Production Title: Tonight - Election Special

Director: Tom Stone

Production Company: ITV

Broadcaster: ITV

Election special in which political editor Tom Bradby takes a look at the difference between the parties.  To illustrate the countries current debt issues he pushes a wheel barrow of one pound coins across the millennium bridge to St Paul's Cathedral. The wheel barrow holds the amount of money the Labour government were going into debt each second, and Bradby works out by Christmas they would have filled St. Paul's.

Production Title: Britain's Big Freeze (2010)

Director: Becky Lee

Production Company: Pioneer

Broadcaster:  Channel 4

A programme analysing the weather conditions that lead to the "big freeze" at the beginning of 2010 and how this relates to the overall trend of global warming.

Production Title: Ring of Fire

Director: Ben Lawrie

Production Company: Pioneer

Broadcaster:  History Channel USA

 

The Ring of Fire is part of the Emmy Award winning series "How the Earth Was Made".  The Ring of Fire  follows top US geologists to the volcanoes that line the pacific rim, discovering evidence that helps to explain the creation of the earth as we know it today.  Using every method of transport conceivable, from float planes to helicopters and boats, the scientists access some of the remotest locations on the planet.  Often the journey is as interesting as the story. 

 

Production Title: Animal Cops Miami

Producer: Norma Fraser

Production Company:Granada ITV

Broadcaster:  Animal Planet USA

Animal Cops Miami is a long running observational documentary series following various agencies rescuing animals across Florida.  Shot on HD XDCAM the programme includes a variety of both wild and domestic animals: from alligators and snakes in the Everglades to fighting pit bull dogs in Miami's ganglands.

Production Title: Massacre at Virginia Tech.

Director: Jonathan Hacker

Production Company: ORTV

Broadcaster:  BBC 2

Massacre at Virginia Tech is a thought provoking documentary about the psychology of the Korean student who shot and killed 32 of his fellow students and injured many others before committing suicide. Critics choice of the week - Sunday Times.

Press:

"Excellent" Critics choice of the week The Times

"Articulate & Carefully Argued" The Daily Telegraph

"Must see TV - Five Stars" Mail on Sunday

"Chilling" Time Out

Awards:

CINE Golden Eagle

Bronze World Medal, NY Television Festival

Silver Chris Award, Columbus International Film Festival

 

 

 

Production Title: Catastrophe - Birth of the Planet - Humans

Director: Ben Lawrie

Production Company: Pioneer

Broadcaster:  Channel 4 / Discovery

Tony Robinson explores the series of global catastrophes that ultimately determined how the world we live in came to be.  In this episode the focus is on catastrophes that effected humans.

"Creationism takes a back seat to science at its most spectacular as Tony Robinson explores the “miracle” of life on Earth in a superb five-part series about how massive natural disasters have influenced evolution on our planet – not always for the bad."     The Daily Telegraph

"Catastrophe is a triumph."    The Guardian

 

 

 

 

Production Title: The Credit Crisis - Dispatches

Director:Nicky Bolster

Production Company: Wall to Wall

Broadcaster:  Channel 4

 

An analysis of Britain’s borrowing habits and the onset of the “credit crunch”.

 

Production Title: The Lost Children - Dispatches

Director: Karen Edwards

Production Company: Wall to Wall

Broadcaster:  Channel 4

A programme about education in Britain's large secondary schools, and the new teaching techniques being pioneered in the USA with smaller "learning communities."

Production Title: Why the banks Always Win - Dispatches

Director: Mike Wakely

Production Company: Wall to Wall

Broadcaster:  Channel 4

This episode asks if the banks are responsible for the credit crunch and if their charges are fair.  One man's crusade against the major banks and his ideas for cooprative banking.

Bondi Rescue (Ch 10 Aus / Nat Geo Adventure/ Jigsaw) Observational documentary featuring the lifeguards at Bondi Beach.  The series had episodes featuring Paris Hilton, Snoop Dog and Steve Erwin.  (cameraman / HD )

The Ultimate Gift (Ch 10 Aus ) Observational documentary on vital organ transplants, the doctors and the patients who receive a gift of life from their donors. (cameraman / Z1)

Australian Idol Series 3 and 4 (Ch10 Aus / Fremantle) Australia's highest rating tv series "The funniest Show on Television" the Sydney Morning Herald.