{"id":271963,"date":"2025-07-18T11:57:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T11:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/271963\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T11:57:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T11:57:14","slug":"tina-fey-charlie-brooker-join-50th-edinburgh-tv-festival-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/271963\/","title":{"rendered":"Tina Fey &#038; Charlie Brooker Join 50th Edinburgh TV Festival Lineup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/tina-fey\/\" id=\"auto-tag_tina-fey\" data-tag=\"tina-fey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tina Fey<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/charlie-brooker\/\" id=\"auto-tag_charlie-brooker\" data-tag=\"charlie-brooker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charlie Brooker<\/a> have joined what is gearing up to be a seriously splashy 50th edition of the <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/edinburgh-tv-festival\/\" id=\"auto-tag_edinburgh-tv-festival\" data-tag=\"edinburgh-tv-festival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edinburgh TV Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tComedy icon Fey, star of 30 Rock and the creator of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and The Four Seasons, will chat with Irish TV Host <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/graham-norton\/\" id=\"auto-tag_graham-norton\" data-tag=\"graham-norton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Graham Norton<\/a> on stage on the final day of the fest, which takes place next month. \u201cFey brings her distinct charm, wit and insight to this lively conversation with beloved broadcaster\u00a0Graham Norton,\u201d Edinburgh said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tShe joins a tranche of new speakers that include Black Mirror creator Brooker and UK super producer Stephen Lambert, whose credits include The Traitors, Gogglebox and Undercover Boss. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tMeanwhile, the alternative MacTaggart will be delivered by comedian, writer and actor Munya Chawawa, who will \u201cmake the case for why broadcasters underestimate digital creatives at their peril, and will issue a call to arms for creative risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tFey brings a serious dose of star power to the UK\u2019s top TV confab. Already confirmed for this year\u2019s fest is <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/07\/james-harding-deliver-edinburgh-tv-festival-mactaggart-1236452862\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shonda Rhimes<\/a>, who will receive an inaugural fellowship, and<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/07\/lenny-henry-edinburgh-fest-outstanding-achievement-award-1236449879\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Lenny Henry<\/a>, who takes the outstanding achievement award. The MacTaggart will be delivered by former BBC News boss <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/07\/james-harding-deliver-edinburgh-tv-festival-mactaggart-1236452862\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Harding<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tEdinburgh has also unveiled a number of sessions that include Adolescence co-creator Jack Thorne speaking to Culture Minister Chris Bryant and a worldview address from Sony International boss Wayne Garvie. There will also be creative masterclasses on Adolescence, Last One Laughing UK and Rivals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tina Fey and Charlie Brooker have joined what is gearing up to be a seriously splashy 50th edition&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3937],"tags":[2980,102997,77,37593,27671,382,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-271963","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-charlie-brooker","9":"tag-edinburgh-tv-festival","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-graham-norton","12":"tag-tina-fey","13":"tag-tv","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114874118802728806","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}