tx 2009
Dispatches: Crash - How the Banks went Bust
Directed by Stephen Finnigan & Richard Sanders
Quicksilver for Channel 4
2 x 60 min / Digi-Beta
Economist & author Will Hutton talks to the key players in government, Wall street & the City & unveils the extent of the greed, ambition & reckless risk-taking that has pushed the economy into the worst recession for a century
First Cut: Shopping the Family
Directed by Tom Pearson
Century Films for Channel 4
1 x 25 min / DV cam
Exploring the dilemma faced by two parents who did what they thought was right when they reported their children to the police.
Nicholas Crane's Britannia: The Great Elizabethan Journey
Directed by Michael Waterhouse & Ishbel Hall
Tern Television for BBC 2
3 x 60 min / Hi Def
An epic Nick Crane adventure history series covering 6000 miles of Elizabethan Britain...
Gerry Robinson & the Money makers
Directed by Anna Lloyd & Srik Narayanan
BBC F & L for BBC 4
2 x 60 min / DV Cam
Businessman Gerry Robinson finds out what makes some of the country's financial movers & shakers tick.
tx 2008
RAF at 90
Directed by Kevin Sim
Prospect Films for BBC 2
1 x 90 min / Digi-Beta
Seen through the eyes of those who fought and those about to fight, this film reveals the joys & destructive realities of aerial warfare & explores the history of Britain's ever changing air force.
Sleep Walkers: Secrets of the Night
Directed by Lynn Alleway
Ten Alps for ITV
1 x 60 min / Digi-Beta
A look at the disturbing night time activities of 4 people who are desperate to understand what happens when the light is switched off.
Cutting Edge: Mum, heroin & me
Directed by Jane Treays
Granada for Channel 4
1 x 60 min / Digi-Beta
A moving portrait of a mother & daughter trying to love one another through the fog of heroin addiction.
Cutting Edge: 90 naps a day
Directed by Nick Holt
Firefly Films for Channel 4
1 x 60 min / Digi-Beta
Following 3 British Narcolepsy sufferers as they head to a conference in Albany, New York where they encounter some unconventional approaches to coping with this much misunderstood condition.
Oligart: The Great Russian Art Boom
Directed by Stephen Finnigan
wall to wall for Channel 4
1 x 90 min / Hi-Def
Marcel Theroux snoops around the secretive world of auction houses & art collectors in the burgeoning Russian Art market.
Cutting Edge: The Virgin Daughters
Directed by Jane Treays
Granada for Channel 4
1 x 60 min / Digi-Beta
Following a group of fathers & daughters as they prepare to attend a Purity Ball in Colorado Springs, part of the controversial Purity Movement currently sweeping across the US.
The Secret Millionaire
Directed by Sarah Feltes
RDF for Channel 4
1 x 60 min / DVcam
A successful property developer from Africa poses as a single mother recently arrived in Toxteth, eager to make a difference to individual lives & the community.
Painted Babies Growing Up
Directed by Jane Treays
Granada for BBC2 & TLC
1 x 60 min / Digi-Beta
Following up her acclaimed 1995 film Painted Babies, Jane Treays revisits the bizarre world of Child Beauty Pageants in the American South.
Madeleine, One Year On
Directed by Emma Loach
Mentorn for ITV Network
1 x 110 min / Digi-Beta
In the weeks leading up to the anniversary of Madeleine's disappearance her parents, Kate & Gerry, travel to the States & Brussels on their campaign to have a US-style Amber Alert system for abducted children introduced across Europe.
Why Ancient Egypt Fell
Directed by Gabriella Polletta
IWC for Discovery Channel
1 x 60 min / Hi Def
Searching for evidence of pre-history along the banks of the River Nile.
Virgin Memories
Directed by Sarah Feltes
Touch Productions for BBC2
1 x 60 min / Digi-Beta
Celebrities & members of the public recall the truth about the moment they lost it.
Sport Portrait
Directed by Kate Scholefield
12 Yard Productions for BBC 1
2 x 60 min / Digi-Beta
Sporting celebrities sit for their portrait by painters such as Peter Blake and Jack Vettriano to raise money at aution for Sport Relief.
