Hot Shots 2022: Harald Lummis

Just under six months ago, Harald Lummis took a one-week cover job as an office runner at RDF West. The development team were so impressed, they asked him to stay on for another fortnight, and now he’s a key part of the team.

According to managing director Jo Scarratt-Jones, he has “been integral to securing the team’s first large commission” – an original ob-doc idea developed and researched by Lummis using TikTok and snapped up by C4.

Lummis says his dream was to work in development in order to “ensure that LGBTQI+, working-class voices and experiences such as my own can enter the country’s TV landscape from the seed”.

Scarratt-Jones believes he is achieving just that, saying: “Harald has a fresh voice that is desperately needed in this industry.”