In this Video interview, TV Producer Richard Hall describes the main Production Team roles on a Reality TV Show. The American system is a little different to the UK - the team is bigger and more money is spent on specialised roles, which explains why it’s often so high in production values!

Also the terminology is quite different, in the UK a Runner would be doing quite a lot of menial work from driving staff around to buying Cafe Lattes for the crew - in the US a ‘Show Runner’ is a high level member of the team equivalent to an Executive Producer.

About Richard Hall
Job: Reality TV Producer
Qualifications: The Amazing Race, Nanny 911, Celebrity Fit Club
Summary: Richard Hall has been working in reality television since its emergence as a dominant television genre. He has produced over 50 national prime time shows for networks including CBS, Fox, A&E, TLC and Discovery. He served as a producer for the Amazing Race for four seasons, winning an Emmy (his third) for Season Six. He was also the Supervising Producer for Nanny 911 and Executive Producer of VH1’s Celebrity Fit Club. Hall is also a documentary filmmaker.