Summary
Overview
Work history
Education
Skills
Certification
Achievements and Affiliations
References
Timeline
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DARREN BOSHORIN

London

Summary

Producer with a decade of experience creating smart, standout formats across development and production in unscripted television. Specialises in taking big ideas from blank page to greenlight and turning amazing ideas into incredible productions, with credits spanning global streamers, PSBs, and multiple first-series commissions.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work history

Producer - Formats Development

The Garden
2024.01 - 2026.05
  • Developing fact-ent and entertainment formats - with a focus on social-strategy and competition reality shows. Targeted broadcasters include BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Apple TV and Netflix. Duties include idea generation, working up treatments and putting together visual materials for internal and external pitches.

Producer - Development

STV Entertainment
2023.04 - 2023.12
  • Creating quiz, gameshows, entertainment and fact-ent formats - pitching to a selection of broadcasters including BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Netflix. Duties include working-up treatments, pitch materials and taster tapes, establishing commissioner relations and setting up run-throughs - both internally and in-studio.

Task Producer - Alan Must Win

Primal Media
2022.12 - 2023.04
  • Task Producer on debut series of the twist-laden E4 reality competition. Duties included forward planning, format and task development, setting up and executing challenges from the floor and the gallery, working with the design department, prop sourcing and liaising with safety teams.

Producer Development

Primal Media
2022.06 - 2022.12
  • Creating entertainment and fact-ent formats for a range of terrestrial and online broadcasters including BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Netflix and Amazon Prime. Regular duties include devising mixed-media treatments, putting together concept taster tapes and sizzles and interviewing contributors.

Task Producer - Traitors S1 (UK and US)

Studio Lambert
2022.04 - 2022.06

Task Producer on the debut series of the BBC One and Peacock US reality competition. Duties included games development, generating risk assessments, setting up and executing tasks and run-throughs on location, prop sourcing and liaising with safety teams and fixers across a range of challenges.

Producer - Saturday Night Takeaway

ITV/Lifted Entertainment
2022.01 - 2022.04
  • Produced the Win The Ads segment for the live prime-time entertainment show.

Producer - Development

BBC Entertainment
2021.10 - 2021.12
  • Developed formats for all major broadcasters and SVoDs including Netflix and Snapchat.

Producer - Snowflake Mountain

Naked/Netflix
2021.03 - 2021.07
  • Task producing, forward planning and format development for location-based Netflix series.

Producer - Too Hot Too Handle

Fremantle/Netflix
2020.11 - 2021.02
  • Forward Planning/Workshop Producer for the third series of the Netflix reality competition.

Producer - The Circle US (Series 1, Series 2-3, Series 4-5)

Studio Lambert/Netflix
2019.01 - 2021.01

Producer - Development

Electric Ray
2020.07 - 2020.09
  • Company Overview: Entertainment and youth-focused fact-ent development for BBC Three, Channel 4 and Netflix.
  • Entertainment and youth-focused fact-ent development for BBC Three, Channel 4 and Netflix.

Producer - Development

Expectation Entertainment
2019.09 - 2020.07
  • Company Overview: Entertainment, quiz and fact-ent development role targeting BBC, Channel 4 and Netflix.
  • Task Producer on the debut series of the BBC One and Peacock US reality competition. Duties included games development, generating risk assessments, setting up and executing tasks and run-throughs on location, prop sourcing and liaising with safety teams and fixers across a range of challenges.
  • Entertainment, quiz and fact-ent development role targeting BBC, Channel 4 and Netflix.

Assistant Producer - Development

Crackit Productions
2019.01 - 2019.06

Assistant Producer - Development

Kalel Productions
2018.11 - 2019.01

Producer - Big Brother Task Team

Endemol/Initial
2018.05 - 2018.11

Assistant Producer - Development

Initial
2018.02 - 2018.05

Gallery AP - Celebrity Big Brother

Endemol/Initial
2016.12 - 2017.02

Researcher - Entertainment Development

Princess Productions
2015.05 - 2016.01

Education

MA - English

Loughborough University
2008.09 - 2009.05

BA - English Literature, North American Literature and Film

Loughborough University
2005.09 - 2009.05

Skills

  • Live and pre-recorded producing experience
  • XF305 and C300 proficient shooter
  • Scriptwriter
  • Adobe Premiere Pro proficient

Certification

  • Screenskills Risk Management of Productions
  • Screenskills Addressing Unconscious bias
  • Screenskills Harassment and bullying at work

Achievements and Affiliations

  • Finalist in the BBC Entertainment Fast Formats Development Competition 2012-13; adjudged by Mark Linsey
  • Successful applicant to the Princess Productions Graduate Trainee Scheme
  • Nominated to join the 2022 TV Collective: Breakthrough Leaders cohort

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Producer - Formats Development

The Garden
2024.01 - 2026.05

Producer - Development

STV Entertainment
2023.04 - 2023.12

Task Producer - Alan Must Win

Primal Media
2022.12 - 2023.04

Producer Development

Primal Media
2022.06 - 2022.12

Task Producer - Traitors S1 (UK and US)

Studio Lambert
2022.04 - 2022.06

Producer - Saturday Night Takeaway

ITV/Lifted Entertainment
2022.01 - 2022.04

Producer - Development

BBC Entertainment
2021.10 - 2021.12

Producer - Snowflake Mountain

Naked/Netflix
2021.03 - 2021.07

Producer - Too Hot Too Handle

Fremantle/Netflix
2020.11 - 2021.02

Producer - Development

Electric Ray
2020.07 - 2020.09

Producer - Development

Expectation Entertainment
2019.09 - 2020.07

Producer - The Circle US (Series 1, Series 2-3, Series 4-5)

Studio Lambert/Netflix
2019.01 - 2021.01

Assistant Producer - Development

Crackit Productions
2019.01 - 2019.06

Assistant Producer - Development

Kalel Productions
2018.11 - 2019.01

Producer - Big Brother Task Team

Endemol/Initial
2018.05 - 2018.11

Assistant Producer - Development

Initial
2018.02 - 2018.05

Gallery AP - Celebrity Big Brother

Endemol/Initial
2016.12 - 2017.02

Researcher - Entertainment Development

Princess Productions
2015.05 - 2016.01

MA - English

Loughborough University
2008.09 - 2009.05

BA - English Literature, North American Literature and Film

Loughborough University
2005.09 - 2009.05
DARREN BOSHORIN