RTS events

Every month, TMINE lets you know what TV events the Royal Television Society is hosting around the country

Making A Monster
UK TV

What TV’s on at the RTS in February? Including a screening and Q&A for Making a Monster

15 January 2020 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

RTS is obviously considering January a bad job altogether – maybe they’re right – or I missed something because we’re now heading into February for new events.

Preview screening and Q&A for Making a Monster

Date: Tuesday 4 February 2020
Timings: 6.00pm for a 6.30pm start
Venue: BFI Southbank, London SE1 8XT

RTS and A&E Networks are holding a screening and Q&A of Crime+Investigation’s new series Making a Monster ahead of its broadcast on Monday February 10 . 

Following the screening, there will be a Q&A with key experts from the series including: 

  • Dan Korn, VP Programming, A+E Networks UK
  • Dr Julian Boon, chartered forensic psychologist, University of Leicester
  • Paul Britton, criminal profiler
  • Dr Samantha Lundrigan, investigative criminal psychologist, Anglia Rushkin University. 

About the show

Making a Monster is a landmark TV series on Crime+Investigation exploring the psychology of serial killers, by the men and women who have sat face to face with evil.  

Booking details

Tickets for RTS Members are complimentary but must be booked in advance. Tickets for non RTS members are £10.

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His Dark Materials
UK TV

What TV’s on at the RTS in December? Including His Dark Materials

26 November 2019 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Hot on the heels of last week’s RTS event, we have another interesting one lined up for December.

Preview Screening and Q&A of His Dark Materials

Date: Thursday, 5 December, 2019
Timings: 6.00pm for a 6.30pm start
Venue: Mayfair Theatre at Mayfair Hotel, Stratton Street, London W1J 8LT

In an exclusive screening of His Dark Materials, the creative team behind this hugely ambitious BBC drama discuss the writing, design and production challenges in bringing Philip Pullman’s parallel worlds to the small screen from Wolf Studios Wales.

Speakers
  • Dan McCulloch, Executive Producer
  • Jack Thorne, Writer
  • Jane Tranter, Bad Wolf founder / Executive Producer
  • Joel Collins, Production Designer
  • Russell Dodgson, Series VFX Supervisor
Bolvangar – episode synopsis

In her search for her friend Roger Lyra discovers the horrific truth behind the activities in the North. Using all her wits she must help free those around her and avoid suffering a terrible fate herself.

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Anne Robinson in The Weakest Link
UK TV

What TV’s on at the RTS in December? Including Why We Love… Quiz Shows

20 November 2019 Rob Buckley 1 Comment
Why we love quiz shows

Why We Love… Quiz Shows

Date: Monday 2 December
Timings: 6.30pm for a 6.45pm start
Venue: Cavendish Conference Centre, 22 Duchess Mews, London W1G 9DT

This panel debate will be a light hearted discussion about the enduring British addiction to quizzes comprising of TV quiz hosts, participants, producers and commissioners.

The aim is to celebrate their popularity and look at the rich variety of quizzes we create, their importance in the schedules and the memorable moments they create. Above all it will be an entertaining and affectionate discussion throwing some light why we love quiz shows.

Panel
  • James Fox, Managing Director, Remarkable
  • Judith Keppel, The First Millionaire UK winner on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
  • Anne Robinson, TV Presenter
  • Jo Street, Head of Daytime Commissioner, Channel 4
  • Chair: Boyd Hilton, Entertainment Director, Heat magazine
Booking details

Tickets for RTS Members are complimentary but must be booked in advance. Tickets for non RTS members are £15.

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UK TV

What TV’s on at the RTS in October? Including Traces and Britannia – season two

15 October 2019 Rob Buckley Post a comment

RTS is taking a leaf out of BAFTA’s book in terms of sneaking out events without telling anyone. Notably, tomorrow, at 6.30pm at 30 Euston Square, London NW1 2FB, it’s organising an exclusive screening of UKTV’s new crime drama, Traces. Not much notice, hey?

Anyway, said screening will be followed by a Q&A with cast and crew, as well as “lots of food, drink and forensic science!”