Cutting Edge: Phone Rage
Directed by Lynn Alleway
Close-Up Films for Channel 4
1 x 60 min / Digi-Beta
"Don't get furious, get curious" ... inside the world of the modern Call Centre.
tx 2007
One Life: Mr and Mrs bin Laden
Directed by Lynn Alleway
Century Films for BBC 1
1 x 40 min / Digi-Beta
The story behind the headlines of the unlikely relationship between a Cheshire housewife and Omah bin Laden, son of Osama bin Laden.
Who Do You Think You Are? Matthew Pinsent
Directed by Sarah Feltes
wall to wall media for BBC 1
1 x 60 min / Hi-Def
More observational genealogical journeying into the past with Olympic rower Matthew Pinsent.
One Life: The Brick in The Wall Kids
Directed by Hannah Berryman
Silver River Productions for BBC 1
1 x 40 min / Digi-Beta
30 years on, some of the children who took part in the controvercial Pink Floyd song reflect upon the impact of the record on their lives then and are re-united with their maverick music teacher.
Great British Journeys (Scottish BAFTA shortlisted: Best Documentary Series)
Directed by Michael Waterhouse, Will Aspinall & Ishbel Hall
Tern Television for BBC 2
series of 8 x 60 min / Hi-Def
Geographer & writer Nicholas Crane embarks on a topographical and literary exploration of the British Isles, from the 12th through to the 20th century.
Seven Ages of Rock: Blank Generation
Directed by Alastair Laurence
BBC Bristol for BBC 2
1 of 7 x 60 min / Digi-Beta
Some of the main players in the 1970's Punk explosion give their perspective on the 30 year old phenonomen.
Three Minute Wonder: Little worlds
Directed by Sally Hewitt
Firefly Films for Channel 4
3 of 4 x 3 min / Digi-Beta
Three short films about the secret lives of dolls houses.
A Child's Life: The Smallest People in the World
(Regional RTS shortlisted: Best Documentary Series)
Directed by Jane Treays
Granada Television for Channel 4 and The Learning Channel
1 x 60 min / Digi-Beta
A moving story of 5 remarkable American children who are Primordial Dwarfs, the smallest & rarest type of dwarf in the world.
A Child's Life: Aged 12, And Looking After The Family
Directed by Jane Treays
Granada Television for Channel 4
1 x 60 min / Digi Beta
A film exploring the heavy responsibility placed on children caring for an ill or disabled parent.
A Child's Life: Why did Dad choose to die?
Directed by Jane Treays
Granada Television for Channel 4
1 x 60 min / Digi Beta
Following the lives of 3 families, coming to terms with the suicides of their fathers, battling with the often overwhelming & complex emotions of grief, anger & regret.
Surviving The Falklands
Directed by Melissa Blackburn
Touch Productions for BBC Wales
1 x 60 min / DSR
Simon Weston meets with fellow Falkland's veterans to reflect upon the personal impact of the war 25 years on.
Hidden Lives: 3 in a bed
Directed by Rachel Bliss
Landmark Films for Channel 5
1 x 60 min / Digi Beta
Threesomes: humdrum reality rather than erotic fantasy.
The Edwardian Larder
Directed by Rachel Jardine
BBC Bristol for BBC 4
1 x 60 min / DSR
Charting the rise of brands such as Marmite, Perrier & Cadbury's it fortifies the notion that "then" was the birth of "now".
Timewatch: The Wave that destroyed Atlantis
Directed by Harvey Lilley
Quickfire Media for BBC2 & Discovery Channel
1 x 60 min / Hi Def
Recent evidence gathered by some of the world's leading tsunami experts provokes a dramatic rethink of what happened to Europe's first civilization.
The Hunt for Middle England
Directed by Colette Camden
BBC S/F for BBC 4
1 x 60 min / DSR 450
Actor Chris Addison goes in search of the elusive Shire with the help of a map.
tx 2006
Whatever happened to Gareth Gates?
Directed by Lynn Alleway
Century Films for ITV
1 x 60 min / Digi Beta
After two years of media exile Gareth Gates finally opens the door to promote his new album.
