Broadcast CV
Galapagos - ‘Born of Fire’ April - June '06
BBC Natural History Unit Series Producer / Producer: Patrick Morris
First programme in a three part HIGH DEFINITION series about these remarkable islands. Galapagos is a rare insight into an incredible landscape, a natural laboratory and an exquisite evolutionary habitat that Darwin described as a 'world within itself'. Both fragile and furious, the Galapagos is unlike any other place on earth. TX Sept 29th 2006 BBC2
Natural World - ‘On the Trail of Tarka’ Oct - Dec ‘05
BBC Natural History Unit Series Producer: Tim Martin Producer: Charlie Hamilton James / Philippa Forrester
Tarka the Otter is probably the most famous wildlife book ever written. A fictional account of otters living on the river Torridge in Devon but every detail in the book is factually correct and acutely observed. 80 years after the book was written, cameraman Charlie Hamilton James explores the river to see if wild otters still survive there today and how closely their lives echo the life and experiences of Tarka. TX Wed 25th Oct 2006 BBC2 More info
‘Stars in Fast Cars' Aug - Sept 05
BBC Features Series Producer: Claire Zolkwer Director: Roy Chapman
Wacky Races meets Top Gear in Stars in Fast Cars - a fast and funny new series for BBC Three. Four celeb's go head to head each week in a variety of crazy motorised challenges. The games are mad, bad and just on the right side of dangerous. BBC3
'Tiger Zero'
BBC Natural History Unit - Wildvision for Animal Planet Producer: Mike Birkhead
"Tiger Zero takes the form of a personal odyssey by Indian tiger expert Valmik Thapar, as he investigates worrying reports of tiger disappearances and the machinations of politicians and park authorities as they either procrastinate or go into denial." - see BBC Wildlife autumn 2005 for a review by Mark Bristow. TX Oct 30th 2005. Animal Planet
Merit Award for editing and Won Best Conservation Message Award at Missoula International Wildlife Film Festival 06
Natural World - ‘Eagle Island’ Jan - Feb ‘05
BBC Natural History Unit Series Producer: Tim Martin Producer: Mike Birkhead View TX card Read Review
Wildlife documentary about the Hebridean island of Mull, home to the most spectacular wildlife of any stretch of our coastline - sea eagles, golden eagles, otters, seals, dolphins, whales and sharks. Cameraman Gordon Buchanan grew up on the island, but left to film wildlife all over the world. He now returns home, spending a year getting close to the island's wild inhabitants. TX Wed 26th Oct 2005. Finalist at Missoula International Wildlife Film Festival 06. BBC2
'The Shot' - Angie and Jonathan Scott April ‘05
Coast for Canon Director: Charlie Hamilton James
Angie Scott won Wildlife Photographer of the Year, this one minute 'sponsored' film explores her passion for wildlife and capturing a precise moment in an animals life.
'Rough Trades' April - May ‘05
Parthenon Entertainment for National Geographic Channel International
Fast moving 20 part series uncovering the world most exotic, exciting and dangerous jobs.
Natural World - ‘Mississippi, Tales of the last River Rat’ Sept - Oct ‘04
BBC Natural History Unit Series Producer: Tim Martin Producer: Andrew Graham-Brown Read reviews View Images Grierson Award
Kenny Salwey is the last river rat, he lives on the upper Mississippi. This film is an intimate portrait of a year in Kenny's life and the creatures that share his stretch of the the river. BBC2
Won Grierson Award 2005 (Best Documentary on Science or the Natural World category)
Merit Award for editing - Missoula International Wildlife Film Festival 05 - Programme also came 2nd in Best TV programme.
Wildscreen 2006 - Best Music
Natural World - ‘Shark Coast’ July - Aug ‘04
BBC Natural History Unit Series Producer: Tim Martin Producer: Marguerite Smits Van Oyen
David Attenborough takes us along the coast of Southern Africa which has an incredible variety of sharks, over 140 species. What makes these seas so rich in these predators? The answer lies in the unique pattern of warm and cold currents allowing sharks that normally live oceans apart to coexist. BBC2
‘Ray Mears Bushcraft' - Aboriginal Britain June’04 – July’04
BBC Features Series Producer: Ben Southwell Director: Tuppence Stone
1st prog in new series of 60 minute documentaries on Bushcraft skills. Ray looks back into Britain's ancient past to a time when we were all hunters with bushcraft knowledge and discovers that the world we lived in then has strong links with bushcraft that is still used in other lands today. TX: Thurs 9th Sept 04 BBC1
‘Racing with Camels' Mar’04 – April’04
BBC Features Series Producer: Wendy Darke Director: Andrew Murray
Opening show of the new run of 'Wild'. Sabba Douglas Hamilton treks into the heart of the Sinai desert with the Bedouin people to learn the truth about the camel and how to ride one. The bargain however is that if they agree to teach her then she must agree to enter a Camel race. TX: Sun Oct 17th 04 BBC2
'Attenborough's Life On Earth' Feb '04
BBC Natural History Unit - Wildvision Producer / Director: Molly Fry
Documentary showing how Life on Earth became a landmark in Sir David Attenborough's career and set the standard for wildlife programmes on television. Sir David talks about his favourite moments and cameramen and producers offer an insider's perspective with their stories from behind the scenes. UKTV Documentary.
