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Do The Reggae: Toots and The Maytals
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Director/Producer:
George Scott |
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BBC Film about Toots Hibbert, the Jamaican musician who was the founder of Reggae. Filmed on HD
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Engineering Alaska: Air National Guard
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Director/Producer:
Ian White |
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Discovery Channel. This film follows the Alaska Air National Guard Rescue Team as they tackle one of the worlds most remote places to rescue the lost and injured. Filmed on HD
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Engineering The Universe: Balack Holes and Galaxies
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Director/Producer:
Peter Chinn, Louise Say |
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Discovery Channel. Two documentaries on the most dramatic phenomenon in outer space, interviewing experts and looking at the newest Telescopes and Technology to help map our skies. Filmed on HD in the USA
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The Last Nazi's: The Hunt For Dr Death
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Director/Producer:
Dov Friedman |
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BBC. In the autumn of 1941, a young Austrian doctor called Aribert Heim was assigned to the Mauthausen Concentration Camp. In just six weeks, he murdered hundreds of inmates by carrying out horrific and needless experiments. This film follows Dr Efraim Zuroff in his international manhunt for one of the world's most wanted Nazi war criminals. Shot on HD
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Being Martin
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Director/Producer:
Lou Hamilton |
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Martin Symons was born with two conditions, Klippeil Feil Syndrome and a lust for Life! Martin Symons, who can barely walk 50 metres and needs a ventilator to stay alive, plans to wheelchair across England to raise money for the nation's leading respiratory unit in his latest charity challenge. Filmed over a year we watch Martin prepare for his journey and all the problems he faces head on. Shot on HD
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The Story of Tim Page and Sean Flynn
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Director/Producer:
Julia Stovell |
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Wall to Wall Feature. Vietnam war photographer Tim Page is looking for where his best friend Sean Flynn was murdered by the Viet Cong. Shooting in Cambodia, Vietnam and Australia on HD
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Imagine: Prima Donna
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Director/Producer:
George Scott |
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BBC. Alan Yentob explores the rapid rise of one of modern music’s most mercurial talents, Rufus Wainwright. Imagine goes on the journey with Rufus as he creates his first opera, an opera about an opera singer. Shot on HD
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Somethin’ Grand: A Portrait of Madeleine Peyroux
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Director/Producer:
George Scott |
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In This intimate film portrait we learn all about Madeleine’s history and background. Since playing on the streets of Paris she has developed from a brilliant interpreter of other peoples songs into someone creating her own songs from her own personal experiences. Shot on HD
Two songs that were set to dance were filmed and projected during her recent tour.
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Among The Righteous
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Director/Producer:
William Cran |
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PBS. Writer Robert Satloff wants to give evidence to add the first Arab name to the Names of The Righteous at The Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem. We journey to Concentration Camps in North Africa and hear stories from witnesses who tell of Arabs hiding the Jews from the Nazis.
90 Minute Film shot on HD in Morocco and Tunisia
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The History Of Christianity: The Future
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Director/Producer:
David Batty |
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Channel 4. Cherie Blair on the future of Christianity in the 21st Century and how it has changed since the World Wars. Shot on HD in Germany, UK and the USA
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The History Of Christianity: Crusade
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Director/Producer:
Dimitri Collingridge |
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Channel 4. Journalist Rageh Omaar travel’s the route of the 1st Crusade and discovers how the events of the 12th Century are still affecting the world today. Shot on HD in Turkey, Syria and Israel.
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Timewatch: Last Voyage of the QE2
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Director/Producer:
Michael Wadding |
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BBC2, Given exclusive access to the QE2 on it’s last voyage from Southampton to Dubai Timewatch tells the story of the fastest liner on the ocean and it’s place in maritime History.
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The History Of Christianity: Enlightenment
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Director/Producer:
Dimitri Collingridge |
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Channel 4. Scientist Colin Blakemoor’s journey to discover the History and present day understanding of the conflict between Science and Christianity. Meeting Creationists in Tennessee to a Cardinal in The Vatican he discovers if things have changed since the persecution of Gallileo and Capernicus. Shot on HD.
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Straight 8: Hooded Smile
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Director/Producer:
Lou Hamilton |
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One super 8 cartridge, no editing!
