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Switching channels: will the Edinburgh TV festival’s magic survive the move south?

After 50 years the annual shindig is heading to Manchester – but a new rival could keep the industry’s fringe link going

The Guardian - UK · Aug 29

Edinburgh TV Festival could leave Edinburgh

Organisers look at other UK venues amid concerns over costs and industry’s lack of working-class voices

The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2025

Munya Chawawa to give Alternative MacTaggart lecture at Edinburgh TV Festival

Comedian Tina Fey and Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker will also feature during the four-day event next month.

Evening Standard · Jul 18, 2025

Emily Maitlis’s former Newsnight editor praises ‘brilliant’ MacTaggart Lecture

The journalist, who left the BBC earlier this year, said the media was often guilty of ‘normalising’ populist views in the name of balance.

The Independent UK · Aug 25, 2022

Emily Maitlis to deliver MacTaggart Memorial Lecture at Edinburgh TV Festival

The broadcaster’s keynote speech later this month will explore the ‘threat to reporting the news and holding power to account across the globe’.

The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2022