About Louise Jane

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    • I am a experienced Celebrity producer who has worked on live/as live studio and location based programmes, as well as large televised events.
    • I have over 10 years experience working in TV and began celebrity and music booking over 7 years ago.
    • I have built up impressive contacts in both music and entertainment and I am experienced in booking, briefing and looking after guests and arranging music performances.
    • I have excellent people skills and always build great working relationships with those around me, this extends to all my contacts and contributors that deal with externally.
    • In addition other strengths include editorial skills and understanding a programmes audience. I extremely innovative and have ability to come up with interesting and unique ideas and being able to develop strong content for studio and VT inserts.
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    Credits

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    Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway  - ITV Entertainment , Unspecified
    2013 - Celebrity Producer
    21st January - 17th March
    Booking talent to appear on this weekly live primetime entertainment show.


    A Night of Heroes - The Sun Military Awards ITV1  - Two Four Productions , United Kingdom
    2013 - Celebrity Producer
    7th November - 7th December
    Booked all the celebrity attendees and award presenters. including Dame Helen Mirren, Ricky Gervais, Jamie Oliver, Kevin Spacey, Eddie Redmayne, Amanda Seyfried, Gary Barlow, Sir David Jason and Elle MacPherson.





    Room 101 - Series 2 - Hat Trick Productions , United Kingdom
    2013 - Celebrity Producer
    30th July - 2nd November
    Booked all the celebrity guests for this 8 episode BBC1 Comedy series.


    The BBC 999 Awards  - BBC Entertainment , United Kingdom
    2012 - Celebrity Producer
    14th May - 27th July
    BBC1 Award show. Booking all the celebrity attendees and presenters.


    Celebrity Deal or No Deal - Endemol - Remarkable TV Ltd , United Kingdom
    2012 - Celebrity Booker
    12th March - 4th May 2012
    Worked on 8 Primetime celebrity specials of this Channel 4 game show booking a main celebrity guest and 22 friends and family members including celebrities to join them on each show.



    The Alan Titchmarsh Show - ITV - Spun Gold TV , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    2012 - Celebrity Booker
    14th December 2011 - 9th March 2012
    Booking celebrity and music performances to appear on this live daily TV chat show.



    Michael McIntyre's Christmas Comedy Roadshow BBC1  - Open Mike Productions , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    2012 - Celebrity Booker
    31st October - 13th December 2011
    Booked a celebrity audience and guests to appear on this Christmas day BBC1 Special


    Alan Carr's New Year Spectacular  - Open Mike Productions , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    2012 - Celebrity Booker
    31st October - 13th December 2011
    Booked celebrity guests to appear on this 2 and a half hour New Years Eve special.


    The Alan Titchmarsh Show - ITV1 - Spun Gold TV , Unspecified
    2011 - Celebrity Booker
    July 28th - October 28th 2010
    Booking celebrity and music performances to appear on this live daily TV chat show.

    Lee Mack's All Star Cast BBC1  - Zeppotron (part of endemol UK) , United Kingdom
    2011 - Celebrity Producer
    26th April - 24th July 2011
    Booking celebrity guests, comedians and music acts for a 6 part BBC1 Saturday night series.


    The Alan Titchmarsh Show - ITV1 - Spun Gold TV , United Kingdom
    2011 - Celebrity Booker
    31st January - April 2011
    Booking celebrity and music performances to appear on this live daily TV chat show.

    Jennifer Saunders Laughing at the 90's - Channel 4  - Tiger Aspect , United Kingdom
    2011 - Celebrity Producer
    Booking comedians/celebrities for a presenter lead documentary that looks at the history of comedy in the 90's.


    The Alan Titchmarsh Show - ITV1 -  Spun Gold TV , United Kingdom
    2010 - Celebrity Booker
    September 13th - December 17th 2010
    Booking celebrity and music performances to appear on this live daily TV chat show.


    Help For Heroes Concert - BBC1 - BBC Entertainment and Events , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    2010 - Other
    September 11th & 12th September 2010
    Responsible for getting all celebrities and music acts to presenter for backstage interviews for the BBC1 charity concert.


