This volume outlines the main skills, techniques and practice for the job of the researcher in the media. An easy-to-follow guide to production research, the book is designed to help the new researcher to understand the possibilities to be considered when undertaking research and the kind of questions that need to be asked at each stage of the production process. Every programme is different and there is no one correct answer to any situation. Based on the author's wealth of experience as a researcher on many and varied kinds of broadcast and non-broadcast programmes, this quick reference...