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Edit Director / Long Way Home with Ewan McGregor & Charley Boorman / Apple TV+ / Ewan McGregor & Charley Boorman’s Bulwer Street Productions / Jun 2024 to Dec 2024 / Jay Hunt; Alison Kirkham |
Production Title: Long Way Home with Ewan McGregor & Charley Boorman Company: Ewan McGregor & Charley Boorman’s Bulwer Street Productions Line Manager: Mark Richardson Programme Length: 50 minutes Season: 1 Genre: Documentary Travel Sector: Broadcast Television Description: Ten-part adventure travel series starring and executive produced by Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman. The best friends reunite to take lovingly refurbished vintage motorbikes on a 10,000 mile trip from Ewan’s house in Scotland, through Scandinavia, the Arctic Circle, the Baltics and continental Europe to back Charley’s house in England. TX 2025. |
Director / Inside the FBI: The 70s / Disney+ / October Films / Jul 2023 to May 2024 / Tom McDonald |
Production Title: Inside the FBI: The 70s Company: October Films Line Manager: Tom Stubberfield Programme Length: 50 minutes Season: 1 Genre: Dramatised Documentary Sector: Broadcast Television Description: I directed two films, including the opening episode/season premiere on domestic terror, of this six-part
documentary series for Disney+/National Geographic. The series is due to TX in 2025. |
Director / Development Feature-length Documentary, Arrow Pictures / National Geographic / Arrow Pictures / May 2023 to Jun 2023 / Tom McDonald |
Production Title: Development Feature-length Documentary, Arrow Pictures Company: Arrow Pictures Line Manager: John Smithson; Ash Potterton Programme Length: Feature Length Season: 1 Genre: Documentary Sector: Broadcast Television |
Series Editor / Break Point - Netflix / Netflix / Box To Box Films / Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 / Gabe Spitzer; Jenna Anthony; Adam Del Deo |
Production Title: Break Point - Netflix Company: Box To Box Films Line Manager: James Gay-Rees; Paul Martin Programme Length: 50 minutes Season: 1 Genre: Documentary Sports Sector: Broadcast Television Description: “Serves up a winner almost from the first point. Tennis head or not, you’ll be riveted.” THE TELEGRAPH.
“Exceptional photography, a carefully curated selection of stars and enough on- and off-court drama to hook those with even casual curiosity.” HOLLYWOOD REPORTER.
“There are moments in Break Point that will leave an audience on the edge of its seat.” WALL ST JOURNAL.
“An Excellent Documentary…Break Point helped convert a one time serious watcher who hasn’t had time for the sport since Sharapova’s heyday into someone who will be seated for this year’s grand slams. For the filmmakers behind this project, that’s game, set and match.” VARIETY.
“Chronicles a young, diverse set of would-be champions taking audiences inside messy hotel rooms, unseen practice courts and medical areas, where players grapple with tennis’ excruciating mental, and physical, toll.” TIME.
This 10-part Netflix documentary series documents a game-changing year in the sport, with unprecedented access to the world’s best players. |
Series Director / Who Killed Biggie & Tupac? Warner Bros Discovery / Discovery / Arrow Media / Aug 2021 to Jul 2022 / Jeanie Vink |
Production Title: Who Killed Biggie & Tupac? Warner Bros Discovery Company: Arrow Media Line Manager: Lucie Ridout; John Owens Programme Length: 60 minutes Season: 1 Genre: Dramatised Documentary True Crime Documentary Investigative Music Sector: Broadcast Television |
Director / Diana: CNN Original Series / CNN / October Films / Nov 2020 to Aug 2021 / Lyle Gamm, Jon Adler, Molly Harrington |
Production Title: Diana: CNN Original Series Company: October Films Line Manager: Matt Robins, Creative Director, October Films Programme Length: 60 minutes Season: 1 Genre: Documentary Historical Documentary Archive Shows Sector: Broadcast Television |
Director / Feature-length Documentary JonBenet Ramsey: What Really Happened? Discovery / Discovery / Arrow Media / Mar 2020 to Sep 2020 / Jeanie Vink |
Production Title: Feature-length Documentary JonBenet Ramsey: What Really Happened? Discovery Company: Arrow Media Line Manager: Tom Brisley Programme Length: Feature Length Season: 1 Genre: Documentary Dramatised Documentary Investigative True Crime Drama Reconstruction Sector: Broadcast Television Description: ‘Twenty-four years after JonBenet Ramsey’s death, her family still has questions. A new documentary aims to reignite the search for answers. The journey to find the truth unfolds through the narration of Lou Smit. Smit’s voice is heard in previously unreleased audio tapes as he works tirelessly to find evidence and uncover the truth, even as others on the case worked against him.’ USA TODAY.
