Coming to Media City
An Evening with the edinburgh tv festival
As part of this year’s 50th Anniversary Edinburgh TV Festival celebrations, please join us in Media City on Thursday May 15th from 5.30pm for An Evening With The Edinburgh TV Festival
Take part in an evening of discussion, debate and networking as some of the region’s most creative minds come together to explore and share their vision of the future of the region’s media industry.
We’ll be taking on big themes including the opportunities and challenges of this media focused region; representation of class in the TV industry; and how you, the industry, want to shape and tell the region’s media stories and its future.
EVENT DETAILS
Date – 15 May 2025
Venue – Blue Tower, 7th Floor, Media City, Salford
Timings – 5.30pm – 9.30pm
agenda
5.30pm - 6.15pm
Arrival and networking
6.15pm - 6.40pm
Speakers Include:
Campbell Glennie, CEO, Edinburgh TV Festival
Darren Grice, Director of Culture / Lead within City Council, Salford City Council
Martin Chown, CEO, Landsec
Welcome!
6.40pm - 8.00pm
Speakers Include:
Chair: Gethin Jones, BBC presenter, Morning Live
Amber Haque, Presenter and Documentary Maker
Emma Morris, Executive Editor of Morning Live and The One Show, BBC Studios
Iain MacLeod, Executive Producer, Continuing Drama, ITV
Michael Jochnowitz, Interim Editor of Unscripted Commissioning, BBC
Pam Cavannagh, CEO, Purple Productions
Rick Murray, CEO, Workerbee
Samantha McMillon, COO, Quay Street Productions
An Evening With The Edinburgh TV Festival
