Historian Dan Snow MBE has been a regular on our TV screens since 2002.
He is passionate about his subject and has presented programmes on all aspects of History for the BBC, The History Channel and Channel Five.
Now Dan Snow has created History Hit, which aims to bring the stories that shaped the world to its audience through live events, podcasts and an online History Channel.
The aim is to celebrate their popularity and look at the rich variety of quizzes we create, their importance in the schedules and the memorable moments they create. Above all it will be an entertaining and affectionate discussion throwing some light why we love quiz shows.
Panel:
Anne Robinson, TV presenter
Jo Street, Head of Daytime, Channel 4
James Fox, Managing Director, Remarkable
Judith Keppel, The First Millionaire UK winner of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
Chair: Boyd Hilton, Entertainment Director, Heat magazine
Join us for this sparkling Christmas edition of our TV quiz when the industry’s best battle it out for the accolade of best TV brains!
The glitterati of broadcast and production will be going head to head in a clash of televisual trivia. But they won’t be competing alone.
Each team of industry execs will be joined by you, the RTS Futures members, to help seal their success. Wow us all with your unrivalled TV knowledge and amazing team play. The RTS Futures members on the winning table also win a money-can’t-buy prize.
Tables confirmed
After years of rumour and pleas by fans, the hit US show has found a home on BBC Three and the hunt is underway for the UK’s first drag superstar. Bringing its unique blend of comedy, fashion, and heart to BBC Three, the show has managed that rare thing: a UK spinoff of a hit US format that fans on both sides of the Atlantic love.
Following the screening of the first two episodes, there will be a Q&A with key cast and creatives behind the series, including Jez Butterworth, Tom Butterworth, James Richardson and key cast members.
This session looks at how entertainment values of editorial TV content, talent and other editorial assets are being used to create more advertising and funding opportunities across the UK TV industry.
From new ways to get a TV series commissioned and funded, to innovative uses of technology for new and effective TV advertising, to unique ways to use talent and sell a TV series internationally, our panel will discuss the ever-changing way TV is being paid for – and look at why this is important for the future of the UK TV industry.
The RTS Craft & Design Awards celebrate excellence in broadcast television and aim to recognise the huge variety of skills and processes involved in programme production. Entries are now open across 30 categories ranging from Make Up Design: Drama to Director: Multicamera, with the RTS Special Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award being given at the discretion of the RTS.
Russell has penned ground-breaking shows such as Queer As Folk and The Second Coming, while his recent adaptation of A Very English Scandal for the BBC has won numerous awards.
This year, his latest drama, Years And Years, received outstanding critical acclaim.
When the zombie apocalypse is unleashed in Birmingham, sisters Kat and Jo, together with unlikely travel companions Sunny and Amar, must flee for their lives… by canal boat. Jo has just returned from a season as a club rep and has decided to move back in with younger sister Kat, a computer game addict who buys into every conspiracy theory around. Jo struggles to take her sister seriously when Kat claims the zombie apocalypse is real and happening, right now…in Birmingham.
