Opening Address
Sponsored by Belfast Media Festival
Location: Downstairs Theatre
Time: Wednesday 16th November, 10.45am
Kathy Clugston & William Crawley
Kathy Clugston
Broadcaster/Journalist/Writer
Kathy Clugston is best known for her work on BBC Radio 4. After many years as a newsreader she now hosts the long-running programme Gardeners' Question Time.
She has always had a passion for culture and the Arts: she has written a musical, a novelty book called A Brief History of Tim and presents the weekly entertainment show The Ticket on BBC Radio Ulster.
William Crawley
Broadcaster & Journalist
William Crawley is a journalist and broadcaster with the BBC presenting TV and radio programmes on subjects as varied as news and politics, arts and science, and religion and ethics. He hosts the daily radio current affairs programme Talkback for BBC Radio Ulster, Sunday on BBC Radio 4, and regularly writes and presents documentaries for BBC Radio 3 and the BBC World Service.
His television work includes the landmark natural history series Blueprint, the interview series William Crawley Meets, a three-part autobiographical series documenting life in Northern Ireland (Sorry For Your Trouble, Dying For A Drink, and Losing Our Religion), Independent People: The Story of Ulster’s Presbyterians, and the 15-part global history of immigration Brave New World.
