
Di Evans
Award winning programme maker
SP, Prod/Director, Shooting PD. Multiple genres: Factual, Fact Ent, Ob doc.
A love of real people, experienced working with talent, great interactive and interview skills, coupled with filming and editing flair, creativity, sound editorial and legal judgement and an eye on delivering high quality, on time and on budget with a sense of fun. DBS Checked.
Recent Credits
Shooting PD: Homes Under the Hammer, BBC
Lion TV: Iconic makeover series working with household name presenters filming properties before and after renovation.
Shooting PD: Virtually Homes, BBC
New Virtual Reality show taking contributors into a VR studio, with celebrity designers, to visualise their revamped homes and then film the reveal outcome.
Shooting PD: Trucking Hell, C5
Crackit Productions. Large vehicle recoveries with truckers on roads and motorways. Raw contributors filmed on the road with jeopardy and humour.
Shooting PD: Location, Location, Location, C4
IWC Media. Including master Interviews and contributor actuality.
Shooting PD: My Big Family C5
Viacom Studios: Filming parents with large numbers of children.
Shooting PD: Big Week at the Zoo C5
Daisybeck Studios: Filming staff and wildlife at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park.
Series Producer/Dir: Made in Britain ITV4
Daisybeck Studios: Award winning series. Responsible for making there series throughout production. Directing a crew and dealing with all challenges.
Shooting PD: Harrogate a Great Yorkshire Christmas C5
Daisybeck Studios: Filming the people of Harrogate as they prepare for Christmas Yorkshire style, transforming the town and individual shops from traditional to tinsel town.
Shooting PD: 10K HOME ITV
Betty TV: Make-over by Julia Bradbury & Max McMurdo. Produced, Shot & Directed talent and contributors transforming shed to wonderful holiday homes throughout Britain.
Shooting PD: Supertruckers Discovery
Lion TV: Filming Producing and Directing Metcalfe Farm Haulage with amazing truckers as they transport oversize, bizarre and tricky loads throughout Europe. Fabulously gritty, raw characters who had never faced the cameras before.
Shooting PD: The Yorkshire Vet C5
Daisybeck Studios: Set in a veterinary practice in North Yorkshire following staff throughout the county as they aim to save our beloved pets and livestock.
Shooting PD: Trafford Centre: Countdown to Christmas C5
Daisybeck Studios: Shooting PD filming and following staff at the Manchester Trafford shopping centre tackling the fun, stress and challenges of preparing for Christmas.
Shooting PD: Hoarder SOS C4
Lion TV: Make-over, helping Britain’s hoarding families to clear and sell, transforming living spaces. Sixteen Ep series, three presenters, AP’s and runners travelling the country.
Dev Prod: Body Donors C5
Daisybeck Studios: Development Producer on the Paul Stead’s RTS award winning two-part documentary following contributors who donate their bodies to universities for medical training. From concept, gaining access to universities, students, staff & donors dealing sensitively with contributors, protocol and paperwork, casting people & locations.
PD: Great British Menu BBC
Directing Richard Curtis during the banquet. Interviewing celebrity chefs and judges including Pru Leith along with big name guests.
Shooting PD: Great British Menu
Travelling the country filming chefs taking part in the programme.
Other credits
Animal Mechanics
Wildscreen award winner, presented at BAFTA, filming elephants in Northern Thai jungle.
Presented the National Lottery BBC
News Correspondent
On-screen correspondent: SKY, ITV, Reuters. Live reports, scripted, voiced, presented.
Key skills
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DBS Checked.
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Experienced Dev Prod, programme pitcher, treatment writer and taster tape/casting.
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Great editorial judgement extracting the best from contribs to shape & bring stories life both live or in edit.
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Full car & motorbike licence, ‘lapsed’ pilot’s licence, media law qualification.
References:
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