Renoir Cinema Rushes Soho Shorts Festival 2008
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Timewatch: Young Victoria
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Director/Producer:
Michael Wadding |
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BBC 2. Writer Kate Williams travels from Germany to the UK to tell the story of how Princess Victoria became the Queen of England. Shot on HD
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The Holy Qur'an
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Director/Producer:
Antony Thomas |
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Channel 4. A two hour documentary special. The story of the Qur’an, it’s history, modern day meanings and influence on the world. Shot on HD in Iran, Syria, Egypt, Palestine, Turkey and the UK
Well done, Channel 4, for showing realities of Islam that too seldom see the light of day … Channel 4’s documentary, The Qur’an, .. is head and shoulders above anything I have seen on television about Islam … It oozes love, both for the craft of film making and the subject of the film. The Guardian
Prix Europa 2008 Nomination
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Immigration: The Inconvenient Truth
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Director/Producer:
Dimitri Collingridge |
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Channel 4. Reporter Rageh Omaar travel across Britain to explore how Immigration has affected this country since Enoch Powell's 'Rivers Of Blood' speech. Shot on HD
Prix Europa 2008 Nomination
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Storyville/ My Secret Agent Auntie
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Director/Producer:
Dimitri Collingridge |
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BBC4 Storyville. In this Drama Documentary Dimitri Collingridge unearths the truth about his Great Aunt with the help of declassified documents from the Cold War. Was she a double agent? Filmed in Moscow, St Petersburg, The Ukraine and UK
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Jihad: The Men And Ideas Behind Al Qaeda
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Director/Producer:
William Cran |
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Providing an in-depth look at modern, radical Islamic groups, JIHAD: THE MEN AND IDEAS BEHIND AL QAEDA explores the ideas and beliefs that inspire them, along with the challenges they pose for governments in the Middle East and the West.
Dupont Columbia Award Best Documentary 2007
Nominated for an Emmy 2008
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Maestros Of India
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Director/Producer:
Lou Hamilton |
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Feature Documentary filming over a year about the Indian Classical Music Maestros. With the music not written down and the Maestro’s in old age; the tradition is passed on to dedicated young Disciples from their Maestro Guru. A Process that can take up to 35 years. In Production
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Nuremberg: Nazi's on Trial
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Director/Producer:
Michael Wadding, Paul Bradshaw, Nigel Patterson |
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3 Part Drama shot in Bulgaria for the BBC. The stories of Hess, Goering and Speer are told as they face The Nuremberg Trials in 1946. Starring Ben Cross, Bob Pugh and Nat Parker.
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Frontline: The Storm
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Director/Producer:
Rainmedia/PBS |
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Documentary filmed during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Emmy Winner for Ongoing News Story 2006
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Cruel Seperation
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Director/Producer:
Sarah Boston |
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1x60 Mins, Fuse Films
This Feature length documentary relates the story of General Pinochet’s American backed military coup on 11th September 1973, from the point of view of four women, with very different perspectives who lived through it.
Latin American Film Festival London 2005
Best Film International Documentary category at the Viña del Mar Film Festival 2006
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Timewatch: Forgotten Soldiers/ Missing in Action
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Director/Producer:
Michael Wadding |
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‘No-one Get’s Left Behind’ This 2 part Documentary Series follows the work of the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command based on Hickam Airforce Base, Hawaii. There task is to find and identify lost US Servicemen around the world, from WWI to Vietnam, and bring their remains home to their families. Filming worldwide and due to air January 2006.
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Timewatch: The Gunpowder Plot
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Director/Producer:
Michael Wadding |
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1x60 Mins BBC
Drama Documentary. Four hundred years ago legal torture led one man to reveal the secrets behind Britain's first attempted terrorist attack – an attempt to blow up the symbolic heart of London. This took place against a backdrop of religious strife, of rumours of a terrorist network and a conspiracy by the security forces. A cast of internationally reputed experts re-assess the plot. State of the art computer graphics show the extent of the damage the explosion could have caused, and dramatic reconstructions reveal the men behind the plot.
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The Age of AIDS
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Director/Producer:
William Cran |
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4x60mins PBS/C4
Following the spread of the AIDS virus from the first reported cases in the early 1980s through the present day pandemic, this global survey of public health policy, treatment and prevention provides a comprehensive education on the issue. Interviews with dozens of medical experts and patients in16 countries are threaded throughout the hours, bearing witness to remarkable dedication and courage. Combining memorable footage of early cases of AIDS patients and their doctors, the programs revisit those doctors who decades later give perspective on the progress and treatments for the virus. In four hours, the programs also demonstrate how fear, ignorance, misinformation and politics often combine to limit attempts to deal with the disease.
Winner DuPont Columbia Award 2007
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Timewatch: Rasputin
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Director/Producer:
Michael Wadding |
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1x60 mins. Drama Documentary. BBC/Lion TV/Discovery. The truth behind one of the most notorious murders in History. The killing of Rasputin had been a closed case for almost a century, now Timewatch re-opens the case and reveals extraordinary new evidence. It leads to a startling new conclusion: the assassination was carried out by the British Secret Service. Autumn 2004
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A Brutal Peace
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Director/Producer:
Lou Hamilton |
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"They are in fact, men apart. Every man an Emperor" Field Marshall The Viscount Montgomery of Alamein.
1x60 mins. Edge Of Focus Films. A Brutal Peace is a documentary shot over a year about the effects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) on returning servicemen and women and their families. Spanning three generations from Normandy to Iraq. Co-Producer. (In Production).
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Oil Stories
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Director/Producer:
Paul Burgess, William Cran, Rebecca John |
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2x60 mins. Documentary. Paladin Invision for BBC.