This feature-length documentary was chosen by Discovery to premiere with the launch of its new streaming service Discovery+ and trended as one of the most viewed documentaries.
It explores legendary homicide detective Lou Smit’s investigation into one of America’s most perplexing murder cases, the brutal killing of six-year-old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey in her Colorado home on Christmas night 1996. Police immediately suspected JonBenet's parents, John and Patsy Ramsey, of the murder and the media followed their lead. Using Smit’s previously unheard audio diaries, the film charts how he meticulously tested each piece of evidence, debunked false theories and uncovered clues that drove the case in a completely new direction. Smit’s tireless work on the case helped to clear the Ramseys. DNA not belonging to family members was found on JonBenet’s clothing. Her father and brother, John Andrew, and members of Smit’s family believe that with advances in DNA technology it is now possible to obtain a match and find JonBenet’s killer.
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Writer/Director / First Ladies, CNN Original Series & Sky Documentaries / CNN / October Films / Jan 2019 to Oct 2019 / Amy Entelis; Lyle Gamm |
Production Title: First Ladies, CNN Original Series & Sky Documentaries Company: October Films Line Manager: Jim Greayer Programme Length: 60 minutes Season: 1 Genre: Documentary Historical Documentary Specialist Factual Dramatised Documentary Archive Shows Sector: Broadcast Television Description: “The astonishingly detailed portraits in ‘First Ladies’ are distinguished in their scholarship, mesmerizing in their drama...No portrait is as shattering to watch as that of Jacqueline Kennedy.”
WALL STREET JOURNAL.
“You can never see inside a marriage but this episode is as close as you can get. As LBJ’s top aide said, Lady Bird Johnson was more important to what he did in the White House than any staffer.”
KATE ANDERSEN BROWER: AUTHOR, ‘FIRST WOMEN’.
Director/Writer of two films on Jackie Kennedy and Lady Bird Johnson in this six-part documentary series about First Ladies of America. |
Edit Director / Formula 1: Drive to Survive S2, Netflix / Netflix / On The Corner/Box to Box Films / Nov 2019 to Dec 2019 / Nathaniel Grouille |
Production Title: Formula 1: Drive to Survive S2, Netflix Company: On The Corner/Box to Box Films Line Manager: James Gay-Rees; Paul Martin Programme Length: 60 minutes Season: 2 Genre: Documentary Sports Sector: Broadcast Television Description: "You don’t need to be a lover of motor sport to appreciate great storytelling. Gripping stuff." THE WEEK
"Netflix’s thrilling documentary series burrows deep into the guts of the sport." THE ARTS DESK
From the Oscar and Bafta winning producers of feature documentaries Amy and Senna, this Netflix documentary series gains exclusive access to the world of Formula 1.
Senior Edit Director on S2 with first-time access to Mercedes and star driver Lewis Hamilton. |
Edit Director / Formula 1: Drive to Survive S1/Ep1, Netflix / Netflix / On The Corner / Box to Box Films / Sep 2018 to Dec 2018 / Nathaniel Grouille |
Production Title: Formula 1: Drive to Survive S1/Ep1, Netflix Company: On The Corner / Box to Box Films Line Manager: James Gay-Rees; Paul Martin Programme Length: 60 minutes Season: 1 Genre: Documentary Sports Sector: Video on demand Description: From the Oscar and Bafta winning producers of feature documentaries Amy and Senna, an original Netflix documentary series following a season behind the scenes in Formula 1.
