Scotland

The Big Connection: Open Doors Scripted TV Special

Are you working in Scripted television but want to expand your contacts? …then come and join representatives from ScreenSkills and the Royal Television Society Scotland for a networking evening at BBC Scotland. There you’ll have the opportunity to meet the heads of production and managing directors of some of Scotland’s leading production companies currently making some of the UK’s most loved Scripted programming.

 

BREAK INTO SCRIPTWRITING

If you dream of penning episodes of Coronation Street or River City; or have your very own script masterpiece you think commissioners would fight over, then this is the event for you.  This RTS Scotland writer’s event is aimed at budding TV writers keen to break into the world of TV drama. 

You’re invited to meet a brilliant panel of writers, who have written for some of the top dramas of recent years, and will share their experience and words of wisdom at this special event.

Following the discussion, attendees will be invited to network with the panel over drinks.

RTS Exhibit at BBC Comedy Festival

The BBC Comedy Festival took place in Glasgow on Wednesday 22 – Thursday 23 May 2024.

RTS Scotland were in attendance on Thursday 23 May 2024. As well as panels and masterclasses with iconic comedy stars and industry professionals, there were stand-up acts and short film screenings for new talent and a range of new opportunities for comedy producers were announced.

 

Further information of full schedule available here

 

The Tattooist of Auschwitz: Page to Screen Synchronicity Films & Soho House| Screening + Q&A

The Tattooist of Auschwitz: Page to Screen  

Join Heather Morris, author of the global best-selling novel ‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’, and Claire Mundell, BAFTA-winning Executive Producer and Founder of Glasgow-based Synchronicity Films, to hear how the book was adapted into a break-out, critically acclaimed international TV series. Written by Jacquelin Perske, EP’d by Claire Mundell and Jacquelin Perske and directed by Tali Shalom Ezer.

Annual General Meeting of RTS Scotland 2025

Please note this event is for invited RTS Scotland Committee Members Only.

We invite all full-time committee members to gather via Zoom link for the RTS Scotland Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Friday 17 January 2025, 13:00-14:00. 

This is an “Online Meeting” with remote attendance and participation in accordance with 5.6 and 7.2 of the Centre Rules. Remote attendance, questions and voting are restricted to Full Members only..

ScreenSkills Select Sessions: Assistant Directing Department with AD Guild & RTS Scotland

This Industry Insight webinar on Assistant Directing is for RTS students and students and tutors on ScreenSkills Select endorsed courses. The webinar will provide you with professional advice on a range of hard to recruit roles direct from industry and focus on supporting you to gain the best opportunity for a successful career in the screen industries.  

ScreenSkills has a series of e-learning modules on Getting into the screen industries which are a prerequisite for attending any Select Session event. 

 

The Big Connection: Unscripted

Are you working in Unscripted television but want to expand your contacts? …then come and join representatives from Screenskills and the Royal Television Society Scotland for a networking evening at BBC Scotland. There you’ll have the opportunity to meet the heads of production and managing directors of some of Scotland’s leading production companies currently making some of the UK’s most loved Unscripted programming.