    The Michael Ball Show - ITV1 - Spun Gold TV , United Kingdom
    2010 - Celebrity Booker
    June 28th - September 9th 2010
    Booked celebrity guests and music performances for this ITV1 daily chat show.


    The Singing Coach - BBC1/CBBC  - Twenty Twenty Television , United Kingdom
    2010 - Celebrity Booker
    7th April - 16th April 2010
    Booked music acts and mentors for a CBBC show with Gareth Malone from The Choir.


    The Alan Titchmarsh Show ITV1 - Spun Gold TV , United Kingdom
    2010 - Celebrity Booker
    March 3rd - April 1st 2010
    Celebrity Booker
    The Alan Titchmarsh Show
    Spun Gold TV
    Joined the celebrity booking team to secure guests from all areas including TV, film, books and music to appear on this weekday hour show 1700 - 1800.

    Boyzone: A Stephen Gately Tribute - ITV1 - 10 Star Entertainment , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    2010 - Assistant Producer
    Booking celebrity contributors for VT's and arranging music collaborations for studio for this one off ITV1 music special.

    Question of Sport Relief  - BBC Entertainment , United Kingdom
    2009 - Celebrity Booker
    Booking celebrities, comedians and sportsmen for a TV special for Sports Relief 2010.

    Children in Need Rocks the Royal Albert Hall - BBC Entertainment & Events , United Kingdom
    2009 - Other
    Responsible for getting all celebrity guests and music acts to presenter and crew for all backstage interviews for the BBC1 charity concert.

    The Teaching Awards - BBC Entertainment and Events , United Kingdom
    2009 - Celebrity Booker
    Since 1999 BBC Entertainment and Events have collaborated with The Teaching Awards Trust to bring The Teaching Awards to Television on BBC2. The Awards are in effect the 'BAFTAs for teachers', currently booking celebrity presenters for the award show.

    Richard Hammond's Blast Lab - September Films , United Kingdom
    2009 - Associate Producer
    Casting Assistant Producer 26 x 30 minute episodes of Richard Hammond's science based game show for BBC2/CBBC. Series 3 & 4

    Sound - Monkey Kingdom , United Kingdom
    2008 - Celebrity Booker
    2008 - 2009
    A 30 minute BBC2/BBC Switch weekly music and entertainment show hosted by Radio 1's Annie Mac and Nick Grimshaw.

    Richard Hammond's Blast Lab - September Films , United Kingdom
    2008 - Assistant Producer
    Casting Assistant Producer
    26 x 30 minute episodes of Richard Hammond new science based game show for BBC2/CBBC.
    Series 1 & 2


    It Pays To Watch - Money Saving Productions/Princess Productions , United Kingdom
    2008 - Celebrity Booker
    6 x 30 minute programmes for channel 5
    Series 2
    Factual money saving programme in its second series hosted by money saving expert Martin Lewis.


    Ready Steady Cook - Endemol , United Kingdom
    2008 - Assistant Producer
    Assistant Producer & Celebrity Booker
    Ready Steady Cook BBC2 Celebrity Cookery Show
    Series 18 & 19
    Working on 86, 45 minute programmes, of Ready Steady Cook, filming 'as live' 3 shows a day.

    Variety Club of Great Britain Showbiz Awards 2007  - Ruggie Media , United Kingdom
    2007 - Researcher
    Researcher/Celebrity Booker
    Sky One charity red carpet event that honored those who had achieved high recognition in the entertainment industry throughout 2007, including film, TV, theatre and music.

    Dance Xtra - BBC Entertainment , United Kingdom
    2007 - Researcher
    Live studio Researcher and Celebrity Booker on Dance Xtra BBC3
    BBC1's Dance X's support show, Dance Xtra.

    The Graham Norton Show  - So Television , United Kingdom
    2007 - Researcher
    BBC2 Weekly entertainment chat show hosted by Graham Norton

    Comic Relief Does Fame Academy on CBBC BBC2  - Endemol , United Kingdom
    2007 - Researcher
    Researcher and Celebrity Booker Comic Relief Does Fame Academy on CBBC was a support show of Fame Academy which comprised of two 30 minute live daily shows on BBC1/BBC2.

