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Central Junior Television Workshop

British training organisation

Summary

British training organisation

The Television Workshop, formerly known as the Central Junior Television Workshop, is a British organisation that offers training for young people from working class backgrounds in performance skills for television, film, radio and theatre. Open to anybody between the ages of 7 and 21, the selection process takes place via an audition which is held each spring.

History

The Central Junior Television Workshop was originally set up by Central Independent Television in 1983 to act as a casting pool for working class young talent in their broadcasting region in the English Midlands. The Workshop has two branches, the original one based in Nottingham and another based in Birmingham, which opened a year later in 1984.

The Workshop has been known as several different names, including the Central Junior TV Workshop, Carlton Junior TV Workshop, ITV Junior TV Workshop and most recently simply, the Television Workshop.

Birmingham Workshop

In late 2008, the Birmingham workshop, run by director Colin Edwards and his assistant Ross Berkeley Simpson, lost funding from ITV due to the recession and so the Birmingham branch went "dark". At the same time Edwards retired.

In 2009, Simpson started a new, separate group called First Act Workshops to ensure that the work continued in Birmingham. Colin Edwards helped on a consultant level. First Act Workshops trains young actors in weekly sessions from Moseley Dance Centre.

The Nottingham branch of the Central Television Workshop still continues under the name the Television Workshop, under the helm of Alison Rashley.

Notable people

Nottingham

  • Jessie Mae Alonzo
  • Finn Atkins
  • Rosie Bentham
  • Tom Blyth
  • Harriet Cains
  • Chanel Cresswell
  • Joe Dempsie
  • Perry Fitzpatrick
  • Harry Gilby
  • Rebecca Grant
  • Louis Greatorex
  • Florence Hunt
  • Oliver Huntingdon
  • Toby Kebbell
  • Erin Kellyman
  • Oscar Kennedy
  • Aisling Loftus
  • Vicky McClure
  • Ewan Mitchell
  • Anjli Mohindra
  • Samantha Morton
  • Jorden Myrie
  • Safia Oakley-Green
  • Jack O'Connell
  • Kia Pegg
  • Bella Ramsey
  • Mica Ricketts
  • Lauren Socha
  • Eliot Otis Brown Walters
  • Molly Windsor

Birmingham

  • Bethany Antonia
  • Donnaleigh Bailey
  • Alison Hammond
  • Felicity Jones
  • Helen Monks
  • Lorna Want

Unspecified

  • Eve Austin
  • Arian Nik

Awards

  • The Royal Television Society Midlands Award (1988)
  • The British Film Institute Children's Award (1995)
  • The Children's BAFTA in recognition of its outstanding development of young talent for film and television (2006)

References

References

  1. Vinter, Robyn. (2025-02-23). "‘It shouldn’t be such a fight’: the drama school supporting working-class actors". The Guardian.
  2. "Kick Some Class: Ali Rashley on how Television Workshop helps working class kids". Voice Magazine.
  3. Bhagat, Adrian; [http://www.leftlion.co.uk/articles.cfm/id/880 "Adrian Bhagat put some questions to Ian Smith"] ''LeftLion.co.uk'' (retrieved: 13 August 2009)
  4. Wilson, Jared. (16 March 2020). "Theatre Review: Emilia". Left Lion.
  5. [http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/entertainment/Cannes-Walford-Clifton-s-Finn/article-667428-detail/article.html "From Cannes to Walford for Clifton's Finn"] {{Webarchive. link. (2009-07-07 ''ThisIsNottingham.co.uk'', 4 February 2009 (Retrieved: 21 July 2009))
  6. (23 February 2021). "Nottingham-Born Actor Tom Blyth on His Journey from the TV Workshop to HBO's The Gilded Age". Left Lion.
  7. Fox, Zachary. (3 April 2013). "Interview: Harriet Cains". LeftLion.
  8. White, George. (9 September 2023). "40 Stars of Television Workshop To Celebrate Its 40th Birthday".
  9. Harkin, Phoebe. (22 July 2014). "Nottingham's Television Workshop presents "life-changing" play at Nottingham Contemporary".
  10. (2 November 2021). "Who's Burning Up Lady Whistledown's Papers? Meet the 'Bridgerton' Season 1 Cast".
  11. (4 October 2018). "Stars of Tomorrow 2018: Erin Kellyman (actor)".
  12. (October 25, 2021). "Oscar Kennedy". tresamagazine.com.
  13. (6 February 2020). "Far Away up close". The Irish World.
  14. "Our success".
  15. (31 May 2015). "Cast".
  16. "James Pulford went to see the Central Drama Workshop perform Scary Play by Judith Johnson".
  17. White, George. (6 August 2022). "After Being Named One of Screen International's Stars of Tomorrow, The Television Workshop's Jorden Myrie Discusses His Impressive Career So Far". Left Lion.
  18. "The Derbs: Television Workshop Launch Their First Online Play".
  19. Barber, Nicholas. (26 June 2024). "Stars of Tomorrow 2024: Mica Ricketts (actor)".
  20. Carter, Claire. (2008-12-10). "Youngsters dedicates Bafta to family and acting workshop". Nottingham Evening Post.
  21. "Talent 1st".
  22. Young, Graham. (24 April 2018). "A star is born - girl's brilliant way of landing film role". Birmingham Live.
  23. Laws, Roz. (22 July 2011). "Doctors star Donnaleigh Bailey sets up drama workshops for kids".
  24. (November 2004). "Big time after Big Brother".
  25. Laws, Roz. (15 March 2015). "Channel 4's Raised By Wolves: Meet the Birmingham actress playing Caitlin Moran".
  26. "Lorna Want 'Stage and Screen'".
  27. "Eve Austin".
  28. (14 October 2016). "October Spotlight -Arian Nik".
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