Kerry Richardson CV Television Series Producer / Director / Writer Contact W www.kerry-richardson.co.uk E [email protected]/[email protected] Qualifications University of Edinburgh MA Hons English Lang and Lit, 1st class Middlesex Polytechnic Diploma in TV Production, distinction The National Film School Producing Low Budget Feature Films BBC Interactive Health & Safety & Training for Senior Managers St John’s Ambulance Appointed First Aider PADI Open Water Diver Full, clean driving license Languages: Good French, some Spanish Two valid British passports – current USA I-Visa Career Summary ‘The producer is the rock upon which any programme is supported or flounders. Kerry Richardson took over for all but the first two programmes and any success of the series is mostly down to her work. She was fantastic, mothering, guiding, negotiating, making us laugh and popping up all over the world ready for a night out. A true star’. Monty Don in his book of their series ‘Around the World in 80 Gardens’ Kerry Richardson is a fully trained & eXperienced freelance television producer working mainly in factual and documentary television, including long-form programmes. Credits include output for BBC1, BBC2, Channel 4 and E4. Her career spans more than 20 years and she continues to work as both a series producer and as a producer-director. Series Producer Kerry produced her first series for BBC1 in 2003 and has subsequently gone on to produce factual series for BBC2 and Channel 4. All have been long-form, new series/formats with some shot on HD. She has arranged shoots in nearly 30 countries on 5 continents and has produced drama documentaries, authored travelogue, staged large scale public events and structured ‘reality’ series. Producer-Director Kerry’s directing career spans 20 years, and she usually produces as well as directing. She has directed in many factual genres, and has worked in all lengths from short magazine inserts to 60 mins long-form. Her output has been transmitted on BBC1, BBC2, Channel 4 and E4. Development producer Kerry has continuously developed new programme and series concepts and has gained a number of commissions for the BBC, notably at BBC Bristol and at independent Kudos Productions. She has also developed exciting projects for new media for Tony Garnet’s drama production company, World Productions. Executive Producer Kerry was appointed to this role at independent TVF in 1996 to head up its non-broadcast department. She maintained this position until deciding to return to broadcast television in 1998 but now aspires to eXpand her eXperience into broadcast eXecutive producing. 1 Credits PRODUCER-DIRECTOR 2010 Kerry recently produced and directed several internationally Food: what goes I your basket? shot food journeys for this new 6 X 60 mins Channel 4 food Remarkable Television (Endemol) series. Working with fresh new on-screen talent Ravinder For Channel 4 Bhopal, Kerry filmed in challenging locations such as Zimbabwe, Kenya and Morocco. TX Sept and Oct 2010 SERIES PRODUCER and 2009 This new 6 X 60 mins formatted factual series follows the PRODUCER-DIRECTOR fortunes of siX families who have left the rat race to pursue a My Dream Farm, with Monty Don farming life. With little eXperience of their own, the advice of Betty TV for Channel 4 mentor Monty Don is crucial. TX January/February 2010 As well as producing this series, Kerry also directed 3 episodes (half the series) as part of the formatting process of a series intended to be a returnable format. PRODUCER-DIRECTOR 2008 60 mins documentary about French designer and botanist No Grounds For Gardening Patric Blanc – shot in Paris. Kerry continues to undertake BBC Birmingham for BBC2 directing work from time to time. SERIES PRODUCER 2006/08 A 10 X 60 mins high-definition documentary series, presented Around the World in 80 Gardens by Monty Don and shot in 24 different countries on 5 BBC Birmingham for BBC2 continents. Destinations include China and Japan, India, South And Central America and Australia. CHARITY FUND RAISER 2005/06 Kerry took a sabbatical from TV production and spent over a Butterfly World Trust year helping to raise funds to build Butterfly World, an Eden Project style butterfly conservation foundation near St Albans, now under construction. PRODUCER-DIRECTOR 2005 60 mins hall of fame of those who give reality to the term Sex Stars They Tried To Ban ‘casting couch’… ITV Factual for E4 SERIES PRODUCER 2003/04 A 6 X 60 mins series that traces the history of entertainment The History of Magic magic from its roots in Shamanism, through the Golden Age BBC Bristol for BBC2 of big stage illusions in the late 19th century and into the glitzy 20th century world of Vegas and TV megastars. SERIES PRODUCER This three X 60 mins formatted factual series takes the lid off Death By … Gardening, Pets and Home 2003 the UK’s most common accidents. Presented by Tommy BBC Bristol for BBC1 Walsh (Gardening), Andy Kane (Homes) and Ben Fogel (Pets) and featured