Maya R.
Camera
“I'd never set foot on a set. Six months after applying I was a camera trainee on a feature.”
Now: Clapper loader, high-end TV
Junior film & TV crew · trained & placed
Launch your career on a real film set.
Day Players trains and places junior crew across nine departments onto UK features and high-end television — and connects productions with vetted, ready-to-work talent.
Our crew have worked on productions for
Feature Films
High-end TV
Streaming Series
Studio Productions
Independent Film
Broadcast TV
Feature Films
High-end TV
Streaming Series
Studio Productions
Independent Film
Broadcast TV
Our track record
We've been on set for years. Now we open the door.
Day Players is built on real industry relationships — not job boards. That's how we place trainees who've never had a contact onto professional productions. (Edit these figures in the Website editor.)
15+
Years placing crew
400+
Trainees on set
60+
Productions supplied
£0
Until you're paid
For trainees
A way onto set that actually works.
Breaking into film and TV is hard when you don't know anyone. We open the door — matching you to productions that need crew at your level.
01
Apply
Tell us your department and what you've worked on. It takes a couple of minutes.
02
Get matched
We place you with UK productions that need crew at your level, across features and high-end TV.
03
Get on set
Real credits, paid work, and a crew network that follows you through your career.
You pay nothing until you're placed on paid work and the production has paid you.
Start your applicationOn set
Productions our crew have worked on
A rolling gallery of stills from real placements. These are temporary demo images — swap in your own in the Website editor.
Where they are now
From no contacts to a career on set
The proof the programme works: the people you've placed, and where they've ended up. (Demo content — edit in the Website editor.)
Jordan T.
Art department
“Day Players got me my first credit — the crew network did the rest.”
Now: Art dept assistant, streaming series
Priya S.
Costume
“From zero contacts to steady work across three productions in a year.”
Now: Costume standby, feature films
For productions
Crew that's ready when you are.
Building a team on a tight schedule? We supply trained junior crew across every department, matched to the level the role needs.
Trained & vetted
Junior crew across all nine departments who are ready to contribute from day one.
The right level
Two experience tiers mean you get someone matched to the role, not a gamble.
We handle matching
Tell us what you need and when. We do the legwork and put forward people who fit.
In their words
Trusted by trainees and productions alike
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We needed three trainees at short notice and Day Players turned them around in days — all ready to work from the first call sheet.
Sarah Whitmore
Line Producer · UK Feature
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The best route into the industry I've seen. Real placements, real credits, and genuinely supportive people behind it.
Tom Beckett
Production Manager · HETV Drama
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I applied on a whim and it changed my career. I'm now working steadily on set across features and TV.
Aisha Kane
Former trainee · now Grip
Departments
Nine departments. One programme.
Wherever you want to work on a production, there's a route in.
- Art
- Assistant Directors
- Camera
- Costume
- Hair and Make Up
- Lighting
- Locations
- Production Office
- Sound