TP Live Sessions

Talented People’s Live Sessions on socials are informal, informative and inspiring discussions with industry leaders and clients of Talented People. They aim to provide useful advice, optimism & a sense of togetherness and insight for content makers. New sessions are announced across all social platforms, so keep your eyes peeled and get involved…

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Are You LinkedIn-ough?

A session delivered by Kimberly for TV Switch Up about why LinkedIn is brilliant for content-makers and leaders in the creative industries – and not just for ‘corporate’ types. Lots of valuable tips about jargon and how to get the best out of it. 

Jan '24: Improve Your CV and Pitch Yourself Perfect

Kimberly, Naomi and Tors – from the senior team at Talented People – discuss how to best to present yourself and your skillset, both on your CV and in your approaches/applications. If you work in the TV production or creative industry, this workshop is one not to be missed with practical advice as well as insider intel from us senior content-makers turned talent manager types 🙂

TP Podcast

Talented People is proud to have launched The Imposter Club, the new industry podcast exploring the human side of working in TV, which has already reached #2 in the Apple career podcast charts.

Host Kimberly Godbolt, TV Director turned talent company co-founder of Talented People asks successful commissioners, producers & filmmakers to open up about their own moments of imposter syndrome, fear and failure to help us better understand and handle the ups and downs of our own creative career rollercoaster. 

We know you will find The Imposter Club an inclusive and welcoming place, as well as glean useful tips for your career. So listen now on your usual podcast app and on the website here, where you can also sign up and contact the show.

TP Live Sessions Library

Mar '24: How We Made It: 'The Jury: Murder Trial'

Talented People brings you an animated conversation with the senior team behind Channel 4’s ‘The Jury: Murder Trial’.
Get ready to dive into the minds of the creators as we find out how they brought this groundbreaking series to life, and the challenges they faced getting it to air.
Don’t miss this behind the scenes look at one of the most talked about series of the year so far…

Shooting on a SmartPhone

BAFTA winning Victoria Mapplebeck and Adam Gee, along with young filmmaker Ines Yearwood-Sanchez inspire about shooting on your SmartPhone with zero budget.

Practical advice about kit and workarounds if you can’t afford any extras too – and how to enter the first London International SmartPhone Film Festival.

The Year that TV Changed: Coalitions & Taskforces, where are we now?

Coalitions & Taskforces: Where are we now?

A no holds barred discussion with five trailblazers for change about everything that 2021 chucked at the TV freelance community and what there is still to do.

Trigger warning – sensitive subjects to do with race, disability, unemployment, bullying and Covid.

Guests: Adeel Amini, Abby Kumar, Caroline O’Neill, James Taylor and Dean Webster

BBC’s ‘Being Muslim’: How We Made it and Why

A look behind the scenes at how this important and meaningful BBC documentary that looks at how Muslims mark life’s key moments of birth, childhood, marriage and death was made. Ziyaad Desai, Viant Siddique and Ricardo Clarke tell us how they cast, directed and cut the film – and what they took away from it personally.

Micro Indies: Surviving Covid

How are the smallest indies faring one year on from the global pandemic shutting filming down?

MDs Faraz Osman, Kate Monaghan, Jake Attwell and Sohail Shah share the challenges they’ve faced and their hopes for positive change in the industry once normality returns.

Shooting on a SmartPhone

BAFTA winning Victoria Mapplebeck and Adam Gee, along with young filmmaker Ines Yearwood-Sanchez inspire about shooting on your SmartPhone with zero budget.

Practical advice about kit and workarounds if you can’t afford any extras too – and how to enter the first London International SmartPhone Film Festival.

The Year that TV Changed: Coalitions & Taskforces, where are we now?

Coalitions & Taskforces: Where are we now?

A no holds barred discussion with five trailblazers for change about everything that 2021 chucked at the TV freelance community and what there is still to do.

Trigger warning – sensitive subjects to do with race, disability, unemployment, bullying and Covid.

Guests: Adeel Amini, Abby Kumar, Caroline O’Neill, James Taylor and Dean Webster

BBC’s ‘Being Muslim’: How We Made it and Why

A look behind the scenes at how this important and meaningful BBC documentary that looks at how Muslims mark life’s key moments of birth, childhood, marriage and death was made. Ziyaad Desai, Viant Siddique and Ricardo Clarke tell us how they cast, directed and cut the film – and what they took away from it personally.

Micro Indies: Surviving Covid

How are the smallest indies faring one year on from the global pandemic shutting filming down?

MDs Faraz Osman, Kate Monaghan, Jake Attwell and Sohail Shah share the challenges they’ve faced and their hopes for positive change in the industry once normality returns.

Shooting on a SmartPhone

BAFTA winning Victoria Mapplebeck and Adam Gee, along with young filmmaker Ines Yearwood-Sanchez inspire about shooting on your SmartPhone with zero budget.

Practical advice about kit and workarounds if you can’t afford any extras too – and how to enter the first London International SmartPhone Film Festival.

The Year that TV Changed: Coalitions & Taskforces, where are we now?

Coalitions & Taskforces: Where are we now?

A no holds barred discussion with five trailblazers for change about everything that 2021 chucked at the TV freelance community and what there is still to do.

Trigger warning – sensitive subjects to do with race, disability, unemployment, bullying and Covid.

Guests: Adeel Amini, Abby Kumar, Caroline O’Neill, James Taylor and Dean Webster

BBC’s ‘Being Muslim’: How We Made it and Why

A look behind the scenes at how this important and meaningful BBC documentary that looks at how Muslims mark life’s key moments of birth, childhood, marriage and death was made. Ziyaad Desai, Viant Siddique and Ricardo Clarke tell us how they cast, directed and cut the film – and what they took away from it personally.

Micro Indies: Surviving Covid

How are the smallest indies faring one year on from the global pandemic shutting filming down?

MDs Faraz Osman, Kate Monaghan, Jake Attwell and Sohail Shah share the challenges they’ve faced and their hopes for positive change in the industry once normality returns.