The Blog

DocFest 2025: Festival Gloss, Industry Grit, and Why We’re Still in the Fight

Kimberly Godbolt, joint MD of Talented People, writes about her experience at this year's Sheffield DocFest Just back from Sheffield DocFest, and honestly? I'm buzzing. Not just from the caffeine overload required to survive three days of back-to-back screenings and...

An Ode to 2024: Channels Change (But Stories Stay)

It's been quite the year for all you talented people in TV. So we felt creative, and perhaps a little bit philosophical, and wrote a poem, or lyrics to a song. It's channelling Fairytale in New York vibes we reckon... what do you think?Channels Change (But Stories...

Talking Class and Raising a Glass – Edinburgh TV Festival 2024

It was a last minute thing for us, going to Edinburgh TV Festival this year. Of course, it’s the kind of industry event we should be at every year - it's a perfect mix of business and pleasure for TP: mingling with both indie and broadcaster clients as well as...

When content is King, why are we in crisis?

Kimberly Godbolt, Joint MD of Talented People, gives her opinion on what's happened to the content-making market since late 2022. It’s been about 18 months since we sensed a downturn in the TV market at Talented People. About 12 months since we started having to make...

Bring on the Freelancer Hubs

The Freelancer Hubs, run by Talented People and The TV Mindset, bring freelancers in TV production together to share, learn and hang out.

“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...