Weekend Spy - Job Spec: Adrian Padmore

Each week we'll be asking people from all parts of the media industry - from channel controllers to catering staff, directors to digital technicians - to tell us about themselves and their job.

This week it’s the turn of former Trisha, Granada TV, BBC and Channel 4 producer Adrian Padmore, who has recently joined independent Townhouse TV as executive producer.

Name
Adrian Padmore

Job Title
Executive producer

Age
35

Lives
Bristol

In the role since
February 2007.

Responsibilities
Producing and creating new documentary and factual entertainment ideas.

Best thing about your job
Hearing someone talk about a programme you have made.

Worst thing about your job
Waiting to hear about commissions.

First thing you do in the morning when you get in
Read all the tabloids.

What question have you been asked most this week?
"Is this idea going to get talked about?"

Any downsides to working in the media?
The difficulty of getting your foot in the door.

First media job
BBC Journalist, 1995.

Biggest achievement to date
Working alongside Sony BMG to discover the next television music star.

Anything you wish you'd done differently
Take more risks.

Dream job
Working on a show about fantastic homes in the Caribbean.

Best media jolly/event you've ever attended
Covering the birthday celebrations of Disneyland.

What do you think the biggest challenge is for independent producers at the moment?
Always trying to be one step ahead of the pack.