Mark Ashton

I am a hugely experienced Producer/Director, OB Director, Edit Producer , Series Producer and Journalist. I am equally at home with Daytime, Antiques, Food shows and Consumer or Current Affairs or Horticulture. I am equally happy on location, in Studio or on OB. Most recent clients include River Cottage "Three Good Things" (Series Director C4 Keo Films), The One Show (4 years -OB Director/Commissioning Producer/Series Producer BBC 1) , The Antiques Roadshow 2015/16 (Multi -Camera OB Director and Vision Mixer BBC 1), RHS Chelsea 2014 ( Edit Producer and Director BBC 1/BBC2 ), Bargain Hunt 2013/2015 ( Series Producer ,Edit Director and Director BBC 1), The People Remember 2014 ( OB Director and Series Director and Edit Director BBC 1. Nominated for Best Daytime Programme - Broadcast Awards 2016). Break in Britain 2015, ( Edit Director -BBC1). Flog It 2015/16 (Location Director BBC 1). I take some of my work at quite short notice and am very comfortable taking short stints on multiples of programmes as opposed to very long contracts. I am ideal for dropping in to productions at short notice to cover for sickness or holidays. I am based in Bristol but am happy to work anywhere in the UK. I am currently booked to December and am actively looking for projects from Jan 2016 onwards. I have extensive experience of working with some of the UK's top talent and have a series of awards to prove it. (Fiona Bruce, Sophie Raworth , Dan Snow, Alan Titchmarsh, Matt Baker, Anita Rani, Michael Moseley, Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall, Dom Littlewood, Paul Martin, Matt Allwright, Tim Wonnacott,Michael Aspel, Dr Phil Hammond ). I am a team player who can be relied upon at every level. On top of this I am an award winning current affairs and news journalist. Please see CV for awards and link to showreel where there are clips of all of my recent programmes - OB's, single camera, multi-camera, studio and location. Long form and short form and live. I am also interested in teaching Television production at FE and HE Level