The Nile - 'The Search for the Source' Aug - Sept ‘03
BBC Natural History Unit Series producer / producer: Martha Holmes View TX Card Find out More
The longest river on the planet, the Nile flows from the heart of a continent, through a land with a history as rich as the river is long.The Ancient Egyptians thought the Nile was magical – a gift of the gods and obsessive Victorian explorers endured unimaginable hardships in their search for its source. 50min wildlife documentary. . TX:Fri, 12th March 04 - BBC2
WINNERS at 5th Eco Canavese Film Festival, Turin, Italy: Popular Award for Best Documentary - Best Photography - Children's Award for Best Documentary
Wildlife on One - 'The Monkey Puzzle' Jan '04
BBC Natural History Unit Series Producer: Sara Ford Producer: Mark Linfield Find out More
Capuchin monkeys are smart, they have the largest brain of any monkey but this film test their intelligence and what was discovered is rocking the scientific world. TX BBC1 9th Dec 2004.
Natural World - ‘Tigers of the Emerald Forest’ June - July ‘03
BBC Natural History Unit Series Producer: Mike Gunton Producer: Mike Birkhead
50min wildlife documentary. Huge male tigers are the focus of this film, Dedicated scientist Raghu Chundawat and his partner Joanna Van Gruisen have been studying them for the last eight years and reveals the unique secrets of the tigers of the Emerald Forest. TX:Sun, 16th Nov 03 - BBC2
Merit Award for editing - Missoula International Wildlife Film Festival 04
Monsters We Met' - The Eternal Frontier
BBC Natural History Unit Series Producer: Mike Gunton Producer: Andrew Graham-Brown
At the end of the last Ice age, man made the epic journey across the Baring land bridge from Asia into the American continent. This 50 min Drama doc. tells the story of the first people to arrive in the new world and re-creates their encounters with the creatures that were living there 13,000 years ago. BBC2
The Bachelor' Feb '03
BBC Features Director: Roy Chapman
The reality programme featuring one bachelor, 25 women, a huge mansion in Barbados, but he can only choose one girl. BBC3
Wildlife on One' - 'Peregrines, Natures Top Gun' Dec '02
BBC Natural History Unit Series Producer: Sara Ford Producer: James Honeyborne
Peregrine Falcons are the fastest creature in the air and they catch their prey on the wing. This 30 min doc is an in depth study of just how they manage to accomplish such aerial prowess. BBC1.
Natural World - ‘My Halcyon River’ Sept - Oct ‘02
BBC Natural History Unit Series Producer: Mike Gunton Producer: Charlie Hamilton James / Philippa Forrester
An idyllic portrait of a British river, chronicling the small dramas of the wildlife that lives in and around it. Otters hunt under the cover of darkness, mink lie in wait for unwary victims, and kingfishers spear their prey while newborn chicks learn to swim under the watchful eye of their parents. BBC2 TX Nov 02 Read More
Winner - Best Editing (Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival)
Natural World - ‘Danger in Tiger Paradise’ April - May ‘02
BBC Natural History Unit Series Producer: Mike Gunton Producer: Mike Birkhead
50min wildlife documentary. Valmik Thapar returns to Ranthambhore National Park, Rajasthan, to catch up with Maachli, a tigress he has been following for four years. BBC2 TX Oct 02. Read More
‘Shark - Beyond the Jaws' - (Animal Planet) Feb - April '02
Granada Wild Producer: Jenny Jones
Great white sharks are shrouded in myth and mystery. Their gaping powerful jaws fascinate and frighten. In Shark! Beyond the Jaws, shark researchers go in search of great whites and the true spirit and nature of these amazing fish. 50 minutes looking deep into the mind of Great White Sharks to uncover their social order, behaviour and intelligence. TX in America 11th June Animal Planet.
