About me: After returning from a life changing visit to West Africa in New Year 2023, I re-joined the October Films team to Series Line Produce a 4 part historical drama documentary series for Nat Geo. Previously I managed 10 hours of True Crime programming for Discovery+ The documentary filming was a complex juggle of vulnerable contributors, law enforcement agencies and expert witnesses. Working with the FBI and ATF and the US prison system demanded diplomacy, good PR as well as robust attention to the facts and the legal risks. Prior to that I have worked as a Line Producer across a wide slate of programmes working with big personalities, big budgets and big crews! Including Gordon Ramsay on Cocaine, Sky Arts Big Design Challenge and Parkers Gold (part of the Goldrush brand).
26 years experience.
Genre: Current Affairs, Documentary, Drama, Drama Documentary, Factual Entertainment, Feature Films, Light Entertainment, Magazine Programmes, Multi camera Studio, Natural History, Observational Documentary, Online Content, Outside Broadcasts
Additional skills: 16mm or 35mm, Archive, Extreme Filming Geographical, Extreme Filming Political, File Based Formats, First Aid, Health And Safety, Negotiating a contract with a broadcaster, Underwater Filming
Other skills: I am an expert excel user, confident on PMI and quick to get to grips with any new systems I come accross. I have been innoculated against almost anything given my West Africa travels and have a clean driving licence and up-to-date passport. I am used to managing shoots across multiple time zones and countries.
Overseas experience in: Australia, Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, Honduras, Italy, Philippines, United States of America.
Willing to be based in: London / South East, Suffolk
Credits
Erased; WW2’s People of Color
Production company: October Films Productions with Green Door Pictures; On-screen credit: Series Line Producer; Programme type: Documentary, Drama, Drama Documentary; Broadcaster: National Geographic and Disney+.
From Idris Elba, whose grandfather fought in WW2, this landmark series reveals the untold stories of People of Color in the war. Through premium drama, mixing war sequences with character portraits, this series restores the role of these men and their units to their rightful place in the narrative of WW2 and reveals how these heroes inspired civil rights movements in America and across the world.
American Aryans & FEDS
Production company: October Films Limited; On-screen credit: Line Producer; Programme type: Documentary, Drama Documentary; Broadcaster: Discovery+.
I am overseeing 10 hours of True Crime programming for Discovery+ shot on location in the USA, South Africa and Norfolk.
TBC Lexus/Sky Arts Series
Production company: Somethin’ Else; On-screen credit: Line Producer; Programme type: Factual Entertainment, Multi camera Studio; Broadcaster: Lexus/Sky Arts.
A brand new skill-based reality format that will see top creatives from a range of disciplines battle it out to be the best. Shot on locations across London with a crew of over 60, this is a mammoth fabulous looking series.
Flight73 & Documentary about The Jeremy Kyle Show
Production company: Blast Films ; On-screen credit: Line Producer; Programme type: Documentary, Drama Documentary; Broadcaster: Sky Docs and Channel 4 TV.
Looking after the pre-pre production for a 90 min Feature Doc and Documentary Series for Sky and Channel 4 respectively.
Springtime on The Farm
Production company: Daisybeck Studios Ltd; On-screen credit: Head of Production ; Programme type: Factual Entertainment; Broadcaster: Channel 5.
Stripped ’as live’ across a week in Spring at Canon Hall Farm in Yorkshire, this wonderful series is all about the animals.
The Bushes
Production company: RAW TV; On-screen credit: Line Producer; Programme type: Drama Documentary; Broadcaster: CNN.
This six part political history series about the Bush family, made up of archive, interviews with political historians and journalists and dramatic inserts, follows on from the hugely succesful series about The Kennedys made by RAW last year.
Parker’s Trail 2 - Guyana
Production company: RAW TV; On-screen credit: Line Producer; Programme type: Documentary, Factual Entertainment; Broadcaster: Discovery USA .
6x60 Parker Schnabel and his three pals trek across the rain-forests of Guyana to search for Gold. Shot entirely on location in Guyana with 45 cameras this series was challenging from the start
Culinary Genius USA
Production company: Studio Ramsay; On-screen credit: Line Producer; Programme type: Multi camera Studio; Broadcaster: Fox Television USA .
