Miles Markham | Junior researcher
miles.markham@hotmail.com | 07717811502 | Brighton + London
About me
Skills
Confident and reliable researcher with casting and location experience in factual entertainment TV throughout all stages of production.
I’m experienced casting items for restoration formats and looking after contributors in sensitive environments. Highly organised and great communicator.
- Background checks (Search and Lexis Nexus)
- Liaising with contributors and collecting release forms
- Casting contributors via applications and interviews
- Identifying storylines from research and interviews
- Presenting regular casting updates in team meetings
Credits
Junior Development Researcher [Various programmes]
Crackit Productions | 11 April - Present
- Researching and
Location assistant: Saving Lives at Sea [BBC2]
Friel Kean Films | 7 April
- Background checks on contributors and collecting release forms
- Liaising travel details and key information with contributors via telephone/email
- Researching complex subjects and sourcing archive footage of specific events
- Self-shooting interviews with contributors to support development team
- Camera assistant to PD on location including changing lenses and setting up tripods/lighting
Researcher: Money for Nothing [BBC1]
Friel Kean Films | 12 - 16 December 2022
- Identifying where items restored on the programme can be sold via independent research
- Contacting contributors via telephone/email to share key production information
- Tracking status of casting process and presenting updates to production team
- Reviewing scripts and tracking feedback/changes to VO
Runner: Money for Nothing [BBC1]
Friel Kean Films | 24 October - 11 December 2022
- Casting contributors in-person to find items to be repaired on the programme (based on specific criteria)
- Writing biographies of items and their owners to identify storylines and points of interest
- Collecting release forms and preparing contributors for filming (including setting up mics)
- Organising couriers of items appearing on the programme between locations
Location assistant: Micah Richard’s Player Pranks [Sky Arts]
Zig Zag | 18 - 19 October 2022
- Independently dressing entire set on location
- Chaperoning talent between studio locations
Location runner: The Repair Shop S8-Christmas Special [BBC]
Ricochet | 8 - 9 October 2022
- De-rigging set and preparing large props for couriers to storage units
Runner: Chelsea Flower Show 2017 [BBC1]
BBC | 23 - 17 May 2017
- Crowd management and chaperoning talent
Education
BA Media & Communications, University of Sussex (1:1) | 2016 - 2019