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“My dream project turned into a nightmare” – this director anonymously shares their biggest mistake.

We were talking to a Director recently about the merits of sharing our challenging experiences and The Imposter Club podcast. They eagerly agreed, pointing us to an article they wrote anonymously for Directors UK about a terrible experience they had whilst developing...

Meet The Imposters

https://youtu.be/5mtje3HPhAg This is a special live session featuring top guests from TP’s Imposter Club podcast, ex-commissioner and indie boss Fatima Salaria, award-winning Director Olly Lambert and Director of Sky Arts, once Big Brother boss, Phil Edgar Jones OBE....

Welcome to the Imposter Club

Co-MD Kimberly Godbolt announces the launch of the TV industry’s brand new podcast It’s finally time to fling The Imposter Club’s doors wide open to the world of TV production and creative people everywhere. A podcast from Talented People has been months, no years in...

Talented People partners with UKTV to place mid-senior level talent from minority groups

*Published on Broadcastnow.co.uk on March 10th 2023 - click here for the original article* We're proud to announce our new relationship with UKTV and share Broadcast's article here: "UKTV partners with Talented People to find people from underrepresented groups"...

Dyslexia and Me

Authored by Talented People's Diversity Coordinator and Talent Manager, Tehona Waugh It’s neurodiversity week, and I believe it’s important to share personal lived experiences during this time… so here’s mine. Growing up, my Dyslexia, Dyspraxia and Dyscalculia all...

Dear Bob

Dear Bob (unemployed freelancer), It is very tough out there at the moment. You may have been out of work for weeks, if not months. Life is costing increasingly more. Work is slow to pick up. We see you and hear you. We know you! We ARE you. And yes...

Hello! This is us. Who are you?

The team at Talented People want to get to know you better. You’re more than just a CV, after all. “Hold up”, we hear you say suspiciously. “Why do you want to find out more about me?”. There are lots of reasons but here’s a few: 1. So that we call you when the...

Edinburgh TV Festival 2022

Joint MD Kimberly was up at the Edinburgh TV Festival last week meeting with clients, freelancers and friends plus hosting (and producing) a panel on The Big Talent Crunch. Here are her highlights of the weekend... It’s 3pm and the Festival has just closed. And I’m...

F**king the Patriarchy and speaking in the House of Commons. TP Talks to… Liz Warner, CEO of The Different Kind

You may have noticed our posts about social enterprise Different Kind and wondered why we support them. Well, we fell in love with their products and producers, and are proud to have been their first ever corporate clients of this new retail social enterprise that...

LGBTQ+ inclusivity in content-making teams – are you doing enough?

1st June 2023 Happy Pride month one and all! We know that it’s not enough to simply change your company logo for a day/week/month, or churn out some supportive sentence we saw on a meme #virtuesignalling. But I hope that by now you know that TP means business on the...