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MediaGuardian International Festival 27–29 August 2010 Programme of Events ON TV Contents

Welcome to Edinburgh 02 Schedule at a Glance 28

Social Events 06 Friday Sessions 20

Friday Night Opening Reception / Saturday Meet Highlights include: TV’s / This is England and Greet / Saturday Night Party / Channel of the ‘86 plus Q&A / The Richard Dunn Memorial Lecture: Year Awards / The James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture: Mark Thompson

Sponsors 08 Saturday Sessions 30 Information 13 Extras 14 Workshops 16

EICC Orientation Guide 18 Highlights include: 50 Years of : A Masterclass / The Alternative MacTaggart: / Venues 19 The Futureview: Sandy Climan / EastEnders at 25: A Masterclass The Network 44 Sunday Sessions 40 Fast Track 46

Executive Committee 54 Advisory Committee 55 Festival Team 56 Highlights include: : A Masterclass / : Shrink Rap / The Last Laugh

Keynote Speaker Biographies 52

Mark Thompson / Paul Abbott / Jimmy Mulville / Sandy Climan Welcome to Edinburgh

man they call “Hollywood’s Mr 3D” Sandy Climan bacon sarnies. The whole extravaganza will be for this year's Futureview keynote to answer the hosted by who will welcome guests DEFINING question Will it Go Beyond Football, and onto his own Sunday morning sofa. F****ng?. In a new tie-up between the TV Festival will give us his perspective on life in his first public and the Edinburgh Interactive Festival we’ve appearance since leaving ITV. will THE YEAR’S brought together the brightest brains from the be in conversation in a Doctor Who Masterclass. games industry to share their secrets on how to And in what promises to be a controversial create a game alongside your TV format and make interview, Katie Price has agreed to go under the WATERCOOLER millions. And if you’re confused about what psychological spotlight for a special edition of Project Canvas and Google TV really mean for the Dr Pamela Connolly’s Shrink Rap. future of TV as we know it, make an appointment The weekend will kick off with TV execs and stars to view RIP Scheduled TV? These sessions form MOMENTS donning leotards and leg warmers in a Festival part of our “takeaway” strategy where we want edition of Got to Dance, and will close with a you to leave Edinburgh with so much more than a chance to vote them off stage as they try their hangover and a corporate credit card bill. ON hand at comedy in The Last Laugh. In the middle So having justified your delegate fee in these times you’ll also find all your Festival favourites including of fiscal tightening, feel I have licence to Controller one-on-ones, the 2010 Channel of the TV share the stunning line-up of creative talent for Year Awards, and the return of an old friend – your bank holiday entertainment. Our headline act yes, the Saturday Night Party will be back at is the man behind , Paul Abbott, who The George. will deliver this year’s Alternative MacTaggart Our aim was to make this year’s Festival important, If you’re reading this with an Edinburgh TV Festival Lecture. Like many of our most talented writers, Deborah Turness is Advisory Chair of the 2010 useful, inspiring, provocative and fun. I owe thanks delegate pass in your hand, congratulations. Paul cut his teeth on Coronation Street and to MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television to a great committee who have given so much You have secured a ringside seat to the most celebrate the Street’s 50th birthday its legendary Festival and Editor of ITV News. Graham Stuart of their time and creative energy, and to Graham important media event since the General Election creator Tony Warren has agreed to a rare public is Deputy Advisory Chair and Co-Founder and Stuart, Managing Director of So TV and Deputy – one which will set the agenda others will follow. appearance to share his wisdom in The Director of So Television. Chair of this year’s event. Fitting with The New To pursue the boxing analogy a little further...in the Wonderful Wizards of . And if you Politics, together we formed something of a News/ Over the past 12 months, Deborah and Graham blue corner, we have Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of like that, be certain to catch EastEnders at 25: A Showbiz Coalition. So in the spirit of collaboration, have led the Advisory Committee in producing State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, who Masterclass with exclusive clips and behind the it’s over to Graham for the final word... the sessions for this weekend's event. has accused the BBC of “extraordinary and scenes secrets from that groundbreaking live outrageous waste” and refused to rule out cutting episode. Also unmissable in the “inspire me” “There’s a story about a guy whose job it was to the licence fee. In the red corner we have Mark section of this year’s Festival is An Audience with shovel up the elephant shit when the circus had a Thompson, Director-General of the BBC, who will , the man behind , parade. He was offered another job outside the break his in the MacTaggart Lecture to Wallander, The Queen and The Deal. He has circus but turned it down with the words, “What, respond, in what will be one of the most pivotal chosen this year’s Festival as the place to pause and give up show business?” speeches any Director-General has surely ever and look back in what the producers tell me will be At Edinburgh this year we plan to give you the had to make. How will he reshape the BBC for a a very frank session. chance to meet the elephant, discuss its bowel future in Austerity Britain? If you think you know Given my day job I am under pressure to deliver a movements, and never stop being in show the answers don’t miss our MacTaggart warm-up decent “And Finally” to keep you in your seats business. Enjoy”. session Build Your Own BBC, where you can be right through to . This year, stay for Sunday DG for an hour before hearing from the real thing. and you won’t be disappointed. In fact, if you Deborah Turness Beyond the politics of change, future-proofing don’t you may just miss something very special. Advisory Chair 2010 ourselves against change in all its forms, and All the main action will take place in the same equipping you to stay ahead, is a theme that runs room in a kind of rolling cabaret format, so you through the Festival this year. We’ve flown over the don’t have to move an inch. There will even be

02 03 Welcome to Edinburgh

‘It promises to be a MacTaggart of national significance once again’

When I took on the role of Executive Chair four years ago, I hoped Edinburgh would become a Festival which made news. A Festival which helped shape the broadcasting agenda. This time last year I think it’s fair to say we hit the jackpot. James Murdoch delivered a MacTaggart which Tim Hincks is Executive Chair of the MediaGuardian undoubtedly changed the mood among both Edinburgh International Television Festival and politicians and broadcasters, and arguably Chief Executive Officer of UK. presaged material changes in BBC policy. As Executive Chair, Hincks heads a committee So this weekend, it’s Round Two. I’m delighted that meets five times a year and takes care of the that Mark Thompson, Director-General of BBC has overall governance of the Festival and its agreed to deliver the 2010 lecture. It promises to be educational initiatives. a MacTaggart of national significance once again. Beyond this a huge wealth of talent, creativity and policy debate is represented in this year’s programme. From Paul Abbott to Jimmy Mulville to Katie Price (not as big a journey as you might From left to right, top row first: ON The Forgotten Fallen, BBC 4. think), from the future of the BBC, to a session on SWITCH the games industry and a look at 3D. All of this is The Tree of Life, BBC 1. The Operation: Surgery Live, . testament to the brilliance of Deborah Turness, Here’s Johnny, . Editor of ITV News and this year’s Advisory Chair. TO SCIENCE The Great Sperm Race, Channel 4. It’s her programme, and her drive and imagination Routes, Channel 4. which have ensured such a stimulating programme Broadcast of events. Thanks go to her, and to Amy Brown Wellcome who stepped down as Festival Director just a couple of months ago to be replaced by the fabulous Su Moore. The Wellcome Trust is a global charity dedicated FUNDING Finally, I too must hang up my dancing shoes. Like to achieving extraordinary improvements in We fund both development and production for I said I would serve four terms, so having human and animal health. We work with the innovative projects in TV, cinema, radio, multiple done that it gives me great pleasure to hand over broadcast industry to increase the quality, platforms or gaming. We fund a variety of genres to Elaine Bedell, Director of Entertainment and quantity and visibility of science and medicine in from arts, history and science to Comedy at ITV, who will be superb as the new the media. documentaries, drama and comedy. Executive Chair. Think of her not as Gordon Brown, but as Nick Clegg. Oh God, this has ended really TRAINING badly. I’m off. Enjoy the Festival. Love Tim. We work with scientists and the broadcast www.wellcome.ac.uk/broadcast industry to deliver creative training and Tim Hincks [email protected] development opportunities. Executive Chair 2010

The Wellcome Trust is a charity registered 04 in England and Wales, no. 210183. Social Events ON ON ON BOTTOMS CHIT-CHAT TEARS UP ON ON ON SATURDAY JOY Saturday Night Saturday FRIDAY Meet and Greet Channel of the Year Awards 20:00 – 21:30 18:00 – 19:00 Friday Night The Library, The George Hotel The Pentland Opening Reception 19 – 21 George Street Edinburgh International Conference Centre 20:00 – 22:00 National Museum of Scotland Chambers Street Join us for drinks, social networking and the Join for the hotly contested Channel chance to celebrate the meeting of digital and TV, of the Year Awards 2010. Online voters have Returning to the Museum of Scotland in 2010, the courtesy of Glow Labs. shortlisted the nominees this year but it’s up to you to decide who will walk away the winner with a live Friday Night Opening Reception celebrates the Drinks sponsored by: beginning of the Festival with drinks and canapés. audience vote on the night. Mingle with colleagues and sample haggis as you labs The nominations were provided by a YouGov marvel at priceless relics including the Lewis online poll: chessmen and the Queen Mary Clàrsach, in the surrounds of Scotland’s contemporary showpiece. Terrestrial Channel of the Year BBC One, BBC Two, Channel 4, Five, ITV The Museum is a five minute walk from McEwan Hall, following the James MacTaggart Lecture. ON Non-Terrestrial Channel of the Year Please see map on page 19 BBC Four, BBC Three, , ROCK , E4, Five USA, Sky1, Sponsored by: Terrestrial Programme of the Year ON Doctor Who, FlashForward, ’s TV Burp, Outnumbered, The X Factor STARS Non-Terrestrial Programme of the Year 30 Rock, Glee, Newswipe with , Saturday Night Pineapple Dance Studios, The Inbetweeners Party 21:30 – Late The Network and Fast Track Programme The George Hotel Award 2010 19 – 21 George Street Misfits, One Born Every Minute, Pineapple Proud sponsors of the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Dance Studios Television Festival for the second year, IML are the world This year the Saturday Night Party makes a triumphant leaders in audience response technology. Our innovative return to The George Hotel – the social of the Communicator keypad allows everyone in an audience to have their say. Festival. Indulge in a cocktail or two in the Tempus Bar, chat with old friends and new in The Library, or dance the night away in the grand King's Hall. Entertainment provided by DJ Cameron McKenna and very special guests.

06 07 Title and Major Sponsors Edinburgh International Television Festival would like to thank sponsors for their generous support

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Blitz is one of the UK’s leading providers of staging An award-winning digital media agency, Glow Sky operates the most comprehensive and rental services for the live events industry. Labs specialises in digital media propositions, multichannel, multi-platform television service in MediaGuardian is proud to be the title sponsor These include high power video projection, web, video virals, social networks, apps and the UK and Ireland, reaching almost 9.9 million of the Festival for the fourteenth year. camera systems, audio PA systems, graphics emerging media platforms. We have extensive homes. Sky continues to break new ground with production and equipment, LED video walls, experience of helping media organisations its own portfolio of channels: Sky1 combines its MediaGuardian is the UK’s leading consumer lighting and stage sets with experienced technical develop online opportunities and make the most commitment to UK production with the best of the media publication, with the latest news and personnel to provide support. of their web and media content. Our team offers US; is the UK’s only dedicated arts features on the television industry, plus hundreds www.blitzcommunications.co.uk strategic consulting, creative talent, technical channel brand; is still raising the bar of media jobs. expertise and a track record in media production in sports broadcasting; and Sky News remains a www.mediaguardian.co.uk and technology delivery. pioneer in television news. Sky also works with www.glowlabs.co.uk dozens of other broadcasters on the satellite platform, online and on mobile. Sky is now leading the UK into the age of high definition television with Sky+HD and will launch ’s first 3D TV channel, , this October. The company is Major Sponsors Established in 1982, Channel 4 enjoys a unique also the UK’s fastest-growing broadband and status as the world’s only major public service home phone provider. broadcaster funded entirely by its own commercial www.sky.com activities. Channel 4 commissions all its ITV has the most successful commercial family programmes from third parties and has played the of channels in the UK. ITV1 continues to be the leading role in helping grow a vibrant community highest rating channel for peak time viewing and of UK independent producers. the home of popular television from the biggest The BBC is the world’s best known broadcaster, www.channel4.com entertainment events, to original drama, major informing, educating and entertaining in the UK sport, landmark factual series and independent and around the world. Today’s digital BBC plays news. ITV’s family of digital channels is the most a key civic role in UK life and aims to be the most successful in the UK – with ITV2 and ITV3 the top The leading provider of insight for the media and creative, trusted organisation in the world and two channels and ITV4 not far behind. ITV.com other private clients, YouGov is the most quoted to enrich people’s lives with great programmes is the online home of ITV. It aims to enhance ITV market research company in the UK and the most and services. BBC content is watched, listened to viewers’ broadcast experience by offering accurate opinion pollster. YouGov’s full service or accessed online via eight national TV channels, innovative and entertaining content, including offering spans added value consultancy, ten national radio stations, 240 websites and over The world’s leading post-production group. catch-up TV, plus access to further ITV syndicated research products, market intelligence 40 local radio stations. www.farmgroup.tv programming, clips and exclusive content. reports, omnibus, qualitative research and field www..co.uk www..com and tab services. YouGov is an international market research agency, operating all over the world across a range of specialisms, including consumer markets, financial services, technology and telecoms, media, politics and the public sector. YouGov is considered the pioneer of online market research and continues to revolutionise the industry through innovative methodologies. www.yougov.com