dramatic reconstructions of accidents. PRODUCER-DIRECTOR-ORIGINATOR 2002/03 60 mins special that affectionately traced 50 years of change The Joy of Home in British homes. This documentary was directly BBC Bristol for BBC2 commissioned by then Head of BBC2, Jane Root on delivery of the finished ‘The Joy of Gardening’. PRODUCER-ORIGINATOR 2002 The Joy of Gardening (below) returned in new guise, this time The Joy of Gardening: Four Seasons looking at gardeners’ passions for the four seasons. BBC Bristol for BBC2 2 PRODUCER-DIRECTOR 2002 Presented by Nick Knowles and Executive Produced by Tessa Death By DIY Finch, this 60 mins special reconstructed some of the BBC Bristol for BBC1 accidents experienced by the UK’s DIYers. PRODUCER-DIRECTOR-ORIGINATOR 2001/02 60 mins special which affectionately traced 50 years of British The Joy of Gardening gardening history. Commissioned by then Head fo Factual at BBC2, BBC Bristol for BBC2 Nicola Moody. DEVELOPMENT PRODUCER 2000/01 Kerry worked closely with then Head of Factual Mark Hill in search of BBC Bristol, Factual Entertainment commissions in gardening and lifestyle documentaries and series. This work resulted in 3 significant commissions, all of which Kerry went on to produce and direct. DEVELOPMENT PRODUCER 2000 Kerry reported directly to the great drama producer Tony Garnet Murder Files whilst developing this innovative web-based drama serial. World Productions DRECTOR 2000 Channel 4’s flagship gardening series produced by the legendary Real Gardens John Perceval. Shot at Chelsea and Hampton Court RHS Shows. Ark Productions for Channel 4 DIRECTOR 1999 Feature insert director on the 1999/2000 series of this pedigree, Gardeners’ World formatted factual gardening series. Produced by the now legendary Catalyst TV for BBC2 Colette Foster! DEVELOPMENT PRODUCER 1999 Kerry initiated a ‘living lab’ style concept long before the term Confidence Lab ‘reality series’ had been coined. Working in collaboration with Kudos Productions for BBC2 eminent producer Charlotte Black, ‘Confidence Lab’ - a 4 x 60 mins series designed to help people with body images issues – was commissioned by BBC2. DIRECTOR 1998 30 mins documentary about environmental tourism – shot in Bali Rooms for Improvement and Scandinavia. Talent TV for TV Asahi Japan DIRECTOR 1998 Full time director of overseas inserts, including Singapore, Taipei, Blind Date Lapland, The Cayman Isles, Florence, Jerusalem etc. Sadly, Cilla LWT for ITV Network Black was never encountered during this contract…. DIRECTOR 1998 Celebrity pet inserts for lively formatted factual animal series. Pet Set Interviews included Roy Hattersley. Stirling Productions for BBC2 EXECUTIVE PRODUCER 1996/97 Kerry managed a large team that developed, pitched for and TVF Corporate - 4 industry awards. produced a plethora of non-broadcast package, including commercials, corporate videos, branding and channel presentation, Clients: Thomson Holidays, Britannia Airways, British graphic animations and a range of multi-media and interactive DVD Airways, Ford Motor Company, Warner Bros, Pfizer etc etc. and online presentations. PRODUCER-DIRECTOR-DEVELOPMENT PRODUCER 1995/96 Kerry’s role as EXecutive Producer (above) was preceded by a very TVF Medical successful year developing, producing & directing numerous corporate projects. DIRECTING AP 1995 Edgy horror compendium. Included a drama-doc and 2 week shoot Clive Barker’s A - Z of Horror in the USA . BBC London for BBC2 3 DIRECTOR 1994 30 mins arts documentary about taboo language. Included spoof of Without Walls: Expletives Deleted ‘Call my Bluff’, hosted by Auberon Waugh and starring various TVF for Channel 4 comedy panelists of the day! PRESENTER 1993 Kerry was as co-presenter of this C4 angling series and has Screaming Reels occasionally returned to presenting during her career for Discovery Kudos Productions for Channel4 Channel and for the Ford Motor Company. CO-PRODUCER, DIRECTOR AND EDITOR 1992 This 6 X 50 mins angling series was shot in Britain and Denmark. Fishing with Ian Heaps Warner Brothers sell-through video series DIRECTOR, CORPORATE VIDEOS 1991 + Kerry cut her directing and producing teeth in the world of corporate Various companies, including Imagination, BBC and other non-broadcast production – a world that demands high Worldwide, Warner Brothers and TVF. production values on very tight budgets. RESEARCHER & ASSISTANT PRODUCER 1990 + Kerry juggled editing with research/AP posts until emerging as a Channel 4, BBC director. Notable producers she worked with at this time included Fiona Pitcher and Dev Varma. Selected credits: Drive! (BBC1), What Every Women Wants (BBC2), Business Matters (BBC2), Clive Barker’s A- Z of Horror and many others… OFF-LINE EDITOR 1988 + Kerry began her career as an off-line editor having trained at Selected broadcast credits: A Houseful of Plants (C4), MiddleseX Polytechnic on the one year TV and Video Production Signals (C4), Playbus (BBC1) & many others… Post Graduate Diploma.