EXCLUSIVE: Fleabag, Baby Reindeer, Saturday Night Live UK and Taskmaster are just a handful of the shows that may have never seen the light of day if it wasn’t for the Edinburgh TV Festival’s “alchemy” with the Edinburgh Fringe.
That is the impasssioned argument being shouted from the rooftops by a growing chorus of people desperate for the TV Festival to stay put in the Scottish capital.
Edinburgh TV Festival organizers invited bids to relocate its host city for the first time in 50 years late last year. Last week, it was revealed that these bids to host the fest from 2027 have been whittled down to Greater Manchester, Newcastle, or the third option of remaining in Edinburgh. The Fringe, which is widely recognized as the biggest arts festival in the world, takes place throughout August and the festival, which brings together the great and good of the industry,
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