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CREDITS

2024

Royal Autopsy S2

Writer/Director/Showrunner & Creator

4 x 46 mins Sky History. Exploring the deaths of Henry IV, Mary Tudor, Queen Anne and George IV with lavish scripted costume drama, historical and medical investigation, and as-real autopsies, presented by Prof Alice Roberts. Phoenix Television

Dark Room

Screenwriter (Short Film)

A young woman is obsessed by the image of a man.

2023

Royal Society Prof Brian Cox films

Writer/Director/Camera/Edit

6 x 13 mins, & 12 x 8 mins Royal Society. Series of short films for teachers and secondary school pupils on a range of science subjects. Dionysus Films

2022

Royal Autopsy S1

Writer/Director/Showrunner & Creator

2 x 46 mins Sky History. Exploring the deaths of Elizabeth I and Charles II with lavish scripted drama, historical and medical investigation, and an as-real autopsy, presented by Prof Alice Roberts. Phoenix Television

Return to the Berber Village

Writer/Director/Camera/Editor

19 mins. Exploring the story and journey behind the book. Dionysus Films

2021

Stonehenge: Land of the Dead

Director & Camera

90 mins Science Channel & C5. Exploring new unseen discoveries at Stonehenge. Exec Cameron Balbirnie. Wild Blue Media 

WineGB Awards 2021 Judging

Director, Camera, Editor, Exec Producer

10 mins online film. Meeting the Judges and exploring the judging process of the 2021 WineGB Awards. Dionysus Films 

Sugrue South Downs

Director, Camera, Editor, Exec Producer

10 mins online film. Meeting the award winning English winemakers behind Sugrue South Downs. Dionysus Films 

2020

Salisbury Plain: Preparing for War

Director, Camera, Editor

10 mins History Hit. Dan Snow explores areas of Salisbury Plain used to help prepare and train troops for WW1 and WW2. Dionysus Films

Development

Developing a new adventure/science commission for Red Bull Tv. Wild Blue Media

Shark  Attack Files

Writer

National Geographic. Scripting a pre-shoot episode exploring the deadly nature of a shark's bite. SP Elizabeth Elson. Redrock Films

 

Inside the Great Vaccine Race

Location Director

CBC. Following the attempts by various UK based researchers to develop, trial and produce a vaccine for the Covid-19 pandemic. Securing access, plus in-depth interviews and actuality. Exec Duguld Maudsley. Infield Fly

Uplift

Director, Camera, Editor, Exec Producer

10 mins online film. A touching and emotional film exploring the drive and ambition behind inventor Tom Lawton and his latest artwork, Uplift. Dionysus Films

Open House: Freemasons' Hall

Director, Camera, Editor, Exec Producer

10 mins online film. A presenter led narrative doc taking a tour around Freemasons’ Hall for London Open House weekend. Dionysus Films

 

Lockdown: Stranded, Lockdown: Quiz Night, Lockdown: Writers' Room

Writer, Director, Editor, Exec Producer

3 x 10 mins. Three drama shorts shot on mobile phones and cut in the ‘zoom genre’ style. Stranded: a woman is stuck in New York while her husband tries to get her home. Quiz Night: an old college friend joins an online quiz but his past actions come to haunt him. Writers’ Room: 3 writers share their recent inklings. Dionysus Films

WineGB Awards 2020 Ceremony

Director, Camera, Editor, Exec Producer

30 mins online film. An online awards ceremony for 2020 WineGB Awards, hosted by Peter Richards MW, featuring judges’ interviews, and narrative films about the trophy winners. Dionysus Films

Ancient Unexplained Files

Writer

Science Channel. Scripting investigative narratives and ancient historical mysteries. Exec Edward Hart. Rare tv

Dig

Screenwriter (Short Film)

Two hoodlums are out in the woods digging a couple of shallow graves.

WineGB English Wine Week 2020

Director, Editor, Exec Producer

1 min Social media film. Advertising 2020 online English Wine Week. Dionysus Films

Development

Dionysus Films

2019

Digging for Britain

Series Producer

4 x 59 mins BBC4. At the helm of this much beloved returning television series hosted by Prof Alice Roberts and tasked to graphically re-brand and re-energise. Exec Eamon Hardy. Rare Tv

WineGB Awards

Writer/Director, Camera, Edit.

Narrative coverage of the 2019 WineGB awards for online and social media. Dionysus Films

WineGB Trade Tasting

Writer/Director, Camera, Edit.

