Ayrton McGurgan
AP/Producer
About Me
Broadcast Hot Shot 2025 | Edinburgh TV Festival Ones to Watch 2024
Producer with seven years’ experience across unscripted TV, specialising in contrib led, access driven and fact ent formats for BBC, ITV, C4, Virgin Media and RTÉ. Strong editorial judgement with a proven ability to shape contrib journeys from casting through... Read More
Producer with seven years’ experience across unscripted TV, specialising in contrib led, access driven and fact ent formats for BBC, ITV, C4, Virgin Media and RTÉ. Strong editorial judgement with a proven ability to shape contrib journeys from casting through... Read More
Professional Training
| Course / Qualification | Training Provider / Institution | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Mental Health First Aid / Health Matters Training / 2026 | ||
| Mental Health First Aid | Health Matters Training | 2026 |
| Emergency First Aid / St John Ambulance / 2026 | ||
| Emergency First Aid | St John Ambulance | 2026 |
| Mentoring for Mentors / Screenskills / 2026 | ||
| Mentoring for Mentors | Screenskills | 2026 |
| Safeguarding For All: Basic Awareness for the Screen Industries / Screenskills / 2026 | ||
| Safeguarding For All: Basic Awareness for the Screen Industries | Screenskills | 2026 |
| Essentials for Becoming a Welfare Producer / Screenskills / 2025 | ||
| Essentials for Becoming a Welfare Producer | Screenskills | 2025 |
| Tackling Harassment & Bullying at Work / Screenskills / 2025 | ||
| Tackling Harassment & Bullying at Work | Screenskills | 2025 |
| Accessibility for Contributors and Talent / CDN / 2025 | ||
| Accessibility for Contributors and Talent | CDN | 2025 |
| Psychological Safety for Cast & Crew / Film In Mind / 2025 | ||
| Psychological Safety for Cast & Crew | Film In Mind | 2025 |
| Understanding Clearances / Screenskills / 2025 | ||
| Understanding Clearances | Screenskills | 2025 |
| Story for Documentary & Unscripted Television / John Yorke Story / 2025 | ||
| Story for Documentary & Unscripted Television | John Yorke Story | 2025 |
| Step Up to HOD: Leading and Managing Teams with Confidence. / Mission Accomplished / 2025 | ||
| Step Up to HOD: Leading and Managing Teams with Confidence. | Mission Accomplished | 2025 |
| Clearing Music for TV and Film / RTS NI / 2025 | ||
| Clearing Music for TV and Film | RTS NI | 2025 |
| Step Up To Shooting AP / DV Talent / 2022 | ||
| Step Up To Shooting AP | DV Talent | 2022 |
| Contributor Duty of Care & Welfare / Screenskills / 2022 | ||
| Contributor Duty of Care & Welfare | Screenskills | 2022 |
| Casting TV Non-Fiction for Senior Teams / Screenskills Ireland / 2021 | ||
| Casting TV Non-Fiction for Senior Teams | Screenskills Ireland | 2021 |
| Mentoring for Mentees / Screenskills / 2021 | ||
| Mentoring for Mentees | Screenskills | 2021 |
| Story Toolkit for Factual Television Producers / Screenskills / 2020 | ||
| Story Toolkit for Factual Television Producers | Screenskills | 2020 |
| TV Research / BECTU - Pam Relton / 2020 | ||
| TV Research | BECTU - Pam Relton | 2020 |
| Contributor Consent / Screenskills / 2020 | ||
| Contributor Consent | Screenskills | 2020 |
| Coronavirus Basic Awareness on Production / Screenskills / 2020 | ||
| Coronavirus Basic Awareness on Production | Screenskills | 2020 |
| Factual Filmmaking Directing / NI Screen / 2020 | ||
| Factual Filmmaking Directing | NI Screen | 2020 |
| Factual Filmmaking Production / NI Screen / 2020 | ||
| Factual Filmmaking Production | NI Screen | 2020 |
| Access TV - Jumping the Barriers / Screenskills / 2020 | ||
| Access TV - Jumping the Barriers | Screenskills | 2020 |
| Casting For Factual Entertainment / Screenskills / 2020 | ||
| Casting For Factual Entertainment | Screenskills | 2020 |
| Cracking TV Development / Screenskills / 2020 | ||
| Cracking TV Development | Screenskills | 2020 |
| Getting The Best Out Of Your Contributors / Screenskills / 2020 | ||
| Getting The Best Out Of Your Contributors | Screenskills | 2020 |
| Inclusive Casting for TV Non-Fiction / Screenskills / 2020 | ||
| Inclusive Casting for TV Non-Fiction | Screenskills | 2020 |
| Editing in UK Documentary and Factual TV / Screenskills / 2020 | ||
| Editing in UK Documentary and Factual TV | Screenskills | 2020 |
| Production Lab / Screenskills / 2019 | ||
| Production Lab | Screenskills | 2019 |
| Environmental Sustainability For The Screen Arts / Albert Carbon Literacy / 2019 | ||
| Environmental Sustainability For The Screen Arts | Albert Carbon Literacy | 2019 |
| Working At Heights / Health Matters / 2019 | ||
| Working At Heights | Health Matters | 2019 |
| BECTU Safety Passport / The Creative Industries Safety Passport by BECTU / 2019 | ||
| BECTU Safety Passport | The Creative Industries Safety Passport by BECTU | 2019 |
| Emergency First Aid At Work / British Red Cross / 2019 | ||
| Emergency First Aid At Work | British Red Cross | 2019 |
| Risk Awareness (RAW) Safety Training / 1st Option / 2018 | ||
| Risk Awareness (RAW) Safety Training | 1st Option | 2018 |
| Santander University Internship / Profile Tree LLP / 2017 | ||
| Santander University Internship | Profile Tree LLP | 2017 |
| Get Ready For A Career Behind The Lens / TriForce Creative Network/ScreenSkills / 2016 | ||
| Get Ready For A Career Behind The Lens | TriForce Creative Network/ScreenSkills | 2016 |
| Street Kicks Apprenticeship / Millennium Forum / 2013 | ||
| Street Kicks Apprenticeship | Millennium Forum | 2013 |
Recent Posts
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Other Details
Media I Work In:
Live Events
Online Content
Broadcast Television
Non Broadcast
Commercials
Mobile Content
Video on demand
Locations I can work in:
Work Anywhere
Language:
English (Fluent)
Skills/Permits:
Driving Licence
Casting
First Aid
Access Negotiation
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
EU Passport Holder
Heath And Safety Training
Commentary Writing
Work Permit EU
Archive Clearance
Music Clearance
Storytelling
Sustainability in the Screen Industries
Technical Skills:
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Lightroom
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Premiere
After Effects
Avid
Avid Media Composer
Canon 5D
Canon 5D MKII
Canon 5D MKIII
Canon 7D
Canon 7D MKII
Canon EOS C100
Canon EOS C100 MKII
Data Wrangling
DSLR
Final Cut
Final Cut Pro
Final Cut Pro 7
Final Cut Pro X
Self Shooting
Stills
Studio Experience
Canon C300 Mark II
Canon C300 Mark III
Canon C300mk3
Canon EOS C300
DaVinci Resolve
FCP
Music Production
Awards:
Broadcast Hot Shot 2025
Edinburgh TV Festival Ones to Watch 2024