Television Magazine

April 2023

1946: John Mills as the adult Pip with Valerie Hobson as Estella in David Lean’s Great Expectations (Credit: Carlton Film Distributors)
The new BBC adaptation of Great Expectations is the latest in a long line of TV and film versions...
Stewart Purvis wonders whether there’s more to Linekergate than meets the eye – and runs into some...
Auli’i Cravalho walking towards camera
Caroline Frost talks to the key creators behind Amazon’s adaptation of Naomi Alderman’s best-...
Sumner Redstone (centre) with companion Malia Andelin and executive Les Moonves
The story of the family who created Viacom is far crazier than any fictional account of a media...
In her first interview since taking over, ITN CEO Rachel Corp explains to Steve Clarke why ‘bold,...
Despite government hostility, Generation Z have flocked to the Chinese social media platform...
Steve Clarke rejoices in a sitcom jewel polished to perfection by an outstanding writer.
Digitisation and now the Cloud have made the BBC’s treasures more accessible, for both programme-...
Emma Ross is in charge of Big Wave’s expanding natural history slate, working with her team to...
Gareth Ellis-Unwin speaking into microphone on stage
Marlow Film Studios and the RTS Technology Centre brought together educators, policymakers and...
Sara Barron and Geoff Lloyd in the Firecrotch and Normcore podcast
Perhaps more than any other show on TV right now, Succession begs for psychoanalysis.
The universities of Edinburgh and Stirling were the big winners at the RTS Scotland Student...
Matthew Bell reports on the centre’s Programme Awards in Galway and Student Awards at RTÉ in...
Stephen O’Donnell
The SNP leadership fray, the BBC’s centenary and a wave of locally shot drama raised the profile of...
The National Film School at IADT almost achieved a clean sweep of the principal prizes, with...
Students from Norwich University of the Arts won two of the four prizes on offer at the RTS...
Freema Agyeman and Lily Allen in an embrace
The ups and downs of multigenerational female relationships are at the heart of Sky’s comedy-drama...
An RTS Futures event revealed how the Welsh indie rose to the challenge of adapting His Dark...
Yogita Limaye reporting in Afghanistan
Ukraine has reignited the debate over a lack of diversity in how TV war reporting is framed. Marcus...
RTS West’s preview screening of new BBC comedy-drama Rain Dogs sold out the Watershed in Bristol...
Following the huge success of its “The Big Connection” unscripted TV session last October,...
Esme Wallace took home three prizes from the RTS Devon and Cornwall Student Television Awards last...
Judges described the Northern Irish comedy drama as "a great balance of comedy and pathos”.
Child smiling and pointing at camera
Students and staff from three universities were treated to a screening and Q&A with the RTS and...
Carole Solazzo reports from a hugely successful student conference and networking day in Salford.
RTS awards
Students from the University of Salford achieved a clean sweep of the awards on offer at the RTS...