'Wildlife on One Special' - 'Beasts on the streets' (BBC1) Jan - Feb '02
BBC Natural History Unit Series Producer: Sara Ford Producer: Holly Spearing
30 minute documentary exploring the issues surrounding the increase of 'wild' animals on the streets of cities around the world. TX July 2nd 7pm.
‘A World in Arms' - Armies (Channel 4) Nov ’01 – Dec’01
3BM Television Executive Producer: Simon Berthon Producer/Director: Peter Nicholson
50 minute Documentary using the testimonies of ordinary soldiers of the day to explore how Britain's ramshackle army defeated Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815, and how the modern world was hammered out on the anvil of war. Shown as part of Channel Four's 'War against the French' season. More info
‘Ray Mears Extreme Survival' - Namibia (BBC1) June’01 – July’01
BBC Features Series Producer: Dick Colthurst Director: Andrew Graham-Brown
60 minute documentary about how to survive and who and what manages to do so, in one of the most scorched regions on earth, with Drama reconstruction of some of the most incredible survival stories from the Skeleton Coast and the Namib Desert. Presented by survival expert Ray Mears.
Wild: Natural World - ‘Leopard Hunters’ (BBC2) Sept - Nov ‘01
BBC Natural History Unit Series Producer: Mike Gunton Producer: Mike Birkhead
50min wildlife documentary featuring the Asiatic leopards of Yala in the south of Sri Lanka. This unique and revealing film shows the secretive spotted cats fighting crocodiles and bears, and three cubs surviving the perils of growing up in the jungle. TX Dec 01
‘The Point' (Short film) Feb ’01
Elliot Productions Produced and Directed by: Hugh Macleod
Comedy
short about a hypochondriac airhostess, who discovers a spot on her tongue.
It's been selected for the Film UK section of this year’s Edinburgh
International Film Festival, the Portobello and Greenwich festivals and has also
been accepted by The British Council who send UK films around the
international festival circuit.
‘Shopology' - Selling it (BBC2) Feb -Mar '01
BBC Features Series Producer: Jo Vale Director: Graham Strong
Second of two 50 minute examinations of the science and psychology of shopping. This programme lifts the lid on selling: Retailers, producers and marketeers around the world spend millions on layout, smell, touch and brand image to persuade us to part with our cash. We visit consumer behaviourists, ad gurus and sales svengalis who teach us the art of selling.
‘Wilderness Men’ Alexander Von Humboldt – Natural Traveller (BBC 2) Dec’99 – Feb’00
BBC Natural History Unit
Series Producer: Mike Gunton
Director: Peter Nicholson
A
rediscovery of the man who Darwin called ‘the greatest naturalist in the
world’. The 50 min drama/documentary charts his 5 year voyage to South America
and why his once great fame has now virtually disappeared. Christopher Eccleston
plays Humboldt.
‘MUSCLE’
-
Series (BBC 1)
{edited all six programmes}
BBC Features Series Producer: Dick Colthurst
Director: Roy Chapman
6 x 30min documentaries following the life and work of a security firm who staff the doors of the pubs and clubs of Bristol with ‘bouncers’. The programmes show what is really happening after dark on the streets of a major city, from the viewpoint of 5, very opinionated, characters who run the firm and it’s rapid response ‘thugmobile’
‘Song of the Earth' - A Natural History of Human Music with Sir David Attenborough (BBC 2) June’00 – July’00
BBC Natural History Unit Executive Producer: Mike Gunton Producer / Director: Grant Sonnex
One off 50 minute documentary presented by Sir David Attenborough. A personal essay from Sir David who journeys around the planet discover what functions animal ‘songs’ serve in their lives and then looks into our own past to try to find the biological origin of human music. TX Dec 2000
'Cannibal' - 'Bones of Contention' (Channel 4) Sept’00 – Oct’00
3BM Television Executive Producer: Simon Berthon Producer/Director: Peter Nicholson
50 min
documentary exploring the realities of, and the taboo surrounding human
cannibalism. Bones of Contention is programme two in a series of three
programmes and examines the history of cannibalistic societies from one
million to three hundred years ago.TX Feb 2001.
Wildlife on One: (BBC 1) Aug'00 - Dec ‘00
'Dingoes - Outlaws of the outback' / 'Pelicans - Taking the Plunge'
BBC Natural History Unit Series Producer: Sara Ford Producer: Holly Spearing / Producer: James Honeybourne
2 very different films from the new series of Wildlife on One. One charts the success of the Dingo in conquering the Continent of Australasia, whilst the other follows the life of young pelicans as they learn the skills that will enable them to perform their spectacular high dives. TX 2001
Accident Black Spot - 'Bends' and ' Weather' (Channel 4) April’00 – June’00
RDF Television Executive Producer: Sue Kennet Directors: Senara Wilson / Nick Woodroffe
Two 24min programmes in a
series of six new ‘Road Safety Science’ documentaries. Presented by
Penny Mallory the programmes looks at particular accident blackspots
throughout the UK, then investigates the potential remedies and finally
provides a solution. TX Nov 2000.
