The Venue

The course is currently held at Granada's Millbank Studios in London's Westminster - directly opposite The Houses of Parliament.

This famous multi-million pound media complex provides broadcast facilities of the highest standard and shares its building with the three main national news organisations - the BBC, ITN and Sky News - as well as a multitude of regional and international broadcasters.

The course is held in the main Studio 1, a digital studio with 3 widescreen-switchable triax cameras, full production gallery and facilities, make-up room, Green Room and a Preview Theatre with 50-inch monitor and cinema-style seating.

This studio has played host to a variety of programmes including The South Bank Show, Meridian's Seven Days, Tyne Tees Around The House, BBC's On The Record and even ITV's Blind Date.


The Day

You’re thrown right in at the deep end with a day that’s almost 100% practical. It runs from 9.00am to 6.00pm and a buffet lunch and refreshments throughout the day are provided.


Course Numbers

We put a lot of effort into totally focusing on each individual participant, concentrating on their own specific wants and needs. Therefore, we have a maximum of only six clients on each course.

Your day is driven by up to nine professional coaching, technical and production staff meaning that our support team actually outnumbers the course participants.


Your Showreel Material

You’ll benefit from the exceptional technical quality that only a professional, broadcast facility can provide. In fact, your showreel’s recorded material will be directly comparable with the sort of quality you see on television.

The total amount of your recorded work will vary slightly from person to person, but expect to take away around 20 to 30 minutes worth of material on DVD and VHS.

We also run a parallel recording of your work onto broadcast quality Digital Betacam tape, which is kept for several months. Therefore, if anything should happen to your precious DVD or VHS once you leave us, we should be able to arrange another master copy for you.

And, if you’d like to take away your material on an additional format - e.g. Betacam SP, DigiBeta or SX - then just contact the office and we’ll be happy to arrange it for you.