my friend has just completed an English Lang & Media degree and got accepted onto a BBC traineeship... although i dont think this training scheme is just limited to graduates.
at the moment, the BBC seem to be on a recruitment drive (still, they arent exactly giving jobs away, competition is extremely fierce) especially in the north as they are moving up here... so if you live near Manchester, there's good opportunity to get a foot in the door with a traineeship scheme.
once he got through the rigorous online application (3hrs long), my friend spent ages preparing for the interview... put his all into it. unless you are 100% driven and determined, a job in telly is a pipe dream. and even if you are 100% driven and determined, a job in telly is gonna be hard to come by.