RTS Futures Articles
In Brief
10/05/2019
The All Voices initiative will offer 12 year-long placements across multiple UKTV Original productions for new entrants, mid-level professionals and returners to the television industry.
Placements will be paid at standard industry rates and will cover all areas of production from running, sound recording, production accounting, production...
RTS News
23/04/2019
Deadline: Monday 22nd April @ 11:59pm
Salary: London Living Wage
Length: 3 months with possibility to extend
The Royal Television Society is looking for a bright, energetic and enthusiastic intern to join our busy digital team.
The Royal Television Society (RTS) is the UK and Ireland’s leading forum for television and related media. The RTS...
Report
04/04/2019
A packed RTS Futures event, Pitching Script to Screen, offered tips on how aspiring writers and producers should sell and hone their ideas.
Leading the expert panel of comedy and entertainment practitioners was Tom Davis, the star of the Bafta-award winning BBC Three sitcom, Murder in Successville.
Throughout the session he stressed there was no...
In Brief
03/04/2019
Led by former BBC and Channel 4 Head of Drama John Yorke, the Writers’ Academy will offer writers in the early stage of their careers the chance to develop their skills on some of the BBC’s long-running drama series.
The paid scheme will see successful applicants complete an intensive 13-week classroom period, followed by three months scripting...
Report
20/02/2019
But a new high-profile drama from UKTV, Flack, starring Anna Paquin as a smart, scheming PR, was arguably ahead of the curve when the idea was first conceived by British writer Oliver Lansley seven years ago.
An RTS Futures audience heard how the show had gone through several iterations before it was eventually commissioned by UKTV’s head of...