Television Magazine
February 2014

I think it’s fair to say that the RTS has hit the ground running this January. As we all know from the media coverage of the Golden Globes and the Grammys, we’re bang in the middle of awards season.

Judges for the RTS Television Journalism Awards have been busy scrutinising the hard work of some of the best practitioners in the business. The winners will be announced at the London Hilton, Park Lane on 19 February.

Thanks to Richard Sambrook for chairing the juries and to all the individual jury chairs and judges who have found the time to take part in the process.

Our 2014 events calendar gets underway in February. Younger members should make a note in their diaries for ‘The Battle of the Broadcasters’ on 24 February, presented by RTS Futures, in which contestants pit their wits against one another on their TV knowledge.

The February edition of Television introduces a fresh, new look for the magazine. I hope you’ll agree that the redesign makes Television easier to read and more elegant in terms of the page layout. We wanted to give Television a cleaner, more contemporary feel as part of an overall RTS rebranding exercise.

Looking ahead to March, we are following up last year’s hugely successful early evening event, ‘Broadchurch: Anatomy of a Hit’, with a similar session, this time devoted to the BBC’s stunning drama series, Sherlock.

This takes place at the Cavendish Conference Centre, a short walk from New Broadcasting House, on 4 March.

The panellists include the show’s writers Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat, commissioner Ben Stephenson and executive producer Sue Vertue.

Book your places now. ‘It’s elementary,’ as the great detective might say. 

Theresa Wise

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