Edit Director on S1, Episode 1. |
Producer/Director / Babies: Netflix / Netflix / Nutopia / May 2017 to Jul 2018 / Kate Townsend; Ben Cotner |
Production Title: Babies: Netflix Company: Nutopia Line Manager: Kathryn Taylor: showrunner Programme Length: 60 minutes Season: 1 Genre: Documentary Specialist Factual Observational Documentary Science Sector: Broadcast Television Description: "All hail the world’s smallest superpowers! Extraordinary, literally brain-popping science." THE GUARDIAN
"There’s fascinating science in this Netflix series." THE TELEGRAPH
Documentary/specialist factual series about the first year of life. |
Producer/Director / Her Majesty's Prison Norwich / ITV / Wild Pictures / Sep 2014 to Apr 2016 / Jo Clinton Davis |
Production Title: Her Majesty's Prison Norwich Company: Wild Pictures Line Manager: Paul Hamann Programme Length: 60 minutes Season: 1 Genre: Documentary Observational Documentary True Crime Sector: Broadcast Television Description: "Makes you glad to be on the outside of institutions filled with drugs, violence and fathers pining for the families they love. The film of prison visits is heartbreaking." THE OBSERVER.
"An eye-opening documentary...Reveals that life behind bars is a far from cushy ride, for both inmates and their families." THE MAIL.
"An eye-opening look at the nuts and bolts of prison life, its pitfalls and privileges." RADIO TIMES.
“One might infer from Kim Duke’s film that the Justice Secretary was experimenting with family contact as an aid to prisoner rehabilitation...There was no more poignant moment for me than the wedding anniversary card of Martin, who’s serving a six-year sentence for couriering drugs. ‘When I found you I found the perfect husband,’ it read.” THE TIMES.
“How many wives were like Nick’s, prepared to bring her three young children past the sniffer dogs and body searches for some time with their father? Contrary to stories about Playstations and pizza deliveries, HMP Norwich looked like a place where privileges had to be earned.” THE EXPRESS.
HMP Norwich houses more than 750 inmates, ranging from seasoned criminals to young men serving their first prison sentence. Most of the 2,500 prisoners who come through its gates each year are husbands, fathers, and sons. Their families are often their only lifeline. Half of all inmates in the UK are fathers, leaving nearly a quarter of a million children with a parent inside. A fifth of marriages break up under the strain of imprisonment and nearly half of all prisoners will lose touch with their family. Yet those who manage to keep family ties alive are six times less likely to reoffend. The film gives a unique insight into the prison's work in trying to keep families together and hopefully change lives.
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Producer/Director / Traders: Millions by the Minute / BBC 2 / BBC / Nov 2013 to Jul 2014 / Martin Davidson |
Production Title: Traders: Millions by the Minute Company: BBC Line Manager: Eamon Hardy Programme Length: 60 minutes Season: 1 Genre: Documentary Observational Documentary Specialist Factual Factual Business Sector: Broadcast Television Description: “At last, a shrewd doc about the nitty-gritty of financial markets. Film-maker Kim Duke has got access to the day-to-day roulette wheels of casino capitalism. It’s an eye opener." RADIO TIMES.
“Fascinating...follows the people who play the biggest risk-reward game in town." THE TIMES.
“Intelligent...an inside view of everyone’s favourite villain: the financial trader’ THE TELEGRAPH.
“Keenly Observed...reveals the world of trading as full of surprises." FINANCIAL TIMES.
“Eye-opening. All the traders were confronting the same psychological challenge: risk. Getting comfortable with risk can make fortunes, ruin marriages, give you a newly Zen perspective or just kill you stone-dead from a heart attack. As Bob said: ‘It’s about money, but it’s about everything else too’." THE INDEPENDENT.
