2009

'First Animals'
Atlantic Productions/ Discovery & BBC
1x 120mins HD F900R
Director: Martin Williams
David Attenborough investigates the fossil origins of the planet's very first animal life TX: 2010

‘Around The World In Eighty Days’
BBC Bristol/ BBC1
1 of 6 x 60 mins HDX900
Director: Robert Murphy
Following Matt Baker & Julia Bradbury of Countryfile through Kazakhstan, Russia & Mongolia as part of a series in which celebrities have to circumnavigate the globe by relay with no air travel TX: 2009

'Raging Planet 2: Blizzard'
Pioneer Productions/ Discovery
1 of 6 x 60 mins (part of) HD Varicam
Director: Alex Williamson
Filming in Patagonia, the Rockies & New Hampshire to tell the story of those who have experienced big snow events TX: 2010 View clip

‘Wildest Dreams’
BBC Entertainment & Natural History Unit/ BBC1
7 x 60 mins HDX900
Series Producer: Spencer Kelly
Nine hopefuls travel to southern & eastern Africa to undertake wildlife filming challenges with one prize of a job as a researcher in the BBC Natural History Unit. Two months observational filming as part of a multi-camera team TX: Summer 2009


2008

'Weather: Snow'
BBC Scotland/ BBC2 & 4
1 of 3 x 60 mins Digibeta
Director: Nick Jordan
The history, science and culture of snowfall in Britain TX: April 2009

'Raging Planet 2: Hurricane'
Pioneer Productions/ Discovery
1 of 6 x 60 mins HD Varicam
Director: Alex Williamson
Visiting Taiwan & the States to investigate the genesis and movement of the world's biggest storms and talking to those who've survived and documented their full force TX: 2010

'North South Divide'
BBC Bristol/ BBC4
1 x 60 mins DSR
Director: Robert Murphy
Journalist John Harris investigates the prevalence of the stereotypical English division between the north and south of the country TX: April 2009 View clip

'Between The Lines'
BBC Bristol/ BBC4
1 x 60 mins DSR
Director: Sebastian Barfield
A personal reflection on the influence of the railways in British writing and film by the author Andrew Martin TX: October 2008

'Raging Planet 2: Tornado'
Pioneer Productions/ Discovery
1 of 6 x 60 mins HD Varicam
Director: Alex Williamson
In the 'Tornado Alley' of the central USA during one of the most active storm seasons for decades TX: 2010 View clip

'South Pacific: Greenpeace'
BBC Natural History Unit/ BBC2
1 of 6 x 60 mins (part of) HD Varicam
Producer: Jonathan Clay
On board the largest vessel in the Greenpeace fleet as she patrols the high seas of the Pacific targeting illegal tuna fishing. Part of a series looking at the wildlife and people of the South Pacific region TX: June 2009 View clip

'Mr & Mrs Wolf'
Tigress Productions/ Channel 5
2 x 60 mins Digibeta
Director: Clare Dornan
Observational films following Shaun Ellis, a wolf expert famous for living with his pack based in a North Devon park, as he attempts to integrate his partner Helen into the animals' complex hierarchy TX: February 2009 View clip


2007

'Strictly Courtroom'
BBC Bristol/ BBC4
1 x 90 mins DSR
Director: Georgina Harvey
Interviews Stateside & in the UK exploring the use of the courtroom as a dramatic setting in feature film TX: March 2008 View clip

'What Britain Earns'
BBC Bristol/ BBC2
1 x 90 mins DSR
Directors: Anna Gravelle, Robert Murphy
An energetic nationwide investigation into the income of Britain's work-force by Peter & Dan Snow TX: January 2008 View clip

'Return To The Cruise'
BBC Bristol/ BBC2
5 x 30mins DSR
Director: Paul Tucker
Observational filming & interviews at home, on a cruise ship to France & in the States to catch up with characters from the 10-year-old series 'The Cruise' TX: August 2008

'Everest - The Wildest Dream'
Atlantic Productions/ Cinema Feature & TV Releases
1 x 90 mins & 1 x 50mins HD F900R
Director: Anthony Geffen
Following an ascent of Everest by Conrad Anker, who found George Mallory's body in 1999. Contributed to filming of the feature doc & filmed & co-directed the behind-the-scenes film for TV release. Involved filming at 7000m on the North Col. Release: 2009


2006

'Gardener Provocateur'
BBC Bristol/ BBC2
1 x 60 mins DSR
Director: Georgina Harvey
Alan Titchmarsh presents a tribute to Christopher Lloyd, the prolific writer and pioneering gardener who created a unique world at his lifetime home of Great Dixter TX: December 2006 View clip

'What Makes Britain Rich?'
BBC Bristol/ BBC2
1 x 90 mins (part of) DSR
Directors: Francis Welch, Sarah Feltes, Rachel Jardine
Peter and Dan Snow look at the economic make-up of the Britsh Isles TX: January 2007 View clip

