A bullying and harassment awareness campaign by the Unscripted TV: Development, Editorial and Production Branch of Bectu.

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"I found the strength to walk away after having a panic attack in my doctor's surgery."

I have been bullied on numerous occasions in television, but two extreme incidents which occurred years apart brought me to my proverbial...

"I was working 15 hour days for no reason, and for less than minimum wage."

I was made to do menial tasks that didn't need doing because someone disliked me. After one week, they told me that my contract was...

"The behaviour made me feel anxious and very unhappy – that was their goal"

My head of production used WhatsApp groups to send inappropriate comments about me to an entire production team (including members of my...

"I had to psych myself up to walk into the edit suite because I felt so uncomfortable."

I had a terrible time working with an editor who was extremely aggressive. He wouldn't let me watch any of the sync pulls with him so we...

"I still don’t feel comfortable working there now."

I am working for an indie at the minute who have just merged with another. Due to the nature of my series, I have inherited a new...

"At times I felt so anxious on the show that I wished I would fall ill or get clipped by a car."

I had started a job on a popular entertainment show. I was a researcher at the time. This was my second series on this show but this time...

"I got on the flight with my leg pouring with blood and then went to A&E later that night."

I have been bullied several times over the years, but the worst was when I worked as a runner on a production with a shooting producer...

"The atmosphere of fear they created meant no one was able to raise issues within the production."

I worked on a production where the two production execs bullied a production secretary for being overweight. No one intervened because it...

"Behind the scenes of this shiny, popular, beloved show, it was nothing short of excruciating."

As a freelancer, you always have to bring your A-game. Unfortunately, on one gig, the staff exec who hired me saw that as my attempt to...

"The creative director was quite a large man and would physically intimidate me."

A few years ago I was contacted by the creative director of an independent production company who asked if I would act as series producer...

"Having to justify everything I was doing was mentally exhausting and very demeaning."

I was bullied whilst in a senior level role at an indie in a very subtle but extremely destructive way. Work I undertook and decisions I...

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