Talking TV #28: Edinburgh special

A special edition of Talking TV heads to the Edinburgh International Television Festival to sort through all the major themes of this year’s conference. Joining host Jake Kanter is Broadcast editor Chris Curtis, Alison Kirkham, the head of features and formats for BBC1 and BBC2, and Nine Lives Media chief executive Cat Lewis. They mull over Channel 4 chief executive David Abraham’s feisty MacTaggart lecture, the BBC’s plans to overhaul its supply model, diversity and indie sector consolidation. They also pick out some of the brilliant and bizarre commissioning announcements from the festival. Along the way, Abraham speaks about his plans in more detail, while there is some reaction from indie sector executives who are sceptical about the C4 boss’ plans for terms of trade.