“Their job, once based on years of market knowledge, sharp instincts and human understanding, has now become complicated by algorithm-crunching computers, facelessly beating them to every trade. They were men clearly on the way out and, funnily enough, I actually felt for them.” THE EXPRESS. |
Producer/Director / Pensioners Behind Bars / ITV1 / Wild Pictures / Jan 2012 to Dec 2012 / Jo Clinton-Davis |
Production Title: Pensioners Behind Bars Company: Wild Pictures Line Manager: Paul Hamann Programme Length: 60 minutes Genre: Documentary Observational Documentary Factual True Crime Sector: Broadcast Television Description: “In the past 20 years, the number of prisoners over the age of 60 has trebled. Kim Duke’s fascinating documentary meets the inmates.’ THE TELEGRAPH.
“This insightful documentary meets some extraordinary law-breaking pensioners." THE MAIL.
“An oddly life-enhancing documentaries that could have been a tale of woe but instead puts a smile on your face." RADIO TIMES.
"A fascinating look at life for older inmates." THE EXPRESS.
“Anyone who thinks retirement entails simply pottering about in the garden and abundant caravanning opportunities should think again.” THE TIMES.
“This fascinating documentary follows convicted pensioners, including a teetotal 77-year-old who wound up dealing heroin and a former driving instructor, who became a brothel madam.” THE SUN.
PICK OF THE DAY: Telegraph, Times, Independent, Guardian, Mail, Express, Radio Times, TV Times. |
Producer/Director / My Dad is a Woman / ITV1 / Wild Pictures / Jan 2011 to Dec 2011 / Jo Clinton-Davis |
Production Title: My Dad is a Woman Company: Wild Pictures Line Manager: Paul Hamann Programme Length: 60 minutes Genre: Documentary Observational Documentary Factual Sector: Broadcast Television Description: “This thoughtful documentary is illuminating...'You think, I’ll take a few hormones, go into an operating theatre: job done. You don’t have the first idea,' says Jane, who was John until he told his wife, daughter, and son that he wanted – needed really – to live as a woman." RADIO TIMES.
“A revealing film.’" TV TIMES.
“A moving one-off documentary." CLOSER.
“This study of two transsexual fathers as they complete their transition from male to female certainly sounds lurid. Ultimately, however, partners are stoic and supportive, teenage children roll their eyes but are tolerant, the older generation of parents say they just want their sons to be happy. It’s a study in making the most of a difficult situation and, despite some unanswered questions, doing it extremely well.” THE TIMES.
What happens when your dad drops the bombshell that he wants to be a woman? Sensitively-made observational documentary with intimate access to the lives of two families, in which a father becomes the woman he’s always wanted to be, including the irreversible surgery that will change his sex forever. |
Producer/Director / Farewell The Bill / ITV1 / TalkbackThames / Jan 2010 to Dec 2010 / Jo Clinton-Davis |
Production Title: Farewell The Bill Company: TalkbackThames Line Manager: John Comerford Programme Length: 60 minutes Genre: Documentary Observational Documentary Factual Sector: Broadcast Television Description: “The Bill bows out in style. If the aim of popular police drama is to make as many people as possible aware of current issues, The Bill sits squarely in the tradition of the best US network dramas such as Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blue.” THE TELEGRAPH.
“This touching documentary captures the emotion, tears and laughter as cast and crew say farewell.” THE PEOPLE.
“When you consider that lots of policemen currently on the beat weren't born when The Bill began, you start to appreciate the achievement and understand what a blow its demise is.” THE EXPRESS.
"The greatest moments at Sun Hill and the legacy of drama it's given to British screen." THE MAIL.
“The Bill ended not with a fiery bang (they’ve done that before) but not with a whimper either, unless you count the weepy moment Simon Rouse had rehearsing his last big speech as Sun Hill’s Superintendent, a backstage moment we saw courtesy of Farewell The Bill. ‘I’m proud of my team and what they do’ were the words that made Rouse’s voice quiver. They had good reason to be proud of their parting shot.” THE INDEPENDENT.
