A diverse, female and multi-skilled Creative Producer (non-shooting PD) with extensive experience in scripting and shaping programmes from writing pitch ideas for commissioning, formalising treatments during development to include key story arcs, narratives and contributors as well as writing shooting scripts for current affairs and factual documen... Read More

A diverse, female and multi-skilled Creative Producer (non-shooting PD) with extensive experience in scripting and shaping programmes from writing pitch ideas for commissioning, formalising treatments during development to include key story arcs, narratives and contributors as well as writing shooting scripts for current affairs and factual documentaries.I have crafted a number of 1x30 current affairs investigative films for UK flagship programmes; Channel 4 Dispatches, BBC Panorama and BBC Inside Out. With solid journalistic skills and strong negotiating access into criminal gangs, I’ve exposed issues on rogue landlords exploiting illegal immigrants living in sheds – illegal sweatshops in the Midlands making garments for high-street fashion brands and young girls trafficked into prostitution. I’ve also uncovered criminal gangs organising fake weddings for illegal immigrants in the UK for BBC Inside Out. Please see link: https://vimeo.com/114505699Internationally, I’ve produced 1x60 high impact documentaries for Al Jazeera network, having negotiated into tough access and worked in hostile environments investigating prejudices faced by Muslim women banned from wearing the niqab, the illegal charcoal smuggling trade from Somalia to the Middle East as well as covering the persecution of the Rohingya minority fleeing genocide in Myanmar. From initial conception, I was responsible for developing a commissioning proposal, all editorial research and development, treatment and shooting scripts, field producing and post-production. Working independently across differing time zones with 2 fixers, the main story arc, narratives and key locations told a complex and ‘new’ story.My specialist areas include agenda setting stories and investigations, international documentaries, as well as high impact human-interest stories. Not afraid to work in challenging locations; I’m experienced in complex access negotiation, managing a wide range of contributors from high-net-worth individuals to victims of crime; I’m intuitive, confident working on hard hitting and sensitive films, investigations, access led and factual documentaries and series. An exemplary team player with strong organisational skills. I'm also fluent in Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu languages. .As a senior journalist and producer, I continue to develop and produce films with leading independent production companies as well as national and international broadcasters. This in turn has allowed me to work on various specialist programmes. I’ve developed stories for Al Jazeera documentary strands as well as produced treatments for BBC3 current affairs, BBC 2 Factual and UK regional strands. I’ve also developed several stories drawing on personal experience and specialist factual knowledge to reveal untold stories for various slates.Languages: Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu. Read Less