Kicking Off - Changing TV
Edinburgh TV Festival 2021
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50m
As the Festival kicks off, so does the debate. Journalist and newsreader Reeta Chakrabarti is in the studio, joined by a video-wall featuring people drawn from across TV to chew over some of the key issues we face as an industry. Setting the tone for the following four days, the future of Channel 4, bullying and accountability, fair pay, and what has changed in the year since David Olusoga’s powerful MacTaggart Lecture will all be talking points.
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