In becoming a global hit, Gomorrah has redrawn the drama map in its native Italy and continues to find fans around the world. Hear from the writers and producers that crafted the series and one of the stars of the show, Salvatore Esposito. Proving that great drama can be made in any language, the...

Mindhouse Productions Partners with The TV Foundation and Amazon Prime Video to Inspire The Next Generation of On-Screen Documentary Filmmakers.

The TV Foundation (the umbrella charity of the Edinburgh TV Festival) is teaming up with internationally renowned journalist, documentary maker, broa...

Billy Connolly topped both channel 4 and Channel 5 polls to find the greatest ever stand-up. He received a knighthood in 2017 and was awarded the freedom of the city of Glasgow. Now, as Edinburgh Television Festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, he exclusively looks back over his impact...

Polly Hill, Katie Rawcliffe, and Sue Murphy will spell out ITV’s strategy and needs for their respective areas: drama, entertainment, and factual entertainment. The powerhouse trio will share highlights of the year thus far and discuss what producers can learn from these, as well as talking about...

As Chairman of Entertainment at NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, US-based director Susan Rovner spearheads original content strategy across their linear and streaming channels, including their streaming platform Peacock. In this International Insight session, Rovner will be talking to Deadl...

Lisa Holme, Group SVP of Content and Commercial Strategy at Discovery+, is the driving force behind the new SVOD home for unscripted content. In this edition of International Insight, Holme will be speaking with Deadline Hollywood’s TV editor, Peter White, and lifting the lid on what’s working fo...

Better leadership is a challenge for the whole industry and there's a particular need for increased diversity in leadership roles. So how can we make that happen? Taking the model of its new Leadership of Tomorrow programme, as well as Make a Move, ScreenSkills High-end TV Skills Fund leads a dis...

This session will explore the work of some of the UK's most successful YouTube Creators turned programme makers, all of whom are now producing new series for YouTube Originals.

Candice Braithwaite will interview Patricia Bright, Munya Chawawa, Jack Harries and YouTube’s head of originals, EMEA,...

Canva is transforming how the TV industry is pitching, creating and promoting productions of every shape and size. From shiny-floor shows to broadcast newsrooms, Canva is partnering with TV producers and businesses to help bring creative ideas to life and take them to the world.

Learn how Ca...

This session celebrates some of the great crime drama - both old and new - that has been keeping us on the edge of our seats. It features some of the key players in the genre unpacking what's at the core of a great crime drama, why the genre is so popular, and how character stereotypes have moved...

Passion niches are flourishing at a time when broadcasters, networks and streamers are increasingly focused on mainstream offerings. From history to grime, conservation to crime, hear directly from those succeeding in the space on the scope for original content commissioning and production around...

Highly acclaimed dramatist and playwright, Jack Thorne, is to deliver the flagship session of this year’s Edinburgh TV Festival brought to you by YouTube and Screen Scotland; The James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture.

A celebrated and multi award-winning creator and writer of TV shows, films and s...

This one-off special of Spitting Image will provide plenty of laughs and satirical swipes as Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings discuss some of the highlights - and lowlights - of the last year in the TV Industry.

Last year’s Edinburgh was described by some in the industry as ‘the most woke festival ever’ and Diversity of Thought is THE hot topic at Channels at the moment -a subject that people will discuss endlessly in private but any public discussion around it feels stifled and self-censored for fear of...

For media brands, platforms and producers alike, we are all in a constant race to find new and original stories plus different ways to tell them. In this session, we’ll concentrate on great new creative technology that will supercharge your stories and storytelling, bringing to light new programm...

In an exclusive and highly anticipated session, celebrated American actor, singer, songwriter, rapper, producer, and playwright, Lin-Manuel Miranda, will be interviewed in Cardiff, Wales by Bad Wolf CEO, Jane Tranter. Focusing on talent and specifically how to nurture and support new generations ...

As the industry changes at a breakneck speed, how are today’s indies adapting to survive?

This session brings together a range of TV Execs running production companies at very different stages and sizes to hear what keeps them motivated, their advice and warnings for others and their predictio...

Steve Coogan will be holding an exclusive This Time with Alan Partridge Masterclass discussing the success of the BBC series and the Partridge phenomenon with Loose Women and ITV News presenter Charlene White. They will be joined by This Time co-writer Rob Gibbons and Baby Cow CEO Sarah Monteith ...

The International Icon Interview with Whoopi Goldberg. With a career in TV, film, and theatre lasting over 40 years, and the only Black woman to have achieved the EGOT (winner of an EMMY, Grammy, Tony and Oscar), global icon Whoopi Goldberg talks candidly about her life on and off screen and her ...

Having made waves with its drama Originals, Netflix is upping the ante in unscripted. Ben Kelly and Daisy Lilley are across the UK-originated nonfiction output at the streamer at a crucial time. Hear what differentiates a Netflix nonfiction original from the crowd, how ‘Too Hot to Handle’ and the...

In an exclusive and highly anticipated session, celebrated American actor, singer, songwriter, rapper, producer, and playwright, Lin-Manuel Miranda, will be interviewed in Cardiff, Wales by Bad Wolf CEO, Jane Tranter. Focusing on talent and specifically how to nurture and support new generations ...

Hannes Heyelmann, EVP of Programming for WarnerMedia EMEA, heads up the content, windowing and acquisitions strategies across almost 100 channels, and is responsible for programming strategy for both linear channels and HBO Max. With 20 years of experience at WarnerMedia, Heyelmann’s credits as E...

Covid sucks, there is no two ways about it. It has been a terrible year with way too many people lost to this terrible pandemic but it’s also re-shaped our industry. This session will focus on the growth of the ad or brand funded programme market and how it’s playing a bigger and bigger role in f...