08 09 Sponsors

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10 Festival Information

Registration Press Centre

Strathblane Hall, EICC Carrick Suite, EICC DEVELOP THE WRITING SKILLS ESSENTIAL TO GAIN All delegates must register and collect their The Press Centre is open to press-accredited delegates PAID COMMISSIONS FOR TELEVISION, AND THEATRE. badge on arrival at the Festival in the Strathblane daily between 09:00 –18:00. For all press accreditation Hall, EICC. and information, please contact a member of the Taylor Herring team, via the Press Centre. MA WRITING FOR SCREEN & STAGE Registration desks will be open at the following times: Telephone +44 (0) 131 519 4142 Email [email protected] Led by award winning scriptwriter David Hanson (BAFTA, Ace and Golden Rose of Friday 27 August 09:00 – 18:00 Saturday 28 August 09:00 – 18:00 Montreux awards), this degree is taught via 5 one-week on-campus residential periods, Sunday 29 August 09:00 – 15:30 combined with periods of distance learning – at home, or anywhere in the world. Festival Office Your delegate pass gives you access to all Festival Š 2 year, part-time degree sessions, parties and receptions. You do not need Harris Suite, EICC to purchase any further passes or individual tickets. To contact any of the Festival team while in Š Commences June 2011 However admission to all sessions is on a first Edinburgh please ask at the EICC reception Š Residential periods in central come, first served basis on presentation of a valid or the Festival Information Desk. delegate badge. Please wear it to all sessions Š One-to-one script tutoring throughout the course Telephone +44 (0) 131 519 4156 and events. There is a replacement fee of £25 Facsimile +44 (0) 131 659 7735 for lost badges. CONTACT US FOR AN INTERVIEW / REGENTS.AC.UK/LSFMP Email [email protected]

Information Desk Strathblane Hall, EICC Follow the Festival on Twitter for up-to-the-minute The Information Desk is open for all Festival-related news throughout the weekend, and to post questions enquiries throughout the weekend. Edinburgh directly to session panellists and channel controllers. guides and maps, courtesy of Visit Scotland, are also available. Messages for delegates can be left Festival account: @mgeitf and collected throughout the weekend. Hash tag: #mgeitf Friday 27 August 12:00 – 18:00 Saturday 28 August 09:00 – 18:00 Official iPhone App Sunday 29 August 09:00 – 15:30 Stay up-to-date with the latest news and information Free Wireless Access with the Festival’s official iPhone application. Bursting with useful features, delegates can build a personalised session schedule with reminders, Strathblane Hall, EICC review speaker bios and session details, as well as Complimentary wireless internet is available catch up on video highlights and session images London School of Film, Media & Performance to all delegates. Login details are: just hours after speakers have left the stage. Regent’s College, Inner Circle, Regent’s Park, London, NW1 4NS, UK Network name: EICC Visit the App Store and search “MGEITF” to T +44 (0) 20 7487 7505 F +44 (0) 20 7487 7425 Password: festival download it now. E [email protected] W www.regents.ac.uk/lsfmp Sponsored and developed by: We also offer: Acting Foundation / BA (Hons) Acting & Global Theatre / BA (Hons) Creative Industries / BA (Hons) Film, TV & Digital Media Production / BA (Hons) Screenwriting & Producing 13 Festival Extras

Delegate Café Screenings Showcase MGEITF at Filmhouse Edinburgh DEVELOPMENT CLINICS Strathblane Hall, EICC Meet for lunch or drinks between sessions in the 88 Lothian Road Mezzanine, EICC The Festival has teamed up with Edinburgh Festival’s Delegate Café on the ground floor. Edinburgh EH3 9BZ Saturday 09:00 – 17:00 Interactive Festival to bring you the latest Sandwiches, salads, snacks, hot and cold drinks See map on page 19 Has developing new TV ideas become even more developments and crossover opportunities in the are available throughout weekend. difficult? In partnership with Ignite, we are providing Together with Filmhouse Edinburgh, we bring you first major partnership of its kind. Learn, discuss FREE clinics aimed at giving you a fresh the best new and exclusive UK and US programmes and debate the future convergence of technology perspective to solve creative development questions yet to be shown in the UK. We’ve secured exclusive and content with the industry's brightest and Overheard like how to update an old format, how to build new screenings of Shane Meadows’ exciting new biggest players. ideas around a piece of talent, how to create fresh Channel 4 drama This is England ‘86 followed by and original ideas around a hot topic, and how to an interview with the filmmaker. Strathblane Hall, EICC sell them most effectively. Keep track of what’s happening over the weekend We also have the best new shows from this year’s Come down to the mezzanine level and book in with Overheard, a live smorgasbord of comments, LA Screenings – Hawaii Five-0 and My Generation. with us for a free 30 minute consultation. photos, news and survey findings direct from the Please refer to the programme for full details Twittersphere and Festival delegates. Join in the and times. Inspiring, useful and practical – from what 3D will Ignite are a creative development agency with a proven track conversation by including #mgeitf in your tweets. record for creative development of content ideas and have MGEITF and Filmhouse are grateful to , Channel 4 mean for our industry, to how to make money in created successful mainstream UK and global entertainment Sponsored by: and Disney for permission to screen programmes ahead games, to how UK indies can sell their formats ideas for media, brands and talent for ITV, Channel 4, NBC, of transmission. abroad – these sessions are bursting with real Fox and .

insight and advice for you to takeaway and apply In partnership with: all year round. www.filmhousecinema.com Free Coffee and Tea The Network Weekend Free Sandwiches Workshop Live Performance Strathblane Hall, EICC Udderbelly Public Sessions Why not take a break in between sessions with a range of delicious hot drinks, courtesy of ITV. Strathblane and Pentland Foyer, EICC In less than 48 hours, The Network delegates will Look out for mobile stations in the main foyer Sunday have devised, written, produced and filmed their In partnership with Udderbelly and to celebrate dispensing freshly made coffee and tea throughout Feeling a little weary come Sunday morning? own TV programmes. Please come and join us as a momentous year for British soaps, the Festival the weekend. Make sure you pick up a bacon sarnie, the perfect they perform their work live for you. This is your is hosting two exciting masterclasses for public fuel to ensure you last the fun and frivolity of the chance to see the TV talent of tomorrow in action. audiences. So after you’ve heard from the best in Sponsored by: Sunday sessions ahead. Soapland, the Edinburgh public will be inspired by a Coronation Street and an EastEnders Masterclass. Sponsored by: What a treat.

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14 15 Free Workshops

3D: A Practical Introduction Friday 14:00 Workshops Saturday 10:00 Sunday 11:00 Complementing Festival sessions on 3D, The Tinto the BBC Academy Centre of Technology is offering Learn real practical skills in a series of free a one hour workshop to equip you with some workshops provided by BBC Academy. Visit the practical insights around working in 3D. You’ll see Tinto and book your place in the below sessions. film rushes and find out why 3D is taking off at the moment. You’ll get the chance to see some of the kit filmmakers use and find out the challenges, Sell it! benefits and health issues of using this technology. Friday 11:00 A practical introduction which explores everything Saturday 11:30 from delivery to depth perception. Sunday 12:30 You’ve got a brilliant idea. Good for you! But if you can’t sell it, what’s the point? This industry is Sweat Your Assets: Working littered with stories of how great ideas never saw Out the Digital Landscape the light of day because “the commissioners didn’t Friday 15:30 get it”. But is it their fault or yours? This one hour Saturday 14:30 session is a practical, interactive workshop stuffed Looking beyond the TV schedule, what can your full of tools and techniques to prepare, structure digital presence offer you, your brand and your and present your pitches and give your ideas a audience? This hour long session looks at how TV fighting chance of success. brands can better exploit digital spaces, such as iPTV. With a focus on re-purposing and recycling, we look at how producers are being encouraged Impact and Insight: to re-work their ‘long form TV’ assets in to findable, find out Your Personal Passport shareable ‘short form’ content. We’ll explore how Friday 12:30 sweating your assets can extend the reach, Saturday 13:00 prolong the life, and add to the value of your show. where, Imagine there was a way you could enhance your communication skills, improve your productivity, boost your performance, lift morale in the workplace Making the Web Work For You and build more cohesive teams. This one hour Friday 17:00 who and session will give you a powerful introduction to an Saturday 16:30 assessment tool that improves relationships and helps you learn what drives our behaviour. Having You already know how important social media when this enhanced understanding will help you to and web-based technologies are, but have you evaluate your personal style, its impact on others thought about how they can enhance your The 2010 official Festival and provide you with some practical suggestions productivity at work? And if you’ve not yet explored for managing conflict and teams. how the internet can help make the industry more iPhone App available to transparent, you’ll be pleasantly surprised at the opportunities available. In this one hour session, download free we’ll also be looking at how to harness and engage with your audience using the wisdom and power of the crowd; the future of mobiles and location based technology and tips on building your social media strategy while avoiding pitfalls.

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St Davids Street Ground The t Lomond Hanover StreetGeorge Calton Foyer St Andrew Frederick Street Hotel Hill Strathblane Hall Leith Stree Festival Cafe Castle Street Square Regent Roa Moorfoot Waterloo Pl Registration desk and Kilsyth George Street North Bridge Tinto Information desk Edinburgh Waverley Cloakroom The Mound Station Scottish Princes Street Jeffery St Parliament

The Moorfoot and Kilsyth South Bridge Strathblane Hall Princes Market Street The Tinto Melville Street Street

Gardens George IV Bridge BBC Academy Workshops Holyrood Road Parliament House Lomond Foyer Lothian Road Edinburgh Castle Shandwick Place Cowgate Pleasance Mezzanine Main Entrance Chamber St Development Clinics EICC Filmhouse Royal (Not pictured. Follow signs from Strathblane Hall) Morrison Street Grassmarket Museum Port of Morrison St Scotland Bread St West Udderbelly Lauriston

South Bridge Teviot Pl Potterrow Level 01 Lauriston Place Street McEwan Pollock Hall Halls Carrick Fountain Bridge Festival Office Harris Galloway Suite Press Office Venues Ochil Edinburgh International The George Hotel Green Rooms Carrick Ochil Conference Centre 19 – 21 George Street Harris (EICC) Edinburgh EH2 2PB The Exchange, Morrison Street Edinburgh EH3 8EE Udderbelly Bristo Square McEwan Hall Edinburgh EH1 2QP Level 03 Teviot Place Edinburgh EH1 2QP The Pentland Pollock Halls University of Edinburgh The Sidlaw Pentland National Museum of Scotland 18 Holyrood Park Road The Fintry Chambers Street Edinburgh EH16 5AY Edinburgh EH1 1JF Sidlaw Fintry Filmhouse Edinburgh 88 Lothian Road Edinburgh EH3 9BZ

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12:00 – 13:00 The Pentland TV’s Got to Dance

