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The BBC Academy Podcast

Essential listening for the broadcast production, journalism and technology communities. Your guide to everything from editorial and craft skills to taking your next step in the industry. Practical advice on all aspects of TV, radio, journalism.

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22:14

4K and Ultra-HD: Making programmes

The BBC Academy Podcast ·

2016/01/28

This is the second part of our 4K podcast with Philippa Law, technology engagement officer for BBC Research and Development (R&D).In our last podcast, 4K and UHD: Why does it matter?, we broke down what 4K and UHD mean for your production. This week we talk more about the practical aspect of filming in UHD - the kit you'll need, data storage and the production workflow.Philippa speaks to Mark Harrison, director of the BBC Technology Futures Group, John Heraty, a broadcast trainer within the BBC

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18:12

4K and UHD: Why does it matter?

The BBC Academy Podcast ·

2016/01/21

It seems that the 4K and ultra-high definition revolution is just around the corner. But what will this mean for broadcasting? And is adopting 4K for your production really necessary?In the first of two podcasts, the technology engagement officer for BBC Research and Development Philippa Law speaks to Mark Harrison, director of the BBC Technology Futures Group, John Heraty, a broadcast technology trainer with the BBC Academy and John Kent, head of digital at Lambert productions.Ultra HD and its

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21:02

Women in journalism: challenges and career development

The BBC Academy Podcast ·

2016/01/14

The BBC Academy's Najiba Kasraee is joined by BBC Swahili service editor and presenter Zuhura Yunus, BBC Russian's Renata Tairbekova and Mahjooba Nowrouzi from the BBC Afghan stream.They talk candidly about the challenges of being a woman in the newsroom and offer advice on how to progress while maintaining a work/life balance.These four journalists, all based at the World Service's London headquarters, talk about the challenges and advantages of being a female journalist in their home countries as

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17:05

BBC Academy Podcast: Review of 2015

The BBC Academy Podcast ·

2015/12/17

The year is nearly over, but not before the BBC Academy Podcast review of the year!We've had another fantastic year catching up with the likes of award-winning writer Mike Bartlett on his hit TV series Doctor Foster, Sarah Solemani on going from acting in comedies to writing them, and radio presenter Noreen Khan on getting more black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) talent on air. We’ve also had a great 12 months chatting to unforgettable on-screen talent including Chris Evans, Christian O'Connell

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23:18

How to create an ebook

The BBC Academy Podcast ·

2015/12/11

Downloadable to your device, ebooks can contain text, images, video, audio and other multimedia, creating many exciting storytelling opportunities for content producers. D-Day’s Last Heroes, A Guide to Your Cat and The Road to Milk Wood are just a few of the ebooks based on BBC TV programmes. We find out about the practical aspects involved in creating interactive ebooks with Anya Saunders and Pasquale Tropea, part of the team working on these BBC ebooks, as well as Hazel Marshall, a digital

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23:31

How to get a job in sports broadcasting

The BBC Academy Podcast ·

2015/12/03

Radio 1 Newsbeat presenter Tina Daheley talks to sports presenter Manish Bhasin, the commentator and retired England footballer Lucy Ward, BBC Sport senior producer Pete Andrews and Julie-Pia Aberdein, digital executive producer for Manchester United Football Club.Recorded at the 1Xtra sessions, part of 1Xtra live, in Bradford on 2 October 2015, the panel talk about how they worked their way into the industry and turned their passion into a career.Manish's break came at BBC Radio Leicester; Lucy

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10:59

Radio: The medium that refuses to give in and wither...

The BBC Academy Podcast ·

2015/11/26

Radio always gets a bit of a ribbing compared to television (it’s only a bit of audio, where are all the pictures? etc). But actually, let’s be honest, we all love radio.Millions tune in every morning to breakfast shows, drive-time programmes, broadcasts in the middle of the day… so we obviously haven't fallen out of love with it. Radio is not dying this death that someone always predicts.Presenter Emma Barnett hits the nail on the head when she says: “We, the British people, love it so much - hence

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20:12

The Coroner: A masterclass in daytime drama

The BBC Academy Podcast ·

2015/11/19

Executive producer Will Trotter, producer Sandra MacIver, director Matt Carter and Jon Boyce, who provided technical expertise, join the director of BBC Birmingham and the BBC Academy, Joe Godwin, for this masterclass on BBC One's The Coroner, recorded on 12 November 2015. The Coroner is produced by Birmingham's drama village - producer of Doctors, WPC 56 and the worldwide successes Father Brown and Land Girls.The 10-part series follows the coroner, played by Claire Goose, as she investigates

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22:05

Broadcasting young voices: Podium.me

The BBC Academy Podcast ·

2015/11/12

In a time when it seems young people are only in the news for the wrong reasons - stabbings, cyber bullying and binge drinking - here is something positive that will give you an insight into the thoughts of young people these days. And all from the horse’s mouth too, as the saying goes.Podium.me is a platform set up by Camilla Byk and Annabel Merrett where all the work is done by young people aged 25 and under. It was set up in the wake of the London riots in 2011. Camilla spoke to some teenagers

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10:36

Radio festival: the future of radio's mobile, loud...

