SELECTED DRAMA DOCUMENTARY CREDITS
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: ERASED: WW2's HEROES OF COLOR (2023-2024)
Across a brace of premium contemporary history docu-series for Nat Geo/Disney+ including this 4 x 1hr drama doc
Over 10 million people of colour fought on the Allied side, but their achievements have largely been airbrushed out of traditional narratives. Empathetically narrated by Idris Elba, whose own grandfather served in the war, this premium box set series turns the lens on global history. The series focuses on true-life soldiers and sailors - combining meticulously sourced archive of the servicemen themselves with powerful testimony from their descendants and premium dramatisations to highlight the roles these heroes played in epic theatres of war: Dunkirk, Pearl Harbor, D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge.
Execs: Idris Elba, Johanna Woolford Gibbon, Jamilla Dumbuya, Khaled Gad, Jos Cushing, Matt Robins, Chris Muckle
Showrunner: Annabel Hobley. Consulting Exec Producer (US): Sam Pollard
For Nat Geo: Sean Johnson, Simon Raikes
CONSULTANT EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: 'ANCIENT EMPIRES' (2022-23)
2 x 2.5hrs and 1 x 2hrs scripted drama doc at Ample Entertainment for HISTORY
A 3-part premium docudrama series shedding new light on the way history remembers three titans of the ages: Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar and Cleopatra.
Execs: Ari Marks, Phil Lott Showrunner: Joey Allen
For HISTORY: Mary Donahue
DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE PRODUCER (2022)
Implementing a development strategy for non-scripted landmark content at October Films for a major US broadcaster
SERIES PRODUCER: ‘COLOSSEUM’ (2022)
8 x 1hrs scripted drama doc at October Films for HISTORY (BBC4 TX August 2023)
Execs: Jos Cushing, Matt Robbins, Chris Muckle
For HISTORY: Mary Donahue
Uncovering the dark reality of life in the Roman Empire through the microcosm of its most bloody arena. Blending expert interviews with scripted drama and cinematic GC, each film showcases a single character whose fate was inextricably bound to the Colosseum. The series is currently the History Channel’s biggest drama-documentary commission to date. Described as a "rollicking journey through the history of the Roman Empire's epic amphitheatre" by The Guardian, and "The kind of thing tv was made for - educational, entertaining and visually enthralling. " by the Spectator.
CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: AFRICAN QUEENS ‘NJINGA’ & ‘CLEOPATRA’ Series 1&2 (2021-2022)
12 x EMMY Nominations for NJINGA (including Best Educational & Informational Program)
WINNER National Film Awards 2023: Outstanding Performance (Adele James as Cleopatra)
Nominated for 4 National Film Awards 2023: Best Director, Best Action, Best Drama, Outstanding Performance
Nominated for World Congress of Science & Factual Producer Awards 2023 for BEST WRITING (Njinga)
8 x 1hrs scripted drama doc at Nutopia & Westbrook Studios for Netflix
Execs: Jane Root, Maxine Watson, Ben Goold, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Terence Carter, Sahara Bushue, Miguel Melendez
A bold original series, exploring the gripping and dramatic stories of the iconic African women who shaped the course of human history, with events unfolding from their personal perspectives. Season 1: explores Njinga, warrior queen and icon of resistance to European slavery. Season 2: Cleopatra, framed for the first time as an authentic African woman. Premiers on February 15th 2023.
CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: ‘AMERICA: OUR DEFINING HOURS’ (2020)
3 x 90min drama-doc at Nutopia for HISTORY
Exec: Jane Root, Johanna Woolford Gibbon, Ben Goold
For HISTORY: Mary Donahue
A compelling and emotional 3-part feature-length landmark series, drawing upon three hundred years of U.S. history to reveal how the American people seized moments of crisis to create a better tomorrow.
SHOWRUNNER: ‘DAMIAN LEWIS: SPY WARS’ (2019)
Nominated for a Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Documentary Series
8 x 50 drama-doc at Alaska tv & Rookery Productions for Sky History & AETN/Smithsonian
Execs: Damian Lewis, Gareth Lewis, Chris Fouracre, Paul Sommers
For HISTORY: Dan Korn
‘Homeland’ star Damian Lewis drives a thrilling, chilling analysis of the declassified truths behind historic post-Cold War global espionage stories, with first-hand testimony from former Mossad, CIA, KGB, FSB & MI6 spies, and their handlers. Described as ‘compelling’ (Daily Mail), ‘exceptionally nuanced’ and ‘a series distinguished by the eloquence with which it evokes the times in which these events took place.’ (Wall Street Journal)
SELECTED DOCUMENTARY CREDITS
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: (2023-2024)
Across a brace of premium contemporary history docu-series for Nat Geo/Disney+ including this 6 x 1hr series
In a transformative and revolutionary decade that reshaped America, the FBI is faced with the greatest challenges in its history. Featuring in-depth access to the agents at the heart of each case, the series examines the successes and failures of these investigations as the organisation fights new and emerging threats ay every turn. Utilizing revelatory FBI archive and unique eyewitness testimony from both the FBI and their adversaries, this series is not only a white-knuckle ride through the criminal cases that defined America, but it also exposes an American society in turmoil.
