Ted Sarandos to headline the RTS London Convention 2024

The Convention is titled The Next Episode: Keeping Our Creative Edge and will focus on how the UK can hold on to its creative brilliance, take full advantage of the opportunities of the future, and successfully navigate the challenges.

The initial line-up of high-profile industry leaders confirmed to speak at the Convention includes: Tim Davie, Director-General, BBC; Alex Mahon, CEO, Channel 4; Carolyn McCall, CEO, ITV; Amol Rajan, Journalist and Presenter, and Ted Sarandos, Co-CEO, Netflix.

What’s On TV This Week: 29th April – 5th May

Miriam: Death of a Reality Star

Monday

Channel 4, 9.00pm


Credit: Channel 4

21-year-old Miriam Rivera was the topic of much discussion in the early 2000s when she starred in reality dating show There’s Something About Miriam, which featured six men vying for her attention and a £10,000 prize.

The Big Connection: Unscripted

Are you working in Unscripted television but want to expand your contacts? …then come and join representatives from Screenskills and the Royal Television Society Scotland for a networking evening at BBC Scotland. There you’ll have the opportunity to meet the heads of production and managing directors of some of Scotland’s leading production companies currently making some of the UK’s most loved Unscripted programming.

 

Stacey Solomon on turning decluttering into a day job with Sort Your Life Out

Now, one studio album, one Queen of the Jungle crown, several presenting gigs and a decade and a half later, it is her tidying talents which have led to her dream show - Sort Your Life Out.

Solomon’s love for organisation derives from a need for it - becoming a mother at 17 meant it was a necessity: “as soon as I had Zach, I was like, I've got to get my shit together. Because I'm living on a fish and chip shop wage, with working tax credits. 

“I sit in a hot tub and let the bubbles inspire me”: Alex Horne and Greg Davies on 17 series of Taskmaster

Greg Davies sits next to Alex Horne

But when the duo Zoomed in from a press day in New York — testament to its trans-Atlantic, if not global appeal — there were no signs of a mutiny. The long-suffering sidekick still knew his place.

Read on to hear the true source of Horne’s boundless inspiration for task devising, and a disgruntled Davies ruing his breakfast order.

You’re 17 series in, how has your relationship evolved over the series?

Greg Davies and Alex Horne: Hmm…

Presenting yourself for success

We know that the Film/TV industry is highly competitive, so how do you separate yourself from the rest? This panel will have the answers. We will cover how to nail an interview, presenting yourself on social media, public speaking and lots more.

Panel:

  • Lyndsay Duthie - CEO, The Production Guild of Great Britain
  • Samuel Ampah - Senior Media Accountant, Alliots
  • Jo Bret-Day - Head Recruiter, FLB

Hosted by Tracy Forsyth - Leadership Coach.

 

Winners announced for the RTS Programme Awards 2024

Bella Ramsey holds their RTS Award

The illustrious awards ceremony took place this evening at the JW Marriott Grosvenor House Hotel in London, hosted by comedian Tom Allen.

The awards showcased the extraordinary talent evident across all genres in British television with attendees this evening including Hannah Waddingham, Bella Ramsey, Jodie Whittaker, Gabby Roslin, Noel Fielding, Chris Packham, Stacey Solomon, Joe Swash, Mark Gatiss, Susanna Reid, Romesh Ranganathan, Kane Robinson and Siobhán McSweeney.