TV Festival Unveils Dates, Venues & Advisory Chair For First-Ever Greater Manchester Edition

Deadline - Oct 22, 2026

The UK’s biggest TV Festival has revealed the dates it will officially launch in Greater Manchester for the first time, with Sony international productions boss Wayne Garvie aboard as advisory chair. The TV Festival will move one week back from its traditional Edinburgh slot to the week after the August Bank Holiday from Tuesday August […]

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