Speaking: Edinburgh TV Festival - The Alternative MacTaggart Lecture, 28 August 2005

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Series[UMA-SRE-20170009] SPEAKINGAccession[2014.0038] GERMAINE GREER ARCHIVEIdentifierUMA-ITE-2017000900563Scope and ContentContains: Invitation, correspondence and schedule on Greer participation in the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival (MGEITF), 26-28 August 2005. Greer gave the Alternative MacTaggart lecture, 28/8/2005, titled 'Reality television is both a tautology and an oxymoron', for travel and accommodation expenses only. Includes laser print of typescript (of lecture), 2 versions 15p, 17p (annotated version), both begin: "Humankind cannot bear much reality - according to T.S. Eliot...".; printouts of web pages of research material on surveillance; two colour photographs of Greer giving lecture. Correspondents: Germaine Greer; Carol Horne (for Germaine Greer); Tim Hincks, MCEITF Advisory Chair; Kirsty McLaughlan, Editorial Co-ordinator; Simon Harris, MGEITF; Sarah McMinn, Sponsorship & Marketing Co-ordinator, MGEITF; Ayesha Karim-Khan, Gillon Aitken Associates; Leah Middleton, Gillon Aitken Associates; Alan Rusbridger, The Guardian; Claudia Wood, Panellist Co-ordinator, MGEITF; Shaun Williams, The Guardian. Subjects: Lectures and lecturing; Festivals; Television programsAccess StatusAccess restrictions applyRequest TypeRequest unitUnit2017.0009 Unit 0017

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CreatorGreer, GermaineRoleProvenance

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Date26 January 2005-14 September 2005

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Speaking: Edinburgh TV Festival - The Alternative MacTaggart Lecture, 28 August 2005