Film, TV, Radio & Media Production BA
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UCAS Code: W601|Duration: 3|Full Time|Creative Campus
UCAS Campus Code: L46
Work placement opportunities|International students can apply|Study Abroad opportunities
About the course
If you love creative industries and want to work in film, TV, radio, or media production, this degree is for you!
Liverpool is known for its top-notch creative work. The Film, TV, Radio, and Media Production degree at Liverpool Hope carries on this tradition. You'll gain hands-on skills in screenwriting, film and TV production. You’ll also learn about radio broadcasting and creating content for social and digital media. You will gain a variety of hands-on skills. These are backed by creative analytical and theoretical methods. This prepares you for many careers.
In this degree, you'll make original films, TV shows, radio packages, and podcasts. You’ll go through the entire production process. This includes pitching, scripting, budgeting, and delivering pilot episodes and other audiovisual content.
The course is led by top experts. They will help you gain important knowledge and skills for the industry. At Hope, you’ll work alone and in teams. You’ll use special facilities both on and off campus in Liverpool.
- Industry experts visit regularly to boost employability
- Study in one of the UK’s most filmed cities outside London
- Enjoy course trips to film festivals, exhibitions, and galleries
- Connect with local producers and institutions like FACT and Toxteth TV
Course structure
Teaching on this course is built around small group seminars and practical workshops, which allow students to develop necessary theoretical and production skills. These practical sessions are supported by student-led tutorials and lectures that explore core themes and contexts.
Assessment and feedback
The Film, TV, Radio and Media Production course employs a wide range of assessments. Across the three years, you will produce practice-based portfolios in filmmaking, television and radio, and media, alongside theory-based assessments such as essays, blogs, and playlists.
For each assessment, you will receive detailed written feedback. You will also have the opportunity to discuss your work in one-to-one meetings with course tutors.
Curriculum overview
The Film, TV, Radio and Media Production course is driven by year-on-year progression and developing specialism. This means our students study a range of practical and theoretical elements in the first two years, before choosing specialist topics to focus on in year three.
Year One
Introduction to Radio & Media Production – Film and Visual Culture Course (Semester 1)
This module in the Film, TV, Radio and Media Production course introduces students to the medium of radio, exploring its role within contemporary mass communications. Weekly practical workshops teach the use of industry-standard audio software, including editing, audio restoration, and mixing and mastering. Across 12 weeks, you will devise and produce a 5-minute, broadcast-ready audio package based on a theme of your choice. Lectures and tutorials involve the analysis of relevant radio texts.
Introduction to Film & Visual Culture 1 – Film and Visual Culture Course (Semester 1)
This module in the Film, TV, Radio and Media Production course introduces students to the fundamentals of film practice and theory. In weekly practice seminars, you will develop skills in shot composition and editing, working individually to produce a 30-second short based on a set theme. On the theory side, you will learn to ‘read’ films, studying their relationship to wider social issues and questions of identity.
Introduction to TV Production – Film and Visual Culture Course (Semester 2)
This module in the Film and Visual Culture course explores the fundamentals of television and media production. In practical workshops, you will work in small groups to devise and produce a 5-minute media segment based on a theme of your choice. You will learn key skills in media research, interviewing, editing, and pitching. Alongside the practical task, you will watch and analyse relevant texts, considering changes in the television and media landscape, especially in non-fiction and documentary formats.
Introduction to Film & Visual Culture 2 – Film and Visual Culture Course (Semester 2)
Building on the skills developed in semester 1, this module in the Film, TV, Radio and Media Production course deepens your understanding of film as both an art form and a serious object of study. In weekly practice seminars, you will work in groups to produce a 3- to 5-minute short film, learning about shot scale, mise-en-scène, and narrative. On the theory side, you will explore key approaches to film studies, including genre, star studies, auteur theory, and psychoanalytic feminism.
Year Two
Explorations in News Media Production – Film and Visual Culture Course (Semester 1)
Building on the first year, this module in the Film, TV, Radio and Media Production course explores factual media production with a particular focus on news reporting. In practice workshops, you will work individually to devise and produce a 2-minute news package item based on a local or regional issue of your choice. This item will then be included in a full-length news programme produced in small groups. On the theory side, you will study elements of news media, including issues such as media bias and ethics.
