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Dan Clapson has 10 years experience producing and directing TV shows for BBC, ITV and SKY.

Shows include Bad Influence! (CITV), Gamers (CITV), Massive (CITV), The Net (BBC2), Newsround (CBBC), Newsround Extra (CBBC), Short Change (CBBC), 100% (CBBC), GamesWorld (SKY ONE), Beat The Best (Nickelodeon) etc.

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List of previous productions:

BEAT THE BEST – prod. company: Brilliant TV (Director)
Location based sports game show – where celebrity sports stars compete against talented kids.

NEWSROUND – Children’s BBC (Producer/Director)
Produced various daily news items from around the UK.

NEWSROUND EXTRA – Children’s BBC (Producer/Director)
12 minute Newsround Extra report on the next generation of video games. Showed all aspects of future video gaming, inc. a world exclusive on Playstation 2. Filmed report in Japan and UK.

SHORT CHANGE – Children’s BBC (Assistant Producer/Consultant)
Highly acclaimed consumer series for kids.
Investigated the possibility of a single video games format; like that of the movie industry’s VHS and music industry’s CD format. Interviewed Sega, Sony and Nintendo asking if they were considering this idea and if it were possible. Also investigated the rumours that Microsoft were developing a games console.

GAMERS – Saturday morning ITV (Producer of series 1,2 and 3)
Hi-tech lifestyle magazine series on ITV.
This Saturday morning TV series has proven to be the most popular show ever dedicated to video games, gadgets, consumer electronics, and anything else that’s new for 16-20 year olds. Overall task requirement: Managing a team of researchers, presenters, studio crew, location camera teams, TV graphic designers, and video editors. To produce a weekly, half-an-hour, prime time TV series for ITV.

CUS-YER-BZI – produced by Anglia TV for Children’s ITV (Development: Original concept + script writer)

MASSIVE, series 4 on Children’s ITV (Director)
Magazine show hosted by Denise Van Outen

MASSIVE, series 3 on Children’s ITV (Director)
Magazine show hosted by Denise Van Outen.

MASSIVE, series 2 on Children’s ITV (Director)
Magazine show hosted by Denise Van Outen.

FLY-IN, Mentorn Films (Off-line Editor)
A clubbers guide to night clubs, dance music and related issues. Edited using Lightworks.

NIGHTLIFE GOLF, Tads Video (Script Writer)
Corporate video demonstrating golfing products.

THE CHILDREN’S CHANNEL (Promotions Producer)
Developed the new look for the Channel’s 1996 Autumn season.

THE NET, BBC2 (Assistant Producer)
Flagship show that delved into all things Internet related.

GAMESWORLD, SKY1 (Director)
The alternative video games series. Location directed individual items that were used throughout the series.

BAD INFLUENCE!, series 2 on Children’s ITV (Researcher)
The no.1 rated children’s show presented by Andy Crane and Violet Berlin. This studio show was very much like my 1999 series Gamers, but for a younger audience. Had the look and feel of Blue Peter!

SHORT CHANGE, series 1 on Children’s BBC (Researcher)
Highly acclaimed consumer series for children, which derived a lot of its content and style from its older sister, BBC 1’s Watchdog.
This series has proved so popular that it’s still running on CBBC.

100%, series 1 on Children’s BBC (Researcher)
Comedy sketch series presented by CBBC’s comedy duo Trev & Simon.

GET YOUR OWN BACK, series 1 – Children’s BBC (Researcher)
Game show presented by Dave Benson Phillips.

TAKE 2, Children’s BBC (Researcher)
CBBC’s version of Points of View. Also included behind the scenes features, on current and future shows on BBC, ITV and C4. Presented by Sarah Greene.