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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.