About

Televised Minds is a creative and editorial television skills training and consultancy business run by joint CEOs Anna Blue and Will Spokes. They have each spent over twenty five years on the frontline of TV development and production and are responsible for co-creating, selling and producing some of our favourite TV formats including The Fortune Hotel (ITV), The Mash Report (BBC2), The Magicians (BBC1), You’re Back in The Room (ITV), Got To Dance (Sky), The Big Jubilee Street Party (ITV), Ant and Dec’s Push The Button (ITV), Life Stripped Bare (C4), Taxi of Mum and Dad (C4), The Beat Goes On (C5), and OAP Internet Virgins (Sky) – In addition they have exec and show runner credits on several major entertainment and reality series including Saturday Night Takeaway, Big Brother, Got To Dance, The Face, The Games and many more.

They have managed and trained numerous development departments at various major production companies, both in full time positions as creative directors and as consultants – constructing teams and advising on strategy.  Importantly they are both still in the thick of TV development and production - Will as an Executive Producer at Tuesday’s Child and Anna as Director of Entertainment at Gold Dust Films.

As well as providing toolkits for practical approaches to development and production, all Televised Minds courses are set within the wider context of the current market, highlighting the importance of an industry overview no matter what your experience level and demystifying the secrets of television. Every course also reflects the fact that our trainers are still working on the frontline of development and production, teaching resilience and offering support in what can be a ruthless industry.

Above all, the learning ethos at Televised Minds is built with an understanding that teaching creatives requires an equally creative approach and shouldn’t always feel like traditional ‘training’. Sessions are designed to be engaging as well as informative – embodying the notion that great TV should be a joy to develop and produce, not a chore, and training should be equally entertaining.