| Series Director / Banged Up: Teens Behind Bars / Channel 4 / BriteSpark Films / Mar 2018 to Mar 2019 / Ian Dunkley |
| Production Title: Banged Up: Teens Behind Bars Company: BriteSpark Films Line Manager: Nick Godwin Programme Length: 60 minutes Season: 1 Genre: Factual Entertainment Documentary Formats Sector: Broadcast Television Description :
**** The Mail on Sunday
**** The Mirror
Critic's choice The Times, Guardian, Mirror, Sun, Radio Times
Deep in Florida’s central swampland lies Brevard County Jail, home to 1800 male and female inmates. It also plays host to an intervention scheme aimed at teenagers who are all at the foothills of a criminal career. With a re-offending rate of just 13%, using a mix of tough love and counselling, the scheme shows youngsters on the cusp of adulthood where their lives could be heading: Jail. For the first time, it opens its doors to non American teenagers, and this three part series follows the young British teens who's parents signed them up to attend. Overseeing a team of PDs and APs, DOP and Drone operators on an intense 7 day shoot, to creating the ‘look’ of the series and style of shooting, Master Interview style, planning UK and US shoots, extensive recce of locations, co-ordinating with casting and SP in order to capture beautifully shot actuality and creative footage of the teens on location. |
| PD (Self Shooting) / Gareth Malone's Christmas Concert / BBC 2 / Swan Films / Oct 2019 to Dec 2019 / Emily Smith |
| Production Title: Gareth Malone's Christmas Concert Company: Swan Films Line Manager: Joe Evans and Neil Crombie Programme Length: 60 minutes Season: 1 Genre: Documentary Sector: Broadcast Television Description :
Pick of TV in The Guardian, Independent, The Sun, Times, Mirror, Daily Mail **** TV Times ****
“Heartwarming… if you don’t mind shedding a few tears over Christmas make sure you catch this” The Independent
“Something to truly roast the cockles this Christmas” The Times
“An emotional journey. The sound, and spirit, of Christmas in one package” TV Times
Single documentary at the heart of BBC2’s Christmas schedule. Musical director and choirmaster Gareth Malone immerses himself inside a major hospital in order to create a modern Christmas concert using just staff and patients and inspired by what he witnesses. Self shot documentary, but also directed a team of 5 cameras, lighting and art department to capture the concert as an ‘as live’ event.
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| Series Producer/Director / The Chillenden Murders / BBC 2 / Minnow Films / May 2016 to Jun 2017 / Clare Sillery |
| Production Title: The Chillenden Murders Company: Minnow Films Line Manager: Colin Barr Programme Length: 60 minutes Season: 1 Genre: Documentary Sector: Broadcast Television Description :
Over a period of six years, I gained access to key individuals and documents on a controversial crime and criminal conviction from the 1990s. This series used that unique access and exploreda brutal crime, the police investigation, and the safety of the conviction of a man still claiming innocence 20 years later. An additional present day narrative followed a team of independent experts in policing, law and forensics that had re-opened the case files, looking for clues thathad evaded others 20 years earlier. An ambitious project, which used a mix of archive, graphics, actuality and first hand testimony. The films combined my self shot actuality on Sony FS7, with days shot by a full crew on F55, in an art directed hired location with full lighting, sound and drone team. |
| Producer/Director / House of Surrogates / BBC 4 / Special Edition Films / Mar 2013 to Mar 2014 / Clare Patterson |
| Production Title: House of Surrogates Company: Special Edition Films Line Manager: Ravinder Chahal Programme Length: Feature Length Genre: Documentary Observational Documentary Sector: Broadcast Television Description :
Shortlisted for Grierson Best International Documentary. This film followed the patients and clinicians of a controversial clinic in India who offered surrogate mothers to western couples. |
| Edit Producer / Formula 1: Drive to Survive / Netflix / On The Corner / Jul 2018 to Jan 1970 / Nathaniel Grouille |
| Production Title: Formula 1: Drive to Survive Company: On The Corner Line Manager: James Gay Rees and Paul Martin Programme Length: 50 minutes Season: 1 Genre: Documentary Observational Documentary Sector: Broadcast Television Description :
From the Oscar and BAFTA award winning producers of feature films such as AMY and SENNA, this original Netflix series follows a season behind the scenes in Formula 1. |
| PD (Self Shooting) / All Creatures Great And Stuffed / Channel 4 / Mentorn Media / May 2014 to May 2015 / Emma Cooper |
| Production Title: All Creatures Great And Stuffed Company: Mentorn Media Line Manager: Tayte Simpson Programme Length: 60 minutes Season: 1 Genre: Documentary Sector: Broadcast Television Description :
**** The Telegraph
“A jaw dropping documentary” The Independent
“Too funny to be grisly, this is a joyous glimpse into the world of Taxidermy” The Observer
Critic’s Choice in The Radio Times, Telegraph, Times, Guardian, Observer Mirror, Sun, Star, and many more
Exploring the inexplicable revival in the ancient art of taxidermy, this self-authored film met a variety of stuffed animal hobbyists, businesses and eccentric practitioners from around the world. From the man who turned his dead cat into a radio controlled helicopter, the housewife selling ‘lamb unicorns’ on ebay, and the man offering to ‘freeze dry’ your pet once it has died.
