TELEVISION PRODUCTION BA Honours
Course summary
Our Television Production BA is a practice-based course taught by broadcast industry professionals and media theorists, combining critical analysis with hands-on practical skills.
Our course focuses on how television programmes are conceived, produced, commissioned and distributed in a digital broadcast and multi-platform environment.
You’ll work across a digital workflow supporting single-camera and multi-camera studio production modes and produce programmes across all genres, from documentary and drama series to TV commercials and studio entertainment shows.
As well as learning practical skills in editing, camera operations, sound recording, lighting and graphics, you’ll study critical analysis of the ever-changing global broadcast and digital media industries.
You’ll work with industry-standard facilities and equipment, while being taught by experienced industry professionals and practitioners, including documentary filmmakers, directors, producers and screenwriters. We also host a range of visiting lecturers and guest speakers, from sound designers to investigative journalists and social media strategists.
Our course is designed to prepare you for the challenge of a multi-skilled, mixed-portfolio career, and our graduates leave equipped with the knowledge, skills and mindset necessary to thrive in the creative industries.
Our course capitalises on the benefits that London has to offer, particularly through our connections with the many production companies based in the city, with links that include ITV studios, Disney and London Live. Our students have undertaken work experience with a range of employers, including the BBC, Endemol and ITV.
Based at our vibrant Harrow Campus, just a 20-minute train ride from central London, you’re ideally placed to take up a range of exciting opportunities as you begin your professional career.
CAREERS
Our Television Production BA students graduate with the skills to work in all areas of broadcast television and have a high employment rate in many different roles and aspects of the media, including children's television, drama, music video production, sports broadcasting, studio entertainment productions, TV commercials, the film industry and the corporate television sector.
Our graduates also frequently find employment in the music and film industries, and many others remain in academia or progress to the National Film School.
Industry links
We have connections with many production companies based in London, with links that include ITV studios, Disney and London Live.
You’ll be taught by experienced industry professionals and practitioners, including documentary filmmakers, directors, producers and screenwriters.
We also host a range of visiting lecturers and guest speakers, from sound designers to investigative journalists to social media strategists.
In the past, students have been offered regular opportunities to attend Master Classes run by The Royal Television Society and Creative Skillset.
Work experience
Our students have undertaken work experience with a range of employers, including:
- BBC
- Endemol
- ITV
On graduating, almost all of our graduates have begun work as runners with television or media companies in the past, usually in roles secured through our active work experience programme.
Job roles
This course will prepare you for roles such as:
- Advertising strategist and creative
- Cinematographer
- Director
- Documentary filmmaker
- Editor
- Media/audience researcher
- Producer
- Screenwriter
- Social media strategist and content creator
- Sound designer
Graduate employers
Graduates from this course have found employment at organisations including:
- Applause Store
- BBC
- Channel 4
- Disney
- Endemol
- Fremantle
- Global
- ITV
- London Live
- Premier League
- Sky
- Syco
- Tortoise Media
- QVC
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