‘First Rites’
BBC Bristol/ BBC4
1 x 60 mins DSR
Director: Tom Cholmondeley
How our rites of passage as children have changed, from 3D ultrasound scans to the rise of the school prom TX: March 2007

'Bad Lads Army: Extreme'
Twenty Twenty Television/ ITV
8 x 60 mins (part of) DSR
Series Producer: Duncan Coates
30 young men with problematic backgrounds undergo National Service 1950's style; multi-camera TX: July 2006

'Family Brat Camp'
Twenty Twenty Television/ Channel 4
4 x 50 mins DSR
Directors: Rob McCabe, Kate Schofield
In Idaho following four families on a wilderness programme in an attempt to bring harmony to their turbulent relationships TX: October 2006

'Creating Life On Mars'
BBC Bristol/ BBC4
1 x 20 mins DSR
Director: Francis Welch
Andrew Collins chairs a discussion between the writers and commissioner of the popular retro drama to accompany a re-run of the series on BBC4 TX: April 2006

'Machine Men'
BBC Bristol/ BBC4
1 x 60 mins DSR
Director: Tom Cholmondeley
The relationship between and influence of robots in science-fiction and real life research TX: May 2006

'Carry On Campus'
BBC Bristol/ BBC4
1 x 60 mins DSR
Director: Robert Murphy
The evolution of the new British Universities as told through the campus novel TX: May 2006


2005

'Rude Britannia'
BBC Bristol/ BBC4
1 x 40 mins DSR
Director: Georgina Harvey
How our manners and social behaviour have changed TX: February 2006

'Ready Meals: Britain In a Box'
BBC Bristol/ BBC4
1 x 40 mins DSR
Director: Matt Pelly
The evolution of convenience food at home from boil-in-a-bag to the elaborate meals we see today TX: January 2006

'Poor Little Rich Girls'
Granada Bristol/ ITV
3 of 6 x 60 mins Digibeta
Directors: Sarah Feltes, Vanessa Bewley, Diana Elkins
Observational filming as girls swap from a rags to riches lifestyle and vice versa for a week TX: March 2006 View clip

'Brat Camp'
Twenty Twenty Television/ Channel 4
4 x 50 mins DSR
Directors: Rob McCabe, Sharon Walker
Month's observational filming of troubled British teenage girls in a Utah 'Wilderness Academy' contributing to the third series TX: February 2006

'Whose Britain Is It Anyway?'
BBC Bristol/ BBC2
1 x 90 mins (part of) Digibeta
Director: Sebastian Barfield
Dan Snow investigates the considerable land empire of the Duchy of Cornwall. Part of a 90 minute special TX: January 2006

'The Third Programme'
BBC Bristol/ BBC4
1 x 40 mins DSR
Director: Rachel Jardine
Following the emergence of the BBC's 'third' radio programme and its transition to the Radio 3 we know today TX: October 2005

'The British Way Of Death'
BBC Bristol/ BBC4
1 x 40 mins DSR
Director: Robert Murphy
The changes in our approach to how we are dispatched TX: February 2006 View clip

'The Spinnaker's Shadow'
Touch Productions/ BBC South
1 x 30 mins DSR
Director: Owen Rodd
The story of the controversial new tower in Portsmouth's harbour and the historical area in which it sits TX: July 2005
Winner of RTS Award Best Programme About The Region

'World Cup Stories: Italy - The Enemy Within'
BBC Bristol/ BBC2
1 of 6 x 60 mins Digibeta
Director: Sally Thomson
The rise and fall of Italian football from the tainted triumphs of the 30s through to the remarkable victory of 1982 TX: June 2006

'MPs On The Box'
BBC Bristol/ BBC4
1 x 30 mins DSR
Director: Ian Pye
How politicians have been portrayed on television from the days of deference, through satire to the current climate of cynicism TX: May 2005

'England Away'
BBC Bristol/ BBC4
1 x 40 mins DSR
Director: Francis Welch
Looking at why the English football fan travels extensively abroad, the accompanying trouble and what it says about national identity TX: May 2005

'Court On Camera'
BBC Bristol/ BBC4
1 x 40 mins DSR
Director: Robert Murphy
Filming in the UK & the States for an insight into the effect of cameras within courts and whether we're ever likely to see it in Britain TX: July 2005

'Speak No Evil'
BBC Bristol/ BBC4
1 x 40 mins DSR
Director: Francis Welch
Reflecting on the controversial Northern Ireland broadcast ban of Thatcher's government & whether it succeeded in denying terrorists the 'oxygen of publicity' TX: April 2005


