Edinburgh Festival Interviews: David Ephgrave

The family of a teenager who is believed to have died after falling ill after taking drugs at Leeds Festival have paid tribute to the 16-year-old.

Blue Planet III and Gladiators are coming to the BBC. The Junior Eurovision Song Contest will also air on the network for the first time.

The 2022 Edinburgh Festival is now in its final week, with a packed programme of great theatre, comedy, cabaret, music, musicals, opera, dance, physical theatre, film, visual art, talks, debates and spoken word.CMU’s sister media ThreeWeeks has been covering it all throughout the month.

BBC Chief Content Officer Charlotte Moore has hit back at Channel 4’s Ian Katz’s view on TV reboots by stating “well Channel 4 bought The Great British Bake Off back.”

Ewan McGregor (Obi Wan Kenobi) has been cast as the lead in Paramount+’s upcoming UK drama series A Gentleman in Moscow, replacing Kenneth Branagh, news that came as Paramount Premium Group CEO David Nevins laid out his vision for Paramount+’s international expansion and talked creativity at the Edinburgh TV Festival.

Channel 4 Chief Content Officer Ian Katz has said “there is something depressing” about the number of UK TV reboots currently in production.

Veep and The Thick of It creator Armando Iannucci is still angry. In fact, he told delegates here at the Edinburgh TV Festival on Wednesday that he is “angrier than ever” at the direction of the UK’s politics and broadcasting, seven years after his blistering MacTaggart lecture urged the BBC to fight back against its critics and railed against a sale of Channel 4 — both topics now back on the agenda.

Love Island’s “extraordinary success” drove ITV to commission its Big Brother reboot, according to content boss Kevin Lygo, who said duty of care is being considered for the upcoming reality show but “I don’t think we should stop allowing the public on TV.”

The 2022 Edinburgh Festival is now in its final week, with a packed programme of great theatre, comedy, cabaret, music, musicals, opera, dance, physical theatre, film, visual art, talks, debates and spoken word.CMU’s sister media ThreeWeeks has been covering it all throughout the month – and here in the CMU Daily we have been picking out some highlights from this year’s coverage.

All3Media CEO Jane Turton has said the debate around British public service broadcasting needs to be “reframed” as the biggest indie bosses in the country debate future PSB, privatization and the plethora of reboots.

 The 2022 Edinburgh Festival is now in its final week, with a packed programme of great theatre, comedy, cabaret, music, musicals, opera, dance, physical theatre, film, visual art, talks, debates and spoken word.CMU’s sister media ThreeWeeks has been covering it all throughout the month – and here in the CMU Daily we have been picking out some highlights from this year’s coverage.

An Edinburgh pub has issued a sharp response to a bad review from an unhappy tourist who insulted its staff. The Virginia native stated that their wedding party of 12 had been denied seating at the Rose Street Brewery, Edinburgh Live reports..

The Edinburgh Festival is currently in full swing with a packed programme of great theatre, comedy, cabaret, music, musicals, opera, dance, physical theatre, film, visual art, talks, debates and spoken word.CMU’s sister media ThreeWeeks is covering it all and here in the CMU Daily we’ll pick out some highlights from this year’s coverage.Today, we talk to comedian Vidura Bandara Rajapaksa about his Fringe show ‘Monsoon Season’. Click here to read the interview.

The Edinburgh Festival is currently in full swing with a packed programme of great theatre, comedy, cabaret, music, musicals, opera, dance, physical theatre, film, visual art, talks, debates and spoken word.CMU’s sister media ThreeWeeks is covering it all and here in the CMU Daily we’ll pick out some highlights from this year’s coverage.Today, we talk to comedian Tom Ward about his Fringe show ‘Anthem’. Click here to read the interview.

The Edinburgh Festival is currently in full swing with a packed programme of great theatre, comedy, cabaret, music, musicals, opera, dance, physical theatre, film, visual art, talks, debates and spoken word.CMU’s sister media ThreeWeeks is covering it all and here in the CMU Daily we’ll pick out some highlights from this year’s coverage.Today, we talk to musician, comedian and story-teller Faye Treacy who is performing her “honest musical storytelling show” ‘Where’s Your Head At?’ at this year’s Fringe. Click here to read the interview.

The New York Film Festival on Tuesday revealed its Spotlight section lineup, which includes the world premiere of She Said, Universal’s drama based on the work of New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey who investigated and wrote the bombshell 2017 Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse story.

The Edinburgh Festival is currently in full swing with a packed programme of great theatre, comedy, cabaret, music, musicals, opera, dance, physical theatre, film, visual art, talks, debates and spoken word.CMU’s sister media ThreeWeeks is covering it all and here in the CMU Daily we’ll pick out some highlights from this year’s coverage.Today, we talk to writer, playwright, podcaster and comedian James Nokise who is performing his show ‘God Damn Fancy Man’ at this year’s Fringe. Click here to read the interview.

The Edinburgh Festival is now underway with three weeks of great theatre, comedy, cabaret, music, musicals, opera, dance, physical theatre, film, visual art, talks, debates and spoken word.CMU’s sister media ThreeWeeks is covering it all and here in the CMU Daily we’ll pick out some highlights from this year’s coverage.Today, we put the spotlight on ‘Black Sheep’, a show described by its creator Livia Kojo Alour as “an experimental theatre piece including physical performance, song and spoken word – it’s a lively genre crossover with smooth transitions through music”.We spoke to Livia to find out more about the show. Click here to read the interview.

Arctic Monkeys have teased what songs fans can possibly expect from their upcoming Reading and Leeds Festival headline performances, after playing their first live show in over three years in Istanbul.

The Edinburgh Festival is now underway with three weeks of great theatre, comedy, cabaret, music, musicals, opera, dance, physical theatre, film, visual art, talks, debates and spoken word.CMU’s sister media ThreeWeeks is covering it all and here in the CMU Daily we’ll pick out some highlights from this year’s coverage.Today, we put the spotlight on ‘Unwanted Objects’ – a collection of stories and songs presented by David Head and Matt Glover as part of the Edinburgh Fringe – which is a follow up to 2018’s ‘A Good Service On All Other Lines’, which was also released as a podcast.We spoke to both performers to find out more about the show. Click here to read the interview.