History on TV
Craig Thompson, Executive Producer, World Congress of History Producers announces this year’s Congress produced in association with History Today.
If you were to step back in time just ten years and suggest that history programming would soon become one of the most popular genres on television, even the experts might not agree.
What was once considered ‘niche’ programming has now become so mainstream that television broadcasters around the world now devote all or part of their schedules to content with historical themes. Whether it’s military, social, cultural or biographical history; whether it’s presented in a documentary, dramatic or ‘reality’ formats, history content has become a global industry.
From November 16th-19th, the leaders of this industry will be gathering in London for the sixth annual World Congress of History Producers, an international forum for creators, producers, broadcasters, distributors and academics – people who share a passion and a business for telling the stories of history on television.
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