Trouble in Paradise: The Pitcairn Story
Directed by Nick Godwin
Wag Television for Channel 4
1 x 60 min / Hi Def
With a population of only 43, the people of the remote Pacific island of Pitcairn are forced to reconsider their culture and future in the aftermath the 2005 rape trials.
Revealed: JFK's women
Directed by Harvey Lilley
Quickfire Media for Channel 5
1 x 60 min / Hi Def
The scandalous side of JFK the American people never saw, explored through interviews and dramatic reconstuction.
One Life: One Kiss Could Kill
Directed by Rachel Crellin
BBC Specialist Factual for BBC 1
1 x 40 min / Digi Beta
Toby suffers from IPEX syndrome and is confined to life in a bubble. His survival depends upon finding a suitable match for a bone marrow transplant.
Cult Killer
Directed by Nick Godwin
Wag Television for Channel 4
1 x 60 min / Hi Def
23 year old Rick Rodriguez drove out into the Arizona desert and shot himself in the head. Beside his body he left a videotape in which he graphically describes his troubled life and what drove him to end it.
Pet Poisoners
Directed by Jeremy Williams
Landmark Television for Channel 5
1 x 60 min / Digi Beta
Murder most fowl in suburbia
One Life: Breaking The Silence
Directed by Jimmy Edmonds
BBC Specialst Factual for BBC 1
1 x 40 min / DV & Digi Beta
One of the hardest parts of surviving child abuse is making sense of it as an adult.
World Cup Stories: Argentina: From Darkness into Light (Winner RTS Best Sports Documentary)
Directed by Alastair Laurence
BBC Bristol for BBC 2
1 x 60 min / Digi Beta
The story of the 1978 World Cup played out against the backdrop of the military Junta, The Disappeared and the imminent Falklands War.
Fat Pets
Directed by Rachel Bliss
Landmark Films for Channel 4
1 x 60 min / Digi Beta
When man's best friend becomes literally stuffed with love.
The Armstrongs
Directed by Fergus O'Brien
BBC Specialist Factual for BBC 2
1 x 30 min / Digi Beta
A window on the world of the larger than life Armstrongs.
Real Lives: The man with the seven second memory
Directed by Jane Treays
Granada Television for ITV
1 x 60 min / Digi Beta
The remarkable story of Clive Wearing, one of the most extreme cases of amnesia ever known.
tx 2005
Map Man (Scottish BAFTA Shortlisted - Best Documentary)
Directed by Michael Waterhouse
Tern Television for BBC 2
6 x 30 min / Digi Beta
Following Nick Crane all over the UK in all weathers in search of a good map.
Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music: Ain’t it Funky
Directed by Alastair Laurence
BBC Bristol for BBC 2 and BBC 4
1 x 60 min / Digi Beta
One programme in the major series on Soul music, this film chronicles the impact of Funk with insights from James Brown, The Family Stone, George Clinton and Bootsy Collins and others.
Extraordinary Families:
A mother’s story (Winner RTS NW – Best Documentary)
Directed by Jane Treays
Granada Television for Channel 4
1 x 60 min / Digi Beta
This film reveals the challenges of raising two young children for Catherine who suffers from Ushers Syndrome and her husband who is profoundly deaf.
The seven wives of Alexander Spencer
Directed by Jane Treays
Granada Television for Channel 4
1 x 60 min / Digi Beta
Six jilted wives go on the trail of their serial bigamist husband.
And baby makes …11
Directed by Jane Treays
Granada Television for Channel 4
1 x 60 min / Digi Beta
Big family life inside a small council house on the edge of Dartmoor.
Dispatches: Barrack Room Bullies (BAFTA Longlisted – Best Photography)
Directed by Harvey Lilley
Quickfire Media for Channel 4
1 x 60 min / Digi Beta
Through dramatic reconstruction and interviews his film explores allegations of institutional bullying within the army.
Rameses: Death of The First Born
Directed by Mark Aldridge
Atlantic Productions for Discovery Channel and Channel 5
1 x 90 min / Digi Beta
Following Dr Kent Weeks into the “lost tomb”; the greatest discovery at the Valley of the Kings since Tutankhamun.
