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  Profile:  Lucy Gosling
 
Linked under Researchers in UK - England/Wales.
Lucy Gosling freelance TV Researcher in; Game Show, Children's, Property, Cookery, development, location, studio & shooting (PD170 & Z1) researcher

Credits: Undercover Dad's (CBBC) (TV), The Home Show (Channel 4) (TV), Britain's Best Brain (Channel 5) (TV).
Contact: [send email]  [view map]   Tel: 07944545025

LUCY GOSLING - CV RESEARCHER 

Skills
Shooting Z1 & PD170 proficient (DV Talent Course)
Casting & strong contributor liaising skills (children, families, schools, councils, businesses & general public) 
Location & studio work (Game show, children, property, documentary & cookery programmes)
Development (all terrestrial channels)
Background research & fact checking
Editing (cutting down recce tapes; i-Movies)
CRB checked & full clean driving licence
 

Employment
June. – Sept. 2009      
Britain’s Best Brain
Tiger Aspect Productions, Series Producer: John Ireland
Researcher – 8 X 60’ ‘Britain’s Best Brain’ – Channel 5
New game show series; Studio & casting researcher; arranging & coordinating auditions; phone interviewing, auditioning and casting contestants; writing contestant biographies.   
 
May. – June. 2009      
The Home Show
Tiger Aspect Productions
Researcher – 13 X 60’ ‘The Home Show’ – Channel 4
Background fact checking; accessing feasibility of shoots; researching locations & assisting production.
 
Jan. – May. 2009         
Undercover Dads
Tiger Aspect Productions, Series Producer: Sarah Thornton
 Researcher - 12 X 60’ ‘Undercover Dads’ – BBC 2 (CBBC)
Shooting on Z1; working in studio & on location; scheduling; logistics; coordinating & setting up shoots; contributor finding;  liaising with families, schools & councils; prop & set building.
 
Sept. – Jan. 2009        
The Unsellables
Cineflix Productions, Exec Producer Leonie Hutchinson
Researcher - 20 X 30’ ‘The Unsellables’ – BBC 1
Contributor finding for BBC property show; setting up recces; coordinating shoots; shooting on Z1 & PD170  & editing taster tapes.
 
Jun. – Jul. 2008   
Jamie’s American Road Trip
Fresh One Productions, Series Producer: Tom McDonald
Researcher - 10 X 60’ ‘Jamie’s American Dream’ – Channel 4
Created initial links with contacts in America; accessed food and contributor stories; feasibility of shoots; background research & fact checking.
 
Feb. – Jun. 2008         
Development
Fresh One Productions, Exec: Zoë Collins
Junior Researcher - Development
Working on broad slate of ideas for all terrestrial channels on projects as diverse as property to truancy. Shooting taster tapes on Z1; coordinating recces and meetings; finding contributors and talent; researching and writing development treatments; contributing to regular brainstorming sessions; interviewing celebrities; background research & fact checking; working on location – supporting cast and crew.
 
Dec. – Jan. 2008         
Jamie’s Fowl Dinners & Jamie’s Ministry of Food
Fresh One Productions, Exec Producer: Zoë Collins
Production and location runner 1 X 90’ ‘Jamie’s Fowl Dinners’ – Channel 4
 
Oct. – Dec. 2007         
To The Manor Bowen
Fresh One Productions, Series Producer: Livia Russel
 Production & location runner 8 X 60’ ‘To the Manor Bowen’ - Living TV
 

 
Work Experience
Sept. 2007                    
Working Title, London
Production runner, Oz Films Limited, ‘Hippie Hippie Shake’.
April. 2006                   
Darlow Smithson Productions, London
Runner ‘Plane Crash in the Potomac’ - National Geographic.
Oct. 2005                     
Darlow Smithson Productions, London
Runner & set designer assistant ‘Seconds to Disaster - Kings Cross’ - National Geographic.
Aug. 2004                     
Shine Limited, London
Team member, promoter & runner for ‘Masterchef’ – BBC2.
Dec. 2003                     
TalkbackTHAMES Ltd, London
Researcher, runner & assisting production company ‘Property Ladder’, ‘How Clean Is Your House?’, ‘Grand Designs’ & ‘Essential Poems’ - BBC 2.
 

 Education and Qualifications
University of Newcastle (2004 – 2007)                   BSc Geography Honours                     (2:1)
Ampleforth College (2001 – 2003)                          GCSE and A Level all Grades              A*- B
 

Interests and Achievements
Theatre: Heavily involved in six University productions and Executive member for ‘Newcastle University Theatre Society’ (NUTS).
Producer: Produced two plays at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (2007). 
Director: Directed ‘Andy’s Promise’, winning award for ‘Best Ensemble’ from Durham Theatre Festival (2007). 
 
Adventure: ‘Mongol Rally’ drove 10,000 miles from London to Mongolia in 7 weeks for charity (2006).
 
Relief work: Member of ‘Project Galle’ Tsunami relief team for 1 month, Sri Lanka (2005).
 
Voluntary teacher: English, geography and sports teacher to a class of 70 children for 4 months in Malawi (2004).
 
Travel: Extensive travelling throughout Central Asia, Europe, Southern Asia and East Africa for a total of 10 months.
 

References
Leonie Hutchinson      Executive Producer             0786 755 3156
Sarah Thornton            Series Producer                   0795 820 0464
Tamara Gilder               Producer                               0788 195 3948
 
 


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