research. fix. shoot. script. edit. deliver.

 

Producer

Ravi Vadgama


email:

mediarav at gmail dot com


cell:

+44(0)7525618236


skype:

vadgamar

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May 2011 - SENIOR PRODUCER - Royal Wedding (ITV Breakfast)


November ’09 – Present ITV 

Senior Producer, ITV Breakfast

I currently oversee the production of Daybreak, managing the input provided by all departments from entertainment and forward planning to sponsorship and advertising, dealing with all the relevant technical, legal and production issues that come with the show, and of course output the programme. I also field produce on breaking news stories.

Recent highlights:

October 2010 - FIELD PRODUCER, CAMERA & EDITOR - Chilean miners

September 2010 - FIELD PRODUCER - Papal visit to Edinburgh


April ’02 – November ’09 GMTV 

Senior Producer, GMTV

Production and live output of GMTV’s Newshour and GMTV Today.

Highlights:

June 2010 - FIELD/OB PRODUCER - GMTV, Cumbria shootings

May 2010 - GRAPHICS PRODUCER - GMTV General Election 2010

April 2010 - FIELD/OB PRODUCER - GMTV, Leaders Debates (Manchester, Bristol, Birmingham)


November ’08 – Present Juniper TV 

Output Producer, The Politics Show London 

O.B from City Hall - Weekly political magazine show with topical interviews and VTs


January ’04 – Present Middlesex University 

Lecturer (part-time) –BA Television Production 


June ’03   Wildfire TV/Videotext 

Studio Producer, ‘Time Team - The Big Dig’, Channel 4 Television

Five daily quick-turnaround half-hour programmes, followed by two hour-long live programmes at the weekend.

Studio and OB, with Tony Robinson & Kate Humble


Jan ’02 – April ’02  EMAP Performance TV 

Senior Producer, ‘The Box’, ‘Smash Hits’, ‘Kiss’, ‘Kerrang!’, ‘Q’, and ‘Magic’ 

Senior Producer, 50th Anniversary -,Official Charts Company

Executive Producer, ‘Review of the Year 2001/2002’, Radio Academy 


Oct ’01 – Dec ’01 Freelance 

News Output Producer (including Field Producer), GMTV

ENG Camera/Producer/Field Editor, BBC London News 


Jun ’98 – Oct’ 01 Illumina Ltd 

Executive Producer,  ‘Egg TV’, EGG Plc/BSkyB

Director, ‘Automotiv’, 13-part motoring series, BSkyB 

Live OB Director, ‘Glastonbury 2000 New Bands Stage’, Playlouder.com 

Executive Producer, ‘[.tv] – The Technology Channel’, BSkyB

Producer/Presenter, ‘Global Village’, Sky News

Series Producer, ‘Get Webwise’, BBC2  and BBC Knowledge

Producer, ‘Computers Don’t Bite’, BBC2

Technology Expert, ‘Technofile’, Sky News, BSkyB


Jan ’98 – Jun ’98 Freelance 

Senior Output Producer, Birmingham Live News 

Producer, Central News (Birmingham)

Producer, ‘Corporate VNR’, Land Rover (Solihul)


Jun ’94 – Nov ’97 Channel One Television 

News Output Producer

Videojournalist


Industry awards 

Best European Male Media Newcomer, EMMA AWARDS 1999


Industry qualifications 

HEFAT certified (Hostile Environment and Emergency First Aid Training)

VNI trained Videojournalist


Technical and computer skills 

Six-camera live location directing (Discussion forum with audience)

Four-camera studio directing

Four-camera live location (Music)

Three-camera DV location directing/operating

Avid trained on Media Composer and Newscutter with 10 years experience editing news, magazine and short-form documentary programming

Avid iNews (super user and project implementation at GMTV), Autocue QNews & Newsmaker.