About One Box Television
One Box Television Ltd was born to aid the expanding requirements of programmes as budgets are cut. By producing a line cut on the day, there are massive savings in edit time and costs. Run by Richard Stevenson, a lighting cameraman with 23 years experience, One Box Television can guide you through the whole creative process, saving you money, time and stress.
With access to the finest crews available, One Box Television not only supplies the most affordable multi-camera solution available, but the right people to operate it. A hard-working team that strive for perfection on your project.
Meet the Team
Richard Stevenson
After joining the BBC straight from school, Richard spent 10 happy years as a staff cameraman, training across a broad range of programmes. All Creatures Great and Small was an early highlight at Pebble Mill before a brief attachment to TV Centre lead to a job at BBC OBs. Here he widened his PSC and lighting experience, as well as working on some of the biggest OBs including two Olympics. Freelance since 1996, he became very busy with Jimmy Jib projects, at one point owning 6 cranes! In January 2008, One Box Television was born and this has been an on going development project where his keen eye for detail and customer satisfaction has meant constant investment in new equipment, much of it custom made.
Peter Heaps
Awarded an MBE for Services to Broadcasting, Peter has been a part of One Box Television since day one. A former ITN senior engineer, he sailed to The Falklands aboard an aircraft carrier to deliver pictures and stories that we all remember only too well from the conflict. More recently, he was active in the Beijing Olympics, 2010 World Cup and was heavily involved in coverage of the Pope's visit. He has built and designed many aspects of the One Box kit, including the 8 camera unit, the new "Vision Box" and most importantly our unique fibre adaptors that have revolutionised the way we shoot. Like ourselves, Peter takes all feedback positively and is not happy with a design until it has been road-tested and approved by the end user.
Richard Carroll
With a multiskilled background Richard has a good understanding of most areas of broadcasting, from acquisition to transmission. As a vision engineer Richard has worked on a wide variety of projects and insists on accurate camera matching to a high standard. Richard has been working with One Box Television since 2009 and during this time he has worked on a number of jobs from three camera corporate jobs for Sony to six camera jobs for a theatre EPK. Richard has also helped with the inception of the One Box vision box.
John Shuker
From stethoscope to vectorscope, "Doctor John" swapped an established career in medicine for a life in television. After a number of years training at The London Studios, John joined the freelance market, initially as a camera assistant, then as a jib assistant and camera operator. Equally at home running the touchline as he is handheld on music shows, John enjoys many of the challenges that One Box shoots bring. He has acted as technical manager on a number of shoots, and has taken major projects from planning to recce to transmission.
Brian Benjamin
Brian started his television career at London Weekend Television working on a diverse range of programmes including current affairs, light entertainment, documentaries, drama and sport before going freelance. He copes well under pressure, always with a professional attitude. Brian’s interest is in lighting and being creative in this area and enjoys keeping up-to-date with all the latest technology and recording formats, having been heavily involved in One Box Television’s recent project for CBeebies as a digital imaging technician. He is, above all, a team player!
Lee Cummins
The newest member of the team, Lee is a trained Jimmy Jib assistant who has lapped up everything about the One Box systems with rather annoying ease! With extensive knowledge of the kit, and clutching an iPad full of manuals, Lee can take on a rig single-handed (the other hand holding the iPhone or iPad). His relaxed attitude guides him through the day from rig to derig with ease, and he can problem-solve with no help when required.
Ben Smith
After training in Technical Operations for TV production Ben pursued a career as a Camera Operator and has been working freelance ever since. Keeping a varied work load he has worked across Broadcast, Corporate, Live Events and Rock n Roll tours. Keen to not pigeon-hole himself he has always kept his hand in with editing and often shoots and edits his own material. Having an all round knowledge of production, being familiar with working in many different environments and always happy to 'muck in' Ben has been a great asset to the One Box team.
Steve Hoy
Steve’s career began at BBC Network Radio, progressing through to becoming Senior Audio Supervisor. Steve left the BBC in 1998 and has since expanded his considerable experience of sound operations on location and in studios, both in the UK and internationally. Steve is also highly experienced in audio post production editing and mixing. Credits include Doctor Who, Horizon, BBC World News, Full Frontal Fashion, Final Frontier as well as many corporate and commercial projects. After 33 years experience, it's quicker to list what he hasn't done!