ON Dust off your leg warmers and squeeze into your leotards, this year’s opening session, TV’s Got to Dance will see six top telly acts dance it out live on stage for your vote to be crowned the 2010 TV Festival champion. Join the Got to Dance judging panel , and Adam Garcia for the ultimate dance-off! Sponsored by: Judges Ashley Banjo, Adam Garcia, Kimberly Wyatt Producers Henrietta Conrad Managing Director, James Emtage Freelance Assistant Producer Duncan Gray Head of Entertainment, Sky1 HD, Sky1, Sky2 and Sky3 Kate Maddigan Series Editor, Got to FRIDAY Dance Karen Smith Joint Managing Director, Shine TV 12:15 – 13:15 The Sidlaw Meet the Controller:

From ’s Four Weddings to Bravo’s gladiator drama, Spartacus, the last twelve months have bought diverse hits for the LIVING TV Group. But in an era that sees digital channels fighting for survival, what does the next year hold for this feisty broadcaster? How will its takeover by BSkyB play out? And more importantly, just what will Katie Price do next? ON Sponsored by: Speaker Claudia Rosencrantz Director of Television, LIVING TV Group Chair Jane Martinson Media Editor, Executive Producers Amanda Bruckshaw Deputy UK News Editor, BBC News Charlie Bunce Editor Factual Programmes, talkbackTHAMES Producers Lucy Bacon Development Producer, Princess Productions David Chikwe Script Editor, Leopardrama

13:45 – 14:45 The Pentland TV MasterChef: A Masterclass From TV classic to global sensation what’s the secret ingredient to MasterChef’s success? Moving from BBC Two daytime to BBC One primetime, it has wowed audiences and overtaken the schedule, making it one of the BBC’s most versatile and key brands. It doesn’t stop there. The number one show in the history of Australian television and in production in 15 countries, MasterChef shows no sign of slowing down. Join our panel to find out everything you need to know about the global hit and watch as we do the invention test LIVE with some very special guests... Chair Newscaster, ITV News Panellists Liam Keelan Controller, BBC Daytime Alex Mahon President, Karen Ross Executive Editor, MasterChef Plus Special Guests Producers Jane Rogerson Director of Commissioning, UKTV Kate Ward Associate Director, Global Business Development, Shine Group

Questions, comments or observations? #mgeitf 21 Friday 15:00 – 16:30 Filmhouse, 88 Lothian Road, EH3 9BZ Screening: This is England ‘86 plus Q&A

13:45 – 14:45 The Fintry This exclusive screening at the Filmhouse will be followed by a Q&A with Shane TV, Video Games, Audiences and Money Meadows and producer Mark Herbert, chaired by Channel 4’s David Abraham, his only appearance at this year’s Festival. 1986 – the Mexico World Cup, Top Gun at the cinemas, The Final at Within the last twenty years gaming has grown from Pong to powerhouse. Its biggest number one and over 3.4 million Brits unemployed. A memorable year in the franchises are now worth billions of dollars. We’ve invited the top brains in games to national psyche – and the year that Shaun (Thomas Turgoose) is leaving school. share their insight, but what they don’t know is they are about to hand over the Suddenly being young isn’t that easy and he’s got to find his own way in the world. secrets of their success and tell you how to develop the right format for your TV idea, The gang are back. Loud and proud, they’re looking for love, a laugh, a job and and most importantly what you need to do to make money in games. Our panel of Sponsored by: something that resembles a future. For this is no sob sob cut your wrists story – gaming biggest hitters will outline the missed potential and huge opportunities for a if the glass is half-empty then drink up.., Chris De Burgh is on the radio, but you better relationship between the UK’s two richest creative industries. can always turn the radio off. Panellists Paulina Bozek Originating Producer, Singstar Chris Deering Chairman, Edinburgh Interactive Festival Nicholas Lovell Author, How to Publish a Game David Yarnton Chief This is England’86 is acclaimed British filmmaker Shane Meadows’ television debut Executive Officer, Nintendo UK Chair Sean Dromgoole Chief Executive Officer, Some Research and the much anticipated follow up to his BAFTA award-winning film. Reuniting and GameVision Producers Sean Dromgoole Chief Executive Officer, Some Research and the original cast, the four-part drama for Channel 4 is co-written by Meadows and GameVision Simon Harvey Director, Edinburgh Interactive and Barrington Harvey Media Jack Thorne (The Scouting Book for Boys) and directed by Meadows and Alexa Turness Special Projects Manager, Edinburgh Interactive and Barrington Harvey Media Tom Harper (Misfits) and produced by Warp Films. Screening on Channel 4 13:45 – 14:45 The Sidlaw Speakers Mark Herbert Producer Shane Meadows Writer and Director Meet the Controller: Chair David Abraham Chief Executive, Channel 4

15:15 – 16:15 The Pentland In his first full year at Sky1, Stuart Murphy has embarked on plans to commission fewer programmes – but with a much higher profile. So how will he reshape the channel’s schedule, especially now that two of its biggest shows, Lost and 24, have The Richard Dunn Memorial Lecture: Jimmy Mulville ended? And what will Sky’s acquisition of the platforms mean for Stuart, and for all the channels now under the Sky umbrella? Nobody knows nothing – things I wish I’d known 25 years ago Sponsored by: Speaker Stuart Murphy Director of Programmes, Sky1 HD, Sky1, 2 and 3 Never one to shy away from saying what he really thinks, this year’s Richard Dunn Chair Jeremy Vine Broadcaster Executive Producers Amanda Bruckshaw Deputy UK News Lecture, delivered by Jimmy Mulville, promises to be provocative, inspiring and Editor, BBC News Charlie Bunce Editor Factual Programmes, talkbackTHAMES entertaining. Producers James Marshall Development Producer, White Paper Productions Kate Monaghan Development Producer, markthree media Jimmy Mulville was one of the founders of Hat Trick Productions in 1986 and since then has seen it grow into one of the country’s leading producers of comedy, drama and entertainment – regularly bringing distinctive and popular series to the screen, 13:45 – 14:45 The Moorfoot and Kilsyth including Outnumbered, , The Kumars at No 42, , Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Bodies and of course, which Split Hunters: Is Old Media Being Left Behind Jimmy created in 1990. Join Jimmy for an unmissable keynote. by the New Politics? Speaker Jimmy Mulville Managing Director, Hat Trick Productions

We have a new politics, but do we need a new media to match? Has news coverage which thrives on the black and white drama of simple conflict been left outdated by the grey scale of compromise in a Con-Lib coalition? There’s evidence that voters are looking for more out of Westminster than the old ding-dong of opposing politicians at each other’s throats, so are journalists guilty of missing the zeitgeist shift from pessimism to optimism which all started with a twitter hash-tag? One debate not to be missed. Panellists Trevor Kavanagh Associate Editor, Contributing Editor, Will Straw Founding Editor, Left Foot Forward Chair OBE Newscaster, ITV News Producer Julian March Executive Producer, Sky News Online

22 Questions, comments or observations? #mgeitf 23 Friday 16:45 – 18:00 The Pentland Build Your Own BBC

15:15 – 16:15 The Fintry It’s always had its critics but now the BBC’s in the firing line as never before. With Meet the TV Critics! other public bodies facing savage cuts, does the corporation face a fight for its existence? Here’s your chance to decide its future – what would you keep and what would you ditch? Jeremy Vine invites you to walk a mile in Mark Thompson’s shoes TV critics remain a guiding light for millions of channel-hopping viewers. But what – and our advocates will argue for and against some of the most controversial parts would our stellar panel of armchair experts from The Sun, Guardian, and of the BBC – from BBC Three, to presenters’ pay, to News Online. It’s the perfect do to improve the nation’s telly? What TV do they really love? starter before the main course of Mark Thompson’s MacTaggart Lecture. What genuinely upsets them? How often do they go to press with those views? Speakers Ash Atalla Managing Director, Roughcut TV Alex Connock Chief Executive, Ten Alps Do their crafted opinions really influence ratings? And if they could makeover a David Elstein Chairman, DCD Media George Entwistle Controller of Knowledge Commissioning, channel, what would they do? Join us and find out. (Bring own rotten fruit). BBC Anne McElvoy Journalist and Broadcaster John Simpson BBC World Affairs Editor Chair Jeremy Vine Broadcaster Producers Amanda Bruckshaw Deputy UK News Editor, BBC Panellists Andrew Billen The Times The Guardian Ian Hyland News of The World News Julian March Executive Producer, Sky News Online Craig Oliver Controller, BBC Global Ally Ross The Sun Chair Tim Hincks Chief Executive Officer, Endemol UK Assistant Producers Jonathan Sumberg Business Producer, BBC News Alice Wheater Producer James Herring Managing Partner, Taylor Herring PR Assistant Producer VT Producer Catherine Lynch Senior Development Producer, Endemol UK

16:45 – 17:45 The Fintry 15:15 – 16:15 The Sidlaw Meet the Controller: Richard Klein All Super Indies are Bastards

Sponsored by: I’m predicting double digit growth — Steve Morrison Whether it’s exploring Wagner or Timothy Spall going out to sea, BBC I’m predicting having to sell the photocopier — Will Macdonald Monkey Four strives to bring thoughtful, intelligent television to the masses. It has the distinction of perhaps being the only channel in the past year to be guilty of being Super indies are the school yard bullies of TV. Multimillion-pound global companies TOO funny and entertaining – at least that would seem the conclusion as the BBC’s whose sole aim is to capture as much of the market as possible. The Big Four – Strategic Review found that there should be a refocus with less comedy and Endemol, Shine, All3Media and RDF Media – are slowly strangling broadcasters as they aim to gain as much turnover and profit as possible. But what next? With Sponsored by: entertainment. Now with arts, music, culture and knowledge at its core, Controller Richard Klein explains why less is more and what the future has in store. several indies already going to the wall this year will these leveraged companies ensure that its survival of the fattest? What do we need to do to protect the small Speaker Richard Klein Controller, BBC Four Chair Martha Kearney Writer and Broadcaster Executive Producers Amanda Bruckshaw Deputy UK News Editor, BBC News Charlie Bunce companies and do we need legislation to control the excesses of the big boys? Editor Factual Programmes, talkbackTHAMES Producers Anna Fern Continuity Producer, ITV All these questions and more, plus clips from disguised producers venting against Martin Lau Researcher, talkbackTHAMES the current state of affairs. Panellists Tim Hincks Chief Executive Officer, Endemol UK Stuart Murphy Director of Programmes, Sky1 HD, Sky1, 2 and 3 Graham Stuart Managing Director, So Television 15:15 – 16:15 The Moorfoot and Kilsyth Helen Veale Joint Managing Director, Outline Productions Special Guest Adam Minns Director of Policy, Pact Chair Krishnan Guru-Murthy Newscaster, Channel 4 News How Reality TV Saved Documentary Producer Mark Raphael Commissioning Editor Documentaries, Channel 4 Assistant Producer Saunders Freelance Assistant Producer

One Born Every Minute and Pineapple Dance Studios are two of the most attention- grabbing documentary series of the past year. They are also among an ever 16:45 – 17:45 The Sidlaw increasing number of documentaries that look decidedly un-documentary like. In fact some would say they smack of , a genre fashionably loathed by many Meet the Controller: Zai Bennett documentary practitioners. So is this an important and long overdue evolution of a tired genre? Is it time to admit reality TV has conquered all? Or is it just a spreading Sponsored by: It may have been tough on Peter, but for ITV2 the breakdown of his marriage to rot that needs to be urgently excised? Come along to join the debate. Katie turned out to be pretty good news, giving the channel some of its highest Panellists Simon Dickson Deputy Head Documentaries, Channel 4 Paul Hamann Executive ratings for original content. Likewise, the spin-offs from ITV1 still do fantastically Producer, Wormwood Scrubs Louie Spence Pineapple Dance Studios Celia Taylor Head of well with Britain’s Got More Talent beating ITV1’s drama The Prisoner. So where Factual and Features, Sky1HD, 1, 2 and 3 Brian Woods Managing Director, True Vision Special Guests Jackie French Producer, Jersey Shore and The Real World, MTV does Zai Bennett take ITV2 from here? What’s he got planned for ITV3 and ITV4 Jenny Popplewell Producer, My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding Magnus Temple Executive Producer, Sponsored by: after a tough year? And what are ITV2’s plans without Katie? One Born Every Minute and The Family Chair Peter Bazalgette Media Consultant and Digital Speaker Zai Bennett ITV Director of Digital Channels and Acquisitions Chair Sam Delaney Investor Producers Iain Dodgeon Creative Executive, STV Productions Paul Murray Head of Editor, Heat Magazine Executive Producers Amanda Bruckshaw Deputy UK News Editor, Factual and Entertainment, STV Productions Wendy Rattray Creative Executive, STV Productions BBC News Charlie Bunce Editor Factual Programmes, talkbackTHAMES Producers Kate Dooley Assistant Producer BBC One Chloe Sarfaty Assistant Producer talkbackTHAMES

