Brian Cox And Rose Matafeo Unveiled For Packed Edinburgh TV Festival LineupSuccession star Brian Cox, Starstruck creator Rose Matafeo and the biggest UK broadcasting bosses will feature at this year’s Edinburgh TV Festival, which unveiled its Alternative MacTaggart speaker.
Deaf Strictly Come Dancing and EastEnders star Rose Ayling-Ellis will deliver the annual alternative address, billed as an “uncompromising speech about her experiences as a deaf actress and the stark realities of life as a young person with a disability in this industry.” Her speech comes a year after Help scribe Jack Thorne’s blistering MacTaggart, which blasted the UK TV industry for “utterly and totally” failing disabled people.
Elsewhere, Cox will discuss his lauded career in an in-depth interview and Matafeo will be in conversation with the creator of BBC One’s Everything I Know About Love, which debuted last night.
Masterclasses will feature stars from Ghosts and Heartstopper and there will be the usual mix of industry panels and commissioner sessions featuring the biggest names from all the major Public Service Broadcasters, Netflix, Sky, Disney, Amazon Prime Video and UKTV.
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