New speakers announced for the RTS London Convention 2022

Further high-profile speakers added to the programme include: Barbara Arvanitidis, Senior Producer, CNN; Nima Elbagir, Chief International Investigative Correspondent, CNN; Michael Grade, Chair, Ofcom; Maria Kyriacou, President, ViacomCBS Networks UK, Australia and Israel; Ben McOwen Wilson, Managing Director, YouTube UK and Ireland; Gianluca Mezzofiore, Investigative Producer, CNN; Katie Polglase, Investigative Producer, CNN; Amol Rajan, Journalist & Presenter and Kirsty Wark, Journalist & Writer.

RTS Student Masterclasses 2023

RTS masterclasses offer insights into the inner workings of the television industry, including drama, journalism, entertainment and documentaries.

 

Schedule:

10.00am Registration Opens

 

10.55am Welcome

11am Drama 

 

11.50am Comfort Break

 

12.05pm Journalism

 

12.55pm Lunch

 

1.45pm Entertainment

 

2.35pm Comfort Break

 

2.50pm Documentary

 

Inside “The Undeclared War” – In Conversation with the Creative Team

Meticulously researched, the series draws on real world scenarios to create a compelling vision of the near future and explores the impact of a new online frontier. The panel will consist of Peter Kosminsky, executive producer Colin Callender (Playground), Channel 4 Head of Drama Caroline Hollick and lead actor Hannah Khalique-Brown.

Watch from 1pm here:

RTS Young Technologist of the Year 2022 - Award Presentation

The presentation will follow a keynote speaker and a panel discussion on some of the key technologies and skills for the future of the industry, including remote production, image robotics and live broadcasts.

Students from the RTS Technology Bursary scheme will also attend. 

Tickets are free and places are strictly limited, so early signup is advised.

Chair: Muki Kulhan -  Innovation Co-lead, IBC

Ackley Bridge - Series 5 Preview and Q&A

Ackley Bridge is back for more high-jinx plans, scams, and mad-cap adventures in school and on the estates. We’ll pick up with our trio - Johnny, Kayla and Fizza - as they try to navigate the second half of the school year. A year already jam-packed with love triangles, catfishing, compulsive liars and one utterly joyous (albeit failed) Romany wedding. But it’s not over until the last school bell rings, and there’s still plenty of time for fervent new teacher Asma Farooqi to cause a stir with the students and teachers alike before the sun breaks on the summer holidays…

F1 On Screen

What is the relationship between Formula 1 and television? How is the "Drive to Survive" effect changing the audience for the sport? And how does commentary and production for F1 work?

Rosanna Tennant of F1 TV fame hosts a panel of TV and Formula 1 experts including Ted Kravitz from Sky Sports F1, Dean Locke, Director of Broadcast and Media for F1 and Alex Jacques, Channel 4's F1 commentator. 

Dolly Alderton talks female friendships, getting through your twenties and Everything I Know About Love

Credit: Alexandra Cameron

It’s during this year that the adaptation of Dolly Alderton’s memoir Everything I Know About Love takes place.

Tackling heartbreak, friendship, relationships and love, it focuses on four friends living in a Camden house share, trying to find their place in the world together. 

The drama explores the question: can platonic love survive romantic love as we grow up?

The series focuses on childhood best friends Maggie (Emma Appleton) and Birdy (Bel Powley), who are based on Alderton and her real-life best friend Farly. 

Channel 5's controller Ben Frow: An audience with the outsider

Jay Hunt and Ben Frow (credit: RTS/Paul Hampartsoumian)

Ben Frow is nothing if not candid. During a high-energy RTS two-way with Jay Hunt, the architect of Channel 5’s revival gave an insight into how he’s turned around a broadcaster that last year enjoyed its strongest performance since 2009.  

“Quite a few of you turned up thinking this would be the channel controllers’ version of Fight Club,” joked Hunt, one of British TV’s most successful content supremos, most notably at Channel 4 – she is now creative director, Europe, worldwide video at Apple.