BA (Hons) Television Production – Where Are They Now?

BA (HONS) TELEVISION PRODUCTION

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

TV Production graduate success stories year by year BA (Hons) Television Production is a highly successful course at the University of Bedfordshire achieving 95% student satisfaction in 2015, and 94% in 2014 (NSS). Our graduates and current students gain competitive jobs on top TV shows, including ITV’s X Factor, Piers Morgan Life Stories, The Paul O’Grady Show, Celebrity Juice, The Only Way is Essex, Channel 4’s Gogglebox, Sky Sports News, Premiership Rugby, BBC’s National Lottery, Don’t Tell the Bride, and Channel 5’s Celebrity Big Brother…

Carl Akkouh shooting Railroad Alaska for Discovery

There are so many success stories we can’t list them all, but here are a few…

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2006/7

2007/8

Mario Louis

Gina Randle

Assistant Producer: Home Away From Home BBC One

Digital Production Manager: Fresh One Productions

Shooting Assistant Producer: Botched Up Bodies Channel 5 and MTV

Digital Junior Production Manager: Jamie Oliver’s Drinks Tube

Researcher: The Gadget Show Channel 5 Embarrassing Bodies Channel 4, Britain’s Shoppers Channel 4

Researcher: Come Dine with Me ITV

Stuart Pinfold

Allar Kaasik

Technical Operator: BBC World Service

Freelance Nuke Compositor: Variety of adverts and music videos

Freelance Audio Engineer: Radio, TV, News and Events

Video Effects Tutor: National Film & Television School

David Wiseman

Data Wrangler: Young, Free & Single E4 Edit Assistant: Dr Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet Animal Planet, Christmas from Holy Trinity Sky Arts 1 Digital Imaging Technician (DIT): Scottish Mussel Feature film

2011 graduate, Ram Tripathi

MA Digital Post Production: National Film & Television School

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2008/9

2009/10

Ben Blakey

Alex Osborne

Production Co-ordinator: Renegade Pictures Wild West 3D for Discovery Channel/Sky 3D Production Co-ordinator: Studio Lambert Gogglebox Channel 4, Three in a Bed Channel 4

Multi skilled Operator: BBC New Broadcasting House, Al Jazeera Lighting Desk and Radamec Camera Operator: Sky Sports News Studio Supervisor: Argos TV

Claire Stubbs

Charlotte Brown

Production Co-ordinator: Celebrity Juice ITV2 series 9-12, Celebrity Big Brother 2013 Channel 5

VT Library Assistant: SIS LIVE

Junior Production Manager: Celebrity Juice ITV2, series 12-14

Production Secretary: The Only Way is Essex, Series 2-4

Ingest Media Operator: Sky

Media Manager: Directors Cut Films

Colin Finnerty

Remi Aaron

Video Editor: Perform Group on WTA Tennis, EuroLeague Basketball, Worldwide Football and Premiership Rugby

Camera Operator/Editor: Runaway Media

Assistant Editor: Seven Network, Australia

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Runner: The Mill

2010/11

2011/12

Jodie Lockwood

Corinne Riley

Production Co-ordinator: X Factor ITV Production Co-ordinator: Piers Morgan Life Stories ITV

Ram Tripathi

Product Specialist Colourist & Trainer: FilmLight Credits include BBC, Channel 5, Fox USA MA Digital Post Production: National Film and Television School Winner: Production Base Freelancer of the Year 2012

Carl Akkouh

DV Director: Take Me Out ITV, My Big Fat US Gypsy Wedding TLC US, Special Forces: Hell Week BBC2, Railroad Alaska Discovery, Benefits Britain Channel 5, Don’t Tell the Bride BBC, Making of North America PBS America Assistant Producer: The Only Way is Essex ITV2

Digital Video Editor & Producer: Wessex Water Assistant Producer: ETV Productions

Tulin Rufaioglu

Production Assistant: Silversun Media Group Group Leader: Camp Leaders, NYC Production Runner: ITV

Noel Brown

Assistant Production Manager: CBS Corporation, NYC Editorial Director: Jamaican Tourist Board, Jamaica Assistant Programme Director: French Tourist Board, Paris

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2012/13

2013/14

Bryony Dilnot

David Daji

Sakkina Merali-Piercy

Andrew Griffin

Production Secretary: Molifilms Feature Film Production Secretary: Celebrity Juice ITV, Virtually Famous E4 Production Runner: Dancing on Ice ITV

Production Secretary:1000 Heartbeats ITV, The Paul O’Grady Show ITV Assistant Floor Manager: Deal or No Deal Channel 4 Talent/Studio Runner: Piers Morgan Life Stories ITV, Alan Carr Chatty Man Channel 4, National Lottery Awards BBC

Katie Shore

Production Assistant IG: Live show director, vision mixer, graphics operator Media Director: DAD International British Camps Romania MSc Digital Film Technologies & Production: Distinction, University of Bedfordshire

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Production Manager: Universal TV Media

Crowd PA/Dailies: Boswell Street Productions Runner: Lewis, ITV Studios Runner: Capital, BBC drama

James Spooner

Freelance Editor: Clients include Sally Hanson, St John Ambulance, Waitrose Edit Assistant: Silversun Media Group, Brook Lapping Productions

2014/15

Gurneam Bains

Producer: Universal TV and Media TV adverts for Euronews, clients include Jawbone, Alcohoot, Sheaffer Pens

Above: Stuart Pinfold working at the sound desk, BBC Persian TV

Leila Bakkali

Runner: RDF Television, GrossBusters Studio Lambert Runner/Junior Researcher: Done and Dusted

Charlotte Sayers MA Producing Film and Television: Bournemouth University Audience Assistant: Sunday Politics BBC East

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Meet our staff Kathryn Wolfe Course Co-ordinator BA (Hons) Television Production Kathryn graduated from Bristol University with BA (Hons) in Drama and had a successful career in the TV industry as a Director on a wide variety of programmes. Her numerous BBC directing credits include Breakfast Time, The Clothes Show, Crimewatch UK, Teletubbies and BAFTA awardwinning Tweenies. She is a regular BAFTA jury member voting to decide the winning productions.

Kathryn is also a TV presenting coach to top presenters, and has authored So You Want to be a TV Presenter? and The TV Presenter’s Career Handbook.

Anthony Greenbank Senior Lecturer BA (Hons) Television Production Anthony has been producing, writing and directing in the television industry for several years. He has worked for BBC, ITV and Sky and has production experience that spans a variety of genres. Notable credits include Top of the Pops, Time Team, Brainiac, and RI:SE. Anthony has written for high profile presenters such as Cat Deeley and has written scripts and comedy sketches for a number of TV projects.

Want to learn more Email: admission@beds.ac.uk For more information about the course visit:

www.beds.ac.uk/television-production To view our TV Productions visit:

www.youtube.com/thetvlab

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