Real Wife Swaps
Directed by Jeremy Williams and Rachel Bliss
Landmark Films for Channel 5
2 x 60 min / Digi Beta
Swinging in suburbia…
Horizon: Living with ADHD
Directed by Alicky Sussman
BBC Science for BBC 2
1 x 60 min / Digi Beta
A portrait of a family diagnosed with the neurological condition ADHD.
tx 2004
Secret Intersex (RTS Shortlisted – Best Science Documentary)
Directed by Nick Godwin
Wag Television for Channel 4
2 x 60 min / Digi Beta
Two revealing films explore the dilemma many intersexuals face as they and their families deal with the reality of determining who they are.
The Big Read: John Sergeant and Catch 22
Directed by Alastair Laurence
BBC Bristol for BBC 2
1 x 30 min / Digi Beta
John Sergeant goes back to Vietnam where he worked as a BBC war correspondent and first read Joseph Heller’s Catch 22.
Supersize Kids
Directed by James Dawson
RDF for Channel 4
1 x 60 min / DSR & Digi Beta
Following a mother and daughter who resort to surgery in order to lose weight.
British Isles: A Natural History
Directed by Chris Cole
BBC NHU for BBC 1
Part of series / Digi Beta and Super 16mm
Alan Titchmarsh turns landscape detective to unravel the epic story of the evolution of the British Isles…
Monarchy by David Starkey: Death of a Dynasty
Directed by Lucy Swingler
Granada Television for Channel 4
1 x 60 min / Digi Beta
Passionate history with Dr David Starkey.
One Life: Rat Attack!
Directed by Nick O'Dwyer
Landmark Films for BBC1
1 x 40 min / Digi Beta
Chasing rats with sticks and guns in the back alleys of Bootle.
The Tsar’s last Picture Show
Directed by Alastair Laurence
BBC Bristol for BBC 4
! x 60 min / Digi Beta
Historian Orlando Figes explores the life of photographer Sergi Prokudin-Gorsky creator of a remarkable colour archive of the Russian Empire, captured on the eve revolution.
Kill or Cure: Phil's Decision
Directed by Rachel Coughlan
BBC Specialist Factual for BBC 2
1 x 60 min / Digi Beta
A moving account of the last days of Phil Sutch’s life after his decision to refuse further treatment in his battle against Motor Neuron Disease.
tx 2003
This Model Life
Directed by Jane Treays
Granada Television for Channel 4
3 x 60 min / Super 16mm
A three- part series looking at the unforgiving world of modelling from the women whose faces grace the covers of Vogue to the people who find them, groom them and put them there.
One Life: Scared to leave home
Directed by Annie Kossoff
BBC Specialist Factual for BBC 1
1 x 40 min / Digi Beta
An agoraphobic woman undergoes therapy in the hope that she will one day be able to leave her Yorkshire village.
Super Homes: Moscow
Directed by Louise Wardle
Flashback Television for BBC 2
1 x 60 min / Digi Beta
Estate agent Phil Bogdanovich guides us around the homes of some of Moscow’s super rich, where deals are done with carrier bags full of money.
The life of Buddha
Directed by Clive Maltby
BBC Manchester for BBC 2
1 x 60 min / Digi Beta
A portrait of the life of Buddha told through dramatic reconstruction.
Strange Phobias
Directed by Nadia Hall
Landmark Films for Channel Five
1 x 60 min / Digi Beta
Therapy for some suffers with strange phobias.
Essex Wives
Directed by Michael Bennan
LWT for ITV
1 x 60 min / Digi Beta
Three women show there is more to it than simply wearing white stilettos.
tx 2002
Pet Hate
Directed by Nick O'Dwyer
Landmark Films for BBC 1
1 x 60 min / Digi Beta
A volatile mixture of neighbours and their pets.
Kings and Queens: parts 1 and 2
Directed by Marion Milne and Lucy Swingler
3BM for Channel Five
2 x 30 min / Digi Beta
Two episodes of Channel Five’s landmark dramatised documentary series tracing England’s monarchy.
Rock on and on…
Directed by Jane Treays
Granada Television for Channel 4
1 x 64 min / Super 16mm
A record of life on the road with Status Quo as the band near the end of their UK tour, from Southend to Bournmouth via Dundee.
