I have always worked in broadcast media or media related fields, developing a wide range of skills and expertise in television presentation and production. Until November 2002, I was the Series Producer for BBC Television's "Talking Movies". I then joined London International Television as Head of Production while setting setting up a television consultancy business to further exploit my wide-ranging career and experience which has involved me with many of the major broadcasting organisations in the UK.

I have initiated or been involved in a number of broadcasting start-up projects, introducing new ways of working or creating a viable operation from scratch. In Northern Ireland, I pioneered the self-op BBC Television continuity suite, which combined out-of-vision voice over with vision mixing, and was subsequently introduced into all the BBC stations, including London. Here, I developed this further, by rearranging the OU schedule so that one announcer could run 2 channels simultaneously.

At Superchannel and UK Gold, I introduced new presentation styles, incorporating new technology that allowed a significantly different approach to programme promotion and continuity. I even found a way to make commercials easier on the eye! More recently at the BBC. With the advent of new and more user friendly software in post-production, I have demonstrated that desktop editing to full broadcast specification, while not the full answer, is a practical application. This enabled me to pitch and have commissioned two new programme ideas, both of which are still being scheduled.

From that early point in my career, I have tried to exploit craft skills that are incorporated in a much-used word and increasingly employed resource, multi-skilling, to the extent that for nearly ten years I headed up a team of production staff that carry out the greater majority of their video tape editing, graphics and audio work while still retaining and using their directing skills and editorial judgement.

Now, through my own company, I have signed exclusive deals with the BBC and Pace Communications to provide programming and compilations to be shown on airlines throughout the world. These incorporate 5 minute Business Profiles, a burgeoning area for companies to exploit as they attempt to reach their target markets,

As a freelance producer, I am always looking for new projects that will challenge my creative approach to television programming and I have several documentary and magazine format programme ideas under development.

Do contact me if you think that I could help you in your enterprise.

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