24 Questions, comments or observations? #mgeitf 25 Friday

16:45 – 17:45 The Moorfoot and Kilsyth The Trouble with Ideas

Come along to see leading British creative development experts from art, brands and advertising (whose projects include the Virgin Galactic Spaceship, Durex sex toys and commissions for the Eden Project) contrast their creative approach with that of TV development. Ad agencies, brands and artists create ideas in more formal and rigorous ways than in telly, but is it fair to compare? Are TV development teams given the time, training or resources they need? Are TV commissioners as accountable to their creative briefs as other buyers? Working on an example TV brief from Sky’s Head of Entertainment Duncan Gray, join in the debate to see if the panel’s different approaches create better ideas. Panellists Mark Boyd Creative Director and Head of Entertainment, BBH Beth Derbyshire Artist Mark Eaves Managing Director Drum PHD Ed Hebblethwaite Director, Seymour Powell Chair Wayne Garvie Managing Director of Content and Production BBC Worldwide Producers Pamela Hamilton Joint Managing Director, Ignite Clare Thompson Joint Managing Director, Ignite

18:45 – 20:00 McEwan Hall, Teviot Place Bringing The James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture: Mark Thompson

“Unaccountable”, “dominant”, “chilling” – the words James Murdoch used to launch a full-frontal attack on the BBC in last year’s agenda-setting MacTaggart the World to Lecture. This year, the Director-General Mark Thompson answers back – making the case for the corporation, and defending himself against accusations that he runs an outdated, bloated and arrogant BBC, that is slowly strangling much of the competition. With a new government beginning to ask difficult questions that could result in a very different BBC, this year’s MacTaggart Lecture will be simply UK audiences unmissable for anyone who cares about the UK media. Speaker Mark Thompson Director-General, BBC Producers Amy Brown Head of Events Management EMEA, Google UK Craig Oliver Controller, BBC Global WorldView, formerly the CBA-DFID Broadcast Media Scheme, helps bring a real world-view to UK audiences by providing development 20:00 – 22:00 National Museum of Scotland funding and support to producers who make programmes in and about Friday Night Opening Reception the developing world.

ON Grab a glass of wine and join us to celebrate the first day of the Festival. We’re Funds of up to £10,000 per project, £20,000 for drama, are available via 4 returning to the Museum of Scotland so mingle with colleagues, as you marvel at BOTTOMS UP priceless relics including the Lewis Chessmen and the Queen Mary Clàrsach. funding streams. The Museum is a five minute walk from McEwan Hall, following the James MacTaggart Lecture. ON See map on page 19. Sponsored by: For more information about the scheme please go to www.cba.org.uk/worldview FRIDAY Or contact: Sally-Ann Wilson ([email protected]) Marion Simpson ([email protected])

WorldView are proud to partner MGEITF Fast Track 26 Schedule at a Glance

Friday 16:45 – 17:45 All Super Indies are Bastards 12:30 – 13:30 The Alternative MacTaggart: 17:00 – 18:00 EastEnders at 25: The Fintry Paul Abbott A Masterclass The Pentland Joint Session 12:00 – 13:00 TV’s Got to Dance Meet the Controller: with The Network The Pentland Zai Bennett RIP Scheduled TV? The Moorfoot and Kilsyth The Sidlaw The Fintry 12:15 – 13:15 Meet the Controller: The Trouble with Ideas Meet the Controller: 18:00 – 19:00 Channel of the Claudia Rosencrantz The Moorfoot and Kilsyth Jay Hunt Year Awards 2010 The Sidlaw The Sidlaw The Pentland 18:45 The James MacTaggart 13:45 – 14:45 MasterChef: A Masterclass Memorial Lecture: You Call that a Good Idea? 20:00 – 21:30 Saturday Night The Pentland Mark Thompson The Moorfoot and Kilsyth Meet and Greet McEwan Hall The Library TV, Video Games, 14:00 – 14:45 Face to Face: The George Hotel Audiences and Money Jeremy Hunt in Conversation The Fintry 20:00 – 22:00 Friday Night Opening Reception The Pentland 21:30 – Late Saturday Night Meet the Controller: National Museum of Scotland Party Stuart Murphy 14:00 – 15:00 Pitch Perfect: Fast Track The George Hotel The Sidlaw Live Pitch The Fintry Split Hunters: Is Old Media Saturday Being Left Behind Meet the Controller: Sunday by the New Politics? Danny Cohen The Sidlaw The Moorfoot and Kilsyth 09:30 – 10:30 Post MacTaggart Q&A The Pentland Please Pay Here 10:00 On the Sofa with Mark Austin 15:00 – 16:30 Screening: This is England ‘86 The Moorfoot and Kilsyth The Pentland Q&A with Shane Meadows, Branded Entertainment: chaired by David Abraham Goldmine or Minefield? Screening: My Generation 11:00 – 11:50 Doctor Who: A Masterclass Filmhouse The Fintry Filmhouse The Pentland

15:15 – 16:15 The Richard Dunn Memorial Meet the Controller: 15:15 – 16:15 TV Question Time 11:30 – 12:30 Meet the Controller: Lecture: Jimmy Mulville Matthew Littleford The Pentland Janice Hadlow The Pentland The Sidlaw The Sidlaw 15:30 – 16:30 Meet the Controller: Guess Who’s Coming to Meet the TV Critics! 11:50 – 12:40 Katie Price: Shrink Rap Breakfast The Fintry The Sidlaw The Pentland The Moorfoot and Kilsyth Meet the Controller: An Audience with 12:45 – 13:45 The Last Laugh Richard Klein 11:00 – 12:00 The Wonderful Wizards of Andy Harries: A Masterclass The Pentland The Sidlaw Weatherfield— The Moorfoot and Kilsyth 50 Years of Coronation Street: How Reality TV Saved A Masterclass Screening: Hawaii 5-0 Documentary The Pentland Filmhouse The Moorfoot and Kilsyth 10 Things You Should Know 16:30 – 17:00 The Futureview: Sandy Climan 16:45 – 18:00 Build Your Own BBC About Viewers The Fintry The Pentland The Fintry 17.00 3D: Will it go Beyond Football, Meet the Controller: Films and F***king? Julian Bellamy The Fintry The Sidlaw 16:45 – 17:45 Meet the Controller: Going Global: How to Make Money Abroad The Sidlaw The Moorfoot and Kilsyth

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09:30 – 10:30 The Pentland ON Post MacTaggart Q&A with Mark Thompson Following his MacTaggart Lecture, Mark Thompson is interviewed about his speech and responds to questions from Festival delegates. Speaker Mark Thompson Director-General, BBC Chair Krishnan Guru-Murthy Newscaster, Channel 4 News Producers Amy Brown Head of Events Management EMEA, Google UK Craig Oliver Controller, BBC Global

09:30 – 10:30 The Fintry SATURDAY Branded Entertainment: Goldmine or Minefield?

Some see brand funded TV as the ultimate free lunch, others as a total sell-out. Branded entertainment is hitting prime time and millions of pounds are being pumped into funding it. Is this a foolproof method for funding programmes or a contract for creative and economic conflict? Using recent case studies of TV and digital content, top experts in the field will look at the whole process of branded entertainment and debate the best ways to make it all come together. Panellists Nuno Bernardo Chief Executive Officer, beActive Entertainment Paul Day Vice-President Branded Content and Digital Media, Cineflix Productions UK ON Katherine Marlow Creative Solutions and Content Partnerships Planner, ITV Donna Taberer Head of Entertainment, Five Simon Willis Head of Programming, Mindshare Invention Mark Wood Founding Partner, Krempelwood Chair Dan Sabbagh Freelance Journalist Producers Paul Day Vice-President Branded Content and Digital Media, Cineflix Productions UK Ian Russell Director of Co-Production and Executive Producer, Cineflix Productions UK

09:30 – 10:30 The Sidlaw TV Meet the Controller: Matthew Littleford With UKTV’s ambitious re-branding delivering further breakout successes, Controller Matthew Littleford continues to re-position the network as a major player. We’ve seen Ration Book Britain pulling in plaudits and punters, and landing on terrestrial television. Now Matthew discusses his plans to ensure continued growth. How will UKTV face the challenges of broadcaster consolidation Sponsored by: in an all-media-everywhere marketplace, continuing to fulfil its obligations as a showcase for the BBC’s archive? Speaker Matthew Littleford Controller UKTV Chair Ray Snoddy Journalist Executive Producers Amanda Bruckshaw Deputy UK News Editor, BBC News Charlie Bunce Editor Factual Programmes, talkbackTHAMES Producers Lucy Bacon Development Producer Princess Productions David Chikwe Script Editor Leopardrama

Questions, comments or observations? #mgeitf 31 Saturday 11:00 – 12:00 The Sidlaw Meet the Controller: Julian Bellamy

09:30 – 10:30 The Moorfoot and Kilsyth On and off screen it’s all change at Channel 4, as a new Chairman and a new Chief Guess Who’s Coming to Breakfast Executive enter, and exits. So how will Channel 4 cope with the loss of its most valued family member? And how will it capitalise on the success of shows like My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding and The Million Pound Drop? All will be revealed as What’s the average age of UK women having their first child? Or life expectancy for Julian Bellamy tells us why this is the most exciting time in the history of the non-white men? How many people are actively religious? Test your knowledge of Sponsored by: channel and just what he plans to do with all that airtime. the UK’s TV audience alongside some of TV’s top commissioners in a -show Speaker Julian Bellamy Acting Chief Creative Officer, Channel 4 Chair Martha Kearney Writer romp through the world of , hosted by Stephen K Amos. How well do you and Broadcaster Executive Producers Amanda Bruckshaw Deputy UK News Editor, BBC know your viewers? Far from stuffy old, irrelevant b*ll*cks that you have to comply News Charlie Bunce Editor Factual Programmes, talkbackTHAMES with, celebrating difference offers new angles and fresh ideas… and with Amos at Producers Anna Fern Continuity Producer, ITV Martin Lau Researcher, talkbackTHAMES the helm, political correctness is unlikely to get in the way. Arrive early to avoid public humiliation. 11:00 – 12:00 The Moorfoot and Kilsyth Contestants Elaine Bedell Director of Entertainment and Comedy, ITV Simon Dickson Deputy Head Documentaries, Channel 4 Saul Nasse Controller BBC Learning Host Stephen K Amos Producers Jack Lundie Development Lead London 2012, BBC Vision Productions Daniell Going Global: How to Make Money Abroad Morrisey BBC Talent Executive Simone Pennant TV Collective Kate Phillips Executive Editor, BBC Entertainment British factual television is a world leader, so how can UK indies take advantage of the international appetite for what we do? Some British producers are selling 11:00 – 12:00 The Pentland shows directly to international broadcasters – how do they do it? What kinds of ideas sell overseas? How do you get access to the decision makers and what The Wonderful Wizards of Weatherfield – do you need to know about pitching outside of the UK? Our panel share the secrets of their international successes, and as well as tell you what international buyers 50 Years of Coronation Street: A Masterclass are looking for. Panellists Mike Kemp Managing Director, Dangerous Ian Russell Director of Co-Production In a rare public appearance, Tony Warren, the creator of Coronation Street joins the and Executive Producer, Cineflix Productions UK Thomas von Hennet Vice President Festival for a special celebratory masterclass. It began with three women – all with International Co-Production Drama and Factual, ProSiebenSat.1 Group Peter Wallace Head of Commissioning Independents, NRK Chair Helen Veale Joint Managing Director, Outline different temperaments, values, backgrounds and social standing and it instantly Productions Producers Ian Russell Director of Co-Production and Executive Producer, Cineflix captured the hearts of the nation. Fifty years on, and the audience are still Productions UK Helen Veale Creative Director, Outline Productions captivated by these ordinary people leading ordinary lives. Other soaps have Sponsored by: evolved but the DNA of Coronation Street remains the same: strong characters, family ties, brilliant writing and a huge injection of humour. The creator, the cast, the 12:30 – 13:30 The Pentland critic and the brand new producer discuss the highs and lows of the wonderful world of Weatherfield. The Alternative MacTaggart Lecture: Paul Abbott – Panellists Phil Collinson Producer Katherine Kelly Actress Gareth McLean Journalist, Tony Warren Writer and Creator, Coronation Street Chair David Liddiment BBC Trustee The Truth about Long-Term Thinking and Creative Director, All3Media Producers Sumi Connock Head of Entertainment, ITV Studios Laura Mackie Director of Drama Commissioning, ITV Including a must-see introduction from a very special guest… It’s high time we sorted British television’s vision for long running, high quality 11:00 – 12:00 The Fintry drama. Research insists that decent repeatable drama is the most magnetic aspect of a channel’s identity, yet it’s the one thing we still haven’t attended to. 10 Things You Should Know About Viewers Sponsored by: It’s the key to future relationships with our audience and export buyers. Hard times have always stimulated inventive solutions. Let’s hope the credit crunch forces us They are selfish. They are spoilt. They are disloyal. They decide whether your show is to fix this glaring problem in the UK market sooner than later. Paul Abbott a hit. This session will tell you what you need to know about viewers in a world that is Speaker Paul Abbott Chair Writer and Broadcaster fighting for their attention. What makes them remember your programme? How did Producers Sarah Butters Head of Programme Strategy, ITV2 Simon Tomkins Head of they find it in the first place? Are we keeping up with their demands and expectations? Programme Strategy, ITV3 Be inspired. Be surprised. This session is about giving you a competitive advantage. Speaker Nino Cirone Director, Broadcast Research Limited Chair Kate Silverton Journalist and Presenter Producer Susanna Dinnage Senior Vice President Scheduling and Research, Discovery Communications Europe

