The MacTaggart Lecture - which has a history of making waves in the media world and setting our TV viewing agenda for the year ahead - will be exclusively streamed on Sky News, the official broadcast partner of the Edinburgh TV Festival 2022.
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- will speak about the complex world of modern journalism and the challenges of holding power to account. The festival will be a fully in-person event this year, after several years online due to the pandemic.The James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture - named in honour of the writer, producer and director who died in 1974 - is the centrepiece of the festival, and this year will be exclusively streamed on Sky News.