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Greg Dyke in conversation with Peter Bazalgette
Thu 9 October 2008
The Script Factory stages a regular programme of events in partnership with colleagues at the National Film and Television School. In addition to our joint programme, the School also stages its own excellent events programme on site at Beaconsfield, where it brings some of the luminaries of the film & TV industries together to talk for the benefit of NFTS students. These are exclusive events with no public tickets on sale - and occasionally we are lucky enough to grab a handful of seats.
For this week's event - Greg Dyke in conversation with Peter Bazalgette - we have two pairs of tickets to give away. To claim one of them please email general@scriptfactory.co.uk now and winners will be notified by 10am tomorrow (Wednesday) morning.
Greg Dyke in conversation with Peter Bazalgette
Thursday 9th October - 5.45pm
New Cinema
National Film and Television School
Beaconsfield Studios, Station Road
Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire
HP9 1LG
"My view is - 'What are the things we want to do? Okay, let's do
them.'" - Greg Dyke
"I believe, and I am not alone in believing, that you have not got the
balance right between support and dissent; between news and comment; between the voices of the Iraqi regime and the voices of Iraqi dissidents; or between the diplomatic support we have, and diplomatic opposition." - Tony Blair in a letter to Greg Dyke
'My view was straightforward: if the government was going to try to
bully the BBC, then I was going to fight back,' Greg Dyke's response
'Roland Rat's Dad Gets Top TV Job' - The Sun newspaper
Greg Dyke is one of the most powerful and controversial people in the UK Media Industry. The NFTS is delighted to be able to welcome him for a Masterclass to talk with Peter Bazalgette (Chair of Endemol UK, creators of Big Brother) about his remarkable career.
Greg Dyke is currently the chairman of the BFI. His career has included stints at LWT where among other things he is credited with saving Breakfast Television partly through his creation of a furry puppet wide-boy 'Roland Rat' an iconic figure of the 1980s. He also created the football premiership. He helped create Channel 5, has been a director at Channel Four Television, ITN and BSkyB and of course was Director General of the BBC. At the BBC he stood up to Tony Blair and the labour government over criticism of the BBC's coverage of the Iraq war and in particular the Hutton inquiry's investigation into claims over weapons of mass destruction.
He is a remarkable force in the UK media industry – this is a rare chance to hear him in conversation.