Showing posts with label Roy Bolton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Roy Bolton. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

findaTVexpert: Success Stories

I set up findaTVexpert.com four years ago to help bridge the gap between the professionals and the programme makers. And it's working. Here are the names of some of the experts who've been found on findaTVexpert  and signed up for different TV opportunities.

Roy B, Art & Architecture: signed up as one of the expert judges on Lucky Day Productions' Show me the Monet series for BBC2. Filming for the second series has finished and will TX in the summer.

Dr Anita S, GP w/specialist interest in Dermatology: signed up as the Doctor Presenter on Series 2 of betty's The Joy of Teen Sex for Channel 4.

Rob B, Engineering, Adventure & Extreme Sport: currently filming a new engineering series for BBC2, due to TX in the Autumn.

Sian A, Lady Builder, Interior Design, Landlord, Property: currently filming a new propery/DIY show for Channel 5 for TX in the summer.

Ben H, Award Winning TV Designer & Renovation Expert: signed up as one of the designers on RDF's Renovation Game for Channel 4.

 Mike E, Medical Historian, War Wounds & Trauma Surgeon: booked as an expert contributor for Channel 4's Crusaders: Back from the Dead, BBC2's E Numbers: an Edible Adventure and BBC South's The History of the World: Alfred the Great.

 Janet T, Tapping for Weight Loss, Anxiety & Depression: went head to head with another expert in Channel 4's Who Knows Best: Fighting the Fat.

 Roger S, Residential & Commercial Property Expert: has been an expert contributor on This Morning, BBC News and the BBC's Don't Get Done Get Dom.

Dr Abigael S, Doctor of Clinical Psychology: was an expert contributor on Sky Real Lives' War on Fat and has worked behind the scenes accessing contributors for Endemol's Supersize vs Superskinny and new Secret Eaters series for Channel 4.

Phill W, Hands on Restoration & Sustainable Building Expert: signed up as a judge on BBC3's new 'Young Carpenter of the Year' series which TX'd earlier this year.

Lady Lesley C, Aristocratic Tamer: Horses, Cattle & Kids: booked as an expert contributor for Endemol's Superscrimpers: Waste Not Want Not series for Channel 4.

Sean B, Confidence & Communication Expert: booked as an expert contributor on Channel 5's The Vanessa Show.

Sarah M, Molecular Scientist: the human body: booked as an expert contributor on Plum TV's E Numbers: an Edible Adventure for the BBC.

Craig H, Classical Historian: presented several features for BBCs Inside Out.

Victoria G, Dr. of Counselling Psychology & Coach: booked as an expert contributor on Sky Living's ChickFix, Channel 5's Live with Gabby and Channel 5's Extraordinary People.

If you're an expert - and if you want to increase your chances of being found by the TV industry - do what these experts have done and click here to register on findaTVexpert.com.

And if you want to find out how the TV programme making process works, how to shine on TV and how to catch the eye of a TV producer, come along to one of my free, online, lunchtime seminars. Click here for dates, details and to reserve your place.

Monday, May 9, 2011

Art Expert found on findaTVexpert for new BBC2 series

Arts & Architecture Expert Roy Bolton was found on www.findatvexpert.com by Lucky Day Productions, part of the Zodiak Media Group, and signed up as one of the expert judges on ‘Show me the Monet’, BBC2s new 10-part art series which goes out at 5.15pm every weekday from today until the 20th of May.

Roy is one of many experts who have been found on findaTVexpert since its launch in 2008 and contacted by TVcompanies for studio interviews, presenting roles, pilots and other media opportunities. Other experts include Aristocratic Tamer: Horses, Cattle & Kids, Lady Lesley Cooper (Superscrimpers: Waste Not Want Not - Channel 4); Homeowner Rights, Consumer and Property Expert Roger Southam (Don't Get Done Get Dom - BBC1); Janet Thomson (Who Knows Best: Fighting the Fat- Channel 4); Food Scientist Audrey Deane (E Numbers: an Edible Adventure - BBC2); Confidence Coach Sean Brickell (The Vanessa Show - Channel 5) and Dr of Clinical Psychology Abigael San (Sky Real Lives). And in the past few months alone, over 30 experts have been screentested for programmes that are in development.

“We’re always on the hunt for new experts and when we were commissioned to make our new series, Show Me The Monet, findaTVexpert was a first port of call,” says Lucky Day Productions Managing Director Damon Pattison, who also Exec Produced the series for the BBC. “So we’re delighted we found Roy there as he - and the other experts on Show Me the Monet – has exactly the right mix of knowledge, warmth and wit that will appeal to a very wide audience.”

”I’m very happy for Roy and for all the experts who are being found on findaTVexpert and getting a step closer to fulfilling their TV ambitions,” says findaTVexpert founder and TV Producer Claire Richmond. “TV companies are always on the hunt for passionate and inspiring experts – and the more ways they can find them, the better. So if you’ve got an expertise, make sure you flaunt it to the TV industry because you never know what they’ll be looking for next.”