Wild Weather: Winter
Directed by Ben Fox and Alex Marengo
BBC Science for BBC 2
1 x 60 min / Super 16mm
From the summit of Mount Washington to the sea ice of Greenland, Donal McIntyer endures extreme cold in his quest to experience the world’s worst weather.
Sex, guys and videotape
Directed by Lynn Alleway
BBC Documentaries for BBC 2
1 x 60 min / Digi Beta and DV
A glimpse into the lives of two single girls searching for a man to love on their terms.
Midas Revisited
Directed by Michael Waterhouse
3BM for Discovery
1 x 60 min / Digi Beta
The story of Captain Leake’s discovery of the tomb of King Midas at Gordion, central Turkey.
tx 2001
Journey of Man
Directed by Clive Maltby
Tigress Productions for PBS/Discovery
1 x 90 min / Digi Beta
Geneticist Spencer Wells travels to every continent in search of his ancestors and good locations.
Big Families
Directed by Hannah Berryman
BBC Documentaries for BBC 1
1 x 60 min / Digi Beta
One foot in the door of three households with a lot of children.
The future just happened…
Directed by Charles Miller and Sarah Harrison
BBC Political Documentaries for BBC 2
4 x 60 min / Digi Beta
A series in which author Michael Lewis reveals with subversive humour how much the internet boom has encouraged great changes in the way we live, work and think.
True Stories: Men In The Woods
Directed by Jane Treays
Granada Television for Channel 4
1 x 70 min / Super 16mm
Jane Treays steps out from behind the camera to revisit the scene of a traumatic event from her childhood.
Ken and me
Directed by Jane Treays
Granada Television for Channel 4
1 x 60 min / Super 16mm
The double life of Bill Roach as Ken Barlow.
tx 2000
Boss Women: Anna Wintour
Directed by Christine Hall
BBC Documentaries for BBC 1
1 x 60 min / Digi Beta
A portrait of Anna Wintour, editor of American Vogue and queen of the New York fashion world.
Confidence Lab
Directed by Ian Denyer, Emma Bowen and Jenny Ash
Kudos Productions for BBC 2
8 x 30 min / Digi Beta
A pioneering series that follows a group of people through an intensive course of confidence building therapy.
ape.man: body / contact
Directed by Charlie Smith and Lisa Silcock
BBC Science for BBC 2 and Discovery Channel
2 x 60 min / Super 16mm
This groundbreaking BBC series focuses on key moments in human prehistory from our origins as upright African apes, to our lonely position today as the last remaining human species.
Superhuman: Spare parts / Baby builders
Directed by John Groom, Kate Barker and Dinah Lord
BBC Science for BBC 1 and The Learning Channel
2 x 60 min / Super 16mm
Professor Robert Winston explores the human body’s astonishing ability to heal, renew and regenerate itself.
The Rolling Stones: Bridges to Babylon Tour
Directed by Jane Treays
The Rolling Stones Archive
1 x 120 min / Super 16mm
An “access all areas” record of the Stones Bridges to Babylon world tour.
tx 1999 & before
To the ends of the earth: Who Killed Fletcher Christian?
Directed by Nick Godwin
RDF for Channel 4
1 x 60 min / Digi Beta
Following a team of Australian archeologists to Pitcairn Island where they dig, sift and dive for clues as to what happened to those Bounty mutineers when they finally reached their Eden.
The Clintons: A Marriage of Power
( Winner of INDIE, shortlisted RTS and BAFTA – Best Documentary series)
Directed by Paul Mitchell, Charles Bruce and Roger Mills
Mentorn Barraclough Carey for Channel 4 and The Learning Channel
4 x 60 min / Digi Beta
Chasing Bill and Hilary all over the States as they run for cover in the fallout of the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
Flying Soldiers
Directed by Tim Lambert
Touch productions for BBC 1
Series / Super 16mm
Six part series following a group of trainee helicopter pilots through what is described by the Army as “the most difficult course of them all”.
Full Circle with Michael Palin
Directed by Clem Vallance and Roger Mills
Prominent Television for BBC 1
Series / 16mm. Additional photography
50,000 miles of adventure & entertainment, travelling through 18 countries bordering the world's largest ocean.