PICK OF THE DAY: Mail, Mirror, Express, Times, Guardian, Independent, Telegraph.
Documentary telling the story of television’s longest-running police drama. With exclusive access to The Bill’s final shoot, it captures the laughter and tears, as cast and crew bid an emotional farewell to 27 years on the beat. |
Producer/Director / Nelson's Hospital, A Time Team Documentary Special / Channel 4 / Videotext / Jan 2010 to Dec 2010 / Tanya Shaw |
Production Title: Nelson's Hospital, A Time Team Documentary Special Company: Videotext Line Manager: Philip Clarke Programme Length: 60 minutes Genre: Specialist Factual Documentary Drama Reconstruction Historical Documentary History Dramatised Documentary Sector: Broadcast Television Description: “An extraordinary insight into life in the late 18th century Navy." THE EXPRESS.
“Chilling! Teases out the threads of the history with skill and sensitivity." RADIO TIMES.
“Reveals a life of appalling hardship in Nelson’s Navy." THE TIMES.
“Painstaking research builds a picture of how and why the men ended up anonymously buried at the hospital.” THE EXPRESS.
“The skeletons of lads as young as 10, failed amputees, the remnants of crude post-mortems. Nelson’s Hospital unearths some real horrors.” THE GUARDIAN.
Channel 4 history documentary presented by Tony Robinson on Britain’s first naval hospital. An archaeological dig to exhume bodies from the hospital cemetery offers a close-up inspection of life and death in the Georgian Navy. |
Producer / Drama Series: Five Daughters / BBC 1 / BBC / Jan 2006 to Jan 2009 / Jay Hunt |
Production Title: Drama Series: Five Daughters Company: BBC Line Manager: Sue Hogg Programme Length: 60 minutes Season: 1 Genre: Drama Drama: Television Serial True Crime Sector: Broadcast Television Description: “An exceptional drama. A powerful, thoughtful, profoundly affecting account of the murder of five young women.” RADIO TIMES.
WINNER: ROYAL TELEVISION SOCIETY: Best Drama Serial, PRIX EUROPA, RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL: Best UK Feature.
“Drama at its best. Uncomfortable, emotional, brilliant television! A masterclass in how to dramatise a recent news event." THE GUARDIAN.
“Powerful is an understatement. A compelling, haunting, modern tragedy.” THE OBSERVER.
“You were left to reflect on docudrama’s great worth. Primetime drama doesn’t get better than this." THE INDEPENDENT.
“Profoundly humane. Alongside classics like Cathy Come Home." BBC RADIO 4.
Written by Stephen Butchard and directed by Philippa Lowthorpe, this drama series is based on the testimony of those most closely involved in the case of the five young women - Anneli Alderton, Gemma Adams, Tania Nicol, Paula Clennell and Annette Nichols - who lost their lives in the Ipswich serial murders.
Cast includes: Sarah Lancashire, Jaime Winstone, Ian Hart, Vicky McClure, Natalie Press, Ruth Negga, Sean Harris.
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Series Producer / The Story of Maths / BBC 4 / BBC / Aug 2007 to Jul 2008 / Richard Klein |
Production Title: The Story of Maths Company: BBC Line Manager: David Okuefuna Programme Length: 60 minutes Genre: Specialist Factual Documentary Science Factual History Sector: Broadcast Television Description: “Brilliantly made, constantly fascinating." THE TIMES.
“A fascinating four-parter." THE GUARDIAN.
