ADVISORY COMMITTEE

About the Committee

The Advisory Committee is made up of TV industry professionals who are invited to join each year by the Festival’s Creative Director. Working alongside the Creative Director and Advisory Chair, the Committee helps shape the Festival’s programme, contributing their expertise and sector knowledge to ensure a timely and relevant programme that responds to the needs of the industry. It is a role Committee members undertake alongside their day jobs, and their commitment is invaluable in ensuring the Festival’s continued reputation for agenda-setting dialogue and debate.

Being on the Committee also gives senior industry figures the chance to give something back to the industry via The TV Foundation. Our Festival-funded organisation helps the next generation of talent develop the skills needed to secure their dream TV jobs.

The 2024 Festival

This year’s Advisory Chair is Harjeet Chhokar, Unscripted Executive at Amazon MGM Studios/Prime Video. The Edinburgh TV Festival 2024 will run from 20-23 August. Tickets are available now.

Meet the committee

Lucia Owens Fernandez

London
Gwawr Lloyd

Gwawr Lloyd

Senior Commissioning Editor, Channel 4

King Simpson

London

Yolanda Lee

Producer, Freelance

Morgan Smith

North West

Melissa Elena Reiner

Alan Bradley

Director, Producer, Freelance
Steven Brown

Steven Brown

Group Director of Corporate Development, All3Media

Kalaiyashni Puvanendran

Diversity & Inclusion Programme Delivery Partner, ITV

Hilda Hiong

South East
Rachel Jupp

Rachel Jupp

Editorial Executive, BBC
Asha Amster

Asha Amster

Chief Operating Officer, Baby Cow Productions

James Fox

Scotland
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Adam Jacobs

Creative Director, Quintus Studios
Steve Condie

Steve Condie

Senior Vice President of Content, Mercury Studios

Aminah Alhamdu

South East

Bhushan Gokhale

London

Kezia Sheard

Assistant Producer / Development AP, Button Down

Qianlin Wang

Scotland

Melanie Domingues Tomaz da Silva

London

Toto Bruin

Nick Coupe

Nick Coupe

Scripted Comedy Producer, Hat Trick Productions

Jack Bailey

Producer/Director, Freelance

Amelia Lowe

Scotland
Tally Garner

Tally Garner

Founder, Producer, Mam Tor Productions

William Heath

West Midlands

Connor Collins

East

Ruaridh McGurk

Scotland
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Tracy-Jean (TJ)

Tracy-Jean (TJ), Commissioning Executive, Factual and Factual Entertainment, UKTV
Tamara Howe

Tamara Howe

Director of Commercial & Operations, Naked TV

Hannah Ladds

Dramatic Rights Agent, Madeleine Milburn Literary, TV & Film Agency
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Toby Bentley

Manager, Scripted Series, Netflix
Saskia Schuster

Saskia Schuster

Scripted Producer / Founder, Comedy 50:50

Rex Robertson

Kate Monaghan

Kate Monaghan

Executive Producer & Managing Director, Hey Sonny Films

Colin Bell

Dani Carlaw

Dani Carlaw

Head of Unscripted, Screen Scotland
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Samantha Blanco

Head of Content Acquistions and Licensing UK and Ireland and content for Israel, Netflix

Vaishnavi Ramu

Scotland

Sophie Milligan

Shooting Producer, Freelance