Versatile and creative series producer/PD/edit 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... Read More

Versatile and creative series producer/PD/edit 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  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