"There’s a lot to like about this breezy history." THE INDEPENDENT
Four-part (4 x 60’) series presented by Marcus du Sautoy on the history of mathematics, examining how mathematical ideas underpin the science, technology, and culture that shape our world. |
Producer/Director / Royal Family / BBC 1 / BBC / Jan 2006 to Dec 2006 |
Production Title: Royal Family Company: BBC Line Manager: Nick Vaughan-Barratt Programme Length: 60 minutes Genre: Documentary Archive Shows Historical Documentary History Sector: Broadcast Television Description: Archive-driven biographical film on the Life of a Senior Member of the Royal Family |
Producer/Director / Patrick Moore: A Tribute / BBC 1 / BBC / Jan 2005 to Dec 2005 / Richard Klein |
Production Title: Patrick Moore: A Tribute Company: BBC Line Manager: Nick Vaughan-Barratt Programme Length: 60 minutes Genre: Documentary Factual Historical Documentary Specialist Factual Archive Shows Science Sector: Broadcast Television Description: Archive-driven biographical film on Britain’s best-known astronomer. |
Producer/Director / Beyond Murder: Convicting Jane’s Killer / BBC 1 / BBC / Jan 2004 to Dec 2004 / Lorraine Heggessy |
Production Title: Beyond Murder: Convicting Jane’s Killer Company: BBC Line Manager: Owen Gay Programme Length: 60 minutes Genre: Documentary Observational Documentary True Crime Sector: Broadcast Television Description: Documentary on the sexual murder of teacher Jane Longhurst and how police and prosecution lawyers brought her killer, Graham Coutts, to justice.
Obsessed with asphyxiation and necrophilia, Coutts strangled Jane with a pair of tights and kept her body in a storage unit for a month, returning to it regularly before setting it alight in woodland. He claimed Jane had died during a consensual sex game that went wrong. But Coutts had harboured thoughts about raping and strangling a woman for years, a fantasy fuelled by his addiction to morbid and violent internet pornography.
In the last decade the number of men in the UK using the ‘rough sex’ defence, most recently seen in the case of murdered backpacker Grace Millane, has increased by 90%, with 30 women killed in what was claimed to have been consensual violent sexual activity. The youngest of these victims was just 16 years old.
Campaigners are now demanding a change in the law, saying the ‘rough sex’ defence allows men to get away with murder. |
Producer/Director / The Trouble with Sleep / BBC 1 / BBC / Jan 2003 to Dec 2003 / Lorraine Heggessy |
Production Title: The Trouble with Sleep Company: BBC Line Manager: Simon Ford Programme Length: 60 minutes Genre: Documentary Observational Documentary Science Sector: Broadcast Television Description: “A fascinating documentary. Shows the unbelievable antics sleep-disordered people get up to.” TV TIMES.
“The footage makes for extraordinary viewing." RADIO TIMES.
“Fascinating and disturbing…We found out how infinitely long-suffering a loving spouse can be. I was, I confess, touched.” THE GUARDIAN.
“Disturbing and sometimes heart-rending. Those featured agreed to cameras in their homes to explore how their condition affects them and whether they can be trained to sleep normally. The evidence is as shocking to them as it is to viewers.” THE EXPRESS.
“Comical and alarming. For a phrase that can mean doing things on autopilot, sleepwalking can in fact be a very busy and varied activity if The Trouble with Sleep was anything to go by.” TIME OUT.
“Sleep can be a nasty business! Intriguing stuff.” THE OBSERVER.
Two-part documentary series (2 x 60’) using new night vision filming techniques to explore the lives of people who sleepwalk, suffer from night terrors, or act out their dreams. Teacher Susan wakes her husband up to six times a night. Able to perform complex tasks while fast asleep, her attempts at daytime dieting are sabotaged by nocturnal forays for chocolate and ice cream. Dentist Melvyn lashes out at his much-loved wife while defending himself against imaginary attack. Anita fears for her lorry driver husband after wrestling him to the floor to stop him fleeing from a fourth floor window. With the neuroscience of sleep still in its infancy, they all want to understand what happens when the lights go out. |
Producer/Director / Harold Shipman: Measuring Evil / BBC 1 / BBC / Jan 2002 to Dec 2002 / Lorraine Heggessy |
Production Title: Harold Shipman: Measuring Evil Company: BBC Line Manager: Simon Ford Programme Length: 60 minutes Genre: Documentary Observational Documentary True Crime Sector: Broadcast Television Description: Documentary on the Public Inquiry investigating the crimes of former GP Harold Shipman, Britain’s worst serial killer. |
Producer/Director / The Stanford Prison Experiment / BBC 2 / BBC / Jan 2002 to Dec 2002 / Roly Keating |
Production Title: The Stanford Prison Experiment Company: BBC Line Manager: Nick Mirsky Programme Length: 30 minutes Genre: Documentary Science Historical Documentary History True Crime Sector: Broadcast Television Description: “The highlight of a weekend of prison documentaries.” THE TIMES.
