Tim Barraclough

Producer/Director, on the first and second series of 'The Test' 8x30mins. Series helping people overcome extreme phobias or obstacles in their lives with the help of experts. Involved some DV filming. Daytime, network ITV1 - MERIDIAN andGRANADA television, Southampton and London

Director, 'I Want That House', 10x30 mins. Series following people who want to buy houses abroad. Presented by Mark Simpkin. Transmitted early evening, network ITV1 - MERIDIAN, Southampton

Director, 'Passport to the Sun', 40x30 mins. Observational documentary series about British people on the island of Mallorca. Presented by Nadia Sawalha. Shot entirely on DSR200. Transmitted daytime BBC1 - LION TELEVISION, London

Director, 'Superstox', 1x30 mins Low budget observational documentary about the rivalry between two racing drivers in the build nup to the British Championship final. Broadcast late night on Channel4. Researched, developed, and shot on DV entirely by myself - ID WORLD, London

Associate Producer/Director on 'The Spanish American War of 1898' a 2x50 min historical documentary transmitted on The Discovery Channel and The History Channel (USA, Latin America and Europe) and 'La Guerra de '98', a Spanish version for Canal+ (Spain). For which I directed sequences and interviews in New York and Philadelphia, wrote and structured scripts, and researched new historical evidence - CAFÉ PRODUCTIONS, London

A Producer and inserts Director on several programmes transmitted on BBC1, including live and studio transmissions, and covering a wide range of subjects from current affairs to light entertainment. Productions included: 'Au Pairs' - magazine show written by me; Housemates' - studio show transmitted on BBC1, written and devised by me; 'Big Day Out' - Magazine show shot on location, transmitted prime-time on BBC1; 'Relatively Speaking' - transmitted prime-time on BBC1; 'Pebble Mill Inserts' - PSC inserts for BBC1 - including filming in Berlin on the anniversary of the collapse of the Wall; 'Newshound' - current affairs programme broadcast daily live on BBC1 - KERSHAW PRODUCTION ASSOCIATES (KPA), Pebble Mill, Birmingham

Assistant Producer, 'Ratrap', 4x30 mins. Crime prevention series involving the secret filming of criminals in action using hidden DV cameras. Presented by Mary Nightingale. Transmitted primetime on ITV - GRANADA TV, London

Assistant Producer. 'Babel Europa', a 6x50 min documentary series on the history of immigration to Europe for the 'La Cinquieme/Arte' Channel in France - LES FILMS DU VILLAGE, Paris

Development Research on 'Tales from Torremolinos', 1x50 min documentary about the 1960's British tourist boom to Spain for BBC2's 'Timewatch' strand - BLAKEWAY PRODUCTIONS, London

Assistant Producer on the 1st series of 'Britain Worst', a 6x50 min prime-time observational documentary series transmitted on ITV, involving extensive DV filming - LION TELEVISION, London

Assistant Producer on the 1st episode of 'Frontiers', about the border between Chile and Argentina in the area of Patagonia - APRIL FILMS, Paris

Work experience in the television arm of the World Service, BBC WORLD, at Television Centre, London - writing and editing news items and setting up interviews for presenters

Development Research on various television productions for Channel4, including 'Across the Divide', an 8x24 min documentary series on ethnic conflict and violence in modern Europe and 'Not the Elections '97', an alternative election programme - INTERMEDIA FILM AND VIDEO, Nottingham

Journalist in the business and economic department of a Spanish press agency: AGENCIA DE PRENSA INTERNACIONAL S.A (APISA). I was based in Madrid but sent to report on economic and political situations in Puerto Rico, Mexico, Hungary, Portugal, and Turkey, often living in each country for up to three months. The articles were published in European magazines and newspapers, and involved personal interviews with Heads of State, such as the then Prime Minister of Hungary, the Governor of Puerto Rico, and the Secretary of State for Turkey