32 Questions, comments or observations? #mgeitf 33 Saturday 14:00 – 14:45 The Pentland Face-to-Face: Jeremy Hunt in Conversation

12:30 – 13:30 The Fintry Jeremy Hunt has accused the BBC of “extraordinary and outrageous waste” and RIP Scheduled TV? refused to rule out cutting the licence fee. In an age of austerity, what are his plans for a corporation that’s making as many headlines about Mark Byford's pension pot as its own programme content? How will he influence charter renewal in 2012, and Google TV and Project Canvas are coming. Are we facing the beginning of the end what does he think the BBC’s priorities should be? Steve Hewlett quizzes him about of scheduled television? What does this mean for your content and your business? his vision for the BBC and the TV industry, and what he thinks it must do to future- Who will win the race to attract and monetise eyeballs in a shiny new connected TV proof itself against the backdrop of recession whilst remaining loyal to its audiences. world? Find out about what’s coming up and hear from the industry leaders about Speaker Jeremy Hunt MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how television discovery, consumption and monetisation are set to change. Chair Steve Hewlett Writer, Broadcaster and Media Consultant Panellists Tim Hunt Marketing Director, Project Canvas Brian Lenz Director, Product Design Producer Steve Anderson Creative Director, Mentorn and TV Product Development, Sky Sarah Rose Director of Commercial and Business Development, Channel 4 Jill Szuchmacher Principal, New Business Development, Google TV Chair Steve Hewlett Writer, Broadcaster and Media Consultant 14:00 – 15:00 Filmhouse, 88 Lothian Road, EH3 9BZ Producer Donagh O’Malley Head of Video Partnerships, YouTube UK, Ireland and Benelux Screening: My Generation 12:30 – 13:30 The Sidlaw What a difference ten years can make. In 2000, a documentary crew follows a Meet the Controller: Jay Hunt disparate group of high schoolers from Greenbelt High School in Austin, Texas as they prepare for graduation, and then revisits these former classmates ten years later. As these classmates return home to revisit their old hopes for their future, It’s been another good year for the BBC One trophy cabinet and with serious arts, they’ll discover that, even if you don’t get exactly what you thought you wanted factual and food content all making a comeback in peak, Jay Hunt is keen for the out of life, it’s not too late to get what you need. channel to continue taking creative risks. Along with standout performances from EastEnders Live, Let’s Dance for Sports Relief and Five Daughters, there has also My Generation is produced by ABC Studios, and licensed internationally by Disney Media Distribution. been heated debate over ageism in , scheduling clashes with ITV1 and the changes to . So what will the year ahead bring for the Sponsored by: 14:00 – 15:00 The Fintry channel and how can it continue to take creative risks without losing its heartland audience? Pitch Perfect: Fast Track Live Pitch Speaker Jay Hunt Controller BBC One Chair Simon Mayo Broadcaster Executive Producers Amanda Bruckshaw Deputy UK News Editor, BBC News Charlie Bunce Editor Factual Programmes, talkbackTHAMES Producers Sarah Brooks Assistant Producer, Pitching is one of the toughest, and most important, skills to perfect in TV. Fast BBC Wales Factual Mark Taynton Scheduler , UKTV Track has teamed up with The One Show, with an exciting opportunity to develop a new mini format for BBC One’s flagship factual programme. Four finalists will pitch live to win a commission which will be seen by a 7 o’clock audience of millions. 12:30 – 13:30 The Moorfoot and Kilsyth Panellist Sandy Smith Executive Editor, The One Show Chair Martha Kearney Writer and Broadcaster Producers Nick Astor Production Executive, BBC Comedy Commissioning You Call that a Good Idea? Viv Molokwu Development Producer

Three minutes to sell an idea. Watch as producers sweat it out against the clock in front of the industry’s top factual entertainment and features commissioners as they 14:00 – 15:00 The Sidlaw look for the next big idea. With £5k in their pockets to spend on developing the best pitched ideas, commissioners will give real feedback on the spot as well as Meet the Controller: Danny Cohen explain and justify their decisions by taking questions from the audience. Panellists Jo Clinton-Davis Controller of Popular Factual, ITV Liam Humphreys Deputy Head BBC Three’s audience share has grown by a staggering 28% since its relaunch in Factual Entertainment, Channel 4 Dan Korn Senior Vice President Programming, Discovery 2008. Controller Danny Cohen puts its success down to knowing its audience and Sponsored by: Networks UK Mark Sammon Head of Commissioning VMTV, Living, Living 2, Virgin 1, Bravo, the quality of shows like Blood Sweat and Luxuries and Dancing on Wheels. Challenge Alan Tyler BBC Executive Editor Entertainment Commissioning But where will the channel go from here? What is its online strategy? Danny reveals Chair Boyd Hilton Television and Reviews Editor, Heat Magazine Producers Daniela Neumann Director of Programmes Virgin1, Bravo, Bravo2 and Challenge his strategy for keeping BBC Three at the top of its game. Donna Taberer Head of Entertainment, Five Assistant Producer Natasha Hegde Channel Sponsored by: Speaker Danny Cohen Controller, BBC Three Chair Richard Bacon Broadcaster and Scheduling, GOLD Executive Producers Amanda Bruckshaw Deputy UK News Editor, BBC News Charlie Bunce Editor Factual Programmes, talkbackTHAMES Producers Kate Dooley Assistant Producer, BBC One Chloe Sarfaty Assistant Producer, talkbackTHAMES

34 Questions, comments or observations? #mgeitf 35 Saturday 15:30 – 16:30 The Moorfoot and Kilsyth An Audience with Andy Harries: A Masterclass

14:00 – 15:00 The Moorfoot and Kilsyth Andy Harries is one of British drama’s leading luminaries. With success ranging Please Pay Here from Cold Feet to Wallander, to The Deal, he has also cracked the feature film market with and the Oscar winning The Queen. In this frank session, Andy will look at the changing face of drama, the challenges As free-to-air models are increasingly challenged by diminishing advertiser spend of raising co-production finance, his strong relationship with writers and his tricks and fragmented viewing, content owners and broadcasters alike are looking to of the trade, as well as the highs and lows of an illustrious career. diversify revenue streams. Meanwhile, technology is enabling content owners to Speaker Andy Harries Executive Producer and Chief Executive, reach viewers directly and converting passive viewers to active customers. The Chair Kate Silverton Journalist and Presenter Producer Laura Mackie Director of Drama traditional pay platforms are now joined by online aggregators, digital distributors Commissioning, ITV Assistant Producer David Chikwe Script Editor, Leopardrama and connected device manufacturers in competing for a share of the consumer wallet. But what do consumers really want to pay for? How do you get them to pay? And what are the drivers of success for content owners and broadcasters? 15:30 – 16:30 Filmhouse, 88 Lothian Road, Edinburgh, EH3 9BZ Panellists John Keeling Platform Controller, Seesaw Leslie McKenzie Group Digital Director, LOVEFiLM Sebastian Scott Executive Consulting Creative Director, Telegraph Media Group Screening: Hawaii Five-0 Jasper Smith Chief Executive Officer, PlayJam Chair Mathew Horsman Director, Mediatique Ltd Producer Sarah Rose Director of Commercial and Business Development, Channel 4 An elite branch of the Hawaii State Police is tasked to wipe out the crime that washes up on the Islands’ sun-drenched beaches. Detective Steve McGarrett 15:15 – 16:15 The Pentland (Alex O’Loughlin), a decorated Naval officer turned cop, returns to Oahu to investigate his father’s murder and stays after Hawaii’s governor persuades him to TV Question Time head up the new team: his rules, her backing, no red tape and full blanket immunity to hunt down the biggest game in town. With the support of his team McGarrett is determined to eliminate the seedy elements from the 50th state. New politics, new bosses, new crises: what’s next for the BBC if the licence fee is cut? Will ITV’s new regime realise all its regulatory wishes? Is privatisation on the Premiering exclusively on Bravo cards for Channel 4, and what about Five, now it’s been taken over by Richard Desmond? And if Cameron and Clegg can work together, why can’t Sky and 16:30 – 17:00 The Fintry ? Question Time comes to MGEITF and delegates have the chance to put the big decision makers on the spot. Sponsored by: The Futureview – Sandy Climan: Hollywood’s Mr 3D Panellists MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington Jana Bennett Director, BBC Vision David Elstein Chairman, DCD Media Mariella Frostrup Writer and Broadcaster Steven Moffat Executive Producer and Writer Dr Who and Co-creator, Sherlock Chair Peter Sandy Climan has seen the future, and it's in 3D. Not just for films, sport and Bazalgette Media Consultant and Digital Investor Producer Steve Anderson Creative Director, animation, but for every TV genre conceivable. Known as “Hollywood's 3D man”, Mentorn Assistant Producer Tom Gillett Assistant Producer, BBC Question Time Sandy is a 3D evangelist. His mission as CEO of 3ality Digital is to spread the word that 3D is coming to a TV screen near you. He doesn't just produce cutting edge content, he's also a global driving force behind 3D technology and to make your 15:30 – 16:30 The Sidlaw 3D programmes of the future easier to film, produce and watch. Sandy spent more than a decade as one Hollywood's most powerful dealmakers representing stars Meet the Controller: Richard Woolfe such as and while brokering deals for (SNE), Mastushita, and Seagram to buy Hollywood studios. Join Sandy for his incredible A year ago, it looked to some as if Five’s star was on the wane. But as one of only insight and vision on the future of 3D programming and what these developments two terrestrial channels with an increased share in 2009 and with new owner will mean for UK broadcasters and media organisations. Richard Desmond promising a bright future, the channel’s fortunes are looking up. Speaker Sandy Climan Chief Executive Officer, 3ality Digital, LLC Now that Five has some cash, how will they spend it? What lessons can they learn Producers Simon Knight Executive Producer Factual, BBC Simon Phillips Senior from their last few years of relative poverty? Have much-trumpeted shows like Live Producer, ITV from Studio Five and FlashForward performed as well as Richard Woolfe had hoped Sponsored by: – and more importantly, what’s next? Speaker Richard Woolfe Controller, Five Chair Ian Hyland News of the World Executive Producers Amanda Bruckshaw Deputy UK News Editor, BBC News Charlie Bunce Editor Factual Programmes, talkbackTHAMES Producers James Marshall Development Producer, White Paper Productions Kate Monaghan Development Producer, markthree media

