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| Brian Henson, son of Muppets creator Jim Henson, will be among the speakers at this year's Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival in August. | Brian Henson, son of Muppets creator Jim Henson, will be among the speakers at this year's Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival in August. |
| Henson, an award-winning director and producer and chairman of the Jim Henson Company, will present The Evolution of Puppetry session at the festival, giving an insight into how the use of puppets has evolved from The Muppet show to the modern era on TV and film. His credits as a director include The Muppet Christmas Carol and Muppet Treasure Island. | Henson, an award-winning director and producer and chairman of the Jim Henson Company, will present The Evolution of Puppetry session at the festival, giving an insight into how the use of puppets has evolved from The Muppet show to the modern era on TV and film. His credits as a director include The Muppet Christmas Carol and Muppet Treasure Island. |
| TV executives will also get their annual opportunity to humiliate themselves before their industry peers at the 2013 GEITF, which runs from 22 to 24 August, in a special festival edition of Great British Bake Off. | TV executives will also get their annual opportunity to humiliate themselves before their industry peers at the 2013 GEITF, which runs from 22 to 24 August, in a special festival edition of Great British Bake Off. |
| Contestants who have signed up for the Great British Bake Off: Edinburgh Special include Sky head of entertainment Phil Edgar-Jones and Lisa Thomas, co-director of Lola Entertainment. | Contestants who have signed up for the Great British Bake Off: Edinburgh Special include Sky head of entertainment Phil Edgar-Jones and Lisa Thomas, co-director of Lola Entertainment. |
| Other 2013 festival highlights include a session on TV and film music from Bond, Olympics and Sherlock composer David Arnold; masterclasses looking at The Undateables and Pointless; and Making Crime Pay, a look at crime dramas, featuring Broadchurch executive producer Jane Featherstone and Luther creator Neil Cross. | Other 2013 festival highlights include a session on TV and film music from Bond, Olympics and Sherlock composer David Arnold; masterclasses looking at The Undateables and Pointless; and Making Crime Pay, a look at crime dramas, featuring Broadchurch executive producer Jane Featherstone and Luther creator Neil Cross. |
| There will also be sessions on how new digital players such as Xbox and YouTube are getting into content commissioning, cracking the US scripting programming market, and The Worst TV I've Made That Taught Me Everything. | There will also be sessions on how new digital players such as Xbox and YouTube are getting into content commissioning, cracking the US scripting programming market, and The Worst TV I've Made That Taught Me Everything. |
| GEITF announced earlier this month that Kevin Spacey, the Academy Award-winning actor and artistic director of London's Old Vic theatre, will be delivering the keynote MacTaggart lecture at this year's festival. | GEITF announced earlier this month that Kevin Spacey, the Academy Award-winning actor and artistic director of London's Old Vic theatre, will be delivering the keynote MacTaggart lecture at this year's festival. |
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