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HISTORICAL FACTS: The edinburgh tv festival - The Untold Story

Plans unveiled for new Scottish festival as Edinburgh event moves to England

PLANS for a new Scottish TV and screen festival have been unveiled after the Edinburgh TV Festival announced it was ending its 50-year run in the…

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Amol Rajan urges Government to ‘stop dithering’ on BBC funding

The Today presenter was speaking at the Edinburgh TV Festival on Thursday.

Evening Standard

BBC confirms Top Gear is coming back four years after Andrew Flintoff crash

The BBC’s director of entertainment Ed Havard confirmed the news at the Edinburgh TV Festival on Thursday.

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Edinburgh festival took £600k in Scottish taxpayer funding before moving to England

THE Edinburgh TV Festival received almost £600,000 in funding from the Scottish Government before its organisers announced it would be relocated to…

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Edinburgh TV Festival was 'never really Scottish,' expert claims

THE Edinburgh TV Festival moving to Greater Manchester will be a blow to Scotland’s creative industry, but it “was never really a Scottish…

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Top TV boss speaks out as major festival moves from Scotland to England

A TOP TV boss has hit out at the organisers of Edinburgh TV Festival’s decision to leave the Scottish capital, saying the city created what it is…

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Festival to leave Scotland for England after 50 years to 'radically reduce costs'

THE Edinburgh TV Festival will be relocated to Greater Manchester in a bid to “radically reduce the costs” and make it easier for people to…

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Davina McCall ‘can’t quite believe’ outstanding achievement award honour

The presenter will appear in conversation at the Edinburgh TV Festival on August 27, reflecting on her wide-ranging career.

Evening Standard

BBC ‘not institutionally antisemitic’, says Observer’s editor-in-chief

James Harding delivered this year’s James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture at the Edinburgh TV Festival.

Evening Standard

Louis Theroux says there’s an ‘atmosphere of anxiety’ in TV industry during MacTaggart lecture

Documentary maker told crowds at the Edinburgh TV Festival that ‘playing it safe’ had ‘never worked for me’

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‘Unusual and odd’ that ITV did not know about Schofield – TV company boss

During the opening debate at the Edinburgh TV Festival, a panel reflected on how a number of issues with high-profile presenters have arisen lately.

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