HOT SHOTS 2011
Left to right: Sarah Broad, Victoria Howarth, Ross MCarthy, Lizi Cosslett, Carys Morgan, Mark Talbot, Poppy Delbridge, Kate Elliott
SARAH BROAD, 29
Assistant producer, Channel 5 Sarah joined Channel 5’s Milkshake! in 2005 and has filmed, produced and edited short-form content and promos, as well as overseeing the production of the live morning show and writing scripts for in-house productions. She has particularly impressed those around
her with her ongoing ventures into costume and set design. She also manages Milkshake! online and creates artwork for online sponsorship and takeovers, on top of producing and managing content for new-media projects. “It’s rare for someone to have such strong
technical and artistic skills – she can just as easily turn her hand to creating elaborate cos- tumes as she can to finding her way through technology systems and computer software,” says Jeff Ford, director of programmes at C5.
VICTORIA HOWARTH, 28
Casting producer, Shine “Clever, organised and always a joy to work with – she has an amazing career ahead of her,” is how MasterChef series editor David Ambler sums up Victoria. Starting as a runner, she quickly began edit producing, assistant
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producing and organising events, finding her particular strength as a casting producer. She has cast 70 contributors from more than 10,000 applicants, organised nationwide auditions and led the casting when Master Chef was moved to a BBC1 9pm slot in 2010. Ambler attributes much of the success of that
series to the relationships Victoria developed with its contributors. “She’s a vital lynchpin on a very big production – one we couldn’t do without,” he says. Her other casting credits include work for Optomen and Love Productions.
ROSS MCCARTHY, 27
Senior development producer, ITV Studios At 23, Ross became one of the youngest develop- ment producers in TV. After working at the BBC on Last Choir Standing, he moved to Reef, where he was quickly promoted to producer and helped to develop Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is. When Ross then joined Twenty Twenty, he was given responsiblity for its first daytime commis- sion, BBC1’s A Hundred Years Of Us. Last year, Ross won the Edinburgh Fast Track
Live Pitch, and his idea is being made into a film for The One Show. “He’s completely on top of TV trends, and his ideas are invariably on the
money,” says ITV London Factual creative direc- tor Tim Miller, who is delighted at Ross’s success at pitching a new repeatable factual format, a domain Miller has been desperate to conquer.
LIZI COSSLETT, 29
Assistant producer (research and development), Testimony Films While still at university, Lizi moonlighted at Tes- timony Films, spending months trailing through dusty archives to find reports of boys who lied about their age to enlist during World War I. Her research led to C4’s Britain’s Boy Soldiers. Lizi has continued her “passion for people’s
stories, her dedicated research skills and her ability to multitask”, says managing director Steve Humphries. She has worked across the majority of Testimony’s output, including C4’s RTS Award-winning 7/7: Angels Of Edgware Road and BBC4’s Grierson-nominated What Did You Do In The Great War Daddy?. Humphries says: “Her passion for her work,
in seeking out stories that are important and convincing those people to trust her to tell them, is a talent that shouldn’t be underestimated.” Lizi is currently producing 9/11 And The Ameri- can Dream for National Geographic International.
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