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A huge congratulations to our wonderful clients on their 2022 Television nominations! 🎥

· 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (Zeppotron)
· Alma’s Not Normal (Expectation)
· Brassic (Mammoth Screen)
· Call My Agent (Bron Studios)
· I can See Your Voice (Fremantle)
· Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back (Rumpus)
· Landscapers (Sister Pictures)
· Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel (Hungry Bear)
· Ru Paul’s Drag Race UK (World of Wonder)
· S*x Education (Eleven Film)
· Starstruck (Avalon)
· Stephen (Hat Trick)
· The Girl Before (42 M&P)
· The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan (Expectation)
· The Pursuit of Love (Moonage)
· The Ranganation (Zeppotron)
· The Tower (Mammoth Screen)
· This Way Up (Merman)
· Time (BBC Studios)
· Tokyo 2020 Olympics (OBS, BBC)
· Too Close (Snowed In Productions)
· Unforgotten (Mainstreet Pictures)
· Vigil (World Productions)
· We are Lady Parts (NBC)
· You Don’t Know Me (Snowed In)

The full list of nominations can be found here:

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BAFTA Television 2022: The Nominations Explore the nominations for the 2022 Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards. Scroll past the gallery for the lists in full. The Virgin Media BAFTA TV Awards will take place on Sunday 8 May and the TV Craft Awards on Sunday 24 April. Read the headli...

IOSH Magazine's article 'Fatigue in the Broadcast Industry' discusses long working hours in the TV and film industry.

First Option Safety’s Managing Director, Paul Greeves, says that excessive working time, which is largely driven by cost, is a false economy. Putting mental and physical OSH risks aside, it’s bad business. The inefficiency, stress, chaos, absenteeism and potential accidents that can result are potentially more costly than the extra time. And it’s no way for people to be at their creative best.

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Fatigue in the broadcast industry The dangerous levels of fatigue in the TV and Film industry have broader lessons for OSH professionals.

First Option launches Risk Management of Productions course!

Producers who have responsibility for health and safety can now take our new Risk Management of Productions (RMP) course. This new course is designed to equip responsible producers with the health, safety and environmental knowledge production staff at all levels of responsibility need to make content safely.

The RMP course retains key health and safety content but has been expanded to cover non-physical risks such as mental health, wellbeing and resilience.

First Option launches Risk Management of Productions course First Option launches Risk Management of Productions courseProducers who have responsibility for health and safety can now take our new Risk Management of Productions (RMP) course which replaces the Safe Management of Productions course. This new course is designed to equip responsible producers wit...

The European Music Awards (EMAs) celebrates both the best music and the biggest global artists of the year. Last year’s pandemic restrictions meant that the had to be delivered without an audience, without in-person awards and with performances streamed from different European locations. This year Budapest🇭🇺 hosted a return to the familiar format of a single Awards and Concert, complete with huge stars, in person awards and concert audiences.

First Option provided the MTV EMAs with COVID-19 safety services, including protocols development and on site compliance support. We embedded Hannah Clark and Jamie Jones with the ViacomCBS Safety team as their -19 Project Managers in advance of and during the event. We supported on the ground in Budapest with First Option COVID-19 Compliance Officers during both the build / rigging for the events and for the weekend’s concerts and Sunday night ceremony.

This was an extremely complex event with an extraordinary number of moving parts, encompassing high profile artists, dancers, crews, contractors and audiences. We are delighted that the tireless and high professional work of the team contributed to the successful delivery of such a visually and musically spectacular show. A big thank you to Hannah Clark, Jamie Jones, Lucas Griffin, Shlomi Dadush, Jim Allen, Gav Emmerson, Charles Jaques and Andy McFarlane.

The recent relaxation of international travel restrictions has allowed the First Option Training Team to resume its highly regarded international training courses in several key locations across Europe, Asia & Africa.

Our intensive training courses cover a wide range of vital operational skills for Government, Media, NGO, Aid & Charity organisations in Travel Health and Safety, Security, Risk Assessment, Operational Awareness, First Aid, Trauma Management and Casualty Evacuations. The team deliver using detailed presentations, group assignments, practical sessions and realistic high-fidelity scenarios.

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First Option: UK & International Training First Option: UK and International TrainingThe recent relaxation of international travel restrictions has allowed the First Option Training Team to resume its highly regarded international training courses in several key locations across Europe, Asia & Africa.  Since we recommenced face to face re...