Talking TV #23: Media Summit & Andrew Davies

A special edition of the Talking TV podcast brings you the key action from the Media Summit and includes an interview with drama writer Andrew Davies. Hear from Channel 4 chief executive David Abraham, who reveals how the broadcaster is using data to inform programming decisions, while ITV boss Adam Crozier offers insight on drama channel ITV Encore’s commissioning strategy. Along the way, there’s wisdom from YouTube on making video content work online, and All3Media chief executive Farah Ramzan Golant discusses the super-indie’s future under Discovery and Liberty Global. Chewing over the themes from the event, which was organised by Broadcast publisher MBI, are Broadcast editor Chris Curtis and Sky IQ’s Emma Holden. Vanessa Spock, director of marketing for broadcast services Ericsson, is also in the studio. In the second half of the programme, host Jake Kanter speaks to Andrew Davies about his BBC1 drama Quirke, including it becoming burdened by mumbling claims. The writer behind adaptations of Pride and Prejudice, House of Cards and Bleak House also discusses his reimagining of War and Peace, Netflix and drama’s increasingly international nature.