{"id":1349,"date":"2017-05-16T09:56:02","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T09:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/beyondlec\/?p=1349"},"modified":"2017-05-16T10:00:38","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T10:00:38","slug":"jacqui-farnham-tv-producer-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/beyondlec\/2017\/05\/16\/jacqui-farnham-tv-producer-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacqui Farnham (TV Producer \/ Director)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Name:<\/strong>\u00a0Jacqui Farnham<\/p>\n

Subject:<\/strong>\u00a0BSc Biological Sciences<\/a><\/p>\n

Year Graduated:<\/strong>\u00a01993<\/p>\n

College:<\/strong>\u00a0Fylde<\/a><\/p>\n

Where are you now and what are you doing?
\n<\/strong>I live in London and work as a journalist, filmmaker and writer specialising in history, science and business films<\/p>\n

What would you like to do next?<\/strong>
\nI\u2019ve worked in broadcasting for more than 20 years and expect to continue to do so. I\u2019m also working on a book about the 18th century British Navy.<\/p>\n

Why did you choose to study at Lancaster?<\/strong>
\nI wanted to study Biological Sciences and had plenty of choice because lots of universities offered similar courses. I had decided to study at York because I had visited as a teenager and loved the city. When I applied through UCCA, I added Lancaster and 3 other Universities that are relatively near to York. When I visited the universities, I liked the Lancaster campus<\/a> more than any of the others. I felt very welcome there and decided straight away to go there instead.<\/p>\n

What was your favourite part of your degree and why?<\/strong>
\nIn my 3rd year my project was to reconstruct a dolphin skeleton. The dolphin had been washed up on Morecombe Bay a decade earlier and buried near the rugby pitches. I had to exhume the skeleton and then put it back together. My supervisor, Professor Potts, allowed me to undertake this project even though I had no previous experience in this area. It was a privilege to work on the skeleton and it was probably my first taste of obsession with a project. I spend many many hours in the lab space Professor Potts put aside for me, along with my friend Phillipa who was reconstructing a seal skeleton that had been buried nearby. It was absolutely fascinating. I also enjoyed the course\u2019s lab and field work a great deal. I must admit though the course itself is fading in my mind as nearly a quarter of a century has passed since I left!<\/p>\n

How do you think your time at Lancaster prepared you for what you\u2019re currently doing?<\/strong>
\nI am not sure that Lancaster specifically prepared me for what I now do. However, studying science gave me a clear understanding of the importance of evidence. This is something that has formed the cornerstone of my world view ever since and informs everything I work on. I had always wanted to work in journalism and I joined BBC local radio in 1996, but it was my science degree that allowed me to move into specialised journalism. I worked at the BBC\u2019s Radio Science Unit<\/a> for a few years making programmes for BBC Radio 4 and the World Service and then moved to BBC One\u2019s classic science show Tomorrow\u2019s World<\/a> in 1999. Since then I have worked on all the BBC\u2019s main science strands. More recently I have made business, arts and history films, but science remains my first love<\/p>\n

What did you enjoy most about your time at Lancaster?<\/strong>
\nI loved my experience at Lancaster. I made lifelong friends there. I still see regularly friends I made in halls and on my course. The campus was a wonderful place to meet people and I have very happy memories of the university, the city, my college, the clubs I joined and the people I met.<\/p>\n

You can read more about Jacqui’s projects on her webpage<\/a> or connect with her on LinkedIn<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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