Don’t Look
Down
- ‘Forth Rail Bridge’
Talkback for the BBC Series Producer/Director: Orla Doherty
1
x 30m documentary in the architecture series, where six of the tallest
structures in the U.K. are explored by the presenter in a rather unique
way….by climbing them.
Shark Summer
- ‘Shark Encounters’
BBC Natural History Unit
Series Producer: Mike Gunton Producer: Jenny Jones
50min documentary broadcast as part of the BBC1 Shark Summer season. The film, presented by Michaela Strachan, strives to understand the truth behind the shark’s undeserved reputation.
‘Moonshot - the Spirit of ‘69’
(ITV)
Feb
- April ‘99
Granada Television
Producer: Sarah Manwaring White
Director: Peter Nicholson
50min documentary ‘special’ for ITV network. A look back 30 years to the Apollo 11 Moon landing as an event in the midst of a year filled with so many other great stories. These stories told by the people who were making that year so special; Yoko Ono, George Lazenby, Buzz Aldrin, Walter Cronkite, Tony Jacklin, Terry Jones etc.
Wildlife
On One -‘21st
Centu
BBC Natural History Unit
Series Producer: Robin Hellier
Producer: Marguerite Smits Van Oyen
30min documentary focusing on the
relationships between the wildlife of Kenya’s game reserves and both tourist
and local people. In particular the film shows how opportunistic animals often
use us to get just what they want.
Finalist at the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival
BBC
Natural History Unit
Series Producer: Paul
Appleby Director: Peter Nicholson
3
x 30min programmes in a six part series looking at the scientific evidence
surrounding encounters with animals that science says should not exist;
cryptozoological creatures such as the Loch Ness Monster, the Beast of Exmoor
and The Giant Squid.
Winner – Best of Category and Merit Award for Editing (Missoula Wildlife Film Festival 99) (won 7 awards in total)
In extreme Danger - ‘The Pilot Who Fell To Earth’ (BBC 1) Oct ‘98
BBC Features
Series Producer / Director: Mike Kleinsteuber
30min documentary with full
drama/reconstruction following the crash and subsequent rehabilitation of an RAF
pilot whose Harrier crashed after an engine failure during landing, breaking his
back.
Watchout (BBC 2) Feb ‘98
BBC Natural History Unit
Series Producer: Mike Beynon
UK
based Natural History magazine programme looking at all issues and events
concerning British wildlife.
Animal Zone - ‘Wildlives Update’
(BBC
BBC Natural History Unit Series Producer: Sara Ford Producer: Anne Marie Goodwiin
A year in the life of six animals; Rhino, Wolves, Orang-utans, Orca, Otters, and Brown Bears and the researchers who study them. Charting the developments since the previous year’s programme.
999 Special
-
‘Escape from Paradise’
BBC Features
Series Producer: Andrea Wills Director: Mike Kleinsteuber
50m dramatic reconstruction featuring a Hollywood film crew whose helicopter crashed inside the active Kilauea volcano in Hawaii whist filming scenes for the feature film ‘Sliver’.
999 Special
- ‘Missing
in Action’
(BBC 1)
BBC Features Series Producer: Andrea Wills Director: Tony Salmon
50m
dramatic reconstruction following the fortunes of Scott O’Grady a USAF fighter
pilot whose F16 was shot down over Bosnia. He spent six days in enemy territory
before the US marines located and rescued him.
Beasts and
Monsters
-
‘Creatures
of the Night’
(Discovery)
July‘97
BBC Wildvision / Discovery Director: Jenny Ash
30m
documentary exploring the legends and folklore surrounding darkness and it’s
animal inhabitants.
‘999 Lifesavers’ & ‘999’ (BBC 1) Mar’96–Dec’98
BBC Features Series Producer: Andrea Wills
Various
Drama reconstruction’s’ and information films across over 3 series.
Ray Mears World of Survival - ‘Siberia’ (BBC 1) Oct‘96
BBC Pebble Mill Series Producer: Kathryn Moore Director: Ian Paul
30m
documentary about the Evenk Brigades of Siberia - Nomadic Reindeer herders who
live in the Taiga forest.
‘Tots TV’ Series 2 & 4 and
recut series 1 (ITV)
Ragdoll Productions Series Producer: Sue James
Various
episodes of the award winning, popular children’s TV series.