Narrative coverage of the 2019 WineGB Trade Tasting for online and social media. Dionysus Films

Discover Freemasonry

Writer/Director

1 x 10 mins + 5 x 2 mins. Short film for the tour of Freemasons' Hall and as part of their online and social media video strategy. Dionysus Films

Eye Witness: D Day

Writer & Producer

1 x 44 mins National Geographic. Brought in to write and complete this scripted dramadoc film exploring five key turning points during the D Day invasion. Exec Dan Gold, Commissioner Simon Raikes. Rare Tv

Development. ScreenGlue (CBBC science/comedy show)

2018

Development. Whatlarks Tv (social mapping project) & Antenna Pictures (natural history)

Egypt's Unexplained Files

Series Scriptwriter

10 x 44 mins The Science Channel & TCB. Brought in to write 9 out of the 10 episodes on this archaeological mysteries series. Exec Eamon Hardy, Commissioner Neil Laird & Hannah Demidowicz. 360 Productions

Secrets of Egypt's Valley of the Kings [aka Lost Treasures of Egypt]

Writer & Edit Producer

Channel 4 & National Geographic. Brought in to help finish this 6 part embedded obs doc series following teams of archaeologists through a whole season digging in Egypt. Exec Dan Kendall, Commissioner Carolyn Payne. Windfall Films

Albert: The Power behind Victoria

Writer/Director & Producer

1 x 94 mins Channel 5. Scripted factual drama doc exploring the life of Albert, the Prince Consort. Exec Jeff Anderson, Commissioner Lucy Willis. Elephant House Studios

2017

Red Arrows: Kings of the Sky

Shooting Producer/Director.

Channel 5. Filming the Red Arrows in Greece as they start a new year of training. Exec Jeremy Phillips, Commissioner Guy Davis. ITV Shiver

Wallis: The Queen that Never Was

Writer/Director & Producer

1 x 94 mins Channel 5. Scripted factual drama doc exploring the life of Wallis Simpson revealing a victim not a villain. Exec Jeff Anderson, Commissioner Lucy Willis. Elephant House Studios

Life of a Universe: Creation & The End of Days

Series Producer/Director

2 x 27 mins ABC Australia. Prof Brian Cox explores the very beginning of the universe and its ultimate demise. Exec Michael O'Neil, Commissioner Steve Bibb. ABC

2016

What on Earth (S3)

Series Producer/Writer

10 x 44 mins Science Channel. Investigating strange features on Earth spotted by satellite imagery. Exec Greg Chivers,  Commissioner Neil Laird. WagTV

World’s Smartest Cities: Amsterdam

Shooting Producer/Director

1 x 48 mins National Geographic. Exploration of tech entrepreneurs in Amsterdam creating new ways to explore the city. Exec Jeremy Phillips, Commissioner Hannah Demidowicz. ITV Shiver

Development. Sundog Pictures (Originating a new Specialist Factual slate)

2015

Autopsy: The Last hours of Rodney King

Autopsy: The Last hours of Maurice Gibb

Writer/Director & Producer

2 x 44 mins Reelz. The life and death of Rodney King and Maurice Gibb using evidence gleaned from their autopsy reports. SP John Fothergill. ITV Potato

Million Mile Light

Promotional film for Kickstarter campaign. Dionysus Films

Cleopatra’s Lost Tomb

Producer/Director

1 x 48 mins Channel 4 & PBS. Following a maverick archaeologist searching for Cleopatra’s lost tomb. Exec Edwina Silver. Commissioners Rob Coldstream, Steve Burns. Dragonfly TV

Icolube

Branded content documentary about LukOil’s new ship lubricant ICOLube. Sundog Pictures

Development. Nerd Tv

2014

Development. STV

NASA’s Unexplained Files (S3)

Series Drama Director

The Science Channel. Creating over 130 historical drama reconstruction scenes of space related occurrences for the 8 part series, from the 12th century to the present day. Exec Greg Chivers. WagTV

Sleep

Writer/Presenter

15 mins The Science Show, Radio National, Australia. How we evolved to have two sleeps

Russia’s Mystery Files [aka Monsters Behind the Iron Curtain]

Series Producer/Director

2 x 44 mins Nat Geo / 1 x 94min Animal Planet. Feature length drama doc investigating creatures and occurrences from behind the Iron Curtain. Exec Richard Burke Ward, Commissioners Patrick Keegan, Hannah Demidowicz. Pioneer Prods