36 Questions, comments or observations? #mgeitf 37 Saturday 18:00 – 19:00 The Pentland Channel of the Year Awards

17:00 – 18:00 The Fintry Join Jack Whitehall for the hotly contested Channel of the Year Awards 2010. 3D: Will it go Beyond Football, Films and F***ing? Online voters have shortlisted the nominees this year but it’s up to you to decide who will walk away the winner with a live audience vote on the night. The following nominations were provided by a YouGov online poll: 3D TV has officially arrived, with dedicated channels launching worldwide it’s not just Terrestrial Channel of the Year feature films that are getting the 3D treatment. 3D TV is making its way to all BBC One, BBC Two, Channel 4, Five, ITV programme genres. With technology rapidly developing and streamlining how will 3D change television? And how can television change 3D? Discover the implications of Non-Terrestrial Channel of the Year producing in 3D with regards to budget, editorial and technical issues. With 3D TV ON BBC Four, BBC Three, Cartoon Network, Comedy Central, E4, Five USA, Sky1, hotly tipped to make a big splash in the coming months, join the panel to discuss Sky News Sandy Climan’s views as well as debate – what is the real future of 3D in TV? TEARS Terrestrial Programme of the Year Panellists Phil Brown Commercial Director, Can Communicate Brian Lenz Director Product ON Doctor Who, FlashForward, Harry Hill’s TV Burp, Outnumbered, The X Factor Sponsored by: Design and TV Product Development, Sky Michael Lindsey Pointy Stick Sam McCurdy DOP Non-Terrestrial Programme of the Year Streetdance 3D Chair David Docherty Chairman, The Digital Television Group JOY Producers Simon Knight Executive Producer Factual, BBC Bristol Simon Phillips Senior 30 Rock, Glee, Newswipe with Charlie Brooker, Pineapple Dance Studios, Producer, ITV The Inbetweeners The Network and Fast Track Programme Award 2010 16:45 – 17:45 The Sidlaw Misfits, One Born Every Minute, Pineapple Dance Studios Host Jack Whitehall Judging Panel Chair Tim Hincks Chief Executive Officer, Endemol UK Meet the Controller: Peter Fincham Judging Panel MGEITF Executive Committee Producers Kam Kandola Head of Editorial, MGEITF Lisa Perrin Creative Director Entertainment, Shine

The industry voted it last year’s Channel of the Year at the Broadcast Awards 2010 and after a tough time, advertisers are once again gaining in confidence in ITV1 – 20:00 – 21:30 The Library, The George Hotel, 19 – 21 George Street, EH2 2PB and why not when people in their millions continue to tune in to The X Factor, Britain’s Got Talent and Doc Martin? Key to this success is celebrity talent Saturday Night Meet and Greet strengthened by the surprise return of Paul O’Grady and the addition of and Christine Bleakley. Peter Fincham reveals his plans for the future. Sponsored by: Join us for drinks, social networking and the chance to celebrate the meeting Speaker Peter Fincham Director of Television, ITV Chair Kirsty Wark Television Broadcaster ON of digital and TV, courtesy of Glow Labs. and Journalist Executive Producers Amanda Bruckshaw Deputy UK News Editor, BBC News Drinks sponsored by: Charlie Bunce Editor Factual Programmes, talkbackTHAMES Producers Kate Dooley Assistant Producer, BBC One Chloe Sarfaty Assistant Producer, talkbackTHAMES CHIT-CHAT ON labs 17:00 – 18:00 The Moorfoot and Kilsyth The Network Joint Session – EastEnders at 25: A Masterclass SATURDAY 21:30 – Late The George Hotel, 19 – 21 George Street, EH2 2PB Featuring incredible unseen EastEnders footage, discover the secrets of writing, producing and directing one of the most successful soap operas in the world. Saturday Night Party Learn how this year the production pushed the boundaries even further, producing EastEnders’ first live episode. This in-depth analysis of the story telling craft will also leave you on a cliffhanger as an upcoming plot is exclusively revealed. There’s nothing more traditional than Saturday Night at the Festival in The George Danny Cohen is joined by soap stars (Bradley Branning) and ON Hotel. Indulge in a cocktail or two in the Tempus Bar, chat with old friends and new (), as well as BBC Controller of Drama Production, in The Library, or dance the night away in the grand King's Hall. , in a very special EastEnders masterclass. Cue drums. ROCK Strut your stuff to classic party tunes courtesy of our surprise special booking, with Panellists Simon Ashdown Writer Charlie Clements Actor Scott Maslen Actor STV’s DJ Cameron McKenna rolling out the floorfillers until the wee small hours! Managing Director, Lovely Day John Yorke Controller, BBC Drama Production ON Chair Danny Cohen Controller, BBC Three Producers Mark Cossey Executive Editor, BBC Entertainment Karl Warner BBC Commissioning Editor, Entertainment STARS

38 Questions, comments or observations? #mgeitf 39 Sunday

In The Pentland Come and join the Festival family hangover as Mark Austin hosts a rolling morning of fun and frolics ON to get your Sunday pulses racing... expect to be entertained. From 10:00 On the Sofa with Mark Austin

He’s covered Tiananmen Square, and the Gaza War, but now ITN’s Mark Austin is ready for his toughest challenge yet – hosting a live chat show at the heart of MGEITF’s Sunday schedule. You can look forward to seeing the sexiest male newsreader of all time (© The Sun) get to grips with broadcasting legend Michael Grade CBE, if that’s not enough to get you excited, there will be a few more special SUNDAY guests joining Mark on the sofa… Host Mark Austin Newscaster, ITV News Producers James Emtage Freelance Assistant Producer David Martin Freelance Assistant Producer

11:00 – 11:50 Doctor Who: A Masterclass

As the new showrunner of Doctor Who, Steven Moffat brought to ON BBC One this spring for a series that met with both audience and critical acclaim. Fresh from masterminding the most anticipated drama series this year, Moffat will discuss the challenges of keeping a juggernaut BBC brand at the top of its game, what makes great sci-fi on British TV – and his latest hit BBC drama, Sherlock. Sponsored by: Speaker Steven Moffat Executive Producer and Writer Dr Who and Co-creator, Sherlock Chair Richard Bacon Broadcaster Producer Neil Midgley Assistant Editor Media, The Telegraph

TV 11:50 – 12:40 Katie Price: Shrink Rap

Katie Price is a media phenomenon who has become one of the most famous women in Britain by sheer determination and force of personality. Starting her career as a glamour model, she has moved on to become a bestselling author and businesswoman and is the star of her own reality series on ITV2, What Katie Did Next. Her interviewer, Dr. Pamela Connolly, brings to the Festival for the first time the techniques of her insightful psychological More4 interview show, Shrink Rap, in which she explores the effects of fame with A-list celebrities from Tony Curtis and Stephen Fry to Heather Mills and Sarah Duchess of York. Speaker Katie Price Interviewer Dr. Pamela Connolly Producer Claire Zolkwer Commissioning Editor Entertainment, ITV

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Questions, comments or observations? #mgeitf 41 Sunday

12:45 – 13:45 In The Sidlaw The Last Laugh 11:30 – 12:30 Meet the Controller: Janice Hadlow Welcome to the The Last Laugh – a must-see stand up masterclass featuring TV heavyweights. Can Gail Porter deliver a punch line? Who has the front to handle hecklers? And will a Director of Entertainment actually be entertaining? Mentored After break-out successes including Wonders of the Solar System and Miranda, by the finest circuit , each contestant attempts the craft of stand up in BBC Two is clearly finding its own distinctive voice within BBC’s channel portfolio. front a room packed with their peers, while an expert judging panel decides if With a projected budget increase of £25m, Controller Janice Hadlow promises to they’re a hit or should just hit the road. ‘brain up, not dumb down’ as she sets her sights on BBC Two becoming the destination for intelligent and ambitious programming. But will this new direction Mentors Sponsored by: manage to capture the next generation of viewers, whilst also satisfying the Kevin Bridges traditional BBC Two audience? Pete Johansson Russell Kane Speaker Janice Hadlow Controller, BBC Two Chair Krishnan Guru-Murthy Newscaster, Channel 4 News Executive Producers Amanda Bruckshaw Deputy UK News Editor, BBC News Charlie Bunce Editor Factual Programmes, talkbackTHAMES Producers Lucy Bacon Chris Ramsay Development Producer, Princess Productions David Chikwe Script Editor, Leopardrama Stand-ups Christian Drobnyk Director of Entertainment, UKTV Lloyd Griffith Production Co-ordinator, Jack Morton Worldwide Dawn Porter Writer and Presenter Gail Porter Broadcaster Helen Veale Managing Director, Outline Productions Judges Stephen K Amos Jill Offman Graham Stuart

Executive Producers Jill Offman Managing Director, Comedy Central Graham Stuart Managing Director, So Television Producers Zoe Diver Marketing and Communications Manager, Comedy Central Gina Lyons Talent Producer Development, So Television Shoshana Wilson Acquisitions and Commissioning Manager, Comedy Central

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42 Questions, comments or observations? #mgeitf 43 The Network The Network and Celebrates 20 Years Fast Track

Committee 2010 With thanks to all our generous sponsors and partners Joe Godwin Director BBC Children’s ON Chair of The Network and The Network Sponsors Fast Track Nick Astor Production Executive SUCCESS BBC Comedy Commissioning Kate Barnes Joe Godwin, Director of BBC Children’s and Chair Deputy, Digital Channels of The Network Committee says: “I’m proud of The Five Network’s long track record in introducing young people to the world of television – so many of our Dominic Bird ON Creative Director delegates go on to great things. We are attracting BBC Entertainment the best names in TV to come and work with these Production North labs new entrants and we continue to work towards securing a creative, diverse and representative Tamara Howe TV workforce which reflects the TV audience”. Chief Operating Officer BBC Children’s Highlights from the last 20 years of The Network Camilla Lewis This year, The Network celebrates 20 years of include a hugely inspiring address from Sir Trevor Head of Factual Features nurturing talent for the TV industry. Launched in McDonald, delegates questioning 1990, The Network (formerly TVYP, Television about the cult of celebrity, Pharrell Williams popping Catherine Lynch into the MTV workshop and the delegates watching and Young People) is a free industry led scheme Senior Development Producer designed to help young people from all ’s first audition tape. The Network is Endemol UK backgrounds kick start their career in television. held at the Skillset Screen and Media Academy at Edinburgh Napier University. Why not come over Joe Mace Anyone who’s been going to the TV Festival for a Head of Entertainment and see the event in action? This year, the delegates few (or even many, many) years knows a “Network” Development, Formats will be enjoying a special evening with Landlord delegate when they see one. From the white ITV Al Murray, workshops with Hollyoaks, Sky News Fast Track Sponsors T-shirted crowds who whoop from the balcony and Zeppotron and masterclasses with Paul Abbott James MacLeod when mentioned at the MacTaggart Lecture on and Jay Hunt. Head of Press Friday night, to the bleary-eyed hoards who Broadcasting stagger around The George Hotel bar on Saturday And if you bump into a Network delegate over the ITV night, The Networkers are conspicuous by their weekend, please remember when you were starting Jason Mitchell presence. Many young people aspire to work in out in TV and pass on any useful tips! Development Producer the industry, but new entrants face fierce Vivienne Molokwu Suzy Lambert competition, low pay and ad-hoc training – all Development Producer discouraging factors for many talented individuals Director from under represented backgrounds. The Network The Network and Fast Track Daniell Morrisey aims to address this through four days of BBC Talent Executive workshops, career surgeries, masterclasses, and hands on training covering all aspects of the industry. This year 20% of the final line up are from ethnically diverse backgrounds.

