| Development Executive / Untitled / BET / Douglas Road Productions / Jan 2024 to Feb 2024 / Shurwin Beckford |
| Production Title: Untitled Company: Douglas Road Productions Line Manager: Angela Ferreira Programme Length: 30 minutes Season: 1 Genre: Entertainment Sector: Broadcast Television Description :
I loved creating this series for Douglas Road Productions and Workerbee - green lit for Viacom's BET celebrating beauty, hair and self-love, in a competition format. Excited for it to come alive on screen soon. |
| PD/Edit Producer / Pride of Britain: A Windrush Special / ITV / MultiStory Media / Mar 2023 to Sep 2023 / Nicola Lloyd |
| Production Title: Pride of Britain: A Windrush Special Company: MultiStory Media Line Manager: Elen Moore Programme Length: 60 minutes Genre: Documentary Sector: Broadcast Television Description :
This carefully crafted premium documentary for ITV One at 9pm tells the tale of the Windrush generation through the stories of five elderly contributors, matched with A list talent, including Prince William, Alesha Dixon, Sir Trevor McDonald, Mel B and Judi Love. Archive, interviews and actuality drive this heartfelt uplifting narrative designed to compliment the Pride of Britain Awards. |
| PD/Edit Producer / Lenny Henry’s Caribbean Britain / BBC 2 / Douglas Road / Sep 2021 to Apr 2022 / Mark Bell |
| Production Title: Lenny Henry’s Caribbean Britain Company: Douglas Road Line Manager: Dawn Lake Programme Length: 60 minutes Genre: Documentary Sector: Broadcast Television Description :
Directed and edit produced episode two of this two-part talent led landmark arts series presented by Sir Lenny Henry. This is a retrospective, carefully crafted narrative driven by archive and stylized interviews dealing with complex social themes and telling the story of 70 years in one-hour films. |
| Development Producer / Lenny Henry’s Caribbean Britain / BBC 2 / Douglas Road Productions / Aug 2020 to Apr 2021 / Mark Bell |
| Production Title: Lenny Henry’s Caribbean Britain Company: Douglas Road Productions Line Manager: Angela Ferreira Programme Length: 60 minutes Genre: Documentary Sector: Broadcast Television Description :
In 2020 (pre-covid) the BBC asked for a Caribbean focused Arts programme, I developed a travel series that was green-lit HOWEVER covid came along and we had to reshape the series into a British focused arts and history two part series spanning 70 years and presented by comedy legend Sir Lenny Henry. |
| Development Producer / Judi Love: Black, Female and Invisible / Channel 4 / Douglas Road Productions / Jan 2021 to Jun 2021 / Louisa Compton |
| Production Title: Judi Love: Black, Female and Invisible Company: Douglas Road Productions Line Manager: Angela Ferreira Programme Length: 60 minutes Genre: Current Affairs Sector: Broadcast Television Description :
Shortlisted at the 2023 Grierson Awards for Best Current Affairs Documentary, this was a film created with Channel 4 to shine a light on the treatment of Black women in British society, with presenter Judi Love. It was an emotional, educational and entertaining film that hit just the right tone. |
| PD/Edit Producer / Fierce Women / BBC iPlayer / Douglas Road Productions / Nov 2019 to Feb 2020 / Lamia Dabboussy |
| Production Title: Fierce Women Company: Douglas Road Productions Line Manager: Angela Ferreira Programme Length: Under 30 minutes Season: 1 Genre: Documentary Sector: Online Content Description :
Fierce Women is a series celebrating the sheroes of our time.
This documentary series is dedicated to the disruptors of the status quo, the feminists, the “sexually aggressive”, intellectually threatening, socially explosive, powerful, self-made, self-expressed, pioneering, exuberant, larger than life magnificent Women whose contributions have reached out to the furthest corners of the planet and inspired millions.
Industry experts and cultural commentators drive the narrative with archive footage, iconic photographs and motion graphics for a multi-platform audience. This inspirational series is as noisy and controversial as the individuals we are covering.
In this first series we celebrated the six female icons, Yoko Ono, Greta, Naomi Campbell, Rihanna, Greta and Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
Links to films directed by Jessica:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p084lz39/fierce-women-2-greta-thunberg
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p084qvgs/fierce-women-5-rihanna
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p084prdw/fierce-women-3-naomi-campbell |
| PD (Self Shooting) / Dinner Date / ITV2 / Hat Trick Productions / Apr 2018 to Jul 2018 |
| Production Title: Dinner Date Company: Hat Trick Productions Line Manager: Josh Feather Programme Length: 30 minutes Season: 13 Genre: Factual Entertainment Sector: Broadcast Television |
| Producer/Director / A Place in the Sun - Winter Sun / Channel 4 / Freeform Productions / Sep 2017 to Sep 2017 |
| Production Title: A Place in the Sun - Winter Sun Company: Freeform Productions Line Manager: Elisabeth Kerr Programme Length: 50 minutes Season: 11 Genre: Daytime Property Travel Formats Sector: Broadcast Television |
| Producer/Director / The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door / Channel 5 / Flame TV / Apr 2017 to Aug 2017 |
| Production Title: The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door Company: Flame TV Line Manager: Sarah Rest Programme Length: 60 minutes Season: 6 Genre: Factual Documentary Sector: Broadcast Television |
| Producer/Director / A Place in the Sun / Channel 4 / Freeform / Sep 2016 to Dec 2016 |
| Production Title: A Place in the Sun Company: Freeform Line Manager: Amy Gelber Programme Length: 60 minutes Genre: Property Travel Factual Entertainment Lifestyle Sector: Broadcast Television |
