My Childhood, My Country - a Screening and Q&A with director Phil Grabsky - STUDENT ONLY
* STUDENT ONLY EVENT * Must apply with student e-mail address *
Fixing the skills shortage: Recruiting for the future of the industry
In recent years these industries have delivered more economic value than the life sciences, aerospace and automotive sectors combined. But skills are currently the biggest single inhibitor to growth (Seetha Kumar, ScreenSkills)
What to Watch on TV: 30th January - 5th February
Putin vs the West
Monday
BBC Two, 9.00pm
The Baird Lectures 2023 - Will Trotter and Adrian Lester
Esteemed Executive Producer Will Trotter will give us a fascinating insight into the world of TV Drama produced in the Midlands and talk about his life developing such favourites as Land Girls, Doctors, Father Brown and Sister Boniface Mysteries and share his life behind the scenes.
THE RIG: BIG, BOLD, BREATHTAKING DRAMA
Fire, fog, supernatural mystery, massive oil rigs, explosions, giant underwater anomalies and more Scottish stars than you can shake a stick at! When it comes to drama - The Rig went Big!
What to Watch on TV: 23rd January - 29th January
Everyone Else Burns
Monday
Channel 4, 10.00pm
Simon Bird (the nerdy Will from The Inbetweeners) plays a Christian patriarch convinced of an incoming apocalypse in this new six-part comedy.
RTS Television Journalism Awards 2023 in partnership with Wolftech and Dataminr
The awards, for both news and current affairs, seek to recognise creative and excellent journalism by organisations whose broadcasts are transmitted on a UK based platform, such as Freeview, Freesat, Sky or Virgin or who create online video content from a UK production base.
For bookings, please contact Kirsty Whittaker.
HOW TO WIN THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST
Sam Ryder gave the UK its best score since 1998, with the third-highest jury vote in Eurovision history of 283 points. His performance also gave the UK its highest viewing figures since 2011, a decade that otherwise saw some of its lowest vote rankings. The Grand Final was the second-most-watched programme in Britain (8.9 million viewers), behind only the Platinum Party at the Palace, at which Sam Ryder also performed.
Sports Documentaries Panel
The TV Sports Documentary genre is enjoying a golden age across the world, with all broadcasters and content platforms commissioning a continuous flow of new programmes in this area; historical, observational, investigative or more traditional profiles, Sports Docs are everywhere you look.
And the genre has exploded in Wales too, with the S4C, BBC and ITV schedules all bursting with feature length one-off sports stories and docu-series, plus many of our Indies have been busy making docs for network channels and the streaming platforms.