The Reality of Reality TV (Nazleen Karim, Monkey Kingdom)

Nazleen Karim is a television producer for Monkey Kingdom.After graduating from Durham University, Nazleen pivoted away from academia to begin a role with The BBC. Though initially entailing sterile admin work, it catalysed a career within the entertainment industry, allowing Naz to work on household name shows such as Celebrity Big Brother, Gogglebox, Strictly Com Dancing and Made In Chelsea.Monkey Kingdom is am award-winning British television production company that produces programming for the UK and US. Since its foundation in 2001, they have gone on to produce shows for the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5, Sky, E4 and MTV. Highlights include Made in Chelsea, The Bi Life, The Real Housewives of Cheshire and Celebrity Game Night.Topics of discussion include: the role of authenticity, age demographics, commercialism, and youth audiences.This is Nazleem Karim’s Rocket Fuel.———————Follow James @JamesErskine (twitter.com/jameserskine)Follow Rocket @WeAreRocketHQ (twitter.com/wearerockethq)Follow Rocket on LinkedIn (linkedin.com/company/thebigshot)wearerocket.co.uk/Follow Nazleen on LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/nazleen-karim-7175a492monkeykingdom.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.