Verity Hawkes is a costume designer who, for over 20 years has worked in film television and commercials.

The subject of today’s podcast is the esteemed British costume supervisor Kenny Crouch, who in a fascinating conversation with Richard, charts his 51-year career in the business. Kenny began at the renowned costumiers Bermans as a 16-year-old school leaver apprentice and through the decades moved through the ranks to be become the leading costume supervisor for the largest scale international film and TV productions.

Today we are pleased to share Jonathan’s conversation with Bart Cariss – a British costume designer whose most recent project White Lines, has proved to be one of Netflix’s ‘must watch’ shows during lockdown.

Something new for today – we are pleased to share Jeremy’s conversation with two industry professionals. Gabriella Slade, a Set and Costume Designer who trained at the Royal Welsh College in Design for Performance and Justin Allin, a Costume Supervisor who trained at Royal Central in Theatre Practice – Costume Construction.

Richard’s chat today with Jonathan charts his progress through the company to his current role of Production Director, as well as his successful freelance costume design career.

Today, Jonathan and Sandy Powell’s chat reveals that first and foremost for a costume designer to succeed it’s all about having passion for the craft. The conversation between the pair explores how this passion was first recognised and then channelled to create the career she has today that is internationally acknowledged with multiple awards and personal acclaim.

Today we are delighted to present Richard’s chat with Vanessa Lingham.

The conversation today between Jeremy and his father Tim Angel CBE, Chairman and CEO of Angels, is an eagerly anticipated contribution to our podcasts.

Today, we are thrilled to share Richard’s chat with Giles Gale, a UK based Costume Supervisor and Costume Designer. Giles reveals that in his opinion, some of the critical skills required for both these jobs are to have an open mind, a willingness to learn and the ability to pay attention to detail.

Jeremy’s chat with Andrew Hunt is our next podcast. Andrew is a highly experienced costume supervisor and it is fascinating to hear him talk about how he has honed his skills through many years of focus and dedication to the craft. After he finished his studies, Andrew’s early days as a costume dresser and standby, and then his gradual progression through the ranks to supervisor, have given him the ability and confidence to successfully manage costume teams and budgets all within the very demanding nature of today’s fast paced film and tv production sector.