Shooting Researcher, Rip Off Britain - Series 16, Popular Factual, BBC Studios -Salford (10110)

2 x Shooting Researcher, Rip Off Britain Series 16

Contract Dates:

• Shooting Researcher 1 -22nd January to 29th November
• Shooting Researcher 2 – 29th January to 4th October

Band: B
Contract type: Fixed Term / Attachment - Dates above
Location: Salford, Manchester UK

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Rip Off Britain is the consumer-affairs powerhouse of the BBC Daytime schedule, regularly gaining 1.2m viewers and more than a 30% share of the audience. It mixes incisive consumer investigations, compelling human stories and invaluable advice; it holds to account the companies getting things wrong, leaving people out of pocket, or failing to make things easier for their customers. 
Last year we refreshed and relaunched the familiar Rip Off Britain format, and it’s been a resounding hit with the audience. For series 16 we’ll be building on those changes and we’re looking for people with the skills to deliver investigative, entertaining and valuable consumer affairs stories; find engaging contributors with a story to tell, and come up with creative but appropriate ideas for VTs and for as-live presenter-led items.

•    Working with VT directors to shoot apx 1x7 minute VT each week, operating main or second camera.
•    Some contributor/expert/location research (though the bulk of the VT research is conducted before the story is handed to each director)
•    Sourcing and clearing archive material for VTs.
•    Contributing creative ideas for film treatments, sequences and shots. 
•    Contributing new ideas for VTs, studio items, online/social content
•    Maintaining good relationships with contributors, experts and talent
•    Technical support for production team

•    You’ll be a strong shooter with past experience of operating first or second camera on broadcast documentary/factual shoots
•    Previous experience as junior researcher or higher
•    Experience sourcing case studies and stories with demonstrable attention to detail
•    Detailed understanding of kit.
•    Driving license 
•    Resilience and stamina to sustain performance and standards of accuracy when under pressure from a high volume of work and conflicting priorities.