The Making of Big Zuu's Big Eats

The making of... is a strand of masterclasses that goes behind the scenes of some of Britain’s most popular and critically acclaimed tv series. Key production personnel will discuss the mechanics of making the series plus some of the challenges they had to face along the way. Time will be allowed for audience questions, so you will get to ask the makers of some of your favourite programmes exactly how they did it. 
 
This session looks at the development and making of Dave’s music-cookery-comedy hybrid format Big Zuu’s Big Eats, with the Series Producer Alex Gilman, series’ Associate Producer Rohan Minhas and its Commissioning Editor for UKTV Natalie Rose. 

Speakers 

Alex Gilman is a freelance comedy producer and the Series Producer of Big Zuu’s Big Eats. His previous credits include 13 series of 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (C4), The Ranganation (BBC2) and Child Genius Celebrity Special (C4).

Rohan Minhas is an AP at Boom TV. He conceived the series and saw is through development and production. He started his career at the Garden on 24 Hours in Police Custody and went on to work in development at Boomerang and Twofour. He is currently working on Series 2 of Big Zuu’s Big Eats. 

Natalie Rose is the Big Zuu’s Big Eats Commissioning Editor at UKTV. Since joining UKTV in 2017, she has commissioned and executive produced some of the network’s flagship series such as Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over, Borderforce: America’s Gatekeepers, Inside the Ambulance, Bangers and Cash and John Bishop In Conversation With. Recent commissions include Big Zuu’s Big Eats and Warbird Workshop.

Natalie started her career as a broadcast journalist at both BBC Breakfast News and GMTV before moving into entertainment and factual programming, working with some of the UK’s largest independent producers including Endemol, ITV, Twofour and Studio Lambert. 
 

This event is supported by the ScreenSkills Television Skills Fund which invests in training for the freelance television workforce thanks to contributions from the BBC, Channel 4 and Channel 5.

It is part of a ScreenSkills programme managed by the Indie Training Fund to support freelancers to upskill and stay connected, helping keep the industry resilient in these difficult times.

This session will take place online via Zoom. Click ‘get ticket’ to reserve your place: you must login or register before you are able to get a ticket for this event. A booking confirmation with a joining link to the session will be sent to you via email.

If you are no longer able to use your ticket, we ask you to please contact support@screenskills.com so that we can release your place. Our sessions are often oversubscribed, so we’d like to give other freelancers the opportunity to fill available spots. Thank you for your consideration.