Famelab

Writer/Presenter

8 mins The Science Show, Radio National, Australia. Reporting on Famelab

A Day a Life

Producer/Director

12 mins. Short film drama exploring the relationship between a married couple whose soldier son is deployed to Afghanistan

How We Got to Now with Steven Johnson - Glass & Light

Producer/Director

2 x 59 mins PBS & BBC2. Innovations and ideas that make the modern world in this 6 part series. Exec Peter Lovering, Commissioners Martin Davidson, Bill Gardner. Nutopia

Nuclear Fusion Reaches a Milestone

Writer/Presenter

15 mins The Science Show, Radio National, Australia. Reporting on laser fusion

2013

The Mystery of Rome’s X Tombs [aka Roman Catacomb Mystery]

Producer/Director

1 x 59 mins BBC2 & PBS Nova. Investigating a newly discovered ancient mass grave beneath Rome. Exec Chris Granlund, Commissioners Martin Davidson, Evan Hadingham. BBC Studios

Ancient DNA solves Riddles of Ancient Plagues

Writer/Presenter

14 mins The Science Show, Radio National, Australia. How ancient DNA can be used to answer centuries old questions of disease.

Junkie Love

2mins. Poetic short film animation from Dudley Sutton about falling in love in Rehab. BongoReef Pictures

Doctors

Director

3 x 29 mins BBC1. Daytime serial drama ‘Heston’s Last Testament’, ‘Men at Work’ and ‘The Were-Witch Project’. Producer Jonathan Phillips, BBC Studios

Wonders of Life: Size Matters

Producer/Director

1 x 59 mins BBC2 & The Science Channel. 5 part series exploring the physics life, with Prof Brian Cox. Exec Andrew Cohen. BBC Studios

2012

Dara O’Briain’s Science Club

Producer/Director

5 x 5 mins VTs. Smart Drugs, Asteroid Impacts, Pointless Pandas, Printing Jawbones, Lab Beef. Exec Nigel Patterson, BBC Studios

Doctors

Director

3 x 29 mins BBC1. Daytime serial drama. ‘Tenderness’, ‘The Collectors’, and ‘A lighter Note’. Producer Carol Harding. BBC Studios

The Life Scientific of Edward Lear

Writer/Presenter

13 mins The Science Show, Radio National, Australia. Celebrating 200 years since the birth of Edward Lear

The Rise of English Wine

Writer/Presenter

10mins The Science Show, Radio National, Australia. Looking at the rise of English fizz

2011

City Beneath the Waves: Pavlopetri

Writer/Director, Producer & 2nd Camera

1 x 59 mins BBC2 & Discovery. Archaeology of a submerged bronze age city just off the coast of Greece. With lavish data driven CGI digitally bringing the city and artefacts back to life. Exec Gary Hunter. BBC Studios

Origins of Us: Brains

Producer/Director

1 x 59 mins BBC2. The evolution of the human brain and behaviour with Dr Alice Roberts, as part of a 3 part series. Exec Sacha Baveystock. BBC Studios

Britain’s Secret Seas: Giants of the West & The Bustling South

Writer/Director, Producer & 2nd Camera

2 x 59 mins BBC2. 4 part series exploring the wonders beneath British waters, from giant basking sharks, monster crabs and tiny seahorses with explorer Paul Rose. Exec Gary Hunter. BBC Studios

2010

Help Wanted & Lonely Boy

Writer/Director

2 x 3 mins Super8 short film dramas. A psycho Granny horror short (Straight8 competition entry), and an unsettling fairy tale about a boy wishing for a friend. BongoReef Pictures

Losing the Plot

Producer/Director

8 mins. Self-funded HD drama short with Dudley Sutton, exploring the tensions of caring for the elderly and offspring. BongoReef Pictures

Wonders of the Solar System: Dead or Alive

[Wonders of the Solar System: Empire of the Sun - India Shoot]

Producer/Director

1 x 59 mins BBC2 & Discovery. Multi award winning exploration of the life and death of alien worlds, with Prof Brian Cox. From the lava lake of Erte Ale in Ethiopia to the Grand Canyon, and the peaks of Hawaii. Exec Andrew Cohen. BBC Studios

2009

Darwin’s Dangerous Idea: Life and Death

Producer/Director

1 x 59mins BBC2. 3 part series exploring how Darwin’s insight into the web of life has been ignored, with Andrew Marr, filming in Britain, Argentina and St Lucia. SP Chris Granlund. BBC Studios

2008

Horizon: Do You Know What Time is It?

