RTS Student Programme Masterclasses

The Royal Television Society (RTS) has announced it will be hosting a series of Student Programme Masterclasses on Monday 27 October at BFI Southbank in London.

Three Masterclasses will cover comedy, factual and drama, providing the opportunity to hear from industry professionals including Saurabh Kakkar, Head of Comedy Development at Big Talk Productions who produced comedy for programmes such as Dirk Gently, The Fattest Man in Britain, Headcases and Stan and Ollie.
The Factual Masterclass will feature Andrew Mackenzie, Creative Director at Twofour Group responsible for a host of series across all the major UK Broadcasters, including Educating Yorkshire, Graffiti Wars, My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding and Splash!.
Gwyneth Hughes will be speaking during the Drama Masterclass. Gwyneth is an award winning screenwriter, recently winning the Writers Guild Award for The Girl and whose work has been screened across all the major channels, including Five Days, Miss Austen Regrets and Cherished.
The classes are open to anyone attending academic institutions. Tickets can be booked either by the University or individual students and there are no limits of how many tickets can be booked.
Tickets are free of charge but a booking form must be completed for each
booking.
Contact Jamie O’Neill at Jamie@rts.org.uk or call 020 7822 2821.

SCHEDULE

10.30am - Registration opens
11.00am - Introduction
11.00am – 12.15pm - Masterclass 1 – Comedy
Speaker: Saurabh Kakkar, Head of Comedy Development, Big Talk Productions
12.15pm – 1.00pm - Lunch
1.00pm – 2.15pm - Masterclass 2 – Factual
Speaker: Andrew Mackenzie, Creative Director, Twofour Group
2.15pm – 2.45pm - Tea / Coffee Break
2.45pm – 4.00pm - Masterclass 3 – Drama
Speaker: Gwyneth Hughes
4.00pm - Closing
4.00pm – 5.00pm - Drinks Reception and Cash Bar
5.00pm - End of Day

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