Working
  together

Shona

Now a programme can go into production. A lot goes into the making of a show, from casting to wardrobe, from location scouting to lighting design, from filming to post production. We'll meet some of the people that make this all happen.

Jane Smith - Production Executive

My role in the making of a new programme is to budget it. So essentially, a producer or a development team has an idea and they put together a treatment for that idea, they then discuss that with the commissioning editors, when the commissioning editors say Ôyes that sounds lovely but how much is it going to cost?', that's generally when I get involved. So I will be involved really right from the beginning of programme making.

Laura Mitchell - Production Runner

A runner's job is to help the production team in the smooth running of a production, so my job will involve different tasks depending on the production - it can be editorial research, collecting packages, making security tags, a lot of basic tasks but they're all really vital to making sure a production runs smoothly.

Laura Hatton - Senior Producer

I'd say my role within the making of the programme, within Day Break, because I make short films that go within Day Break, I have to start with a brief, so it's everything form why are we doing the item, who's going to present it, what the content is going to be. Then when I've got all that together, what the films are going to be, go to the editor, check he's happy with it and then actually go out and film it. So put the scripts together, go out and film the films, come back, edit it them together and then they end up on TV. That is on a weekly basis really, kind of looking at new ideas, keeping it fresh, keeping it relevant for our viewer.

Shona

Here at ITV, it's not just about television, we make the most of our programmes across multi-platforms. Our online teams ensure that fans of our shows can watch clips, vote for shows and feedback to ITV via our websites.

Andrew Levy - Director, Web Solutions Delivery

Online plays an important role in the creation of a new programme because we put out the programme website, so there is a digital commissioning team that works with the on air commissioning teams and decides what their ambition is for the website and they come to us and ask us how we can help them realise their ambition and we put it out there and you can see the output of what we do if you go to itv.com and have a look at some of the programme websites.

Jon Block - Head of Innovation & Commercial Solutions

My role at ITV touches upon the making of new programmes in tow areas really. Firstly, it touches upon new programmes after they've been recorded but before they go air and it's in relation to what kind of product innovations might we want to develop to accompany the programme that further engages the viewers or just makes the show more interesting from a multi-platform point of view. The other area, which is interesting because it's a new relationship, is I'm now beginning to work with the ITV Studios programme development team on shows before they've even been commissioned, so I'll be working with programme developers to specify what multi-platform elements we might be able to add to the shows to make them more interesting, so that when they take the show to the commissioners it's more likely to be commissioned.