I’ve been applying for various jobs within film and television recently, but it seems that the majority of them are unpaid positions in or around London.

The idea is that you work unpaid for a small production company on one project, and they decide if you’re skilled enough to be paid to work on the next project. Or as I see it, you work for free on the first project, someone else works for free on the next one, someone else on the one after. Why employ people when you can have free labour?

The temptation is to move to London, get a job there and try my luck in my free time. Should I do this? Does anyone have any recommendations?