RICHARD BEIRNE www.richardbeirne.co.uk Freelance Offline Editor [email protected] 07985161687

PERSONAL PROFILE I am a confident, creative and dedicated offline Avid editor based in Bristol. I always strive to find the best story and deliver it with the appropriate style and pace. I enjoy working collaboratively but I also remain focused whilst working alone. I have worked across a variety of daytime and primetime programmes covering everything from fashion and food to makeovers and antiques for the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and 5.

EDITOR CREDITS

SHOP WELL FOR LESS – Series 3 RDF Television West for BBC1 Avid Alex Jones and Steph McGovern are on a mission to help families change the way they shop without changing their lifestyle. Alex and Steph will be using their shopping and business expertise to try and save families money.

The Great British Bake Off – Series 8 Love Productions for Channel 4 Avid Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith judge a group of amateur bakers in a bid to discover Britain’s best amateur baker. Hosted by Noel Fielding and Sandi Toksvig

DIY SOS – THE BIG BUILD – Series 26 & 28 BBC for BBC 1 Avid & Premiere Pro Nick Knowles and the team issue a call to arms and recruit friends, family and local trades to transform the homes and lives of families across Britain.

EAT WELL FOR LESS - Series 3 & 4 RDF Television West for BBC1 Avid Gregg Wallace and Chris Bavin help families save money, sort food facts from food fiction and eat well for less.

OUR SCHOOL 3 Twofour Group for CBBC Avid Fixed rig cameras follow a group of young students making new friends and adapting to a new environment as they move from primary to secondary school.

THE CHOPPING BLOCK – Series 1 & 2 Twofour Group for ITV 1 Avid Pairs of novice chefs - friends, family and partners - are put through their paces at a cookery school, hosted and taught by Rosemary Shrager and Great British Bake Off champ John Whaite. Over 5 days the couples will fight it out through a variety of skill and technical challenges in a bid to win £1000.

MY KITCHEN RULES – U.K. 7 Wonder for Channel 4 Avid Australia’s iconic cookery competition is brought to the U.K. as Michelin star Chef Michael Caines and Food Expert Prue Leith set out to find the UK’s best amateur home cooks.

MG GS The Little Music Company Avid A series of three 20 second nationally broadcast adverts made for the re-launch of MG and its latest flagship car the MG GS.

THE HOTEL INSPECTOR Twofour Group for 5 Avid Alex Polizzi uses all her years of experience as a successful hotelier to turn struggling hotels around.

CHOCCYWOCCYDOODAH Twofour Group for Watch Avid Christine and her team of chocolatiers attempt to create a series of revolutionary new chocolate bars whilst Dave tries to redeem himself over a past mistake with an elaborate christening cake.

MY LIFE ON A PLATE Tigress for BBC 1 Avid Chef and proud Yorkshireman Brian Turner meets up with an array of iconic British celebrities, exploring the places from their past that conjure up the most vivid of food memories before creating a selection of delicious meals inspired by their stories.

THE CHANGING ROOM RDF Television West for Channel 4 Avid The Changing Room has been granted exclusive access to some of the UK’s leading high street stores, where a fixed camera rig will reveal the secrets of the changing room. From shopping habits to fashion faux pas, everything will be revealed.

POSH PAWNBROKERS Boomerang for Channel 4 Avid The UK’s pawn-broking scene is booming and with amazing items swapping hands every day, every single item is a potential fortune waiting to be made. Following a number of high-end, characterful pawn-brokers from across the UK, the series features the most unique items and owners who flood through the doors, uncovering the stories behind the items and discovering just how much they’re worth.

ALEX POLIZZI: CHEFS ON TRIAL Twofour Group for BBC 2 Avid Experienced Hotelier Alex Polizzi visits gastropubs, country inns, city bistros and coastal hotels around the UK to assist in their hunt for a new head chef to transform their kitchen. Over 3 days of interviews and skill tests, 9 chefs are reduced to 3, who will go on to the final to fight it out for the coveted position.

SECRET DEALERS RDF Television West for ITV 1 Avid Three antique dealers roam the houses of members of the public, making secret bids on items that take their fancy. Once all bids have been made, the homeowners must use all of their cunning if they are to squeeze any more cash out of the dealers, as they compete against one another to take the items home.

THIS OLD THING RDF Television West for Channel 4 Avid Primetime vintage fashion show presented by Dawn O’Porter, showing the British public that there’s quality to be found in vintage clothes stores and plenty of life left in their old clothing.

RUTH WATSON MEANS BUSINESS RDF Television West for Channel 4 Avid Hotelier and restaurateur Ruth Watson lends her experience to struggling business owners battling against the rising influence of review websites and negative feedback.

DICKINSONS REAL DEAL – Series 6,7,8,9,10,11 & 12 RDF Television West for ITV 1 Avid David Dickinson and his team of dealers travel the country to meet members of the public and their cherished antiques and collectables, before making a cash offer. If the price isn’t right then it’s off to auction with David in the hope of getting more there.

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT

Edit Assistant: RDF Television West, Bristol 2010 – 2012 I worked alongside another assistant managing 3 edit suites for Dickinson’s Real Deal. I was responsible for ingest, media management, project organisation, assemblies and end of edits.

Edit Assistant: Twofour Digital, Plymouth 2007 – 2010 I was part of a team that maintained 16 offline edit suites and 2 online edit suites dedicated to a variety of programming including ‘Are You Smarter Than A 10 Year Old’, ‘The Hotel Inspector’, ‘On Thin Ice’ and many more. The workload included ingest, media management, project organisation, broadcasting standards checks, auto-conforming, end of edits and deliverables.

EDUCATION

MA Television Production: Falmouth University 2006 - 2007 BSc (hons) Film Production Technology: Staffordshire University 2003 - 2006

REFERENCES

Maria Knowles – Series Producer – [email protected] Julia Hunt – Production Executive for RDF Television West – [email protected] Kate Boydell – MCR Manager for Twofour Group – [email protected]