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