‘Rich and Poor’ and ‘The Wilderness’
This Documentary series travels through some of the most geographically challenging and politically dangerous places on earth - visiting South America and Africa to examine how the presence of oil in a developing country often makes life worse for most of the people who live there; exploring the fragile wilderness areas in Alaska and Canada that are being opened up to oil exploration. The world needs more oil but just how far are we willing to go to get it?
‘Ravishingly shot.’
Nick Fraser, ‘Storyville’ Series Editor
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The Nugget Run
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Director/Producer:
Michael Wadding |
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1x10 mins. Short Film. Melford Films. Foyle Film Festival 2003. The new boy at a Japanese bank undergoes "The Nugget Run", a bizarre initiation ceremony. But is it worth risking his dream job to impress his new co-workers?
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Timewatch: Mystery of The Missing Ace
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Director/Producer:
Michael Wadding |
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1x60 mins. BBC 2. Drama Documentary on the life of Wing Commander Adrian Warburton, the most decorated British Pilot of WWII. Filmed on location in Germany, Malta, France and the UK. Autumn 2003.
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The Commanding Heights
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Director/Producer:
Bill Cran |
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6x60 mins. Paladin Invision for BBC4. Filmed over two years on five continents, Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy is the first documentary series that tells the inside story of the new global economy and what it means for individuals around the world. March 2003.
'A brilliantly successful documentary series...no more important programme for making sense of our times has been made on the air in at least a decade.' The Washington Post
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Harem
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Director/Producer:
Paul Briers |
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2x60 mins. Paladin Invision for Channel 4. Drama Documentary chronicling The Harem in Topkapi Palace. Shot on location in Istanbul. Autumn 2003.
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Extreme Machines: Hog Heaven
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Director/Producer:
Michael Wadding |
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1x60 mins. Zig-Zag Productions for Discovery Channel. Documentary celebrating 100 years of the Harley Davidson motorcycle, tracing its place in American culture and history. From Hell's Angels in Arizona, Evel Kinevel in Las Vegas to the NYPD. May 2003.
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Green Indians
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Director/Producer:
Lou Hamilton |
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1x13 min Short. Slowbite Films. Raindance International Film Festival 2002. Artist Film on the life and suicide of drummer Kevin Wilkinson. Co-Producer. 2002.
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Death
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Director/Producer:
Lou Hamilton, Alice Yglesias, Rebecca Ciallella |
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5x60 mins. Documentary. Quality Time for Channel 4. July 2002.
'Occasionally along comes a programme that blows your mind...DEATH is a brave 5 part series about 12 terminally ill people trying to cope. It was filmed over 3 years, is intensely moving, occasionally funny and uplifting as it looks death right in the face.'
Daily Express
'Fuck me, this is morbid. Touching, poignant, affecting, moving, intriguing, at times beautiful - but really, really morbid. Those tough enough to brave it will witness a humbling delight.'
Time Out
Finalist for Broadcast Awards, Documentary Series of the Year
Finalist for RTS Awards, Best Science Documentary
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The Boxer
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Director/Producer:
Lou Hamilton |
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1x3 mins. Slowbite Films. Black and white short film about internal conflict, using image and music. Used in Death documentary on Channel 4. Co-Producer. July 2002.
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Men from the Agency
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Director/Producer:
Michael Wadding |
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1x90 mins. Tiger Aspect for BBC 2.
Sheffield Documentary Festival 2002. Chicago International Documentary Festival 2003. Britspotting Festival Berlin 2003.
Documentary about David Puttnam, Charles Saatchi and Alan Parker and their time spent at CDP ad agency.
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Vivadi Unmasked
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Director/Producer:
Jill Marshall |
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1x90 mins. BBC1. Drama Documentary on the life of Vivaldi and the composing of The Four Seasons. July 2002.
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King Of Capitalism
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Director/Producer:
Guy Evans |
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1x90 mins. October Films for BBC 2 and BBC 4. Documentary on the life of Thomas Watson Snr, the founder of IBM. July 2002.
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Jeff Corwin's Giant Monsters
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Director/Producer:
Jon Stephens |
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1x100 mins. Wall To Wall/TLC.Natural History Film shot in the USA incorporating CGI and live action of the worlds largest animals and their ancestors. October 2002.
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Secret History: Magic at War
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Director/Producer:
Michael Wadding |
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1x60 mins. SMG/C4. Drama Documentary looking at the role played by magician Jasper Maskelene in the Allied victory at El Alamein. June 2002.
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Nelson's Trafalgar
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Director/Producer:
Bill Cran |
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1x90 mins. Invision/C4. Drama Documentary about the life of Horatio Nelson and the events that led up to his death at the Battle of Trafalgar. March 2002.
Finalist for the Grierson Award, Best Historical Documentary 2002
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The Real Tommy Cooper
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Director/Producer:
Guy Evans |
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1x60 mins. Invision/C4. Documentary looking at the life of one of the comic greats. Oct 2001.
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Apocalypse
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Director/Producer:
Bill Cran |
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2x 60 mins. Invision/C4. On the eve of the Millennium this film traces the history of the Book of Revelations and Apocalyptic Prophesies. From Zoroastrians in Iran to cults in Jerusalem. Dec 1999.
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