In Brief
16/11/2017
Duff works on studio and live shows, combining both specialisms on ITV’s The Voice; Duffield is usually found on location, from the Alps for the feature documentary, Touching the Void to BBC Two’s The Story of China.
Duff on getting started: “This is the only industry, I think, where you can start [from the bottom] as a runner and get in – I see...
In Brief
15/11/2017
Why a career in TV is for everyone
“It’s important to demystify television and make you realise that TV is a great place to work…
“As a second generation British-born Indian no one in my family had ever worked in the media before. Of my siblings two are lawyers and one is an environmental scientist.
“Ideally my folks would have liked me to be a...
In Brief
15/11/2017
How she became a journalist
“I came to journalism quite late having done sociology at university. I had no idea what I wanted to do. I ended up working for Britain’s first black MP, Bernie Grant, for a number of years.
“Working for him I saw media from the other side and it wasn’t very good. Awful things were written about him, especially in the...
In Brief
15/11/2017
Working on a local newspaper (although there are fewer opportunities now), “was a brilliant training ground for a career in television because you learn how to tell a story”.
Getting started: “Look at the documentaries that you like and see which companies have made them … If you’re developing an idea for a documentary film, the thing that is...
In Brief
15/11/2017
Take your time: “If you are interested in television, you do not have to decide at this stage of the game what you want to do in TV – I have done almost everything … I don’t think it matters doing lots of different things until you finally settle … It took me some time to realise what I was really good at, which was producing.”
Bad things will...