Execs: Johanna Woolford Gibbon, Jos Cushing, Matt Robins, Chris Muckle
For Nat Geo: Josh Cole
SHOWRUNNER: ‘DRAIN THE OCEANS’ (2020-2021)
WINNER, New York Festivals TV & Film Awards 2022 (Science & Technology)
WINNER, New York Festivals TV & Film Awards 2022 (History & Society)
10 x1hrs at Mallinson Sadler Prods for Nat Geo/Disney+
Execs: Phil Craig, Crispin Sadler
For Nat Geo: Simon Raikes
For its revamped fourth season, these films showcase a gripping new style: told through the first-hand testimony of the experts and explorers who solve mysteries beneath the world’s oceans. Whether diving a labyrinthine cave system in Mexico, unearthing a 19th Century pioneer steamboat, or examining the fate of Australia’s ‘Titanic’, each film showcases state-of-the-art revelatory CG.
DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: ALASKA TV (2019)
Oversight of the creative process to develop new ideas within the Alaska tv brand, combining key high-end on-screen talent with compelling scientific and historical narratives.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: ‘EGYPT’S UNEXPLAINED FILES’ Series 1 (2018)
10 x 1 hour at Rare tv for the Science Channel
New scientific discoveries decode Ancient Egypt’s enigmas, revealing truths that rewrite the evolution of civilisation.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: ‘STRANGE EVIDENCE’ Series 1, 2 & 3 (2017-18)
32 x 1 hour at WAG Entertainment for the Science Channel
The science behind bizarre occurrences caught by surveillance cameras worldwide.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: ‘WHAT ON EARTH’ Series 4 & 5 (2017-18)
40 x 1 hour at WAG Entertainment for the Science Channel
The science behind astonishing natural phenomena that at first defy explanation.
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
‘THE BRAIN with David Eagleman’ 2 of 6 x 60mins at Blink Films for PBS & BBC4 (Exec: Justine Kershaw) Series EMMY Nominated; ‘MANHUNT: THE BLACK WIDOW’ 1 of 10 x 50mins drama-doc at WMR for Discovery & ITV (Exec: Jean-Claude Bragard); ‘EVOLUTION OF EVIL: CHAIRMAN MAO’ 1 of 10 x 50mins drama-doc at WMR for Discovery & ZDF (Exec: Matthew Barrett); ‘CIA DECLASSIFIED’ 2 of 10 x 50mins drama-doc at WMR for Discovery (Exec: Matthew Barrett) ‘20th CENTURY BATTLES: KOREA’ at BBC Features for BBC2; HORIZON: ‘EINSTEIN’S EQUATION OF LIFE & DEATH’ at BBC Specialist Factual for BBC2; HORIZON: ‘MAKING MILLIONS THE EASY WAY’ at BBC Specialist Factual for BBC2; HORIZON: ‘T-REX, WARRIOR OR WIMP’ at BBC Specialist Factual for BBC2; ‘THE HUMAN MIND: PERSONALITY’ at BBC Specialist Factual for BBC1; HORIZON: ‘THE ENGLAND PATIENT’ at October Films for BBC2; ‘SECRETS OF THE GRAVE’ at Brighton Films for Channel 4 & Discovery; ‘MEGA-CHALLENGE’ & ‘SCRAPHEAP CHALLENGE’ Series EMMY nominated at RDF Television for Channel 4 & TLC; ‘INTO THE FLAMES’ The science of fire-fighting underground, for Wall to Wall; ‘FUTURE TENSE’ Science magazine series, at Café Productions for Discovery Channel; ‘TORNADO’, RAGING PLANET’ & ‘WONDERS OF WEATHER’ at Pioneer Productions for Discovery Channel & TLC; 'CLASSIC CARS' at Uden Associates for Channel 4; 'ROCKETS' at Uden Associates for Channel 4; KINGDOM OF THE LION at Partridge Films for BBC Natural History Unit.
EDIT PRODUCER-DIRECTOR
‘GENIUS by STEPHEN HAWKING’ 2 of 6 x 50mins at Bigger Bang for PBS & Nat Geo (Exec: Iain Riddick) Nominated for a Jackson Hole Science Media Award; ‘DECODING NEANDERTHALS’ 1 x 50mins drama-doc at Arrow Media for WGBH NOVA (Execs: Tom Brisley, Matthew Barrett) Nominated for a Jackson Hole Science Media Award; ‘HOW WE INVENTED THE WORLD’: THE GUN 1 of 5 x 50mins drama-doc at Nutopia for Discovery (Execs: Jane Root, Phil Craig); ‘MANKIND: THE STORY OF US’ 1 of 12 x 50mins drama-doc at Nutopia for History Channel (Execs: Jane Root, Ben Goold) Series twice EMMY nominated; ‘THE BRITISH’ 2 of 7x50mins drama-doc at Nutopia for Sky Atlantic (Execs: Jane Root, Peter Lovering)