Documentary on one of the most controversial experiments in the history of psychology, invoked to shed light on everything from the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib, to prison rioting and police brutality.
In 1971 Professor Philip Zimbardo recruited students to play prisoners or guards in a mock jail in the basement of Stanford University’s Psychology Department. The experiment was due to last two weeks. Within days, four prisoners suffered breakdowns and a fifth was on hunger strike. With testimony from the original participants, the film uncovers why the behaviour of all involved, including its instigator, became so extreme that the experiment had to be abruptly terminated in less than a week.
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Producer/Director / Hollywood Knives / BBC 1 / BBC / Jan 2001 to Dec 2001 / Lorraine Heggessy |
Production Title: Hollywood Knives Company: BBC Line Manager: Alex Holmes Programme Length: 60 minutes Genre: Documentary History Investigative Historical Documentary Archive Shows Sector: Broadcast Television Description: “A hopelessly engrossing documentary. Hollywood Knives should make us rethink our ideas about celebrity.” THE EXPRESS.
“I sat glued to the shamelessly watchable Hollywood Knives. It brought home just how quaint this continuing taboo about admitting to cosmetic surgery seems in an otherwise confessional era.” THE TIMES.
“A revealing documentary. For the first time the extraordinary cast list of movie legends who depend on plastic surgery for their glittering careers.” THE MAIL.
“Insanely compelling! Posits an alternative history of Hollywood.” THE GUARDIAN.
“Hollywood Knives is a guilty pleasure. The real interest lies in how we are conned by images of perfection.” RADIO TIMES.
“Charts Hollywood’s love affair with cosmetic surgery. In a never-before-broadcast interview, Marilyn Monroe’s doctor reveals how the then unknown starlet had surgery because, if you can believe it, she felt unhappy with her appearance.” THE INDEPENDENT.
“Must-see TV. The most fascinating stories are of the young wannabe stars, instructed to go under the knife by the studios.” THE SUN.
“A fascinating documentary. Explains how many movie legends were pressurised into nips and tucks.” HEAT.
Documentary exploring the secret history of Tinseltown under the scalpel. It uncovers how the careers of some of the biggest names in film history, including Marilyn Monroe, John Wayne, Gary Cooper and Frank Sinatra, led to the operating table and how the quest for stardom became irrevocably linked to the surgeon’s blade. Surgery on the stars has been a lucrative but highly secretive affair since the dawn of Hollywood. John Wayne’s wife recalls how he reluctantly succumbed to studio pressure to undergo two facelifts to continue making the movies he loved. Gary Cooper’s daughter shares her father’s anguish about ageing as one of Hollywood’s most loved stars. And surgeons reveal how even icon of female beauty Marilyn Monroe went under the knife. |
Series Director / Burgled / BBC 1 / BBC / Aug 1999 to Aug 2000 / Peter Salmon |
Production Title: Burgled Company: BBC Line Manager: Olivia Lichtenstein Programme Length: 30 minutes Season: 1 Genre: Documentary Observational Documentary True Crime Sector: Broadcast Television Description: “Essential viewing for anyone who’s likely to be burgled – and with a million homes broken into every year – that includes all of us. What’s frightening is how easy we make it for them.” THE INDEPENDENT.