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Welcome to Fast Track 2010 Thursday Congratulations: you are one of a select group who have been chosen for Fast Track. Around 11:30 – 13:00 Delegate Registration Main Reception, Pollock Halls 13:00 – 13:30 News – The Best Drama on TV Moorfoot and Kilsyth, EICC the industry you will find a growing number of ON Deborah Turness significant senior people who have been where 13:30 – 14:00 The Worldview you are now. Whether in the original incarnation Sally-Ann Wilson of TV25 or as Fast Track, they have used the 14:00 – 15:00 Secrets from a Successful Storyteller Moorfoot and Kilsyth, EICC opportunity to break new ground, win awards, Andy Harries TALENT fulfil ambitions and achieve their goals. 15:00 – 15:15 break 15:15 – 16:15 Lucy from Sky with Diamonds of Comedy Moorfoot and Kilsyth, EICC Fast Track is a unique, exclusive and invaluable Lucy Lumsden opportunity. You will have access to an elite group 16:15 – 17:15 Small Screen, Big Business Moorfoot and Kilsyth, EICC of TV industry figures in an informal and relaxed Tim Hincks environment. They’re coming to impart their 19:45 – 21:00 The Network Opening Night Moorfoot and Kilsyth, EICC ON Al Murray: An Evening with The Pub Landlord knowledge and share their experiences, as well as inspire and encourage you. 21:00 – 22:30 The Network Opening Night Reception Lomond Foyer, EICC All our contributors recognise the value of Friday TV Fast Track and believe in developing new talent. We are very grateful to them for their time. 09:00 – 10:00 Now That’s Entertainment Moorfoot and Kilsyth, EICC Sumi Connock There are 40 delegates taking part in Fast Track, You have an exciting weekend ahead of you: 10:00 – 11:00 How to Run Risks and Get Away With It Moorfoot and Kilsyth, EICC all with 2– 4 years experience in the industry and brilliant Fast Track sessions, great opportunities Julian Bellamy 11:00 – 11:15 break all with passion and drive to succeed in TV. It’s an to network and a chance to win a commission 11:15 – 12:15 How to be a Channel Controller Moorfoot and Kilsyth, EICC interesting and diverse line up this year– delegates on The One Show, as well as an opportunity to enjoy the TV Festival. Jay Hunt are working in scheduling, advertising, 17:15 – 18:15 Fast Track Pre-MacTaggart Networking Event Lomond Foyer, EICC communications and news, as well as production. 18:45 – 19:45 The James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture McEwan Hall Make the most of it. Fast Track also welcomes two international Mark Thompson delegates, one from Jamaica and one from New 20:00 – 22:00 MGEITF Opening Night Reception National Museum of Scotland Viv Molokwu Zealand, courtesy of the Worldview scheme. Nick Astor Saturday Thank you to Alex Loughran and The One Show Fast Track Producers for providing a fantastic prize for the Fast Track 14:00 – 15:00 Pitch Perfect: Fast Track Live Pitch The Fintry, EICC Live Pitch. And to all our Fast Track speakers and Panellist: Sandy Smith, Executive Editor, The One Show sponsors, who are supporting emerging talent Chair: Martha Kearney, Writer and Broadcaster within the industry. Thank you 21:30 – 00:00 MGEITF Saturday Night Party The George Hotel

Suzy Lambert Pre-Fast Track Meet and Greet Sunday with thanks to: Director 14:45 Event Closes The Network and Fast Track

Thank you to the Fast Track judging panel: Andrew Newman Chief Creative Officer, Objective Elaine Pyke Head of Drama, Sky 1 HD, Sky 1, 2 and 3

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13:00 – 13:30 The Moorfoot and Kilsyth The scheme provides support for international 15:15 – 16:15 The Moorfoot and Kilsyth Credits include hit game shows Total , Deal Or delegates to take part in Fast Track and attend the No Deal and Golden Balls; popular factual entertainment News – The Best Drama on TV TV Festival. Sally-Ann will outline the nature of the Lucy from Sky with series Supersize Vs. Superskinny, Gok’s Fashion Fix scheme, the previous commissions it has been Diamonds of Comedy and The Sex Education Show; reality blockbuster Big Deborah Turness involved with, and the funding support available Brother and comedy series and Editor, ITV News to media producers via the scheme. Charlie Brooker’s Screen Wipe. Lucy Lumsden Endemol UK has also recently acquired Tiger Aspect, Director of Comedy, Darlow Smithson and Tigress and so also produces Sky 1 HD, Sky 1, 2 and 3 Charlie and Lola, Return To Afghanistan, Secret Diary Of A Call Girl and The Lucy Lumsden became Head of Comedy for Sky 1HD, Deborah Turness has been Editor of ITV News since Show. The company is also behind a growing portfolio 14:00 – 15:00 The Moorfoot and Kilsyth Sky 1, 2 and 3 in November 2009 after working at the 2004 and is the first female editor of network news in of innovative multiplatform entertainment including BBC for 11 years. Since 2005 Lucy was the BBC’s first the UK and the youngest editor of ITV News. In 2008 Bebo’s groundbreaking online reality show, Gap Year Secrets from a Successful Controller of Comedy Commissioning and had she received the ‘Women in Film and Television’ News and O2’s first ever made-for-mobile drama, Cell. and Factual Award. Her programmes have won an Storyteller responsibility for commissioning all scripted comedy Emmy for coverage of the Chinese earthquake and from both in-house and sector. Lucy Tim is also the Executive Chair of MGEITF. has developed, commissioned and worked with the a BAFTA for the same story. David Strachan is Joint MD of Tern, based in Aberdeen, Andy Harries very best in to produce an impressive and Belfast. Tern has made productions for Previously, she has presided over a series of scoops Chief Executive, array of hits across BBC One (including the award- BBC One, Two, and Four, ITV, Channel 4, UKTV, Sky and world exclusives including video of the arrest of Leftbank Pictures winning Outnumbered and Gavin and Stacey), BBC and BBC Scotland, BBC NI and RTE. David is a the London bombers, the leaked report on the shooting Two (Miranda and ), BBC Trustee of the Indie Training Fund, and the longest- of innocent Brazilian Jean-Charles De Menezes and Three (Mongrels and How Not to Live Your Life) and serving member of Pact Council, where he has been exposing the extent of ’s drink BBC Four (Getting On, Newswipe and Screenwipe). problem for which ITV News won Scoop of the Year at In 2007 Andy Harries was awarded the BAFTA for heavily involved in the lobby to move more production the 2007 RTS Awards. Under her leadership ITV News outstanding contribution to the industry and in the Lucy began her career in television in 1992 working out of London. same year established Left Bank Pictures. Left Bank at the Comic Strip for BBC Two. She then worked has made history when they became the first news In partnership with: organisation to anchor whole programmes from has produced two series of BAFTA award-winning across a number of comedies, drama serials and Antarctica in 2007. Wallander, Father and Son, Married, Single, Other, documentaries for the BBC and Channel 4 until 1998 two series of E4’s School of Comedy and feature film when she joined the BBC working in the Comedy Prior to joining ITV News, Turness was Deputy Editor The Damned United. Department of the Independents Commissioning of ITV News and Deputy Editor of Five News. She was Group. Lucy is currently developing a new raft of also ITN’s Washington Bureau Producer during the Before starting Left Bank Pictures, Andy was a originated comedies for Sky 1HD which will start to 19:45 – 21:00 The Moorfoot and Kilsyth Clinton White House years, spent time in Bosnia during Controller for Granada Productions. During this period hit air from Christmas 2010. the Balkans War and was North of England producer. Andy brought talent including , Lee The Network Opening Night Turness began her career at ITN as a freelance Evans and to British television screens for the first time, and went on to produce The Mrs producer in the Bureau. 16:15 – 17:15 The Moorfoot and Kilsyth An Evening with the Merton Show and The Royle Family – both BAFTA Pub Landlord award-winners. He was responsible for a number of Small Screen, Big Business 13:30 – 14:00 The Moorfoot and Kilsyth Emmy, Golden Globe, BAFTA and RTS award winning programming including Cold Feet, The Forsyte Saga, The Worldview Dr Zhivago, The Street and The Deal. Andy also Tim Hincks received an Academy Award nomination as Producer CEO, Endemol UK Al Murray, The Pub Landlord, is hosting his world of The Queen. Sally-Ann Wilson Introduction: famous pub quiz especially for The Network! Project Director, Worldview David Strachan Joint MD, Tern Following the traditional time-honoured format of teams with silly names getting drunk, this quiz will test Worldview is a media scheme that provides funding Tim Hincks is CEO of Endemol UK. Endemol UK is one your knowledge of television to the limit, and beyond. and support to media producers who want to make of the largest independent production companies in Producer Joe Mace Head of Entertainment Development, programmes in and about the developing world. Britain and annually produces over 5,000 hours of Formats, ITV The scheme is based with the CBA (Commonwealth output. It incorporates a number of production brands Broadcasting Association) and receives funding including Remarkable Television, Initial and Zeppotron. support from DFID.

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09:00 – 10:00 The Moorfoot and Kilsyth Julian is also currently overseeing the most significant Anwar Boulifa Julia Karmo Lorna Prichard creative transformation in Channel 4’s history after Senior Researcher Foreign News Editor Researcher Now That’s Entertainment deciding not to renew the rights deal for Big Brother Connected Pictures Sky News BBC when the contract ends in the summer of 2010. Paul Brand Jonathan Lewsley Claire Ratinon Sumi Connock Julian started his career as an Assistant Producer, Reporter Script Editor Assistant Producer Head of Entertainment – Editorial working on a range of investigative documentaries for ITV Leftbank Optomen ITV Channel 4 and ITV. He joined Channel 4 in 1998 as Tony Broderick Te Arahi Maipi Howard Rees Editor, Current Affairs before becoming Commissioning Digital Development Executive Presenter/ Producer Presentation Scheduler Sumi joined ITV in February 2009 to oversee the current Editor, Factual, Nations and Regions combining this FremantleMedia Maori Television BSkyB entertainment output from ITV Studios in . role with Commissioning Editor, Big Brother and Her current commitments include: You’ve Been Celebrity Big Brother. In 2003, Julian became Head of Jemma Caldwell Lisa Martinson Gabriel Robertson Framed! and Kids Do the Funniest Things (ITV1), Factual Entertainment producing hits such as Brat Researcher Researcher Writer/Director University Challenge (BBC Two), Countdown (Channel Camp, The Unteachables, and Bollywood Star. In 2005 BBC Ross McCarthy Steve Roe 4) and Changing Faces (LIVING TV). he was made Head of E4 in addition to his existing Sarah Coates Development Producer Assistant Producer roles before moving to BBC to become Controller of Prior to her role at ITV Studios, she was a Commissioning Ad Sales Strategy and Twenty Twenty Television Hoopla BBC3 for a year and then back to Channel 4. Editor for Daytime at the BBC overseeing the Planning Analyst Kamali Melbourne Ben Ryder entertainment output including: Eggheads, Are You an MTV Networks International Producer Researcher Egghead?, Strictly It Takes Two, , 11:15 – 12:15 The Moorfoot and Kilsyth Joshua Cole Channel 4 News BBC Living in the Sun, Murder Most Famous, Let Me Researcher Entertain You with Brian Conley and Identity with Val Mellon Chloe Seddon How to be a Channel BBC Donny Osmond. Other entertainment credits include: Researcher Factual Development Researcher Just the Two of Us, MTV Europe Music Awards Controller Thomas Cousins BBC BBC (2000–2003), Dirty Sanchez (MTV), Streetmate with Researcher Sushil Mirchandani Sam Shepherd Davina McCall (Channel 4), (Channel Five Jay Hunt Development Researcher Development AP 4), An Audience with the Spice Girls and Blind Date Controller, Helen Docherty Whizzkid Entertainment Raw TV (ITV). Sumi was a delegate on the Fast Track scheme BBC One Development Researcher in its former incarnation as TV25. Edward Moline Iain Smith BBC Development AP Senior Broadcast Journalist Tom Duncan BBC News Pete Nichols 10:00 – 11:00 The Moorfoot and Kilsyth Director/Producer Jay Hunt became Controller, BBC One in 2008. She Associate Producer Liana Stewart All The Rage joined the BBC in 1989 and worked her way up from BBC Director How to Run Risks and Breakfast News to and in 1999 she was Hamish Fergusson Step2TV Thomas O’Brien made Editor of the One O’Clock News. She moved to Assistant Development Producer Get Away with it Assistant Producer Rachel Tate edit the Six O’Clock News and in 2003 became Two Four Broadcast Entertainment Development Communications Assistant Executive Producer of Daytime where she oversaw Julian Bellamy Khadene Foote ITV UKTV production on a variety of strands, from To Buy or Not Acting Chief Creative Officer, Producer to Buy to quiz formats like Call My Bluff. In 2005 she Hannah O’Grady Josephine Thurley Channel 4 Television Jamaica became Controller for BBC Daytime, commissioning Researcher Drama Development Assistant amongst others a documentary strand following Isla Gray Landmark Films Leopardrama James Cracknell and Ben Fogle in their epic row Assistant Content Producer Eimhear O’Neill Natasha Turner across the Atlantic. She left briefly to become Director BBC Switch Julian Bellamy was appointed Head of Channel 4 Assistant Producer International Development and of Programmes at Five and then rejoined in 2008. in May 2007 with responsibility for all the main Todd Green Below the Radar Marketing Consultant commissioning areas. In 2010 Julian Bellamy was Head of Operations and Marketing Craig Orr Newton Claire Velji appointed Acting Chief Creative Officer for Channel 4 Screenpop Associate Producer Comedy and Entertainment AP and is now responsible for overseeing a new single Peter Howell Cactus TV BBC content division combining all the channel’s Development Researcher commissioning and creative activities into a single Rich Payne Asha Wolstenholme ITV Global cross platform content division for the first time. New Media Producer VOD Content Planner Maverick TV Channel 4

