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Celebrating Gentleman Jack: Changing Lives

Celebrating Gentleman Jack: Changing Lives is co-hosted by the Royal Television Society and Film and Media at York St John University. It celebrates diversity on screen and LGBTQ+ representation.

We will be joined by:

  • Barbara Govan. Factual TV company owner, executive producer, presentation & media trainer for the Royal Society. Art charity trustee.
  • 2 Cast Members of Gentleman Jack Changed my Life
  • 2 campaigners/activists for the Bring Back Gentleman Jack campaign

This event is free and open for all to attend.

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…

Hullraisers: Q&A with writers, cast and creators

Written by Hull's very own Lucy Beaumont (Meet the Richardsons, To Hull and Back, Live at the Electric), Anne-Marie O'Connor (Trolled, Mum) and Caroline Moran (Raised by Wolves) and produced by Fable Pictures (Rocks, Wild Rose, Anne Boleyn),  Hullraisers celebrates female talent, both on and off screen in a laugh-out- loud, chaotic comedy that embodies the ups and downs of life, friendship, and family. 

THE RTS BIG CHRISTMAS TELLY QUIZ 2021

Get in the mince pies, mull that wine, and dust down your festive glad rags, as impressionist and standup comedian Darren Altman once again returns with another edition of the Royal Television Society's very own Big Telly Quiz. With questions all about TV past, present, and future, don't be a Scrooge. Join Darren and a host of celebrity guests as they test your knowledge of all things telly. Compete yourself or just watch along, either way, 'yule' be thoroughly entertained — and it’s free and fun for the whole family!