What’s On TV This Week: 13th May – 19th May
Phoenix Rise Series 3 Premiere
This coming-of-age drama follows a group of misfits who form an unbreakable bond as they navigate the trials and tribulations of school life in the Midlands.
We are delighted to invite you to the premiere of series 3 where we will be joined by a stellar panel of cast and creators for a Q & A after the screening.
RTS Student Television Awards 2024
The RTS Student Television awards are designed to highlight the talent, potential and enthusiasm of students across the UK, celebrating the exemplary audiovisual work they create.
The awards ceremony will be hosted by rapper, author and broadcaster Guvna B.
The nominations have been announced for the RTS Student Television Awards 2024, see the full list here.
The ceremony will finsih at 4pm with a drinks reception until 5pm.
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
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.
RTS London Convention 2024
See the full programme here
Taking place on Tuesday 17th September at Kings Place London, David Beckham has joined the line-up of high-profile industry leaders speaking at the event, where he will be in conversation with Co-Founder and CCO of SISTER, Jane Featherstone.
New speakers for the one-day event include:
Gbemisola Ikumelo on Black Ops, East London’s answer to an Eddie Murphy cop comedy
“What?” she reenacts for me, voice harsh with impatience. “It’s early.”
Don’t be fooled by the deadpan. Once she’s done with the act, she quickly returns to laughing, beaming, “it’s brilliant, such beautiful news.”
MATT BRINDLEY, MANAGING EDITOR OF ITV NEWS: IN CONVERSATION
Matt edited ITV’s Royal Wedding Special Programme in 2018, and the previous year was Editor of the ITV London team which won an RTS award for their Grenfell fire programme.
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
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…