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Cyfle The National Training Provider for Television, Film and Interactive Media Industry in Wales 3rd Floor, Crichton House, 11-12 Mount Stewart Square, Cardiff CF10 5EE Tel.: 029 2046 5533 Web: www.cyfle.co.uk
FT2 – training provider For young people who wish to become freelance assistants in the construction, production and technical areas of the United Kingdom’s film and television industry. Web: www.ft2.org.uk
FT2 Film & Television Freelance Training 4th Floor, Warwick House, 9 Warwick Street, London W1B 5LY Tel.: 020 7734 5141 Web: www.ft2.org.uk
Scottish Screen Second Floor, 249 West George Street, Glasgow G2 4QE Tel.: 0141 302 1700 Web: www.scottishscreen.com
Skillset – The Sector Skills Council for the Audio Visual Industries Prospect House, 80-110 New Oxford Street, London WC1A 1HB Tel.: +44 (0) 20 7520 5757 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7520 5758 Email enquiries: info@skillset.org Web: www.skillset.org
UK TV Freelancers A useful website which compiles information likely to be of use to freelances. Includes data on rates of payment, employers and holiday entitlement. Web: www.tvfreelancers.org.uk
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Skillset Career Helpline for England Tel.: 08080 300 900
Skillset Career Helpline for Scotland Tel.: 0808 100 8094
BFI/Skillset database of media and multimedia courses in the UK Web: www.bfi.org.uk/education/courses/mediacourses/
National Union of Journalists (NUJ) Head Office Headland House, 308-312 Gray’s Inn Road, London WC1X 8DP Tel.: 020 7278 7916 Fax: 020 7837 8143 Email: info@nuj.org.uk Web: www.nuj.org.uk
Broadcasting Entertainment Cinematograph and Theatre Union (BECTU) Head Office 373-377 Clapham Road, London SW9 9BT Tel.: 020 7346 0900 Fax: 020 7346 0901 Email: info@bectu.org.uk Web: www.bectu.org.uk
BKSTS The Moving Image Society Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Bucks SL0 0NH Tel.: 01753 656656 Fax: 01753 657016 Web: www.bksts.com
Guild of Television Cameramen General enquiries: Tel.: 01822 614405 Web: www.gtc.org.uk/
Scottish Screen Second Floor, 249 West George Street, Glasgow G2 4QE Tel.: 0141 302 1700 Web: www.scottishscreen.com
Sgrin – Media Agency for Wales The Bank, 10 Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff CF10 5EE Tel.: 02920 333300 Web: www.sgrin.co.uk
Northern Ireland Film and Television Commission Alfred House, 21 Alfred Street, Belfast BT2 8ED Tel.: 0289023 2444 Web: www.nifc.co.uk
UK Film Council 10 Little Portland Street, London W1W 7JG Tel.: 020 77861 7861 Web: www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk
Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Service (AGCAS) Web: www.agcas.org.uk
The association responsible for the Prospects website, an invaluable resource for employment, training and education advice (see AGAS above) Web: www.prospects.ac.uk
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BBC – Employment in Engineering BBC Recruitment PO Box 48305, London, W12 6YE Tel.: 0870 333 1330 Textphone: 020 8008 4300 Email: recruitment@bbc.co.uk Web: www.bbc.co.uk/jobs
Manx Radio – Engineering A helpful insight into radio engineering outside London Manx Radio Ltd PO Box 1368, Douglas, Isle of Man IM99 1SW Tel.: 01624 682 600 Fax: 01624 682 604 Web: www.manxradio.com/engineering
Radio Academy 5 Market Place, London, W1W 8AE Tel.: 020 7255 2010 Fax: 020 7255 2029 Email: info@radioacademy.org Web: www.radioacademy.org
Student Radio Association Web: www.studentradio.org.uk
Media UK – Industry Information and Directory This is a very useful website full of news and industry chat. A very good way of keeping in touch with what’s happening and for finding out about some of the jobs. Web: www.mediauk.com
Broadcast Journalism Training Council (BJTC) This body is responsible for the accreditation of eighteen college and university journalism training courses. The website provides industry training information and job details. Web: www.bjtc.org.uk
Radio Magazine Weekly industry magazine containing news information and jobs. Some of the content is available online. Contact, subscription and information is available from: The Radio Magazine Crown House, 25 High Street, Rothwell, Kettering NN14 6AD Freepost Radio, or from the website Web: www.theradiomagazine.co.uk
Hospital Broadcasting Association The Hospital Broadcasting Association is a national charity which promotes and supports hospital broadcasting in the UK. The HBA represents over 250 member stations. Web: www.hbauk.com
Global Radio News – An independent radio news supplier 292 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 1AE Tel.: 020 7976 5335 Fax: 020 7630 5461 Web: www.globalradionews.com
IRN – Independent Radio News (Part of ITN) Tel.: 020 7430 4090 Web: www.irn.co.uk
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British Academy of Film & Television Arts (BAFTA) 195 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LN Tel.: 020 7734 0022 Fax: 020 7734 1792 Web: www.bafta.org
BBC Television BBC TV Centre, Wood Lane, London W12 7RJ Tel.: 020 8743 8000 Web: www.bbc.co.uk/
Channel 4 Television 124 Horseferry Road, London SW1P 2TX Tel.: 020 77396 4444 Web: www.channel4.com
Five (Channel 5 Television) 22 Long Acre, London WC2E 9LY Web: www.five.tv/
ITV For programming information and access to the regional Channel 3 companies, look under Region ITV Network Centre, 200 Gray’s Inn Road, London WC1X 8HF Tel.: 020 7843 8000 Fax: 020 7843 8158 Web: www.itv.com For company information ITV PLC ITV PLC Head Office, The London Television Centre, Upper Ground, London SE1 9LT Web: www.itvplc.com
Ofcom – The regulator for broadcasting and telecoms Provides useful information about licences and codes and the radio and television industries in general. Web: www.ofcom.gov.uk
Producers’ Alliance for Cinema & Television (PACT) PACT is a trade association for Independent Producers. The website has a great deal of information useful to freelances. Pact 45 Mortimer Street, London W1W 8HJ Tel.: 020 7331 6000 Fax: 020 7331 6700 Web: www.pact.co.uk/
Royal Television Society (RTS) Industry Forum. Local meetings in most areas. Holborn Hall, 100 Gray’s Inn Road, London WC1X 8AL Tel.: 020 7430 1000 Fax: 020 7430 0924 Web: www.rts.org.uk
S4C Cardiff Parc Ty Glas Llanishen, Cardiff CF14 5DU Tel.: 029 20747444
Caernarfon Lôn Ddewi, Caernarfon LL55 1ER Tel.: 01286 674622 Web: www.S4C.co.uk
Sky – British Sky Broadcasting plc For programming information and access to all Sky websites; Web: www.sky.com For corporate information: British Sky Broadcasting Group Grant Way, Isleworth TW7 5QD Tel.: 020 7705 3000
If you want to look for contacts for particular channels on BSkyB, the best way is to use an Internet search engine. There is a very full directory listing of all these channels on Media UK.