2004

'Cover Stories: London Review Of Books/ Maxim'
Flashback/ BBC2 & BBC4
2 of 4 x 30 mins Digibeta
Directors: Lucy Swingler, Richard Bright
Mariella Frostrup looks at the history and current running of contrasting magazines TX: January 2005

'Revival'
Touch Productions/ Meridian & West Country
8 x 30 mins DSR
Director: Amanda Bumpsteed
Julian Hudson delves into the world of historical re-enactors for a unique insight into the past TX: May 2005

'In The Footsteps Of Churchill'
Quickfire Media/ BBC2 & BBC4
4 of 8 x 30 mins DSR
Directors: Lucy Swingler, Mark Fielder
Military historian Richard Holmes traces the life of the great British statesman TX: April 2005 View clip

'Pile It High, Sell It Cheap'
BBC Bristol/BBC4
1 x 40 mins DSR
Director: Robert Murphy
Charting the rise to dominance of supermarkets from humble grocer origins TX: January 2005

'Tales From The Green Valley'
Lion Television/ BBC2
12 x 30 mins Digibeta
Director: Peter Sommer
Filming of whole series where a 'family' of experts work an entire year on a reconstructed 17th century farm TX: Autumn 2005 View clip

'Paul Watson'
BBC Bristol/ BBC4
1 x 45 mins DSR
Director: Sally Thomson
A look at the work and influence of the pioneering British documentary filmmaker TX: September 2005

'Drugs In Sport'
BBC Bristol/ BBC4
1 x 45 mins DSR
Director: Louise Hibbins
The history of the use of chemical aids to enhance sporting performance TX: October 2004

'The Black & White Minstrel Show'
BBC Bristol/ BBC4
1 x 45 mins DSR
Director: Stephanie Wessell
The story of the popular television show and accompanying controversy TX: June 2004

'Art School'
BBC Bristol/ BBC4
1 x 45 mins DSR
Director: Sebastian Barfield
The impact and importance of the art school movement of the '60s TX: June 2004


2003

'Profile: J.M.Coetzee'
BBC Bristol/ BBC4
1 x 30 mins DSR
Director: Sebastian Barfield
Author Christopher Hope travels to Cape Town for a film about the Nobel & Booker winning South African writer TX: December 2003

'Demolition Squad'
Granada Bristol/ Channel 5
3 of 6 x 30 mins Digibeta
Director: Adrian Padmore
Following the UK's top demolition experts blowing up high rise flats, cranes and power stations TX: March 2004

'Ten Days To D-Day'
3BM/ Channel4
2 x 60 mins Digibeta
Director: Marion Milne
Additional camera on Emmy award winning drama documentary commemorating the anniversary of D-Day TX: May 2004

'Profile: Isabel Allende/ Richard Rorty'
BBC Bristol/ BBC4
2 x 30 mins DSR
Director: Carole Lochhead
Interviews contributing to profiles about the Chilean author & American philosopher TX: September 2003

'Wild Survival Guide'
BBC Wildvision/ Animal Planet
1 x 90 mins Digibeta
Director: Doug Hope
Canadian comedian Colin Mochrie against bluescreen in a Toronto studio for a tongue-in-cheek guide to surviving animal attacks TX: May 2004

'Superhomes: Moscow'
Flashback/ BBC2
1 of 6 x 50 mins Digibeta & DV
Director: Louise Wardle
Additional observational filming in Russia looking at how the wealthy are reacting to the novelty of property ownership TX: August 2004

'Watching You'
BBC Bristol/ BBC4
1 x 45 mins DSR
Director: Sebastian Barfield
The use of covert cameras in television production, from investigative reporting to reality TV TX: May 2003

'The Great British Seaside Holiday'
BBC Bristol/ BBC4
1 x 45 mins DSR
Director: Amanda Reilly
Exploring the history of the British love of holidays by the sea TX: May 2003

'Gurus'
BBC Bristol/ BBC4
1 x 45 mins DSR
Director: Sebastian Barfield
The modern history of the guru phenomenon, including religion, business & science-fiction TX: March 2003


2002

'Heroes of World War II'
3BM/ Channel 5
3 of 10 x 30 mins Digibeta
Director: Marion Milne
Pieces to camera with historian Nigel Spivey looking at wartime pioneers and innovators TX: September 2003 View clip

'Flooded Britain'
BBC Bristol/ BBC4
1 x 50 mins Digibeta
Director: Jonathan Clay
The future of flood management in the UK concentrating on the Essex coast TX: January 2003
Winner of British Environmental Media Award

'Auschwitz'
Granada Bristol/ Channel 5
1 x 50 mins Digibeta
Director: Georgina Harvey
Filming in Poland and the UK to reveal the planning and detail behind the Nazi camp TX: January 2003


1999

'Watch Out'
BBC Natural History Unit/ BBC2
Digibeta, 16mm
Series Producer: Mike Beynon
Series camera on presenter -led natural history magazine programme