Gangs Of London
Edinburgh TV Festival 2020
•
41m
The team behind Sky original Gangs of London, Sky’s biggest drama launch since Chernobyl,
reunite to dissect the appeal of the critically acclaimed family crime epic. The show’s stars,
Sope Dìrísù and Pippa Bennett-Warner join award-winning creator and director Gareth
Evans, writer Lauren Sequiera and Pulse Films executive producer, Thomas Benski, to
discuss the challenges and opportunities for storytelling on TV versus film, choreography of
the fight scenes, and how they delivered the style of big budget, US sensibilities to the UK’s
small screen.
Up Next in Edinburgh TV Festival 2020
-
The TV Environment: Jeremy Darroch in...
A global pandemic has pushed environmental matters from the top of the news agenda, but the planet is still facing existential threats as sea levels rise and temperatures increase. In the face of this, how can – and should – businesses react? Sky’s Group Chief Executive, Jeremy Darroch, will expl...
-
The James MacTaggart Lecture: David O...
A regular face on our screens as presenter of shows such as A House Through Time, Black and British: A Forgotten History and the BAFTA Award winning Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners, David Olusoga has worked in television in front of, and behind, the camera for over 20 years. A British-Nigerian, ...
-
Worldview Address: John Landgraf, FX
John Landgraf, Chairman of FX Networks and FX Productions will deliver The Worldview Address. In discussion with June Sarpong (pictured left), Director of Creative Diversity, BBC, Landgraf will detail how FX radically changed the demographics of its writing and directorial talent and has achieved...
