Free TV Production Training, London

MAMA Youth Project, a London charity, runs a free, BAFTA award-winning production bootcamp for 19 to 30 year olds in Greater London who want a career behind the camera but have no contacts or traditional route in. Over six to seven weeks at Garden Studios in Park Royal, trainees work as a real production team, guided by producers from Licklemor Productions, to make broadcast-quality current affairs documentaries. No experience or qualifications are needed.

What you get:

• Free training in one of six trainee roles: production manager, production coordinator, researcher, camera operator, location sound recordist or video editor
• All equipment provided
• Six months of tailored career support from the MAMA Youth Talent Team after the training
• Job alerts and access to industry partners such as Warner Bros. Entertainment, Disney, Paramount, Fremantle, ITV and BBC Studios
• Mentoring, and help with CVs, applications and interview preparation

What you'll do:

• Work as a team to produce broadcast-quality current affairs documentaries, from first idea through research, pitching, planning and filming to post-production
• Build specialist skills in your chosen role while learning how a whole production works
• Work some evenings and weekends during filming, as on a real production

Key dates:

• Applications close 11.59pm on Monday 30 November 2026
• Online one-to-one interviews between 11 and 22 January 2027
• Group assessments at Garden Studios: 18 January 2027 (production manager and coordinator); 20 or 21 January 2027 (video editor, camera operator, location sound recordist)
• Training starts 1 February 2027 (production manager and coordinator) or 4 February 2027 (all other roles)
• Training ends 19 March 2027

More information:

• Application has three parts: choose a role on the trainee roles page, complete the application form, and complete the monitoring survey. Applications without the survey are not considered
• Applicants with a criminal conviction must also email apply@mamayouthproject.org.uk for a referral form, completed by a key worker, support worker, manager or probation officer
• Online information sessions and in-person taster sessions are listed at mamayouth.org.uk/infoandtastersessions

• Aged 19 to 30, and turned 19 by 31 August 2026
• Live in Greater London, with ID and proof of address at enrolment
• Not in part-time or full-time education, including a gap year
• Not in part-time or full-time employment during the training; unemployed, self-employed, ad hoc and zero-hours workers can apply if work fits around training hours
• Available for the whole training period, including some evenings and weekends
• Lived in the UK for at least three years
• Right to live and work in the UK as a British or Irish citizen, or with Settled Status, Pre-Settled Status or Indefinite Leave to Remain; short-term visas such as Graduate and Student visas are not eligible