Film and Television Production [with Placement year] BA (Hons)
Anglia Ruskin University
Student rating
This is the overall rating calculated by averaging all live reviews for this uni on Whatuni.
( 4.0) View reviews

Want to know what it's like to study this course at uni? We've got all the key info, from entry requirements to the modules on offer. If that all sounds good, why not check out reviews from real students or even book onto an upcoming open days?

Different course options
academic-cap
Qualification

Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

location-pin
Location

Cambridge Campus

beaker
Study mode

Sandwich

calendar
Start date

SEP-25

time
Duration

4 Years

Course info

Select a course option


Qualification

Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

Location

Cambridge Campus

Study mode

Sandwich

Start date

SEP-25

Duration

4 Years

SELECTED

Subjects

Select a subject


Communication & Media Studies
SELECTED

Exam type

Select a an exam type


Location

Select student location


England
SELECTED

Scotland
SELECT

Wales
SELECT

Northern Ireland
SELECT

Channel Islands
SELECT

Course info

**Turn a passion for filmmaking into a career by joining our acclaimed BA (Hons) Film and Television Production degree course at ARU.**- Study on a course industry-recognised by ScreenSkills, the industry-led skills body for the UKs screen-based industries, with the ScreenSkills Select quality-mark for courses best suited to prepare you for a career in the screen industries.- Develop your skills in script, cinematography, editing, producing, and directing, in studio and on location.- Benefit ...Read more


Turn a passion for filmmaking into a career by joining our acclaimed BA (Hons) Film and Television Production degree course at ARU.

- Study on a course industry-recognised by ScreenSkills, the industry-led skills body for the UK's screen-based industries, with the ScreenSkills Select quality-mark for courses best suited to prepare you for a career in the screen industries.- Develop your skills in script, cinematography, editing, producing, and directing, in studio and on location.- Benefit from support from award-winning lecturers whose work has been screened on all the major UK television networks, as well as at multiple international film festivals.- Join a course whose students' films have won awards in the regional and National Royal Television Society Student Awards over many years.- Get hands-on in our specialist film facilities, with full training from our technical team.- Take advantage of our links with local and national organisations, which will help you make contacts, find work placements, take part in "live briefs", and even give you the opportunity to show your films publicly at Cambridge Arts Picturehouse.- Join our organised trips to Sheffield Documentary Festival, Camerimage in Poland and Aesthetica Short Film Festival in York.Join the award-winning students on our BA (Hons) Film and Television Production degree and develop your skills in script, cinematography, editing, producing and directing in studio and on location. If you don't want to just watch film and television, but make it, this is the course for you.As a production course, this is all about the filmmaking. Your modules will be around 80% practice-based to 20% context and research.Over the three years you'll gain key skills, from ideas development and scripting to pre-production planning and shooting, through to post-production skills in editing and colour grading. You can choose to keep a broad skillset or start to specialise in particular craft areas like producing, camera or editing.You'll shoot on digital formats from HD to 4K and analogue 16mm film. By the final year, you and your crew will be working with feature film industry level equipment like our new Arri Alexa Mini cameras.You'll learn from highly experienced filmmakers, television producers and technical officers in our specialist facilities. With an emphasis on collaborations, you'll have opportunities to work with students from all the year groups as well as your lecturers on this small, focused and friendly course.Whether your career aspirations are to crew on high-end TV drama or film, work in post-production, set up your own company as a videographer, create stunning cinematography or innovative online content, reinvent what television is, or use film to make change in the world, the skills you learn on this course will set you up to start that journey.As a BA (Hons) Film and Television Production student at ARU, you'll be supported by award-winning, lecturers whose work has been screened on all the major UK television networks, as well as at multiple international film festivals. They have won Emmys, HUGOs and BAFTAs and continue to make films and programmes.You'll produce a range of programmes and films that may be as prize and film festival-worthy as our other recent student work. Our students’ films have been very successful in the regional Royal Television Society Student Awards. In 2024, the film Eternity’s Grace won both the Drama and Camerawork categories, while Therapy won first place in the Entertainment and Comedy Drama category in 2023. In 2021, Lidia Bieniarz won the Best Short Form Film category as well as the top prize – The Sir Lenny Henry Award, while Agata Kazmierczak won best editing.You’ll also have the chance to join our organised trips and take part in live br

