BA (Hons) Television Production with Integrated Foundation Year Bachelor's degree at University for the Creative Arts

You begin by learning how television stories work. This module introduces the fundamentals of narrative structure, helping you understand how meaning is created for audiences. Through bite-size workshops you will develop your practical filmmaking toolkit, while analysis of existing programmes supports you to write your own screenplay and discover your creative voice.

Your first Career Catalyst introduces the core practical skills, workflows and professional behaviours that underpin television production. You'll experiment with production techniques, explore how ideas move from concept to screen, and develop effective working habits that support your transition into more confident, collaborative and professionally aware practice.

You then apply your learning to collaborative drama production. Working with scripts, performers and locations, you'll explore how dramatic narratives are realised on screen. The module emphasises teamwork, creative decision-making and an understanding of production processes within a supported environment.

Alongside practical making, this module develops your critical understanding of television as an institution, industrial medium, and socio-cultural form. You'll analyse programmes, genres and audiences, gaining insight into how television reflects and shapes society. This critical perspective informs and strengthens your creative practice across the course.

This module focuses on researching, planning and producing factual entertainment. You'll work collaboratively to create factual content, considering storytelling, ethics, representation and audience responsibility, as well as developing your technical and craft skills. The emphasis is on real-world production challenges and contributor-led narratives.

Your second Career Catalyst explores television production within its wider social, cultural and professional contexts. Through live briefs, collaborative projects and engagement with external contributors, you'll respond to real-world production challenges that require ethical, inclusive and sustainable decision-making. The module emphasises collaboration, professional communication and audience awareness, supporting your development as a responsible and future-facing television practitioner.

Live Production introduces the fast-paced realities of live and multi-camera television. Working in defined production roles such as camera operator, vision mixer or floor manager, you'll engage in real-time workflows, developing professional skills in teamwork, communication and decision-making under live broadcast conditions.

This module explores how genre shapes television storytelling and audience expectations. Through analysis of scripted and unscripted genres, you will understand how genre influences stories, social relations, and creative practice, helping refine your creative identity and industry awareness.

Creative Research supports you in developing advanced research skills through written, practice-led or hybrid approaches. This allows you to tailor your outcome to academic and/or practice-based interests, supporting the development of advanced research skills, critical analysis, and professional communication.

Your final Career Catalyst supports you in planning and articulating your next steps as a graduate television practitioner. You'll reflect on your skills, experiences and ambitions, explore a range of career pathways, and develop an original production concept that expresses a clear sense of creative identity, professional resilience and future direction. The module helps you position your practice within industry and cultural contexts, preparing you for progression beyond the course.

The course culminates in the Major Project, where you realise an ambitious, self-directed piece of work. Informed by research, planning and reflection, your final project brings together creative, critical and professional skills developed across the course, showcasing your readiness for industry, further study or independent practice.