Television Magazine

Television Magazine

Monthly Publication of the RTS

November 2023

A group of people sit around a round table, talking
BBC Studios in Wood Lane, London, hosted an RTS Futures event last month that put newcomers to TV...
A headshot of the screenwriter Abi Morgan, a white woman with grey hair wearing a navy blue shirt
In a troubled world, Abi Morgan hopes that we can all learn from the power of storytelling
BBC One crime drama Happy Valley went nap at the RTS Yorkshire awards last month, with five...
Agnes Cogan is pleased that local production is gearing up following the end of the disputes in...
Lenny Henry’s new drama for ITV was inspired by his family’s arrival in the UK in the 1950s. Roz...
The cast of The Royle Family sit on and around the sofa in their living room
Steve Clarke praises a groundbreaking sitcom with no one-liners and no laughter track
A Native American woman sits next to another woman, talking. The image has a blue filter
There can’t be many documentary-makers still working at 90. 
George, a Ghanaian man with a shaved head stands in front of an orange and black chevron back ground. Whilst the background is in colour George is in black and white. The podcast title is written across his chest in capital letters.
It is far too modest a title. By now, most of us have heard of George Mpanga’s podcast. 
A group of soliders in camouflage dress and war paint sit and stand in a forest
Two recent observational documentaries – both made in Yorkshire – have taken viewers into the world...
Shanu Hazzan and Tienne Simon as Kai and Bishop in Grime Kids are on stage rapping into microphones
Shilpa Ganatra speaks to the makers of coming-of-age drama Grime Kids, which celebrates young urban...
Agnes Cogan picks through Moya Doherty’s inaugural Gay Byrne Memorial Lecture in Dublin
Timothy Spall, a man in his mid sixties, sits in front of a large fully packed bookcase, in his blue polkadotted pyjamas and a green and navy striped silk dressing gown. He wears rectangular glasses.
Saul Dibb helmed the acclaimed drama, BBC One’s harrowing true-crime serial The Sixth Commandment....
Jason Isaacs as Cary Grant looks onward with a neutral expression in front of a grand red staircase, which is out of focus
ITV’s new Cary Grant biopic, Archie, explores the truth behind the legend. 
The Society has named the 44 scholars selec­ted for its 2023 bursary schemes.
From left: Sean Fletcher, Stacey Dooley, Mina Smallman, Jermaine Blake, Lisa Squire and Anna Hall are sat on a panel
An RTS event analyses three documentaries that sensitively handle crimes against women
Entries for the RTS Programme Awards were welcomed from last month. 
The ghosts of TV past haunt TV present and future with the return of Big Brother followed...
The Society has announced eight new RTS Fellowships, including to four of television’s leading...
A white man sings on the America's Got Talent stage, but is shown on the big-screen behind him as Simon Cowell
The RTS learns how artificial intelligence is reframing the world of content creation and...
Inzamam Rashid talks to Helen Scott on stage at the RTS Student Masterclasses 2023
Television distils a day of expert advice from leading TV practitioners at the RTS Student...
Five members of the band Andy and the Odd Socks stand in a line, posing with their instruments, in front of a blue background
Carole Solazzo examines the splintered world of children’s TV, talking to the kids about what they...
Simon Shaps casts a sceptical eye over Michael Wolff’s latest book on Rupert Murdoch
The cast of Goodness Gracious Me stand in a circle, from left: Sanjeev Bhaskar, Meera Syal, Nina Wadia and Kulvinder Ghir
RTS Midlands celebrates the groundbreaking Goodness Gracious Me, which subverted racial stereotypes...
A man punts down a river in front of a church in Cambridge
Cambridge-based visual effects studio Vine FX and RTS East teamed up in October to host ‘Cambridge...
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Across the digital landscape, there is a clear and present danger of cyberattacks – and the...