Succession and Peep Show creator Jesse Armstrong shares his thoughts on writing for film and TV.

Jesse is the co-creator of the BAFTA Award-winning Peep Show, as well as Fresh Meat, Bad Sugar, Babylon and, with Chris Morris, Four Lions. He was also a co-writer of The Thick of It and the Oscar-nominated In the Loop, and wrote the Entire History of You for Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror.

Most recently he has received critical acclaim as the creator of comedy-drama series Succession, for which he won four consecutive Emmy Awards for Outstanding Writing.

Host: Rowan Woods, Creative Director, Edinburgh TV Festival

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