Specialist Factual on BBC 2
Edinburgh Television Festival MD Campbell Glennie speaks to BBC2's Patrick Holland about the specialist factual landscape, what he thinks the opportunities are for academics in TV and his plans for the channel.
AHTV: Specialist Factual Event
5 February 2020, The Barbican
Buy Tickets“It was a rare and exciting opportunity to talk to academics.
A development producer’s dream!” - 2019 Delegate
Tickets for AHTV 2020 supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council are now available.
AHTV is a one day conference designed to bring together academics working in the Arts and Humanities with Television professionals working in specialist factual programming to foster relationships and improve understanding between the two.
AHTV 2020 will include insights from commissioners and programme makers on how academic research is incorporated into specialist factual programming, plus the opportunity for you to meet and engage with the specialist factual community as well as academics with a wide range of specialisms through speed meetings and networking drinks.
Last year’s event featured a keynote speech from academic and TV producer David Olusoga and panels featuring commissioners from the BBC, Channel 4, Sky and NatGeo and senior figures from production companies including Nutopia, Plimsoll and Lion TV.
This year's full programme will be announced soon and includes an exclusive Q&A with BBC Two controller, Patrick Holland as well as a variety of panels and keynotes covering the specialist factual landscape.
Buy TicketsSessions Include (More To Be Announced Soon)
The TV PhD Live Pitch
A chance to see inside the pitching process. In this session, four of our 2019 TV PhD delegates will pitch their TV ideas to producer Simon Willgoss and a commissioner TBA who will provide feedback and show you what they're looking for in a specialist factual programme idea.
Spotlight: Arts Programming
Between them, Nicholas Kent and Judith Winnan have produced countless hours of arts programming. In this session, we'll ask them what they think the key is to presenting art on television, and what they're looking for when searching for their next arts project.
Spotlight: History Programming
In this session, we take a close look at the state of play in History programming and hear what commissioner Fatima Salaria and producer James Rogan think makes for a successful history programme.
Conception to Production Case Study:
'Hannibal’s Elephant Army: The New Evidence'
From the first idea to the final product, what are the stages of a production? Using this Channel 4 documentary as a case study, producer Bill Locke and director Giulia Clark will take you through the process and highlight where academics and their research come into play.
“I really enjoyed the commissioner and development panels - I found them genuinely inspiring and useful from an industry point of view.” - 2019 Delegate
“The speed meetings [were] extremely valuable and [it was] enjoyable to speak with passionate and open people.” - 2019 Delegate
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