Report
13/11/2019
“Drag queens and TV are like peanut butter and jelly – the perfect combination,” added the show’s creator Fenton Bailey.
McCoy and Bailey – executive producers of RuPaul’s Drag Race, both here and in the US – were talking at a lively RTS Futures event in November that looked at how the show was brought to the UK.
In the States, RuPaul’s Drag Race...
Report
08/11/2019
“We need more voices on telly – there’s not enough working-class people in telly and not enough diversity,” said UKTV head of comedy entertainment Iain Coyle.
“All the different voices that make up this country need to be working in television – not just the poshos who’ve been to Cambridge and Oxford,” said Sohail Shah, the MD of new indie King of...
RTS News
19/08/2019
Deadline: Sunday 8th September @ 11:59pm
Salary: London Living Wage
Length: 3 months with possibility to extend
The Royal Television Society (RTS) is the UK and Ireland’s leading forum for television and related media. The RTS website has become a hub for TV-related news and features, building on the Society’s long history of awards and agenda-...
In Brief
22/07/2019
The nationwide hunt will be led by production company Fully Focused, who are searching for the next generation of stars, including presenters, actors and comedians.
The aim is to uncover talent from across the country and find people from a range of backgrounds, none of whom have any substantial mainstream or terrestrial broadcast experience....