hamilton and It promises to be an entertaining weekend. Festival team. I obviously could have done it Guy Jenkins from Outnumbered, all taking part in Elaine Bedell without them, but thank God I didn’t have to. a series of brilliant and creatively stimulating masterclasses. Enjoy Edinburgh 2009. Tim Hincks 02 03 Title & Major Sponsors Edinburgh International Television Festival would like to thank our sponsors for their generous support. Title Sponsor graphics production and television with Sky+HD and is equipment, LED video walls, the UK’s fastest-growing lighting and stage sets with broadband and home phone experienced technical personnel provider. to provide support. 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