Hungry for the challenge, the prize and the ultimate career break? Making It Big offers young professionals a ticket to the top of today's most popular creative careers. In each episode of this original series, three rising stars face the toughest challenge of their young lives as they vie for a reward money can't buy - mentoring by a high-profile leader in their industry such as television host Phil Keoghan of The Amazing Race, renowned Manhattan event planner Preston Bailey, Academy Award winning costume designer Angus Strathe (Moulin Rouge) and revolutionary music video director Floria Sigismondi (David Bowie, The White Stripes, The Cure).
From music video directors to fashion photographers, from pastry chefs to songwriters, Making It Big features the careers that everyone dreams about living.
Awards
Nominated: 2007 Banff World Television Awards.
Category: Lifestyle Programs
Episode: Music Video Directors
Details
Running time: 13 x 60 minute series
Year of Production: 2007
Set against the stunning backdrop of Ireland's most sumptuous and highly regarded venues, from the K Club to Castle Leslie, The Master's Apprentice is a charming new six part series revealing the individual business secrets of some of the top leading practitioners of the tourism, culinary and hospitality industry. It seeks to unearth exactly what drives the very best of us to reach for the top and then stay there. Each episode introduces an expert from the upper echelons of the hospitality industry to a novice from the same field, and sets them both a challenge. The Master must pass on the secrets of their success and the Apprentice must seize the opportunity to learn and put their lessons into instant practice! The apprentices are all students of the catering and tourism business. They each have great ambitions for their futures. But how will they react as they are plunged into the deep end of their businesses? How will they deal with the generous wisdom of the experts?
Bounced another cheque? Swimming in a sea of bills? Drowning in credit card debt?
Meet Aurora – she’s 21 and already $80 000 in debt. Can she put the manicures on hold and give herself a fresh financial start? Kathleen is a single mother, earning $37 000 a year. Can she dig herself out of debt and give her children the security they deserve?
In each episode of Maxed Out, experienced money coach Ayse Hogan gets to the root of what is causing each woman’s bad behaviour with money. Observing their behaviour and putting them on a strict budget, Maxed Out helps these financially stressed women to face their fears, get on top of their finances and turn their lives around.
Details
Running time: 10 x 30 minute series
Year of production: 2006
Produced by: RTR Media Inc.
Bounced another cheque? Swimming in a sea of bills? Drowning in credit card debt? In each episode of Maxed Out, an experienced money coach helps a woman in dire financial straits get to the root of what is causing her bad behaviour with money. Showing where they can save and setting them on a strict budget, Maxed Out helps these financially stressed women to face their fears, get on top of their finances and turn their lives around.
Details
Running time: 14 x 30 minute series
Year of production: 2006
Produced by: RTR Media Inc.
Most people know a lot about shopping… and as a result many know a lot about credit card debt! In this informative and entertaining series an experienced financial expert gives "tell-it-like-it-is" advice while looking at the behaviour of various people who find they never have enough money in their wallet. Observing their spending patterns and then suggesting ways to change their habits and stick to a budget, Maxed Out helps the financially stressed to face their fears, get on top of their finances and work towards a brighter financial future.
