Working with the production team
The producer is responsible for the programme content. If it is a long programme or a programme that’s on air every day there will be a programme editor who has a number of producers working under him.
The role of the director is to make the script work on screen. While producers, researchers etc. work to the editor, all the studio technical staff work to the director.
Who’s the boss?
This question regularly crops up and is completely irrelevant. The producer and the director must work as a team. I don’t expect a director to override the content the producer wants unless it is absolutely necessary, which usually means it is not technically possible.
The technical crews must all follow the director. If a producer ...
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