BA (Hons) Television Production

UCAS code W621

A Foundation Year is available on this course. See page 64 for more information

Key Information

Accreditations: International Moving Image Society (IMIS)

Duration and delivery: 3 years full-time with a 4-week placement, or 4 years full-time with a 30week placement

Entry requirements: 104 - 120 tariff points

Required subjects: None

If English is not your first language: IELTS (Academic) 6.0 with a minimum of 6.0 in reading or writing and 5.5 in all other components or equivalent

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On this course you won’t simply be replicating what you’ve seen on screen – we want you to be an innovator and shape the future of television. You’ll be producing your own programmes, fictional as well as factual, both in the studio and on location, as you gain crucial hands-on experience and a solid grounding in real-world professional television production.

Rapid change

The TV industry has changed rapidly over recent years. Demand for high-end TV drama, long-form documentary and event TV has never been higher across a range of on-demand and digital platforms. As a result, those wishing to enter the industry need a very specific range of skills and attributes in order to thrive in the dynamic, rapidly evolving television production industry. This course gives you the opportunity to develop these skills, to find your specialism and to develop your professionalism.

Hands-on approach

This course combines a hands-on professional approach with academic study of the television industry. You’ll have access to broadcast-quality resources, studios and post-production facilities, including a film studio and two Ultra High Definition broadcast standard multi-camera TV studios.

Work placement

You have the option to complete either a four- or 30-week placement. Not only will you put the theory and skills learnt on the course into action, but you’ll also be able to make contacts, enhance your CV and improve your career prospects.

Thorough understanding

You’ll be taught by practitioners, distinguished academics and industry-seasoned guest speakers, so by the end of your degree you’ll have gained a complementary blend of academic skills and industry-realistic practical ones.

What an experience BU has been, from the first day feeling incredibly out of my depth and now an RTS winner. Progression is the thing that shocked me most as now I am a fully qualified camera operator, director, editor, sound operator, you name it. BU has been the best thing that has ever happened to me.

Tom Parry, student