Children's TV

Explore the skills checklists for the different departments and roles in children's TV.

Read our How do I use the skills checklists page for more information about how the children's TV skills checklists were developed.

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Assistant directors department

A member of production crew shuts a clapperboard on set

First assistant director skills (children's TV)
A director and an actor look at a laptop screen together

Second assistant director skills (children's TV)
A director walks beside an actor on a bicycle

Third assistant director skills (children's TV)
An image of a production set

Floor runner skills (children's TV)

Casting department

Four people sit on a sofa with a dog and Hacker T Dog smiling at the camera

Casting producer skills (children's TV)
Four children in school uniform stand looking over a wall with a pair of binoculars each

Casting researcher skills (children's TV)

Costume department

A costume designer amends the fit of an actor's outfit

Costume designer skills (children's TV)
Four children stand together laughing

Costume supervisor skills (children's TV)

Development department

Four girls in school uniform sit together around a table

Development assistant producer skills (children's TV)
Two men and two children peer around a bush with one child taking a picture on a camera

Development researcher skills (children's TV)
Three people sit around a table with laptops

Development producer skills (children's TV)
Jill Scott stands with a group of children playing football

Head of development skills (children's TV)

Hair, make-up and prosthetics department

Four men sit posing together on a sofa dressed in period attire and elaborate wigs

Hair and make-up designer skills (children's TV)
Four people stand posing together, one in casual clothing and three dressed in elaborate superhero costumes

Hair and make-up supervisor skills (children's TV)

Production department

Two men look at a laptop screen in an office

Assistant producer skills (children's TV)
Five children stand around an old cinema camera.

Chaperone skills (children's TV)
Three people sit around a table looking at a laptop screen

Line producer skills (children's TV)
Actors and members of production crew shoot an indoor scene of a children's TV show

Producer/director (PD) skills (children's TV)
A photographer holding a camera stands next to a producer holding an iPad

Producer skills (children's TV)
Four schoolgirls stand looking at a sheet of paper. A boy stands to the side of them.

Researcher skills (children's TV)
An image of someone holding a clapperboard on set of The Famous Five

Production coordinator skills - scripted (children's TV)
A woman sits writing on a clipboard

Production manager skills - scripted (children's TV)
A person using a calculator on a table. A laptop and notebook sit on the table next to it.

Producer skills - scripted (children's TV)
A woman stands next to a whiteboard

Production secretary skills - scripted (children's TV)
Two girls in school uniform sit side by side at a table

Series producer skills (children's TV)
Production coordinator skills - unscripted (children's TV)

Production coordinator skills - unscripted (children's TV)
A woman on set looks at a desktop monitor

Production manager skills - unscripted (children's TV)
A group of people sit around a table having a discussion

Production secretary skills - unscripted (children's TV)
Two people hold camera equipment in high-vis jackets

Production runner skills - unscripted (children's TV)