Christopher Stewart

• Prepared comprehensive research dossiers and pitched story beats. • Developed and pitched story ideas. • Conducted field research assignments autonomously. • Undertook investigative assignments. • Identified, pre-interviewed, and booked interviewees. • Identified, negotiated access, and booked interview and B-roll locations. • Planned and coordinated fieldwork, both national and international. • Led field production (remotely); drove schedule and marshaled crew whilst liaising with contributors. • Researched, procured, and licensed archive footage. • Worked through editorial notes with showrunners and editors. • Fact-checked scripts. • Produced and provided project deliverables.

• Conducted on-camera interviews. • Operated B-cam. • Prepared research dossiers and pitched story beats. • Undertook genealogical investigations. • Identified, pre-interviewed, and booked interviewees. • Identified, negotiated access, and booked interview and B-roll locations. • Planned and coordinated fieldwork. • Led field production; drove schedule and marshaled crew whilst liaising with contributors. • Managed and tracked shot footage, delivering cards to edit. • Fact-checked scripts. • Produced and provided project deliverables.

• Prepared real estate research dossiers. • Prepared casting briefs featuring real estate owners i.e. potential show participants. • Directed DP, and interviewees. • Led field production; drove schedule and marshaled crew whilst liaising with contributors. • Identified, pre-interviewed, and booked interviewees. • Identified, negotiated access, and booked interview and B-roll locations. • Planned and coordinated fieldwork. • Managed and tracked shot footage, delivering cards to edit. • Produced and provided project deliverables.

• Prepared comprehensive research dossiers. • Extensively fact-checked all scripts independently. • Worked through editorial notes with showrunner and editors. • Produced and provided project deliverables.

• Prepared comprehensive research dossiers and pitched story ideas. • Identified, pre-interviewed, and booked interviewees. • Identified, negotiated access, and booked interview and B-roll locations. • Fact-checked scripts.

Project: Primetime BBC Two history/science series documenting the subaqueous Cold War battle between American, British and Soviet nuclear submarines. Responsibilities: Pitched story ideas; prepared comprehensive research (partly drawn from UK-wide field research mission planned and conducted by myself); contributed to the scriptwriting process; identified/booked guests; coordinated production logistics; supported producer in the office and field; managed crew/guests in the field; fact checked scripts (was production science ‘expert’ owing to my engineering degree); researched archive; cleared copyright; sourced rare props of historical nature.

Project: Primetime BBC Two history/science documentary show which combined video and studio elements to shed light on the innovators who mastered the capture of still and moving images. Responsibilities: Pitched story and demonstration ideas; prepared comprehensive research; contributed to the scriptwriting process; identified/booked guests; coordinated production logistics; supported producer in the office, field and studio; managed crew/guests in the field; directed talent in the field and studio; fact checked scripts (was production science ‘expert’ owing to my engineering degree); researched archive; cleared copyright; sourced rare props of historical nature.

Position: Factual content production for BBC Online. Responsibilities: Helped to develop written/interactive content; prepared comprehensive research; identified/booked guests; coordinated production logistics; supported producer in the office and field; conducted interviews in the field; recorded sound for audio content; fact checked all content/scripts; researched archive; cleared copyright.

Position: Video production for live daily BBC magazine and chat show, with responsibilities often overlapping with studio needs. Responsibilities: Pitched story ideas; prepared comprehensive research; identified/booked guests; coordinated production logistics; supported producers in the office, field and studio; conducted interviews in the field; directed talent in the field and studio; shot B-cam on Sony EX3; recorded sound; fact checked scripts; researched archive; cleared copyright; and occasionally floor-managed live broadcasts.

Position: Assisting general production of live daily BBC magazine and chat show, THE ONE SHOW. Responsibilities: Daily management of the show’s Facebook page, assisting the film team with their technical needs, procuring props for live studio purposes and location filming, assisting floor managers and studio staff before/during/after broadcasts and overseeing hospitality for celebrity guests and on-screen talent.

Project: VARIOUS Responsibilities: Carried out office, field and studio-based duties for various BBC productions such as Operation Crossbow, Wonderland, Panorama, Louis Theroux, Crimewatch Roadshow, Rogue Traders and The One Show.