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| PD (Self Shooting) / Costa Del Sol: Last Brits Standing / BBC 1 / Mentorn Media / May 2014 to Oct 2014 / Clare Sillery |
| Production Title: Costa Del Sol: Last Brits Standing Company: Mentorn Media Line Manager: Tayte Simpson Programme Length: 60 minutes Season: 1 Genre: Observational Documentary Sector: Broadcast Television Description :
“Where Rudge struck Gold was by making this film about immigration”
The Times
“A nuanced, yet entertaining film” The Telegraph
“A wistful take on the Brits abroad documentary with an interesting angle on this country's own immigration situation” The Independent
Critics Choice in The Guardian, Times, Sunday Times, Telegraph, Independent, Daily Mail & Mail on Sunday and more.
A self shot film set in the shadow of an extraordinary financial crisis, plummeting property prices and some of the harshest austerity measures ever witnessed, asking how the ex-pat Brits who packed up and moved to Spain are coping. This documentary follows the UK pensioners, young British migrant workers and British family businesses trying to get by, but also uncovers hidden tensions, where some natives want rid of a particular group of ‘sponging immigrants’ known as The British. A mirror of the immigration debate unfolding in the UK, but here, where the immigrants are all Brits.
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| PD (Self Shooting) / Millionaire Boy Racers / Channel 4 / OBLONG FILMS / Mar 2015 to Oct 2015 / Emma Cooper |
| Production Title: Millionaire Boy Racers Company: OBLONG FILMS Line Manager: Jonny Young Programme Length: 60 minutes Season: 1 Genre: Documentary Sector: Broadcast Television Description :
Critics choice in The Telegraph, The Times, The Daily Mail, The Observer, The Mail on Sunday, The Independent and The Guardian. A 'Cutting Edge' observational documentary following the influx of wealthy young men from The Arab Gulf, as they fly themselves and their £million sports cars to London’s exclusive Knightsbridge – much to the annoyance of the wealthy English localresidents. The Super Rich versus the Rich, offering an insight into extreme wealth, racialtensions and the shift of global power.“A touching diptych of difference and tolerance. Boy racers showed the virtues of the microcosmic approach to documentary film making ” ****The Times“A revealing tale for our times” ****Daily Mail
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| Executive Producer / Kids in Care: Looking for Love / BBC 3 / Special Edition FIlms / May 2011 to Nov 2011 / Fiona Campbell |
| Production Title: Kids in Care: Looking for Love Company: Special Edition FIlms Line Manager: Ravinder Chahal Programme Length: 60 minutes Genre: Observational Documentary Sector: Broadcast Television Description :
Kids in Care: Looking For Love
Special Edition Films
1 x 60 for BBC 3
A one-hour authored journey by Ashley John Baptiste, a young man who grew up in foster care and children’s homes, as he investigates his past whilst simultaneously exploring the statistics suggesting children in care are being failed by the system. The film featured exceptionally difficult access, complex legal and compliance issues, and young sensitive contributors.
“A particularly persuasive documentary” Telegraph
“Grown up thinking in this well-placed boot up the bum of the British children’s care system. A genuine insight into an unloved institution and young lives adrift, amid rocks and hard places” Time Out
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| Producer/Director / First Dates / Channel 4 / Twenty Twenty / Jul 2017 to Mar 2018 / Madonna Benjamin |
| Production Title: First Dates Company: Twenty Twenty Line Manager: Barnaby Coughlan and Richard Mears Programme Length: 60 minutes Season: 7 Genre: Documentary Factual Entertainment Sector: Broadcast Television Description :
Overseeing key master interviews, dates, producing staff and stories for the much loved C4 series. Senior Edit Produced multiple episodes into the stitch. |
