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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