MacTaggart Hall of Fame
Welcome to the MacTaggart Lecture Archive.
The James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture is the Edinburgh International Televisions Festival’s keynote address. The lecture was named in honour of the writer, producer and director who died in 1974, and has fast established itself as a platform for important policy announcements and agenda-setting speeches.
Take a look through the video and transcripts below to explore a selection of MacTaggart lectures from the past two decades.
► MacTaggart Lecture Videos
► Full list of past James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture speakers
2012 Elisabeth Murdoch, Chairman, Shine Group - View Transcript
2011 Dr Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman, Google - View Transcript
2010 Mark Thompson, Director General, BBC - View Transcript
2009 James Murdoch, Chairman and Chief Executive, Europe and Asia, News Corporation - View Transcript
2008 Peter Fincham, Director of Television, ITV - View Transcript
2007 Jeremy Paxman, Broadcaster, Newsnight, BBC - View Transcript
2006 Charles Allen, Chief Executive, ITV - View Transcript
2005 Lord Birt - View Transcript
2004 John Humphrys - View Transcript
2003 Tony Ball, Chief Executive, BSkyB - View Transcript
2002 Mark Thompson, Chief Executive, Channel 4 - View Transcript
2001 David Liddiment, Director of Channels, ITV Network - View Transcript
2000 Greg Dyke, Director General, BBC - View Transcript
1999 Richard Eyre, Chief Executive, ITV Network Centre - View Transcript
1998 Peter Bazalgette, Managing Director, Bazal - View Transcript
1997 Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran, Writers - View Transcript
1996 John Birt, Director General, BBC - View Transcript
1995 Janet Street-Porter - View Transcript
1994 Greg Dyke - View Transcript
1993 Dennis Potter, Playwright and Director - View Transcript
1992 Michael Grade, Chief Executive, Channel 4 - View Transcript
1991 David Elstein, Director of Programmes, Thames Television -View Transcript
1990 Verity Lambert, Independent Film and Television Producer, Cinema Verity - View Transcript
1989 Rupert Murdoch, CEO News Corporation and proprietor, Sky TV - View Transcript