    TMi - BBC/CBBC , United Kingdom
    2006 - Researcher
    Researcher/Music and Celebrity Booker
    2006 to 2007
    BBC2 - CBBC Entertainment
    Live weekly studio Saturday Morning Show 0900-1145


    Smile  - Darrall Macqueen , United Kingdom
    2005 - Researcher
    Researcher/Music and Celebrity Booker
    2005 to 2006
    Live weekly studio programme Sunday 0730-1000am
    Smile is a BAFTA winning kids magazine programme.

    Holly vs. Steve: Feel the Fear  - Darrall Macqueen , United Kingdom
    2009 - Senior Researcher
    13 x 30 minute factual entertainment series for CITV, ITV. Presenters Holly Willoughby and Steve Wilson faced a series of challenges relating to fears and phobias.

    Transformed; Overweight Teenagers - LWT Factuals , United Kingdom
    2005 - Researcher
    A ITV 60 minute show, (3 part series), where indiviuals were taken to Scotland to a house of correction to be transformed.

    Transformed; Out of control teenagers - LWT Factuals , United Kingdom
    2005 - Researcher
    A ITV 60 minute show, (3 part series), where indiviuals were taken to Scotland to a house of correction to be transformed.

    The Playstation Experience - Off The Radar , United Kingdom
    2004 - Researcher
    90 minute music programme and event for T4 (C4) & MTV shot at Alton Towers and sponsered by Playstation.

    Bigger Than Sailing - Off The Radar , United Kingdom
    2004 - Researcher
    1 x 60 minute documentary on the sailing event The American Cup. Worldwide distrubution.

    All The Fun At The Fair - County Wide Films for Meridan ITV , United Kingdom
    2004 - Researcher
    1 x 30 mins for ITV (Meridan), a series on County Fairs in the region.

    Racing Rivals - ITV , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    2003 - Researcher
    6 x 30 min ITV and 6 x 60 min for ITV 2 Sport reality show to find a new touring car driver for SEAT.

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    Employment History

    21st January - 17th March
    Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway - ITV1
    Talent Producer

    7th November - 7th December
    A Night of Heroes - The Sun Military Awards ITV1 - 2012 - Two Four Productions
    Celebrity Producer
    ITV1 Award show. Booked all the celebrity attendees and award presenters.

    30th July - 2nd November
    Room 101 BBC1 - Series 2 - Hat Trick Productions
    Celebrity Producer

    14th May - 27th July
    The BBC 999 Awards - BBC Entertainment
    Celebrity Producer
    BBC1 Award show. Booked all the celebrity attendees and presenters.

    12th March -11th May 2012
    Celebrity Booker - Celebrity Deal or No Deal - Channel 4 - Endemol
    Worked on 8 Primetime celebrity specials of this Channel 4 game show booking a main celebrity guest and 22 friends and family members including celebrities to join them on each show. 

    14th December 2011 - 9th March 2012
    Celebrity Booker - The Alan Titchmarsh Show - ITV1 - Spun Gold TV
    Booking celebrity and music performances to appear on this live daily TV chat show.

    31st October - 13th December 2011
    Celebrity Booker - Open Mike
    Alan Carr; Chatty Man C4, Alan Carr's New Year Spectacular C4, Michael McIntyre's Christmas Charity Show & Michael McIntyre's Christmas Comedy Roadshow BBC1
    Joined the booking team and worked across all 3 productions.

    28th July - 28th October 2011
    Celebrity Booker - The Alan Titchmarsh Show - ITV1 - Spun Gold TV
    Booking celebrity and music performances to appear on this live daily TV chat show.

    26th April - 24th July 2011
    Celebrity Producer
    Lee Mack's All Star Cast BBC1 - Zeppotron (part of endemol UK)
    Booking celebrity guests, comedians and music acts for a 6 part BBC1 Saturday night series.

    January 31st - April 23rd 2011 
    Celebrity Booker
    The Alan Titchmarsh Show - ITV1 - Spun Gold TV
    Booking celebrity and music performances to appear on this live daily TV chat show.

    January 4th - January 24th 2011
    Talent Producer
    What's So Funny (Working title) Channel 4 - Tiger Aspect
    Booking comedians/celebrities for a 3 part presenter lead documentary series that looks at the history of comedy in the 80's, 90's and 00's.

