Tim Thomson
Edit Producer,Producer / Director
Contact Details
For all bookings please call (+44) 020 7287 6110 or email hello@tovs.co.uk
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Profile
A highly motivated & enthusiastic Edit Producer, Tim is extremely organised, creative & versatile having worked across a breadth of programming. Tim has cut both half hours & hour longs for major broadcasters on programming from fact ents to specialist factual. Voiceover can range from irreverent to straight (or none at all).
Tim is also skilled in directing crews, producing & casting. He enjoys getting the very best out of contributors & talent alike. With strong teamwork skills & a great communicator, Tim always strives to deliver with a sense of humour.
Selected Credits
| Cruising with Susan Calman | Entertainment | Viacom | Edit Producer Presenter led, channel 5 hour long cruising/travel show. Cut one episode whilst cutting packages for a second. |
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| Come Dine With Me | Reality TV | MultiStory | Producer / Director Producing and directing C4 half hours. Directing crew and contribs on location including day prep and dinner parties. Edit producing eps and writing irreverent VO on a very quick turnaround. |
| Hollywood Royalty: Clint Eastwood | Documentary | Viacom | Edit Producer A 90 minute doc about the life of Clint Eastwood using a wealth of archive & interviews to tell the key stories of a 70 year career. |
| Wartime Handbook: Keep Calm & Carry On | Documentary | Viacom for Channel 5 | Edit Producer Cutting packages & stitching ep 1 of an hour long living history show (remotely) - including archive, talking heads & actuality. Cut series pre titles & big emotional end sequence. |
| Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years | Documentary | ITV | Edit Producer Very fast turn around - cutting packages & stitching a 90 minute doc to celebrate 60 years of Corrie. |
| Story of the Songs | Documentary | Viacom for Five | Edit Producer Hour long music doc about Eric Clapton, telling his story through three of his top tracks. Also executed notes for several other episodes within the series |
| EastEnders: Secrets of the Square | Documentary | BBC Studios for BBC1 | Archive Producer The Cast of EE join Stacey Dooley in the Walford East to take a look at some of their favourite moments in the square. Worked across two episodes in the series and oversaw the online |
| The Wonderful World of Chocolate Series 3 | Specialist Factual | Viacom for Five | Edit Producer An hour long show featuring stories about gravity defying chocolate sculptures, the history of long forgotten chocolate bars and a man on a mission to use the entire cacao fruit in his cafe. Also cut packages for various other episodes |
| RuPaul’s Drag Race UK: It’s a Wrap | Reality TV | World of Wonder for BBC Three | Edit Producer 30 min show for BBC 3. Very quick turnaround - full of interviews and behind the scenes footage. |
| The Wonderful World of Chocolate Series 2 | Specialist Factual | Viacom for Five | Edit Producer Cut an hour long episode plus packages to be included within other shows |
| Vegas 24/7 | Observational Documentary | Viacom for Five | Edit Producer Cut 1 x 60 min obs doc about life in Las Vegas, stories included everything from 3 friends from Manchester doing a poker tour of the States to the man on a mission to help the growing homeless population of Vegas. |
| Inside Versailles | Documentary | BBC2 | Edit Producer 10 x 5 – 10 mins historical shorts that accompanied BBC 2 drama ‘Versailles’ |
| Martin Lewis Money Show Live | Current Affairs | Shiver for ITV | Live Jnr / Day Producer Casting & producing audience & guests asking questions during the live show. |
| Come Dine With Me | Reality TV | Shiver for Channel 4 | Producer / Director Multiple 30 min eps - Planning shoots & directing crews & contributors on location. Took my own shows into the edit. |
| Couples Come Dine With Me | Reality TV | Shiver for Channel 4 | Producer / Director C4 hour longs for the couples version. |
| Development | Development | BBC | Assistant Producer Writing pitches & developing ideas for BBC Entertainment. |
| One Night in 2012: An Imagine… Special | Documentary | Rogan Prods for BBC | Assistant Producer |
| A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman | Documentary | BBC / Aardman | Assistant Producer |
| Couples Come Dine With Me | Reality TV | Shiver for Channel 4 | Assistant Producer Multiple hour long eps as PD - also took my own shows into the edit |
| Come Dine With Me | Reality TV | Shiver for Channel 4 | Assistant Producer |
| Strictly Come Dancing | Reality TV | BBC | Assistant Producer |
| Strictly Len Goodman | Documentary | BBC | Assistant Producer |
Education
Leeds University – BA Broadcasting 2.1