Assistant Producer on this one-off BBC Scotland documentary celebrating the iconic 1980s sitcom City Lights, which starred Gerard Kelly as aspiring novelist Willie Melvin and ran for six series from 1984 to 1991. Conducted extensive archival research, sourcing and logging decades of BBC Scotland footage from the original series, including clips, behind-the-scenes material and promotional content. Worked with the production team to identify and catalogue material that supported the documentary’s narrative, which reunited surviving cast members including Elaine C Smith, Jonathan Watson and Dave Anderson alongside creator Bob Black. The programme aired on BBC Scotland in at Hogmanay 2025.
Skills: Archival Research, Content Logging, BBC Archive Systems, Documentary Production, Scottish Television History
Jonathan Melville
- Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- 1 project
I'm Jonathan Melville, a writer and researcher specializing in transcript analysis, qualitative annotation, and identifying narrative structure in long-form conversations.
About
I’m Jonathan Melville, a writer and researcher specializing in transcript analysis, qualitative annotation, and identifying narrative structure in long-form conversations. I freelance across film history, documentary development, and media education, drawing on 100+ interviews with film-makers, actors, and crew to craft evidence-based narratives.
My work spans authoring and editing multiple books on film history, producing content for broadcasters and cultural institutions, and guiding script development from interview to finished narrative. I combine rigorous research with accessible storytelling to support film projects, documentaries and TV content.
- Joined February 2026
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- EnglishFluent
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Projects · 1
Work experience· 10 roles
Created 100+ weekly email newsletters for a classic film TV channel, reaching hundreds of thousands of subscribers; coordinated content for specialists and general audiences.
Assisted in coordinating film & TV trainee placements, including processing expenses, booking accommodations and updating records; managed website updates and trainee sign-off.
Applied structured annotation framework to 100+ scripts, identifying narrative arcs, speaker/character roles and key narrative moves; scored scripts for competition.
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