Why forensic science? Well, it’s based on an original idea by best-selling crime writer Val McDermid and explores the world of the Scottish Institute of Forensic Science and Anatomy.

Who are the cast and crew? Well, it’s written by Amelia Bullmore and directed by Rebecca Gatward and Mary Nighy. It stars Molly Windsor, Laura Fraser, Jennifer Spence, and Martin Compston, as well as Laurie Brett, Vincent Regan, Michael Nardone and John Gordon Sinclair.

How many of them will be showing up? Well… dunno.

Good luck finding any of details of that on the RTS web site, but you can book tickets here.

Fortunately, there are more details about the other new showing this month (here are the other ones).

Britannia - season 2

Exclusive screening of Britannia Season 2

Date: Tuesday 29 October
Timings: 6.00pm for a 6.30pm start
Venue: Curzon Soho, 99 Shaftesbury Avenue, London W1D 5DY

On behalf of the RTS, Vertigo Films and Neal Street Productions, we would like to invite you to an exclusive screening of Britannia Season 2 on Wednesday 29 October, ahead of its broadcast on Thursday 7 November on Sky Atlantic.

Following the screening of the first episode, there will be a Q&A with key cast and creatives behind the series, including Jez Butterworth, Tom Butterworth, David Morrissey, James Richardson, and key cast members.

Tickets for RTS Members are complimentary but must be booked in advance. Tickets for non RTS members are £10.

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Russell T Davies in conversation
Welsh TV

What TV’s on at the RTS in October? Including Russell T Davies in conversation and Zomboat!

20 August 2019 Rob Buckley 8 Comments

Oddly, there doesn’t appear to be much on at the RTS in September, but October is giving us a couple of interesting events. Tickets for the Russell T Davies event are going fast, but a new batch have just been released, so get them while you can.

Plus if you can work out when the Zomboat! screening is actually going to take place, let me know.

Zomboat

Zomboat! premiere screening and Q&A

Date: Thursday 3 October
Timings: Not listed
Venue: IET, Cambridge Street, Birmingham

The premiere of new ITV2 comedy series, Zomboat!, is being held at the IET Birmingham on Thursday 3 October with its four stars in attendance.

The Royal Television Society (Midlands) event at the canalside IET building is set to welcome stars Leah Brotherhead, Hamza Jeetooa, Ryan McKen and Cara Theobold; and they will be joined on the night by Executive Producers Camilla Campbell and Robert Wulff-Cochrane from Noho Films and Writer Adam Miller, for a Q&A straight after the screening.

When the zombie apocalypse is unleashed in Birmingham, sisters Kat and Jo, together with unlikely travel companions Sunny and Amar, must flee for their lives… by canal boat. Jo has just returned from a season as a club rep and has decided to move back in with younger sister Kat, a computer game addict who buys into every conspiracy theory around. Jo struggles to take her sister seriously when Kat claims the zombie apocalypse is real and happening, right now…in Birmingham. Alongside gym bunny Amar, the upbeat and ready to face things head on character and his oldest friend Sunny, a wannabe misanthrope who’d rather sit out the apocalypse from the comfort of his sofa, Kat, Jo, Sunny and Amar find themselves trapped together on board Dorothy, a narrow boat on the Grand Union canal. As they journey along the canal in their tightly packed living quarters, friendships develop, alliances form, arguments occur and romance blossoms. Along the way, they realise there is no escaping the problems of everyday life, even in a zombie apocalypse.

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In Conversation With Russell T Davies

Date: Monday 28 October
Timings: 7.00pm
Venue: Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3ER

The Royal Television Society commemorates 60 years in Wales with an evening dedicated to Swansea-born screen writer and executive producer, Russell T Davies, hosted by Gethin Jones.

Russell has penned ground-breaking shows such as Queer As Folk and The Second Coming, while his recent adaptation of A Very English Scandal for the BBC has won numerous awards.

This year, his latest drama, Years And Years, received outstanding critical acclaim.

We’ll speak with Russell about his entire career including, of course, Doctor Who and its family of shows.

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