The BBC Academy Podcast

Guests Matt Taylor, Tony Followell, and Matt Locke discuss how digital can enhance content reach and engagement. They cover topics such as innovative filming techniques, audience interaction, social media engagement, and strategies for creating engaging digital content.

The editorial and legal pitfalls of programme making. BBC Editorial Policy's Su Pennington, programme lawyer Clare Hoban and producer and journalist Maire Devine join Paul Buller for this second podcast. They talk about dealing with consent, privacy and online content.

BBC Science’s Andrew Thompson, Charles Colville, producer for BBC Factual, and Lizzie Faulkner, series producer for Sky Atlantic, BBC One and RTE, join Hazel Marshall to discuss scriptwriting for factual television.

The editorial and legal pitfalls of programme making. BBC Editorial Policy's Su Pennington, programme lawyer Clare Hoban and producer and journalist Maire Devine join Paul Buller to offer a guide to not getting your TV or radio programme pulled. A non-commercial perspective on how to avoid those legal or editorial pitfalls which could result in you having to scrap or retake material or even find yourself in trouble with your editor, the press or even the courts.

The Secret History of our Streets' Jaime Taylor, Bang Goes the Theory's Mark Edger and The One Show's Charlotte Denton discuss the essential skills needed to be a researcher for factual TV and the importance of sources, stories and keeping notes. Whichever area of the industry you're in, the ability to research and tell stories is essential, but to get ahead of the rest it's going to take more than a few clicks on a search engine to find the very best material. So, how do you find that surprising fact, that unexpected contributor or winning story that will make your programme unique? Our panel offer their views on how a researcher can make the best of his or her time and on the resources available to get the best for their programmes.

Executive producer of Our War Colin Barr, Drugs Live: The Ecstasy Trial producer Dan Murdoch and BBC broadcast lawyer Clare Hoban join Simon Ford to talk about how to put together a television programme that tackles controversial subjects. They discuss the differences between simply being controversial and the editorial and legal responsibilities of programme makers covering a controversial subject. They share their insights on working with outside bodies like the MOD and scientific research councils, working with contributors, and the difficulties that social media and unedited online footage may represent.

BBC Radio 1 Breakfast's Laura-May Coope, managing director of Somethin' Else Steve Ackerman and Jack FM Oxfordshire’s Sue Carter offer their views on how to innovate in radio. The panel discuss how social media has been a game changer, and with tools like Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr now enabling greater audience engagement, having a conversation with your audience is clearly important. Even YouTube has a role to play and may now be the new hunting ground for talent – the likes of Dan and Phil and Charlie Sloth attest to that – so taking creative risks remains key to how successful your innovation will be. Being local with a small budget is no bar to innovation either, as stations like Jack FM have shown, making the most of their branding and budget and reaching their key audiences in an immediate and relevant way.

What production techniques and programming will we see in 2013?Channel 4 multiplatform commissioner Jody Smith, radio futurologist James Cridland, BBC entertainment commissioning editor Mirella Breda and the BBC Production Innovation Unit's Dean Matthewson gaze into the crystal ball with College of Production website editor Paul Buller. They talk about what we have learnt from the best, the worst and the most bizarre programming of 2012 and offer their advice for your productions in 2013.

Simon Smith guides us through some of our favourite CoP Show moments from 2012. With Louis Theroux offering an insight into his documentary-making methods, Louise Minchin on presenting for the Jubilee, Matthew Pinsent talking about World Olympic Dreams and Bush Radio's Zane Ibrahim on why we love radio. There's advice on getting into comedy at the Edinburgh Fringe and how Iggy Pop can cause trouble at your music event. Plus how to make your video viral, the art of the interview and advice to get in and get on industry.

From Hackney Weekend to Glastonbury, major live music events present a great opportunity for broadcasters. But if you fail to properly plan and prepare for health and safety issues your broadcast or event could be memorable for all the wrong reasons. Simon Smith is joined by Radio 1 and 1Xtra event producer Antonia Kyle, MRL safety's Julian Bentley and BBC Safety advisor Stuart Page to hear about their experiences and get some practical advice.