The BBC Academy Podcast ·

2015/11/06

Amy Kean is a media futurologist and the head of Havas Media.Media futurologist, you say? Yes it is a real thing. What does she actually do though? Amy looks at current data and trends and from those she draws conclusions about how we should behave in the future.Technology is really changing how we live our daily lives and the thing that has changed it the most in the past few years is without a doubt, the smartphone. We as consumers are increasingly demanding. We don’t want to just watch music

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13:16

Radio festival: Disrupt or be disrupted

The BBC Academy Podcast ·

2015/11/05

J. R. Little is the head of global innovations at Carat Productions, which is part of Dentsu Aegis Network, the global network innovating the way brands are built. His job “is to help companies innovate, stand out, disrupt and to deflect disruption”.What does this even mean and why would we want to disrupt a company’s brand?"Fall in love with advertisers, fall in love with experiences and fall in love with technology."– J.R. LittleThere has been a lot of change in the past few years, whether that is

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21:14

Danny and the Human Zoo

The BBC Academy Podcast ·

2015/10/29

Danny and the Human Zoo is a fictionalised account of Sir Lenny Henry’s life as a teenager in 1970s Dudley. The drama centres on Danny Fearon, a talented impressionist played by young actor Kascion Franklin and his large working class Jamaican family, with Cecilia Noble as Danny’s mother and Lenny Henry as Danny’s father, Samson.It was also another 'first' as it was the director Destiny Ekaragha’s first TV project. Destiny had previously made short films called The Park and Tight Jeans, which was

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24:10

In conversation with Mike Bartlett

The BBC Academy Podcast ·

2015/10/23

Award-winning writer and director Mike Bartlett didn’t always write: he dabbled in acting at university and afterwards wanted to go into directing theatre but would always “flunk the interviews”. Bad times.He began to write for a few reasons - one of which was boredom - and suddenly found his job interviews started to go well. Good times.The reason? “Because I didn’t have to sell myself - I just put the script on the table. It was all about the work, not me.”His latest show on BBC One was the

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29:00

Iain Softely on directing The Outcast

The BBC Academy Podcast ·

2015/07/10

The Outcast has been described as a deeply romantic, uncomfortably honest coming-of-age story set in booming post-war Britain. A best-selling novel by Sadie Jones, the book has been adapted by Sadie for BBC One with Iain Softley directing the two-parter.Iain Softley is probably better known as a director of Hollywood blockbusters such as Hackers, The Wings of the Dove, K-Pax and Inkheart. So how did he come to directing an adaptation for TV?Iain speaks to Frankie Ward about how he felt so connected

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29:23

Developing The Outcast with Sadie Jones

The BBC Academy Podcast ·

2015/07/09

Beth Pattinson, development executive at BBC Films talks to Sadie Jones, screenwriter and novelist, ahead of the debut of her two-part drama, The Outcast, on BBC One. Sadie details her journey as an unproduced screenwriter to novelist and back. The Outcast began as a feature film script but when producers were unable to make it the way they wanted to Sadie turned the story into a novel.Within a year, the book was published to wide critical acclaim and won the Costa First Novel Award. It was also a

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21:50

a Brit abroad: working on drama in the USA

The BBC Academy Podcast ·

2015/06/04

Is life across the pond different for writers and producers compared to over here? Steve Lightfoot is an executive producer and writer who has worked on BBC One's Casualty and the Emmy-award winning House of Saddam. He is currently showrunner on Hannibal on the American network channel NBC. Having made the leap from the UK to the USA, he shares his experiences with BBC Writersoom's Henry Swindell.

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10:54

Radio producer/presenter relationship - getting it right

The BBC Academy Podcast ·

2015/05/21

In this podcast we speak to presenters and producers alike including Capital Xtra's Marvin Humes, Radio 1Xtra's Yasmin Evans, Radio 1's Greg James and award-winning BBC Three Counties presenter Iain Lee on what radio producers do and how having a great the producer/presenter relationship is beneficial to both roles. The producer/presenter relationship is such a vital aspect to radio that Greg James says he wouldn't be the presenter he is today without his producers. Both parties have to trust,

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19:42

Shark: meet producer Simon Blakeney

The BBC Academy Podcast ·

2015/05/07

Bloodthirsty hunters or social and complex creatures? Natural History Unit producer Simon Blakeney talks to us about the making of the landmark series Shark, a new three part trilogy by the BBC's Natural History Unit.

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39:02

Social media and the law

The BBC Academy Podcast ·

2015/04/23

What place do traditional broadcasters have in this ever-evolving online world? Is there really one law for broadcasters like the BBC and another for nameless individuals? Gathered around the table to discuss social media, broadcasting and the law are Anna Doble, online editor from BBC Newsbeat, Mark Frankel, assistant editor from BBC Social News, and producer Tim Johns from BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine Show.

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29:43

Fresh views on Radio 4

The BBC Academy Podcast ·

2015/03/12

In this podcast, we meet some of the latest intake from the BBC's Radio Journalism Apprenticeship scheme - Ben Mitchell, Daniel Parker, Kathryn Twelvetree and Thomas Harding Assinder. They take a fresh look at one of the new ways to get on the media career ladder.

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