Excited to announce that our special guest for the upcoming March screen industry networking session, Bethan Arwel-Lewis, SBS' Commissioning Editor of Factual!

Bethan Arwel-Lewis is Commissioning Editor of Factual for SBS Australia, and is responsible for commissioning original factual content for the broadcaster.

Having worked in the TV industry for 20 years, Bethan has been responsible for multiple award-winning documentary series and factual formats, both in Australia and in the United Kingdom.

Before joining SBS Bethan worked extensively with major international networks, Series Producing a wide variety of programs including large fixed-camera productions, authored documentaries, and formatted and factual entertainment shows.

As the speaker of a minority language, Welsh, Bethan started her career making programs for the Welsh language broadcaster S4C and has gone on to have a strong track record for making distinctive and thought-provoking documentaries. This has been recognised with her recent accolades, having won an AACTA award for ‘Best Factual Program’ for three years running - in 2020 for the documentary series Murder in the Outback for Seven/Channel 4 UK, in 2021 for ABC series Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds, and in 2022 for Miriam Margolyes: Australia Unmasked for the ABC.

Friday, 15th March, 12:30-1:30pm, via Zoom online