Explorations in Film & Visual Culture 1 – Film and Visual Culture Course (Semester 1)
This module in the Film, TV, Radio and Media Production course develops students’ creative and critical skills. In weekly practice seminars, you will learn the foundations of photography, including lighting and composition, and use these skills to produce a portfolio of studio-based portraiture. On the theory side, you will study early film history, from silent-era comedy to interwar British cinema and Italian Neorealism.
Explorations in Radio & Podcast Production – Film and Visual Culture Course (Semester 2)
Building on first-year skills, this module in the Film, TV, Radio and Media Production course prepares students for work in a radio studio environment. Using on-air studio and recording resources, you will learn to produce content for broadcast, including audio post-production and multitrack recording. Across 12 weeks, you will produce a digital audio portfolio containing three linked elements: a short podcast devised and produced individually; a group news programme for a designated target audience; and an artist profile package.
Explorations in Film & Visual Culture 2 – Film and Visual Culture Course (Semester 2)
This module in the Film, TV, Radio and Media Production course prepares students for the final year by deepening engagement with film practice and studies. In weekly practice seminars, you will work in groups to produce a 5- to 10-minute short film, taking the project from initial story idea through filming and post-production. On the theory side, you will study representations of gender, sexuality, and race in post-war Hollywood cinema, spanning the 1950s to the 2000s.
Year Three
In the final year of the Film, TV, Radio and Media Production course, options are based on the principle of developing specialism. You will choose from a range of modules that best suit your interests and career goals. Choices may include practice modules such as Advanced Filmmaking, Advanced Photography, Advanced Radio & Media Production, and Advanced Documentary Media. Students can also select theory-based modules such as World Cinema, exploring the national cinemas of countries including Iran, New Zealand, South Korea, and Japan, alongside transnational cinematic movements.
In addition, you will complete an extended research project on a topic of your choice. This project can take the form of a traditional academic essay or a screenplay for a short film, TV, or radio series, completed under the guidance of a supervisor.
Entry requirements
| A-Levels | BCC - BBB |
|---|---|
| UCAS Tariff Points | 104 - 120 UCAS Tariff points must come from a minimum of two A Levels (or equivalent). Additional points can be made up from a range of alternative qualifications |
| BTEC | DMM - DDM |
| Access to HE | 104 - 120 Tariff Points |
| IB | 26 |
| Irish Leaving Certificate | 104 - 120 Tariff Points from Higher Level qualifications only |
| Welsh Baccalaureate | This qualification can only be accepted in conjunction with other relevant qualifications |
| T-Levels | Merit |
| Subject Requirements | No specific subject requirements |
International entry requirements
| Specific Country Requirements | Select your country |
|---|---|
| IELTS | 6.0 overall (with reading and writing at 6.0) and no individual score lower than 5.5. We also accept a wide range of International Qualifications. For more information, please visit our English Language Requirements page. |
Careers
The media landscape is changing and that speed of change is developing. This change is creating employment and careers that might not have existed 5 years ago. The emergence of streaming, video on demand and podcasting has added opportunities to the traditional employment paths in Television, Film and Radio production.
A graduate will also be in a good position to seek employment in a wide range of careers across the creative industries.
Enhancement opportunities
Work Placement Opportunities
Work placement opportunities will be sought from the many Liverpool-based media production companies that Liverpool Hope University already has good working relationships with.
SALA
The Service and Leadership Award (SALA) is offered as an extra-curricular programme involving service-based experiences, development of leadership potential and equipping you for a career in a rapidly changing world. It enhances your degree, it is something which is complimentary but different and which has a distinct ‘value-added’ component. Find out more on our Service and Leadership Award page.
Study Abroad
As part of your degree, you can choose to spend either a semester or a full year of study at one of our partner universities as part of our Study Abroad programme. Find out more on our Study Abroad page.
Tuition fees
The tuition fees for the 2026/27 academic year are £9,535* for full-time undergraduate courses.
If you are a student from the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands, your tuition fees will also be £9,535*.
The University reserves the right to increase Home and EU Undergraduate and PGCE tuition fees in line with any inflationary or other increase authorised by the Secretary of State for future years of study.
*subject to Council approval.
Scholarships
We have a range of scholarships to help with the cost of your studies. Visit our scholarships page to find out more.
International tuition fees
The International Tuition fees for 2026/27 are £14,500.
Visit our International fees page for more information.