Producer/Director & Co-Writer

1 x 59 mins BBC2. Award winning documentary exploring the nature of time with Prof Brian Cox. Exec Andrew Cohen. BBC Studios

Run for your Life

2 mins. Experimental Super8 film in Welsh about a woman running from an unseen menace. BongoReef Pictures

Taxi

15 mins. Award winning self funded HD short film drama. Four writers. Four stories. One cab. BongoReef Pictures

Horizon: What on Earth is Wrong with Gravity?

Producer/Director & Co-Writer

49 mins BBC2. Road-trip across the USA with physicist Dr Brian Cox. Exec Andrew Cohen. BBC Studios

Grandma’s Funeral

10 mins. Self funded HD short film drama. A mother and her two daughters prepare for Grandma’s funeral. BongoReef Pictures

2007

Earth The Power of the Planet: Volcano

Writer/Director & Producer

1 x 59mins BBC2 & Discovery & ZDF. Award winning 5 part geological extravaganza with Dr Iain Stewart, this episode exploring the volcanic and tectonic forces that shape our planet. Exec Phil Dolling. BBC Studios

2006

Horizon: The Genius Sperm Bank

Writer/Director

49 mins BBC2. Scripted factual Drama Doc about the Repository for Germinal Choice, its millionaire founder, Robert Graham, and his plot to save the world from mediocrity by breeding intelligence. With innovative drama filming. Exec Andrew Cohen. BBC Studios

Horizon: We Love Cigarettes

Director

49 mins BBC2. A day in the life of smokers around the world. Exec Andrew Cohen. BBC Sudios

2005

Treasure

10 mins. Self funded HD short film drama about an old man searching for his treasure. Starring Dudley Sutton. BongoReef Pictures

Horizon: Tsunami - Naming the Dead

Director

49 mins BBC2. The untold story of the international forensic effort to identify the hundreds of remaining Tsunami victims. Actuality filming in Thailand inside field morgues, with forensic science and raw human emotion. Exec Andrew Cohen. BBC Studios

Horizon: Titan - A Place Like Home?

Producer/Director

49 mins BBC2. Award Winning nail biting film about the NASA-ESA Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn’s moon, Titan, with space CGI. Exec Andrew Cohen. BBC Studios

2004

Journeys from the Center of the Earth: Architecture & Beliefs

Writer/Director & Producer

2 x 59 mins BBC4 & BBC2. 6 part geological tour of the Mediterranean showing how geology has shaped western civilization, presented by Iain Stewart. SP Jeremy Phillips & Belinda Cherrington. BBC Studios

2003

Horizon: The Diamond Labs

Writer/Director

49 mins BBC2. The threat to DeBeers of manufactured gem diamonds. With CGI and dramatic reconstructions. Exec Matthew Barratt. BBC Studios

Little Angels

Producer/Director

29 mins BBC3 & BBC1. BAFTA nominated series exploring how to improve the behaviour of difficult children. Obs-docs self shooting with concealed camera design. SP Sacha Baveystock. BBC Studios

Body Hits - Detox & Natural Highs

Writer/Director & Producer

2 x 29mins BBC3 & BBC1. 6 part series with drama motifs, underwater filming, multi-camera. SP Judith Bunting. BBC Studios

Holiday You Call the Shots

Producer/Director

3 x 29 mins BBC1. Iceland, Bangkok and Orlando. BBC Studios

2001-2002

Animal Hospital

Producer & Assistant Producer. 3 series. BBC1

Harry Enfield's Big Arts

Director. BBC1

2000

Holiday on a ShoeString

Shooting Director BBC1. Berlin, USA, UK. BBC Studios

Summer Holiday

Shooting Director BBC1. Mauritius (older couple), Menorca (young family), India (paraplegic), USA (singleton), St Lucia (wedding), UK (working holiday). BBC Studios

1998-2001

Tomorrow’s World

Researcher & Assistant Producer. BBC1

1998

Presenter/Writer, BBC Radio 4, The Frog that Croaked

Presenter and Operations Manager, Kenya’s Metro East FM

Presenter, Oxygen 107.9 FM

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