First of two Podcasts from the 'mediaguardian Edinburgh International Television Festival'. Lots of name-dropping, along with minor criticism of Edinburgh 'signage issues', muses on Edinburgh climate and apologies for lack of atmos'.

 

This is my round-up of the final day of this year's 'mediaguardian Edinburgh International TV Festival'. Lots of gushing about famous people that I have seen and talked to...and then a chat in a VERY NOISY bar at the Conference Centre with some delegates who were attending courtesy of Television for Young People (TVYP)

...in which I discuss amongst other things, the difference between journalism/broadcasting and academe, Thunderbirds, Kenny Everett, and fascinating technical details on 'kit' used for my Podcasts

...in which I discuss the final concert in the 2006 season of the 'Liverpool Summer Pops', Churchill and Orwell, shooting elephants, and the dangers of simultaneous swimming and time-keeping