All Hot Shots articles

  • Hot Shots roundtable
    Features

    Roundtable: Broadcast Hot Shots – what happened next?

    2025-06-26T11:48:00Z

    Four of last year’s Hot Shots discuss how their careers have progressed, what they have learned and the difficulties of building a career in TV

  • Imaan Labad
    News

    Researchers, assistants and APs

    2025-06-26T08:02:00Z

    Imaan Labad, Billy Clapham, Honor Douglas, Ayrton McGurgan, Anna Winstone, Kiki Yihui Wang, Karis Winstanley, Benjamin Shallcross

  • Eva Carrol
    Features

    Eva Carroll

    2025-06-26T08:02:00Z

    ‘Eva blends amazing enthusiasm with great empathy and a natural intelligence and curiosity’

  • Datshiane Navanayagam
    News

    News & current affairs

    2025-06-26T08:01:00Z

    Datshiane Navanayagam, Callum Metcalfe, Runako Celina, Eva Carroll

  • Kiki Yihui Wang
    Features

    Kiki Yihui Wang

    2025-06-26T08:01:00Z

    ‘Warm and intelligent’

  • Laura Praciak
    Features

    Laura Praciak

    2025-06-26T08:01:00Z

    ‘Her skillset is incomparable from my 25 years running different post-production teams’

  • Louis Ruscombe-King
    Features

    Louis Ruscombe-King

    2025-06-26T08:01:00Z

    ‘Louis is persuasive and perceptive. He’s good at capturing scenes, thinking on his feet and keeping access open’

  • Thomas Pullen
    Features

    Thomas Pullen

    2025-06-26T08:01:00Z

    ‘Tom’s creative ambition is relentless, driving bold, culturally resonant programmes that land with real impact’

  • Kwabena Oppong
    Features

    Hot Shots 2025: Commissioners

    2025-06-26T08:00:00Z

    ‘He is always stretching to make propulsive films that say something about the world’

  • Datshiane Navanayagam
    Features

    Hot Shots 2025: News and Current Affairs

    2025-06-26T08:00:00Z

    ‘Datshi seeks out the stories and voices that are largely forgotten in current affairs. She is the most dogged and exemplary journalist’

  • Monique Tedeschi
    Features

    Hot Shots 2025: Production managers

    2025-06-26T08:00:00Z

    ‘Monique is a truly outstanding production co-ordinator and the series, Underdogs, bene ted greatly from her involvement’

  • Hugo Pettitt
    Features

    Hot Shots 2025: Producers

    2025-06-26T08:00:00Z

    ‘Hugo has become a senior voice within the industry at a young age. With an aptitude and desire to learn, he has honed his access skills to a fine degree’

  • Imaan Labad
    Features

    Hot Shots 2025: Researchers, assistants and APs

    2025-06-26T08:00:00Z

    ‘Imaan has blown me away in how she has handled working with very traumatised contributors. She always puts their needs above her own’

  • Musanna Ahmed
    Features

    Hot Shots 2025: Development producers

    2025-06-26T08:00:00Z

    ‘Musanna’s ability to juggle various projects, alongside his aptitude for spotting a new idea or book for adaptation, makes him a well-rounded executive’

  • Jahreal Madogashi Wright
    Features

    Hot Shots 2025: Post & craft

    2025-06-26T08:00:00Z

    ‘If I could use one phrase to describe Jahreal, it would be ‘someone who gets things done’

  • Sarah Simmonds
    Features

    Hot Shots 2025: Writers

    2025-06-26T08:00:00Z

    ‘Sarah is a gorgeous writer with a beautifully unique tone, and her work is shaping up to sit among the greats’

  • Abi Cox
    Features

    Abi Cox

    2025-06-26T08:00:00Z

    ‘There is seemingly nothing Abi can’t turn her hand to. She’ll have a brilliant idea one moment, write, source and cut a banging sizzle the next’

  • Rhianna Adams-Christie
    News

    Commissioners & acquisitions

    2025-06-26T08:00:00Z

    Rhianna Adams-Christie, Felix Jones, Amie Parker-Williams, Thomas Pullen

  • Alan Bradley
    Features

    Alan Bradley

    2025-06-26T08:00:00Z

    ‘Alan has an ability to craft compelling, socially resonant stories. He is one of the brightest talents of his generation’

  • Albie Swingler
    Features

    Albie Swingler

    2025-06-26T08:00:00Z

    ‘Albie handled the many pressures of production with intelligence, calm and professionalism’