Caroline Thomson asks if the BBC needs a new regulatory system following Lord Dyson's report, and Charlene Chika Osuagwu reflects on what has changed a year on from George Floyd's death in this month's TV diary. Steve Clarke looks back on the satirical Drop the Dead Donkey for this month's Comfort Classic, and Kate Holman listens to the Inside Inside No. 9 podcast. 'Our Friend in the North East' Graeme Thompson discusses the region's future as a TV production hub, and Matthew Bell talks to fight director Kate Waters about choreographing fight scenes for Coronation Street. Gideon Spanier examines how reforms are necessary as TV advertising is rebounding, and Tara Conlan sees how a new training fund is aimed at workers who want to build careers outside of London. Matthew Bell reports from the preview and Q&A of BritBox's The Beast Must Die, and Shilpa Ganatra finds out how to create hit scripts at the RTS Futures It's a Sin masterclass with creators Russell T Davies, Nichola Shindler and Lee Mason. Steve Clarke learns how Small Axe came to fruition from the key people behind the anthology series, and
hears how the BBC's 'Across the UK' strategy will work in practice from BBC Director of Nations Rhodri Talfan Davies. Read the full June issue here. The nominations for the national RTS Student Television Awards 2021, sponsored by Kinetic Content, have been announced. The winners will be crowned at a virtual awards ceremony on Friday 25 June at 2pm, streamed live via the RTS website and hosted by broadcast presenter and award-winning radio host, Vick Hope. See the full list of nominees here. Next week, RTS Scotland explores the future of off screen production diversity in Scotland on Tuesday 15 June, and RTS Thames Valley hosts a session about how to get a script to screen on Wednesday 16 June. RTS Northern Ireland hosts two events, a Futures event about how
to stand out in an interview, and an examination of the next steps for production in 2021 and beyond on Thursday 17 June. On the RTS YouTube, Feel Good's Mae Martin told us about their favourite show, which show they shamelessly binged, and which series made them laugh and cry for our new series Channel Surfing. In other RTS news, we are absolutely delighted to welcome two new Trustees to our Board: Yasmina Hadded, Director of Business Affairs at Netflix, and Sinéad Rocks, Managing Director, Nations & Regions at Channel 4. You can read about them here. RTS Mini-Quiz 1. Which pundit and ex-football player will present Soccer Aid 2021? 2. Who was crowned the winner of Glow Up: Britain’s Next Make-Up Star? 3. Which Marvel character has their own new series on Disney+? 4. Which BritBox drama has been renewed for a second series this week? 5. Who will play in the first Euros match this Friday? | 