    September 13th - December 17th 2010
    Celebrity Booker
    The Alan Titchmarsh Show - ITV1 - Spun Gold TV
    Booking celebrity and music performances to appear on this live daily TV chat show.

    September 11th & 12th September 2010
    Help For Heroes Concert - BBC1 - BBC Entertainment and Events
    Responsible for getting all celebrities and music acts to presenter for backstage interviews for the BBC1 charity concert.

    June 28th - September 9th 2010
    Celebrity Booker
    The Michael Ball Show - ITV1 - Spun Gold TV
    Booked celebrity guests and music performances for this ITV1 daily chat show.

    April 19th - 8th June 2010
    Assistant Producer/Celebrity Booker
    ITV1 Music Special - 10 Star Entertainment (part of Fremantle)
    Worked on the development of a music special. Looked at securing talent and celebrity contributors for VT's and music collaborations.

    7th April - 16th April 2010
    Celebrity Booker
    The Singing Coach - BBC1/CBBC - Twenty Twenty Television
    Booked music acts and mentors for a CBBC show with Gareth Malone from The Choir.

    March 3rd - April 1st 2010
    Celebrity Booker
    The Alan Titchmarsh Show - ITV1 - Spun Gold TV
    Booked celebrity and music performances to appear on this live daily TV chat show.

    January 24th - March 2nd 2010
    Assistant Producer/Celebrity Booker
    Boyzone; A Stephen Gately Tribute - ITV1 - 10 Star Entertainment (part of Fremantle)
    Booked celebrity contributors for VT's and arranging music collaborations for studio for this one off ITV1 music special.

    November 30th - January 10th 2010
    Celebrity Booker
    Question of Sport Relief - BBC1 - BBC Entertainment
    Booked celebrities, comedians and sportsmen for a TV special for Sport Relief 2010. (TX March 19th 2010)

    November 12th 2009
    Celebrity Associate
    Children in Need Rocks the Royal Albert Hall - BBC1 - BBC Entertainment and Events
    Responsible for getting all celebrities and music acts to presenter for backstage interviews for the BBC1 charity concert.

    September 14th - October 25th 2009
    Assistant Producer/Celebrity Booker
    The Teaching Awards BBC2 - BBC Entertainment and Events
    BBC Entertainment and Events collaborate with The Teaching Awards Trust to bring the Awards to Television. Booked celebrity guest presenters and a music performer to present awards at the ceremony and on VT.

    September 2009
    Celebrity Booker
    Open Mike Productions - (ITV Pilot)
    Assisted the booking team with a comedy pilot panel show hosted by Jack Dee.

    June 29th - August 2009
    Casting Assistant Producer
    Richard Hammond's Blast Lab BBC2/CBBC - September Films - Series 3 & 4 (26 x 30 minute episodes)
    Headed up and managed the casting team and working with the actors in studio for series 3& 4.

    10th October 2008 - 27th June 2009
    Celebrity Booker
    Sound - BBC2/Switch - Monkey Kingdom
    Celebrity booking on a weekly music and entertainment show hosted by Radio 1's Annie Mac and Nick Grimshaw. Booking music acts to perform and studio chat guests from fashion, comedy, film and TV.

    August 26th - 10th October 2008
    Celebrity Booker - It Pays To Watch C5 - Money Saving Productions/Princess Productions
    Booked celebrity guests from the world of sport, TV and music for a 8 part factual money saving programme, hosted by money saving expert Martin Lewis.

    June 2nd - August 23rd 2008
    Casting Assistant Producer
    Richard Hammond's Blast Lab BBC2/CBBC - September Films Series 1 & 2 (26 x 30 minute episodes)
    Headed up and managed the casting team for contestants and actors.

    December 2007 - 9th May 2008
    Assistant Producer/Celebrity Booker - Ready Steady Cook BBC2/Series 18 & 19 - Endemol
    Working on 86, 45 minute programmes, of Ready Steady Cook, filming 'as live' 3 shows a day. Role as the AP/Celebrity Booker includes working with 2 researchers to book over 160 celebrity guests.

