Gaffer, Best Boy, Desk Operator & Lighting Technician
I’m Ben Jenkins, a screen industry gaffer, best boy, lighting desk operator and spark that provides lighting technician services in Cardiff, Bristol, London, Manchester, Birmingham and abroad.
I am a fully qualified electrician and I can provide references from some of the best known gaffers in the Wales and West of England screen sector. I also have a large amount of state of the art lighting equipment that can be rented to productions and a brand new electric van.
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Credits
2026
Rivals (S2): Tommy Bars Operator | Disney+
Under Saltmarsh: Second Unit Desk Op / Tommy Bars Operator | Sky
The Forsytes (S2): Second Unit Desk Operator | ITV / Channel 5
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (S2): Lighting Technician | BBC
Boarders (S3): Desk Operator; Gaffer | BBC
Cleddau / The One that Got Away (S2):: Lighting Technician | S4C
Anfamol: Best Boy | S4C
Industry (Series S4): Lighting Technician | BBC
Believe Me: Desk Operator | ITV
2025
Havoc: Lighting Technician | Netflix Major Motion Picture. .
Dope Girls: Lighting Technician | BBC One
2024
Sonic The Hedgehog 3: Lighting Technician | Paramount Pictures Major Motion Picture.
Eternal Return: Lighting Technician | Village Roadshow Pictures Major Motion Picture
Timestalker: Lighting Technician | Western Edge Pictures Feature Major Motion Picture.
The Scurry: Lighting Technician | True Brit Entertainment Major Motion Picture
The Way: Lighting Technician / Tommy Bars Operator | BBC One
Boarders (Series 1): 2nd Unit Gaffer / Lighting Desk Operator | BBC Three
Generation Z: Lighting Technician | Channel 4
Cleddau / The One that Got Away (S1): Lighting Technician | S4C
Mammoth: Lighting Technician | BBC One
Piglets: Production Electrician | ITVX
Wolf Hall -The Mirror and the Light: Production Electrician | BBC One
Studs (Short Film): Gaffer: Ben / Best Boy: Frances
Loyd - "Dead No Longer": Gaffer | Music Video
The Extraordinary Miss Flower: Lighting Desk Operator | Music Video
Casualty: Lighting Technician | BBC One
Pobol Y Cwm: Lighting Technician | S4C
2023
Sanditon (Series 3): Lighting Technician | ITV
Industry (Series S3): Lighting Technician | BBC
Wolf: Lighting Technician | BBC One
The Change: Lighting Technician | Channel 4
Champion: Lighting Technician | BBC & Netflix
Black Cake: Lighting Technician | Hulu Drama
The Winter King: Lighting Technician | ITVX
Sex Education (S4): Lighting Technician | Netflix
Man Like Mobeen (S4): Lighting Technician | BBC Three
Pren Ar Y Bryn / Tree On A Hill: Best Boy | S4C / BBC
Rivals (Series 1): Lighting Technician / Tommy Bars Operator | Disney+
The Beaker Girls (Series 2): Lighting Technician | CBBC
Doctor Who: Lighting Technician | BBC One
Sports Direct (Christmas Commercial) Lighting Technician |
Atradius (Corporate Film): Gaffer
Casualty: Lighting Technician | BBC One
Pobol Y Cwm: Lighting Technician | S4C
2022
Willow: Lighting Technician | Disney+
War of the Worlds (Series 3) Lighting Technician | Fox / Disney+
The Undeclared War: Lighting Technician | Channel 4
Somewhere Boy: Lighting Technician | Channel 4
The Lazarus Project: Lighting Technician | Sky Max
Foot Asylum (Promotional Series): Lighting Technician
Pure Gym (Commercial):Lighting Technician
Dyson (Commercial): Lighting Technician
Casualty: Lighting Technician | BBC One
Pobol Y Cwm: Lighting Technician | S4C
2021
Money Heist: The Biggest Fan (Promotional Series): Best Boy
Casualty: Lighting Technician | BBC One
Pobol Y Cwm: Lighting Technician | S4C
Qualifications
2382 18th Edition BS7671; amd 2
2394 Initial Verification & Certification
2395 Testing & Inspection
2393 Building Regulations for Electrical Installations in Dwellings (Part P)
2377 PAT
IPAF Powered Access Certification Cat. 3a & 3b Mobile Elevated Platforms
Working at Height Access Certification
Full UK Driver’s Licence
BSc. (Hons.) Creative Industries (Popular Music Technology)