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Hosted by Ashley Golder · 🇺🇸 US · EN-GB · 50 episodes
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TV Makers is a podcast that takes listeners behind the scenes of the TV industry, interviewing professionals in various roles to gain insights into their work. Host Ashley Golder speaks with the likes of Steadicam operators, Production Managers, Directors, Lighting Technicians, and more, covering all aspects of the TV world. In each episode, we delve into the intricacies of their roles, learning about the challenges and rewards of working in the industry. With episodes released every two weeks, TV Makers is perfect for TV enthusiasts, aspiring industry professionals, and veterans with years of experience. Subscribe now on your preferred platform and follow @tvmakerspod on Instagram and Twitter for more content.
Ashley Golder hosts TV Makers, a tv show with 50 episodes published.
From the moment Olaide Sadiq was offered the job to winning two BAFTAs almost two years later, she shares what it really took - professionally and personally - to direct Grenfell: Uncovered . Just days before recording t
If Part 1 answered many of the questions we've all quietly wondered about... Part 2 goes even deeper. What happens when legal, ethics and editorial judgement collide? Can a contributor really withdraw consent? What shoul
Have you ever caught yourself thinking… “Could I go to jail if we get this wrong?” “Can we legally film this?” “Can we broadcast that without permission?” “What happens if someone withdraws consent?” If so, this episode
From Love Island , I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! and Celebrity Sabotage to University Challenge and even Countdown , have you ever wondered who decides which presenters, judges and celebrities make it onto our s
How do you lead a global production group through one of the biggest periods of change the television industry has ever faced? In the first episode of Series 5, Ashley Golder sits down with James Burstall, CEO and Founde
If you’ve ever wondered what it really takes to make large-scale, high-stakes television drama - this is the episode. To close Series 4 of TV Makers, Ashley is joined by the co-creator, executive producer and lead direct
Are you worried there’s a shift happening in TV - and you might be missing it? Are you quietly questioning whether the traditional production company model is still sustainable? In this episode, I sit down with Ed Taylor
What does access actually look like on a TV or film production and how can we do better on our own sets, for everyone’s benefits? In this episode of TV Makers, Ashley Golder is joined by Leah Rachel, an access coordinato
In this episode of TV Makers , Ashley Golder sits down with Andy Harrower , CEO of Directors UK , for an honest conversation about the real state of the TV and film industry and what’s being done behind the scenes to pro
In this episode of TV Makers , Ashley Golder speaks to Mirusha Jegatheeswaran , an ITV Support Engineer working across high-output television at ITV Studios. Mirusha’s role sits at the heart of broadcast production – kee
Ollie Waton , sound supervisor and audio specialist, pulls back the curtain on the invisible decisions that keep live television on air - and why the best sound work is often the work nobody notices. From arena-sized mus
Andy Mundy-Castle - Founder of Doc Hearts, and director of BAFTA-winning White Nanny, Black Child , joins TV Makers to unpack the real craft of documentary storytelling and what it genuinely takes to run a purpose-led in
John Comerford, Head of Naked West, lifts the lid on how iconic legacy shows like Grand Designs, Escape to the Country and Great British Railway Journeys stay relevant after decades on air - and what it really takes to f
Channel 4’s Senior Commissioning Editor and Business Operations Lead for Digital, Laura Marks, reveals the insider rules behind digital commissioning, what most producers get wrong, what Channel 4 really looks for and ho
What happens when a podcast refuses to play by podcast rules? To kick off Series 4 of TV Makers , I sit down with Anthony Smith - Director of Trailers for The Diary Of A CEO - to uncover how a show once told it had “no r
True Crime, Tough Calls, and the Role of the Series Producer For the Series 3 finale of TV Makers , we're joined by Award-winning Series Producer Zoe Hines, behind some of Netflix's biggest shows including the acclaimed,
Post-production is an ecosystem of constant decisions for an ever-changing goalpost… so what does it take to run post at a major broadcaster like Sky? This week on TV Makers , I sit down with Adam Downey , Director of Po
Publicists! Often portrayed as the mysterious force behind the scenes—crafting hype, dodging scandal, and spinning gold from a well-placed quote. But how much of that is myth, and what does brilliant PR really look like
Talent Agents! — cloaked in TV myth as orchestrators of extravagant demands, from bowls of blue M&Ms to first-class travel for their star clients. Let’s separate fact from fiction and uncover what really goes on in the w
You survived to ’25! And as your reward, here’s a brand-new episode of TV Makers ! Kicking off the year, I welcome Kimberly Godbolt, co-founder of Talented People and all round media advocate, or as some like to call her
Ed Moore
award-winning primary teacher and author of "100 Ideas for Primary Teachers for Greener Schools" · UMass Memorial Harrington Hospital
1 appearance on this show
Ed Taylor
Professor, Dean and Vice Provost at UW Undergraduate Academic Affairs · University of Washington
1 appearance on this show
John Comerford
President, Otterbein University · Otterbein University
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Anthony Smith
Emmy and NAACP Award-Winning Director/Producer · The Church That Made God Sick
1 appearance on this show
Simon Barnes
Head of Developer Relations · Warwick Business School
1 appearance on this show
Mike Parker
Series Director · Liminal Coaching
1 appearance on this show
Laura Marks
Channel 4
1 appearance on this show
Lauren Jones
Spark
1 appearance on this show
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