19: Producer Director Graciela Watson - Producing Formatted TV

Do you want to know what it's like to edit produce successful formatted TV shows? Do you want to know what some of the challenges of producing factual documentaries are?  Well, you'll want to stick around until the end of my interview with Producer Director and Edit Producer Graciela Watson. Graciela has over 20 years experience working on specialist factual, factual entertainment, features and Quiz shows. She's experienced in directing contributors as well presenters. In the edit suite, she has strong editorial skills and is used to hitting the ground running when joining a production.  She's also Series Produced, worked in development and pitching ideas and is an accomplished self shooter.  In this interview we talk about how she got her break in TV, some of the productions she's worked on, such as Find it, Fix it, Flog it for Channel 4 – which is where we met and worked together, some of the challenges television faces today, and of course she has great advice for others who want to get into the industry.