Versatile and creative series producer/PD/edit producer/producer with over 20 years’ experience across popular specialist factual, obs docs,  presenter led travelogues and natural history  for both UK and international broadcasters:  BBC, Channel 4, ITV, Channel 5, National Geographic, Discovery. Strong editorial and storytelli... Read More

Versatile and creative series producer/PD/edit producer/producer with over 20 years’ experience across popular specialist factual, obs docs,  presenter led travelogues and natural history  for both UK and international broadcasters:  BBC, Channel 4, ITV, Channel 5, National Geographic, Discovery. Strong editorial and storytelling skills and a proven track record taking projects from editorial brief through the edit,  delivering high production values on tight budgets and schedules. Recent credits include Richard Burton: Wild Genius (BBC2),  Wonders of the Celtic Deep (BBC2),  Britain’s Beautiful Rivers with Richard Hammond (Channel 4),  drama-documentary Mayhem! Secret Lives of the Georgian Kings (Blue Ant/ZDF),  Skin A&E (Channel 5) and  Drain the Oceans: Secrets of D-Day (Discovery)  

I’ve successfully overseen projects from initial brief through the edit across varying time frames and budgets, from a few thousand to a million pounds. Proven expertise negotiating access and forging strong relationships with a wide range of contributors and institutions, from royal palaces and D-Day veterans to top scientists and hard-pressed medical staff, as well as high profile talent such as Alice Roberts, Clive Anderson and Bill Bailey. 

Selected to take part in the 2023-2024  Factual Fast Track, Wales and West Producer programme. 

Key Skills
-  Identifying, crafting  and scriptwriting compelling, character-led storylines, from initial brief through edit to delivery, tailoring editorial approach and tone to different audiences for the UK and international market
- Distilling complex information into accessible, relatable bite size chunks
- Interviewing: putting contributors at ease and drawing out engaging sound bites and testimony
-  Overseeing and directing multi camera productions and high end camera technology - RED Gemini 5K, Sony A7s, FX9, F55, Canon CN20, macrophotography, drones
 - Producing and directing high profile talent
-  Building and leading creative teams, nurturing and developing new production talent
-  Filming abroad, including challenging locations - USA, Venezuela, India, Europe, Marshall Islands
- Fluent French, good Spanish
- Strong science background: degree in natural sciences, PhD in Zoology Read Less