Which TV job for me?

• What does it involve?
• What do I need to get in?
• What's my likely career path?

This section will enable you to get an idea of what people actually do all day in their respective TV jobs, how they got there and the best way for you to follow in their footsteps.

Click on any listed role above to access a page of information about that particular career choice.

Work Experience - Example - BBC Watchdog	Work Experience - StartinTV.com - Advice
Work Experience - the way in!	Work Experience - Via StartinTV.com
1st AD - Assistant Director (Film-TV)	Apprentice Lighting Technician, Lighting Grip, Electrician, Spark
Assistant Floor Manager	Assistant Producer Factual TV
Best Boy	Break into Documentaries
Broadcast Journalist	Broadcasting in General
Camera Assistant, Focus Puller	Camera Operator (Studio/Outside Broadcast) - TV
Cameraperson - Location Single Camera	Casting Assistant
Casting Director	Clapper-Loader / 2nd Assistant Cameraman
Co-Producer	Composer for TV & Film
Costume Design - Light Ent	Director
Director of Photography	DV Director
Editor	Editor 2
Engineering	Executive Producer Live Breakfast News
FILM EDITOR	Floor Manager
Gaffer	Graphics - Design Director
Grip	Hairdresser TV/Film
Journalism	Lighting Cameraman, Director of Photography
Lighting Director	Live News Director
Local Radio Producer/Reporter	Location Manager
Make-up - A Personal Story	Make-up and Hair - On location
Make-up Artist	New Presenter - How I got in!
PRESENTING A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE	Producer
Producer/Director (Cameraman)	Producer/Director - BBC
Production Assistant, Broadcast Assistant	Production Designer, Art Director
Production Manager	Production Secretary
Researcher	Runner
Runner - Office Runner	Script Supervisor/Continuity Supervisor
Series Producer	Sound - Production Sound Mixer
Sound Recordist	TV Presenter
TV Presenter - Wildlife - My Worst Day!	TV Presenter Wildlife - Natural History Presenter
Wardrobe - Drama	Working in Lighting - An overview
Working in the Corporate Production sector	Writing for Television