Key stats

WUSCA ranking:
WUSCA student ranking
These are the 2024 rankings, based on ratings given by past and current students.
61/101
CUG Subject Ranking
CUG Subject Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
79th
CUG Ranking
CUG Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
121st
What students say
E
Elleiz
24 Jan 24

There are plenty of opportunities to make new friends, and the student support services are amazing...Read more

A
Adith
30 Nov 23

Better improve students leisure activities and give much more interactive facilities..Read more

Tuition fees

Students living in

England

£9,250 per year

This information comes from UCAS, or in some cases the institution directly.
Please note: fees do vary so please make sure you contact the institution for up to date information.

Students from England

This is the fee you pay if you live within England. Please note, this fee has been confirmed.

This is the fee you pay if you live within England. Please note, this fee has been confirmed.

£9,250 per year

This information comes from UCAS, or in some cases the institution directly.
Please note: fees do vary so please make sure you contact the institution for up to date information.

Students from Scotland

This is the fee you pay if you live within Scotland. Please note, this fee has been confirmed.

This is the fee you pay if you live within Scotland. Please note, this fee has been confirmed.

£9,250 per year

This information comes from UCAS, or in some cases the institution directly.
Please note: fees do vary so please make sure you contact the institution for up to date information.

Students from Wales

This is the fee you pay if you live within Wales. Please note, this fee has been confirmed.

This is the fee you pay if you live within Wales. Please note, this fee has been confirmed.

£9,250 per year

This information comes from UCAS, or in some cases the institution directly.
Please note: fees do vary so please make sure you contact the institution for up to date information.

Students from Northern Ireland

This is the fee you pay if you live within Northern Ireland. Please note, this fee has been confirmed.

This is the fee you pay if you live within Northern Ireland. Please note, this fee has been confirmed.

£9,250 per year

This information comes from UCAS, or in some cases the institution directly.
Please note: fees do vary so please make sure you contact the institution for up to date information.

Students from Channel Islands

This is the fee you pay if you live within Channel Islands. Please note, this fee has been confirmed.

This is the fee you pay if you live within Channel Islands. Please note, this fee has been confirmed.

UCAS/IDP Connect

Latest reviews

Latest Television Programme Production reviews

Television Programme Production
Television Programme Production
E
Elleiz
24 Jan 24
Film and Television Production BA (Hons)
There are plenty of opportunities to make new friends, and the student support services are amazing....
Read more
A
Adith
30 Nov 23
MA Film and Television Production (12 months)
Better improve students leisure activities and give much more interactive facilities...
Read more
Review breakdown
University rating
University rating
Students' union
Societies and Sports
University halls
Facilities
Lecturers and teaching quality
Local life
Career prospects
Student support
Location
Campus look and feel
Student life
Course rating
Course content
Work placements and internships
Tutor contact time
Subject facilities
University location
Cost of living
Safety
Public transport
Part-time work opportunities
Graduate employment opportunities
Diversity
Location
Safety
Room allocation
Internet/wifi
Value for money
Property management

How Television Programme Production students rated:

Student rating
( 4.2) 6 reviews
5 star
34%
4 stars
50%
3 stars
16%
2 stars
0%
1 star
0%

How all students rated:

Student rating
( 4.0) 1,493 reviews
5 star
33%
4 stars
46%
3 stars
18%
2 stars
2%
1 star
1%
Search reviews that mention

Uni info

Anglia Ruskin University
Anglia Ruskin University , Cambridge

Anglia Ruskin University (ARU), it offers an extensive range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses, degree apprenticeships...

Student rating
( 4.0) View reviews
CUG ranking
121st
Anglia Ruskin University
East Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 1PT United Kingdom
Nearest train station: Cambridge  0.4 miles away

Find a course

  • Undergraduate
  • HND / HNC
  • Foundation degree
  • Access & foundation
  • Postgraduate