50 51 Keynote Speakers Biographies

The James MacTaggart The Alternative The Richard Dunn The Futureview Memorial Lecture MacTaggart Lecture Memorial Lecture Address

Mark Thompson Jimmy Mulville Sandy Climan Director-General Paul Abbott Managing Director Chief Executive Officer BBC Writer and Broadcaster Hat Trick Productions 3ality Digital

Mark Thompson became Director-General of the BBC Writer and producer Paul Abbott’s television writing Jimmy was one of the founders of Hat Trick Sandy Climan is Chief Executive Officer of 3ality in June 2004. As Director-General, Mark is responsible career started on Coronation Street in 1983 and in Productions in 1986 and since then has seen it grow Digital, LLC, a leading company in the development for all of the BBC’s services across television, radio 1988 he went on to co-create the drama series into one of the country’s leading producers of comedy, and commercialisation of technologies which enable and online. Children’s Ward with , which ran for more drama and entertainment regularly bringing to the perfect digital 3D image capture, digital 3D broadcast than ten years. screen distinctive and popular series, including and software that enables consumer applications of Under his leadership the BBC has been reshaped to Outnumbered, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Fonejacker, 3D entertainment. Mr. Climan is also President of meet the challenges of the digital age, ensuring that He produced the second series of Jimmy McGovern’s Room 101, The Kumars at No 42, Drop The Dead Entertainment Media Ventures, Inc., which focuses it remains a leading innovator with the launch of BAFTA award-winning Cracker and went on to write Donkey, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Bodies, Life Isn’t on strategy and investment in digital media. services such as BBC iPlayer and . Mark has on series three in 1995, which also won a BAFTA. All Ha Ha Hee Hee and Worst Week of My Life and of also led the Corporation’s focus on value for money, Following this he wrote the drama serials: Reckless, Sandy has also been active in both motion picture course, Have I Got News For You which Jimmy which has helped deliver a more disciplined BBC, Springhill, Touching Evil and Butterfly Collectors. and television production, most notably as Executive created in 1990 and is now in its seventeenth year. investing more of the licence fee than ever before in Producer of the first digital live-action 3D motion In 1998 he created the series that established him as creating distinctive and creative content for audiences In the US Hat Trick launched Whose Line Is It Anyway picture, U2 3D, co-executive Producer of the CBS a leading writer of contemporary television drama, across the UK. Mark recently unveiled a major review in 1997 which ran on ABC for seven years and was the primetime series Robbery Homicide Division and as with the award winning series . This was of the BBC’s strategy, focusing the licence fee on five very first British series to be recreated for American producer of The Aviator, directed by followed by The Secret World of Michael Fry, Linda central editorial priorities. network television by a British producer. and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, for which he was Green and Alibi. awarded a BAFTA and a Golden Globe Award. He is committed to spreading the benefits of the In 1999 Jimmy received the BAFTA for Outstanding In 2003, to a rapturous critical reception the political BBC across the whole of the UK, spearheading the Creative Contribution to Television. Jimmy is a Fellow He has served in a number of senior management thriller State of Play played out – and last year was biggest ever initiative to support broadcasting outside of the and recently received positions, including Executive Vice President and made into a Hollywood movie starring Russell Crowe. London. Under his leadership the BBC is also an honorary doctorate from the University of . President of Worldwide Business Development of Then came the multi award-winning semi- partnering with the wider broadcasting, journalism Before moving to television in 1982, he produced for Universal Studios, overseeing divisions with sales of autobiographical Shameless, now in production for its and creative industries through initiatives such as BBC Radio, where he developed and produced the $1.4 billion. As a member of the senior management eighth series, and currently being remade in the USA. Project Canvas and with organisations such as award-winning Radio Active. team at Sandy represented The British Museum. Paul Abbott has won various awards for writing and actors and directors including Robert De Niro, producing, including the BAFTA Award Robert Redford, and , Mark joined the BBC in 1979 as a production trainee. for Outstanding Writing in Television, International and worked with global companies including Sony He helped launch Watchdog in 1981 and Breakfast Emmys and the Peabody Award. He is a visiting Corporation on its acquisition of , Time in 1983, before becoming an output editor on professor at Salford University and Honorary Professor Coca-Cola on revitalizing its advertising and Credit Newsnight in 1985. He was appointed Editor of the at Manchester Metropolitan University. Lyonnais on the restructuring of MGM. Nine O’Clock News in 1988 and Editor of Panorama in 1990. As Controller of BBC Two from 1996 to 1998 he In 2008 Paul established his development company Sandy holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, won acclaim for its strong programming. He became AbbottVision, which enables him to continue to write, a Master of Science in Health Policy and Management Chief Executive of Channel 4, in March 2002. mentor and work with new writers. from the Harvard School of Public Health, and a B.A. in Chemistry from Harvard College. Mark Thompson was educated at Stonyhurst College and Merton College, Oxford.

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Tim Hincks Janine Gibson Andrew Newman Deborah Turness Pamela Hamilton Deborah Rayner Chief Executive Officer Editor Chief Creative Officer Editor Joint Managing Director Managing Editor CNN Europe Endemol UK guardian.co.uk Objective Productions ITV News Ignite Middle East and CNN International Joe Godwin Julian Payne Graham Stuart James Herring Chief Executive Officer Director Head of Communications Co-Founder and Director Managing Partner Jane Rogerson BBC Children’s BBC Vision So Television Taylor Herring Communications Director of Commissioning UKTV Ash Atalla Daisy Goodwin Patrick Robinson Steve Anderson Simon Knight Managing Director Head Girl Director of Communications Creative Director Executive Producer, Factual Sarah Rose Roughcut Television Silver River Productions LIVING TV Group Mentorn BBC Bristol Director of Commercial and Business Development James Baker Krishnan Guru-Murthy Paul Robinson Vanessa Berlowitz Laura Mackie Channel 4 General Manager Newscaster Managing Director Worldwide Series Producer, Frozen Planet Director of Drama Commissioning Current TV Channel 4 News KidsCo BBC Natural History Unit ITV Ian Russell Director of Co-Production and Peter Barron Steve Hewlett Amanda Bruckshaw Sarfraz Manzoor Executive Producer Director of Communications, Writer, Broadcaster and Media Chief Executive Officer Deputy UK News Editor Writer and Broadcaster Cineflix Productions UK North and Central Europe Consultant Nutopia BBC News Julian March Google Vivek Sharma Dan Korn Ruth Settle Charlie Bunce Executive Producer Senior Programme Editor Elaine Bedell Senior Vice President and Head Group Director of Communications Editor, Factual Programmes Sky News Online Five News Director of Entertainment of Programming ITV talkbackTHAMES Neil Midgley and Comedy Discovery Networks UK Tanya Shaw Chris Shaw Sumi Connock Assistant Editor, Media ITV Commissioning Editor, Stephen Lambert Senior Programme Controller Head of Entertainment, The Telegraph Specialist Factual Josh Berger Chief Executive Five ITV Studios Daniela Neumann Channel 4 President and Managing Director Studio Lambert Ltd Deborah Turness Susanna Dinnage Director of Programmes Warner Bros. Entertainment UK Russell Stopford Ian Lewis Editor Senior Vice President, Scheduling Virgin1, Bravo, Bravo2 and Eire and Spain Chairman Director of Sky Movies/SBO ITV News and Research Challenge Glow Labs Charles Brand BSkyB Discovery Communications Europe Patrick Walker Jill Offman Freelance Executive Producer Donna Taberer Anthony Lilley Director of Video Partnerships Iain Dodgeon Managing Director Head of Entertainment Chief Creative Officer and Chief Google Creative Executive Comedy Central (UK) Five Alan Clements Executive Officer STV Donagh O’Malley Director of Content Magic Lantern Productions Helen Veale James Emtage Head of Video Partnerships STV Joint Managing Director David Lynn Freelance Assistant Producer YouTube UK, Ireland, Benelux Outline Productions Danny Cohen Executive Vice President and Dan Faulks Craig Oliver Controller Managing Director Kate Ward Press and PR Manager Controller, BBC Three MTV Networks UK and Ireland, Associate Director, ITN BBC Global and New Zealand Global Business Development Peter Cowley Boel Ferguson Lisa Perrin Shine Group Digital Media Consultant Andrew Mackenzie Vice President and General Creative Director Entertainment Group Creative Director Karl Warner Anthony Fry Manager Shine Broadcast Commissioning Editor Senior Advisor Disney Channels UK and Ireland Simon Phillips Entertainment Evercore Partners Alex Mahon Duncan Gray Senior Producer BBC President Wayne Garvie Head of Entertainment Sky1HD, ITV Shine Group Claire Zolkwer Managing Director of Content Sky1, Sky2 and Sky3 Mark Raphael Commissioning Editor and Production Stuart Murphy BSkyB Commissioning Editor, Entertainment BBC Worldwide Director of Programmes, Documentaries ITV Sky 1HD, Sky 1, 2 and 3 Channel 4 BSkyB

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Festival Team Andrew Gordon Emma Wiseman Set Designer talkbackTHAMES Space from 3,000 to 13,000sqft Su Moore Andrew Kennedy Gillian Elmi Festival Director HD fully integrated Perton Signs, Signage Endemol UK 5.1 sound suite Ellie Caddell and Branding Flexible and competitive rates Commercial Director John Tosh fountain The Farm Audiences from 1 – 1001 Suzy Lambert Sound Designer Rod White and James Rice Outstanding catering and hospitality The Network and Paul Volker Filmhouse Edinburgh Fast Track Director For more information: Blitz, Operations Coordinator Sue Summers, Katie Lander 020 8900 5800 Kam Kandola Everything under James Herring and Ian Lilley ftv.co.uk Head of Editorial Taylor Herring Communications Finestripe Productions Adam Rossetto Emma Wright Julie Kershaw, Lynne Downie, Sponsorship and Marketing Taylor Herring Communications Julie and all at one roof Coordinator Edinburgh Convention Bureau Rob McDougall Holly Blake Photographer Nigel Kemp The Network and Fast Track Hammerhead TV Facilities Coordinator Studio Small www.studiosmall.com Jane Fletcher Francesca De Barr Festival Design Channel 4 Festival Assistant Radio Times and Stuart Wood Liz Swift Paul Abbott photo used by kind Registration and Panellist permission Coordinator A Special Thank You... Eamonn McCabe Adam Hunt Amy Brown Deborah Turness photo used Festival Researcher by kind permission Russell Stopford and Amanda Linton Mayur Upadhyaya Financial Controller Glow Labs Nicky Clarke Charlotte Gooch, Francesca Environmentally-friendly Production Director Ropelato and all at Festival Claudia Lay The Guardian Project Manager This year the Festival is continuing Cian Bell, Martyn Brown, with its green initiative to improve Nicola Martin Marc Campbell, Pete Glacken, its ecological footprint. The aim is Onsite Film Producer Thomas Harper, Jenny Lees, to achieve carbon neutral status Mike McGregor, Donna Jack Ellacott over the next few years as well as Robertson, Amanda Thompson Head of Onsite Post Production source merchandise and collateral and Ian Aryeh ethically and locally. Pete Sullivan Edinburgh Napier University Production Manager As part of this strategy we source Nathalie Austrie all print material from sustainable Nick Powers ITN The Network Production forests, provide recycle bins June Clements Manager throughout our venues and Endemol UK promote environmentally-friendly Lec Croft travel to all guests. Becky Wales Lighting Designer So Television

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