    1st October - 18th November 2007
    Researcher/Celebrity Booker - Variety Club of Great Britain Showbiz Awards 2007 Sky One
    A charity red carpet award show and event honoring those from entertainment industry throughout 2007.

    August 28th - September 13th 2007
    Researcher - 'A2B' - Endemol (pilot show for a 22 part entertainment series for Nickelodeon)

    July 9th - August 25th 2007
    Live studio Researcher/Celebrity Booker - Dance Xtra BBC3 - BBC Entertainment

    May 2007 - July 6th 2007
    Entertainment Researcher - The Graham Norton Show BBC2 - SO Television

    February 2007 - March 2007
    Researcher/Celebrity Booker - Comic Relief Does Fame Academy on CBBC BBC2 - Endemol

    July 2006 - February 2007
    Researcher/Music & Celebrity Booker - TMi BBC2 - CBBC Entertainment - Live weekly studio show

    August 2005 - July 2006
    Researcher/Music and Celebrity Booker - 'Smile'BBC2 - Darrall Macqueen - Live weekly studio show

    2005
    Researcher - 'Holly vs. Steve: Feel the Fear' 13 x 30 min for CITV, ITV - Darrall Macqueen
    Researcher - 'Transformed, Teenagers' & 'Transformed, Overweight Teenagers' ITV1

    2004
    Researcher 'The Playstation Experience' 90 min for T4 (C4) & MTV
    Researcher/Assistant Producer - 'Bigger Than Sailing' 1 x 60 mins
    Researcher - 'All the Fun at the Fair' 1 x 30 mins for ITV (Meridian)

    April 2003 - September 2003 - Researcher - 'Racing Rivals' 6 x 30 min ITV and 6 x 60 min for ITV 2

    November 2000 - December 2002 - Researcher - Portsmouth Television MyTV Network Features

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    Education

    1997 - 2000 King Alfreds College, University, Winchester, Hampshire
    BA Hons in Drama, Theatre and television studies (2:1)

    1995 - 1997 Southdowns College, Waterlooville, Hampshire
    'A' levels in Media Studies (C), Sociology (B), Theatre Studies (E)
    BTEC's Certificates of Achievements in language of theatre, Writing and devising, stagecraft, costume construction and wardrobe management, make-up

    1991 - 1995 Crookhorn Community School, Waterlooville
    Maths (C), English Language (C), English Lit (B),
    Double Science (C C), Integrated Humanities (B), Art (C), Drama (B), French (C), Technology (C), PE (C)
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    Industry Qualifications

    Have completed the following -

    BBC Safeguarding Trust modles - 2009

    BBC Health and Safety course - 2009
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    Technical Equipment

    Skilled in linear and non linear editing
    2 years extensive experience of using Panasonic DV edit
    Familiar with Adobe Premiere
    Experience with a wide range of studio equipment including operating a gallery sound desk and VT Controller for live and recorded programmes, both interview based and live news
    Sound operating including Boom and radio microphones
    Basic knowledge of handling DV Cameras
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    Referees

    Chris Walley - Series Editor of BBC 999 Awards/ A Night of Heroes - The Sun Military Awards ITV1

    Adam Copeland - Producer of Room 101 Series 2

    Andrew Cartmell - Series Producer of Lee Mack's All Star Cast BBC1

    David Hall - Series Editor - The Michael Ball Show/The Alan Titchmarsh Show - ITV1 - Spun Gold TV

    Simon Marsh - ITV1 Series Producer - Boyzone; A Tribute to Stephen Gately

    Joey Cella - Celebrity Producer (Sound BBC2/Currently Celebrity Producer at Open Mike on Alan Carr Chatty Man)

    Rachel Albett - Series Producer (Sound BBC2)

    Numbers can be obtained on request
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    Skills

    Have a great contact book of agents, publicists and music promoters. 

    I have been CRB Police checked previously to work with children and children's programming.

    Variety of IT skills competent in BDL Auto script, word, word 2 and excel
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    Additional Information

    Industries

    • TV

    Programme Types

    • Childrens, 
    • Comedy, 
    • Comedy (Children's), 
    • Community Progs, 
    • Daytime
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