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Danny Dyer explores modern day masculinity in new Channel 4 documentary

Known for traditionally ‘masculine’ roles such as EastEnders’ Mick Carter, Dyer will set his preconceptions aside to investigate all of changing gender roles, attitudes towards male mental health, and stereotypes surrounding masculinity.

The Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus, mental health experts, fitness fanatics, sex therapists, and male victims of domestic abuse will all be interviewed by Dyer through his candid questioning. Dyer will meet men who believe ‘traditional’ masculinity is under fire, then turn to those who are exploring more ‘progressive’ options.

To Catch a Copper: The making of the real life Line of Duty

When director Ashley Francis-Roy and his team set out to make To Catch a Copper, no one could have predicted what the finished series would look like, nor the cases that would emerge in Avon and Somerset Police’s Counter-Corruption Unit.

“We started with a huge amount of openness,” said Francis-Roy, following an RTS screening of episode 2 in Bristol, the city where many of the incidents in the three-part series took place.

Saltburn star in first look images for Channel 4’s The Gathering

Morgan and Soverall play Kelly and Jessica, two competitive teen gymnasts growing up in Liverpool. Although Kelly is on her way to high-class competitions, she feels more at home with a group of urban free runners, who help her escape the world of gymnast-mums and strict schedules.

When Kelly and Jessica attend an illegal rave on a small tidal island, Kelly is assaulted and the drama moves into a whodunnit. 

Getting Your Foot in the Door | RTS Futures Careers Fair 2024

Industry experts from Mama Youth, Channel 4, ScreenSkills, First Break, Banijay Bright Bulb, Rise at Raw, PACT and the BBC tell you what they have on offer, when to apply, who they are looking for and how to get your application over the line. A one-stop shop for starting your career in television!

This session took place on Wednesday 7 February as part of the RTS Futures Careers Fair 2024, and was hosted by Zach Duthie - Marketing and Communications, Entertainment Partners.

Craft and resolve: Ash Atalla, Clare Richards, Inzamam Rashid and Steve Hughes deliver RTS Student Masterclasses 2023

Inzamam Rashid talks to Helen Scott on stage at the RTS Student Masterclasses 2023

The RTS Student Master­classes drew a crowd of more than 300 this month to hear four of the industry’s top talents talk about their careers and offer first-hand advice on how to make a start in television.

Journalism

Inzamam Rashid, a Sky News correspondent based in the north of England, told the packed Journalism masterclass: “I always wanted to do the news, [as] a reporter, a newsreader or [working] behind the scenes.”

Nominations for the RTS Craft & Design Awards 2023 announced

The awards celebrate excellence in broadcast television, highlighting the extensive range of skills and processes that are involved in programme making, welcoming entries from both broadcasters and individual crafts people. The prestigious awards ceremony will be held on Monday 4th December at the London Hilton on Park Lane.

Rhod Gilbert fronts personal documentary for Stand Up To Cancer

Stand up to Cancer logo, which has the words spelt out in capital letter and bold text, in the colours red, black, and orange. To the left, three arrows in matching colours point upwards.

Presenter Davina McCall and comedians Rhod Gilbert, Adam Hills, Joe Lycett and Munya Chawawa will be taking the lead on the live 90-minute fundraising extravaganza.

Among the special guests are Strictly legend Oti Mabuse, The Good Wife star Cush Jumbo, and Ghosts’ Kiell Smith-Bynoe and Charlotte Ritchie.

Factual commissioners share what they're looking for

It’s quite a shopping list, but it’s a flavour of what broadcasters are looking for in factual programming, a panel of commissioners told an audience at an RTS East event in Cambridge last month. 

Louisa Compton’s investigations unit at Channel 4 needed no more introduction than a brief clip of her recent Dispatches film on Russell Brand, but she stressed that, as well as seeking high-level, impactful investigations, she is looking for subjects to get people talking, such as Rebekah Vardy: Jehovah’s Witnesses and Me