Welcome from 2021 Advisory Chair
Edinburgh TV Festival 2021
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Up Next in Edinburgh TV Festival 2021
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The Alternative MacTaggart: London Hu...
Comedian, writer, actor and presenter, London Hughes, will be this year’s Alternative MacTaggart speaker. British comedian Hughes was the first British Black woman to be nominated for the Dave Edinburgh Comedy ‘Best Show’ Award for her 2019 show London Hughes: To Catch a D*ck which was later turn...
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Channel 5: The Commissioners
Channel 5 has the smallest commissioning team of the UK public service broadcasters, but it is a group of commissioners that continue to help the channel punch above its weight. The team prides itself on innovation and flexibility, and deputy director of programmes Sebastian Cardwell will join th...
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Channel 4: The Commissioners
As part of Channel 4’s attempt to simplify its commissioning structure with fewer genres and layers, the genre chiefs for drama, entertainment, factual, and features and daytime will take the Festival stage. Caroline Hollick, Phil Harris, Danny Horan, and Glasgow-based Jo Street, each of whom rep...