“Engrossing and pacey. For once it seemed that the ‘good honest coppering’ of Her Majesty’s Metropolitan Police was not just a PR exercise.” EVENING STANDARD
“A script full of gobsmacking figures on burglary in Britain. Even more remarkable is the programme’s star performer, seen giving the police a guided tour of his felonious triumphs.” SUNDAY TIMES
“What is really enlightening is the interview with a teenager who boasts of carrying out 300 burglaries.” FINANCIAL TIMES.
“A glimpse inside the burglar’s modus operandi...This turns into some kind of public information film when you realise these guys are actually giving away the secrets of their game. There’s no denying there are things we could all learn about home security here.”
THE EXPRESS.
“While not sensationalising the subject, it is extremely scary. What’s particularly useful is hearing a burglar’s views on what deters him from attempting a break-in.” RADIO TIMES.
Someone is burgled in Britain every 40 seconds. This six-part documentary series explores all aspects of the crime: from the victims whose lives and homes are shattered, to the offenders, who talk candidly about their methods, and the burglary squads who pursue them.
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Series Director / The Clampers / BBC 1 / BBC / Jan 1998 to Dec 1998 / Peter Salmon |
Production Title: The Clampers Company: BBC Line Manager: Stephen Lambert Programme Length: 30 minutes Season: 1 Genre: Documentary Observational Documentary Sector: Broadcast Television Description: “Kim Duke’s series reveals the human face of Public Enemy Number One.” RADIO TIMES.
“Brilliant. A rare docu-soap with attitude that was asking proper journalistic questions about a system that is open to abuse at every stage.” THE TELEGRAPH.
“A highly watchable series, pitting motorists who regard a parking ticket as an outrage against enforcers of unpopular laws.” THE TIMES.
“Hugely entertaining docu-soap following the daily barrage of abuse suffered by traffic wardens operating in London.”
INDEPENDENT.
“Feels like a report from society’s frontline. Clampers is full of comedy. The funniest telly of the week.” INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY.
“Very, very funny.” THE TELEGRAPH.
“Infuriatingly compelling.” TIME OUT.
“A transfixing new series.” SUNDAY TIMES.
“A clever documentary. Expect your feelings to be mixed more thoroughly than a decent cocktail as you watch bailiff Keith Brown call, in chronological order, for police back-up then a dentist, when he confronts a motorist whose car he tries to tow away.” THE EXPRESS.
Six-part documentary series on the wardens, bailiffs, and lawyers, who enforce Britain’s unpopular parking laws, including first-time access to the UK’s first `Parking Court’.
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Producer/Director / Firefighters / BBC 1 / BBC / Jan 1997 to Dec 1997 / Peter Salmon |
Production Title: Firefighters Company: BBC Line Manager: Ben Gale and Jeremy Mills Programme Length: 30 minutes Genre: Documentary Observational Documentary Factual Sector: Broadcast Television Description: Six-part documentary series (6 x 30’) on the Fire Service, using specially-designed cameras to give a previously unseen insight into rescue operations. |
Producer/Director / The Verdict / BBC 2 / BBC / Aug 1995 to Aug 1996 |
Production Title: The Verdict Company: BBC Line Manager: Mark Wakefield Programme Length: 30 minutes Genre: Current Affairs Investigative Drama Reconstruction Sector: Broadcast Television Description: Six-part series on lawyers and the law.
“Fascinating and cautionary.’ The Guardian |
Producer/Director / Public Eye / BBC 2 / BBC Factual London / Aug 1995 to Aug 1996 |
Production Title: Public Eye Company: BBC Factual London Line Manager: Mark Wakefield Programme Length: 30 minutes Genre: Current Affairs Investigative Drama Reconstruction Sector: Broadcast Television Description: Current Affairs series |
Producer/Director / 3D / ITV1 / Yorkshire Television / Jan 1994 to Dec 1994 |
Production Title: 3D Company: Yorkshire Television Line Manager: Helen Scott Programme Length: 30 minutes Genre: Documentary Sector: Broadcast Television Description: ITV network documentary series. |