DI Ray Season 2 Premiere Screening

The acclaimed six-part police thriller has been written by actress and screenwriter Maya Sondhi who will join us on the night along with executive producer, Madonna Baptiste

Set in Birmingham, the new series will see Leicester-born DI Ray investigating the murder of a high-profile criminal. Sensitive ethnic issues relating to the case ignite racial tensions, causing a personal conflict for Rachita, both as a British Asian woman and as a police officer, which she must fight to prevent a turf war erupting on the streets of Birmingham…

Lisa Nandy's Secretary of State Keynote at the RTS London Convention 2024

"Good afternoon everyone, it’s brilliant to be here with you today.

I know you hear from newly appointed Cabinet Ministers that becoming Culture Secretary is a dream job.

But in the last few months I’ve had the chance to meet some of the most creative people I’ve ever met in my life. And to see what they’re building and creating in every single part of the UK. 

And that’s just Hacker T Dog.

Seriously though. There was a reason my first meeting with the BBC was with Hacker T in Salford.

RTS Student Masterclasses 2024

The masterclasses will take place on Thursday 7 November at Kings Place, London. 

Programme

10.15    Registration and arrival tea/coffee

11.00    Session One: Development

Speakers

  • Dorsa Nam, Development Executive, MultiStory TV
  • Dan Omnes, Development Executive, Blast Films

Chair

  • Emma Read, Managing Director, Emporium Productions

12.00    Break

12.15    Session Two: Journalism

Speaker

Steps, Duran Duran and Mabel: meet the judges for Drag Race UK series six

RuPaul, Michelle Visage, Alan Carr and Graham Norton will all be returning to judge, but as always, they will need some celebs to give them a helping hand.

Alexandra Burke has caught the Drag Race bug after taking part in a Snatch Game last series (Snatch Game is a mock game show where the queens compete in character as an iconic celebrity), and will now be joining the show as the queens’ vocal coach. Her services will be required in iconic challenges such as the Ru-sical and the Girl Group Challenge.

David Beckham and Secretary of State for DCMS among the new speakers announced for the RTS London Convention alongside the full programme

Taking place on Tuesday 17th September at Kings Place London, David Beckham has joined the line-up of high-profile industry leaders speaking at the event, where he will be in conversation with Co-Founder and CCO of SISTER, Jane Featherstone.

New speakers for the one-day event include:

David Beckham, Former Athlete, Football Club Owner, Entrepreneur and Co-Founder of Studio 99 

Rachel Corp, CEO, ITN

Dame Melanie Dawes, Chief Executive, Ofcom

The Baird Lectures 2024 Shaheen Baig and Richard Armitage

Casting Director Shaheen Baig is renowned for her ability to find and nurture new and diverse acting talent and rising new filmmakers for both film and television.

Her many credits across the industry include How to Build a Girl, Everybody’s Talking about Jamie, Calm with Horses, The Nest, Three Girls, Black Mirror, The Third Day National Treasure and Strike.  

She is also the casting director for all seasons of Peaky Blinders and Man Like Mobeen.    

Sir Ambrose Fleming Memorial Award 2024: An Evening with Philippa Lowthorpe

The Sir Ambrose Fleming Memorial Award is a special award which recognises an outstanding and enduring contribution to television in the West of England. 

RTS West of England is delighted to present the 2024 award to director and writer Philippa Lowthorpe at a special early evening event at Watershed, with Philippa in conversation with centre chair Lynn Barlow.

Phillippa is a director of both feature films and groundbreaking documentary, and some of the most powerful TV drama series of recent times.