The Making of Emma Willis: Delivering Babies

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 making of UKTV's Broadcast Digital Award winning series Emma Willis: Delivering Babies with the series' exec producer for Firecracker Films, Sam Emmery and SP Cat Gradwell Reid.

Speakers

Sam Emmery is Head of Documentaries at Firecracker and an award winning documentary director. His exec producer credits include The Secret Life of Human Pups (C4), The Brit Who Tried to Kill Trump and The Sex Clinic (E4). Prior to this, he directed numberous documentaries for Firecracker, including the BAFTA nominated first series of Big Fat Gypsy Weddings (C4).

Cat Gradwell Reid is the series producer of Emma Willis: Delivering Babies at Firecracker. She's an experienced SP and series editor with credits including Mums Make Porn (C4) and The Maternity Ward (5*). Before this, she PD'd and edit produced on numerous primetime fact-ent series, such as Employable Me (BBC2), Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners (C4) and Four in a Bed (C4)

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.