BBC Careers

The Production Trainee Scheme is the BBC’s fast track traineeship for the brightest and best programme makers and creative leaders of the future. To win a place you must join the PTP first, and then demonstrate great personal drive and creative flair.

If you win a place on the PTS you will be given an 18 month contract, and during that time we’ll train and develop you intensively for a career in the media. You will be sent on four different work placements across the UK, in Radio and Television. You’ll be mentored by a senior BBC Manager, and by the end of the scheme you’ll have the skills to turn creative ideas into brilliant programmes.

Past placements have included Psychoville; The Thick of It; Radio 1 Big Weekend; CBBC; Radio Scotland; The One Show; Woman’s Hour; Silent Witness; Radio 4 Documentaries; The Culture Show; The Jeremy Vine Show; Coast; Dragons’ Den – to name but a few.

Unlike the PTP, where you can choose to work at a specific location, if you gain a place on the Production Trainee Scheme, you must be able to work flexibly. You will be required to move productions every four months, and spend at least two of your work placements in a BBC production centre outside London in Cardiff, Bristol, Belfast, Glasgow or Salford.

The PTS is highly competitive, you will often be required to work unsocial hours and must be willing to learn fast and work hard.