Harvey Lilley is an award-winning Exec, Series Producer and Director who makes landmark films and series for the major broadcasters including BBC, PBS, NBC, C4, Netflix and ITV. Recent series and films include The Real Peaky Blinders for BBC2, ‘a great documentary series’ The Times, Falklands War; the Untold Story; a feature length doc for C... Read More

Harvey Lilley is an award-winning Exec, Series Producer and Director who makes landmark films and series for the major broadcasters including BBC, PBS, NBC, C4, Netflix and ITV. Recent series and films include The Real Peaky Blinders for BBC2, ‘a great documentary series’ The Times, Falklands War; the Untold Story; a feature length doc for C4 - ‘Harvey Lilley’s riveting, unexpectedly critical documentary. A remarkable film. Mesmerising TV.’ Times, The Crown Jewels with Clive Myrie for BBC1, Judi Dench’s Who Do You Think You Are? that got six million viewers, exec and originator of Broadcast Awards nominated The Unseen Queen, feature length doc using Queen Elizabeth II’s home movies for BBC1, The RAF at 100, a 90 minute film for BBC1 with Ewan McGregor described by the Times as ‘mesmerising history’, The Coronation for BBC1 featuring Her Majesty the Queen, ‘the ultimate TV prize’ New York Times and My Passion for Trees with Dame Judi Dench.He also made the series Meet the Izzards (BBC1) with Eddie Izzard, who traced his genetic inheritance using his own DNA as the road map, and Bomber Boys (BBC1) again with Ewan McGregor. He made several recent 90 minute specials including The Vikings Uncovered (BBC1/PBS), Italy’s Invisible Cities and Egypt’s Lost Cities (BBC1) using satellite archaeology to discover lost pyramids and cities. Harvey began his media career working as an assistant and dubbing editor peaking as the dialogue dubbing-editor on the incomparable The Wrong Trousers (Ardman Animations). He then edited on film and was involved in the pioneering production companies Forum Television and Epik TV. For several years he worked in the documentary department at BBC Bristol directing observational documentaries and then went on to make Africa, Nat Geo and PBS’s epic eight-part series on the ecology of Africa seen through the eyes of ordinary people. Harvey then went on to work for Granada making four part docu-drama series Rebels and Redcoats for BBC2. He then joined Quickfire Media where he made the BBC1 trilogy The Last Tommy, the 90 minute docu-drama Bobby Moore (BBC2) and In the Footsteps of Churchill (BBC2) amongst others. He has worked in LA for NBC on the first US series of Who Do You Think You Are? (NBC) and on the UK version of the same show. Read Less