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Leading lights in the creative industries including Father Ted writer and director Graham Linehan, creators of FoneJacker, Ed Tracy and Kayvan Novak, PR guru Max Clifford and Turner Prize winner Grayson Perry, will speak at this year’s Festival
King and Queen of daytime Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan will make their first ever appearance at this year’s MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival
Sharon Osbourne will be offering her first hand experience of why celebrities sign up to appear on reality TV programmes in I’m a Celebrity: Get Me on TV.
Jeremy Paxman is a modern broadcasting legend (although he would snort at the description). Presenter of BBC TWO's Newsnight since 1989, he is best-known for his sometimes fearsome interrogation of politicians. In this year's MacTaggart Lecture he will tackle the subject of Power, Politics...
They are the creative forces of the industry. They make the decisions. They get the viewers...Sometimes! But how will they fare versus the unbeatable Stig? Five top TV Executives do the battle of the laps - can they hold their nerve or will they be exposed as a bunch of Sunday drivers?
Google's Chief Internet Evangelist Vint Cerf is widely regarded as a founding father of the Internet. This year he travels to Edinburgh to share his views on the future of the Internet in the 21st century. As the number of people and devices connecting to the Internet increases, we will expe...
It's been a tough year for Channel 4. Ofcom's report on Celebrity Big Brother, the phone scandal on Richard and Judy, controversy over The Great Global Warming Swindle and Diana: The Witnesses in the Tunnel as well as profits plummeting 70% in 2006 as a belt-tightening chancellor moves into...
Leading lights in the creative industries including Father Ted writer and director Graham Linehan, creators of FoneJacker, Ed Tracy and Kayvan Novak, PR guru Max Clifford and Turner Prize winner Grayson Perry, will speak at this year’s Festival