Email: david.aitken74@gmail.com
PD: At ease running large crews, I have a wealth of experienced making shows for the BBC, C4, FIVE & Discovery. I am adept at producing high profile presenting talent, and comfortable coaxing performances from less experienced contributo... Read More
Email: david.aitken74@gmail.com
PD: At ease running large crews, I have a wealth of experienced making shows for the BBC, C4, FIVE & Discovery. I am adept at producing high profile presenting talent, and comfortable coaxing performances from less experienced contributors. I confidently self-shoot and use the Sony FX6, FX9 and FS7.
Edit Producer: I'm an Avid Media Composer user, so I'm great at fast turnarounds, and I have lots of remote experience. I collaborate closely with my editors, scripting with flair and passing back and forth sync pulls and assemblies to create entertaining and engaging telly.
Recent Credits:
2024 - A New Life In the Sun - Where Are They Now? (Series 7) - EP on the spin off series of the long running top rated C4 daytime show, catching up with Brits setting up businesses abroad.
2024 - The Antiques Brothers (Series 1) - EP of this brand new factual entertainment series for QUEST following the adventures of two brothers as the explore the attics and brocantes of France, seeking bargains to restore and flip for a profit.
2024 - Help! We Bought a Village (Series 3) - Five months edit producing this pan European C4 property rennovation series, creating lush obs doc stories, punctuated with specially commissioned historical scripted animations.
2023 - Renovation Nation (Series 2) - Six months in the edit with this stripped C4 series following remarkable people rescuing delapidated properties and bringing them lovingly back to life. My Avid skills came to the fore on this project, as I quickly turned around hit after hit, scripting punchy commentary and working with my editors to deliver fast paced compelling shows.
2022 - Self shooting PD and remote edit producer on a brand new presenter led primetime C5 show, Build Your Dream Home In The Country (with Pi Productions), a formatted fact ent series following the fortunes of couples and families giving up city life to build and renovate their dream homes in the countryside. I cut 6x60 episodes, including the series launch episode, and I was the main PD for our three Scottish based builds. We really focused on the emotional hearts of each of the stories and followed the contributors as they struggled to achieve their goals in the face of spiralling costs and horrendous weather.
2021 - Series producer and self-shooting director of Show Me The Honey, a presenter led 7 part competition format for CBBC (with Interstellar TV), following four families who we gave beehives for the summer, as they learned to manage a colony of bees and produce their own honey. A life changing series for the children involved, and for me a real pleasure to work with very inexperienced contributors and to watch them grow in confidence over the course of their honey making journey.
Recent Referee:
"David is dependable, versatile and calm under pressure. He's quick thinking and a problem solver. A great asset to have on any production."