15 x 30 min Studio based cookery game show presented by American host Samantha Harris and Chef Ed Lee, overseen from a distance by Gordon Ramsay himself offering tips to the participants on a daily basis
Gordon on Cocaine
Production company: Studio Ramsay; On-screen credit: Line Producer; Programme type: Documentary; Broadcaster: ITV 1.
2 x 60 minute celebrity led shows for prime-time television. Filmed overseas in locations deemed high risk. I have been responsible for creating and overseeing complex dynamic HRA in tandem with security experts and setting up HEFAT training and follow through for the team.
Taking Fire
Production company: Raw TV; On-screen credit: Line Producer; Programme type: Documentary; Broadcaster: Discovery US.
5 x 60 Mostly filmed by the soldiers themselves, Taking Fire tells of the experience of war from the personal point of view of those US forces who fought on the front lines against Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan during 2010.
Alphabetical
Production company: GameFace Productions Limited; On-screen credit: Line Producer; Programme type: Multi camera Studio; Broadcaster: ITV 1.
10 x 60 Presenter led 10 part game-show that takes quizzes back to basics. Recorded in Manchester at Dock10 Studios with loads of contestants and cameras and a fabulous new set, this series is fast paced intelligent television for a 5pm audience
Handsome Devils
Production company: Britespark Films; On-screen credit: Production Executive; Programme type: Drama Documentary; Broadcaster: Investigation Discovery.
Drama Documentary series shot in Canada for ID (part of Discovery). I oversaw this amongst a slate of series and singles as Prod Exec for Britespark Films including Did He Do it?, Nightmare Tenants and Slum Landlords and Gourmet Trains.
An Englishman in New York
Production company: Leopardrama Limited; On-screen credit: Executive Producer; Programme type: Feature Films; Broadcaster: ITV 1.
A 90 minute feature film made for ITV and shot on location New York with John Hurt reprising his role as Quentin Crisp
Missing Drama
Production company: Leopardrama Limited; On-screen credit: Production Executive; Programme type: Drama; Broadcaster: BBC 1.
15 x 45 drama shot entirely on location in Tunbridge Wells. Starring Pauline Quirke and Mark Wingett this series follow the work of a fictional Missing Persons unit in the UK
The Millenium Time Bomb
Production company: Stone City Films; On-screen credit: Production Manager; Programme type: Documentary, Drama, Drama Documentary; Broadcaster: BBC 2.
1 x 40 minute drama with documentary inserts, exploring the effects of the Millennium computer bug over New Years Eve 1999. Shot on location in London with full drama crew.
Mysterious Creatures
Production company: Leopardrama Limited; On-screen credit: Production Executive; Programme type: Drama; Broadcaster: ITV.
A 90minute drama based on a true story starring Brenda Blethyn and Timothy Spall shot on location in London and Spain.
Cash in the Attic
Production company: Leopard Films Limited; On-screen credit: Head of Production; Programme type: Factual Entertainment; Broadcaster: BBC 1.
Hit daytime series of over 700 episodes presented by Alistair Appleton and shot on location in the UK. The US version is in production in NYC.
Disaster Series 3
Production company: Stone City Films; On-screen credit: Production Manager; Programme type: Documentary, Drama, Drama Documentary; Broadcaster: BBC 2.
6 x 30 minute dramas with documentary inserts, shot on film & tape exploring disaster management from the sinking of the Marchioness to the Windscale fire filmed on location in the UK, USA and Mexico with full drama crew.
Thunder Races
Production company: Leopard Films Limited; On-screen credit: Head of Production; Programme type: Factual Entertainment; Broadcaster: Discovery International & C4 .
Mad 9 part series filming 3 teams with dozens of cameras in a race after converting old bangers into mean machines. Line Producer and AD. USA Version shot in Las Vegas.
Paul O’Grady’s America
Production company: Carlton Television; On-screen credit: Production Manager; Programme type: Factual Entertainment; Broadcaster: ITV Networks.
On Tour across six American cities with Paul OGrady (aka Lily Savage) to make a six part travel series transmitted Autumn 2001 filmed entirely in the USA.
Unzipped with Graham Norton
Production company: Rapido Television; On-screen credit: Production Manager; Programme type: Light Entertainment; Broadcaster: C4.
6 x 1 hour light entertainment series presented by Graham Norton, unzipping the worlds of fashion, politics, movies, royalty, TV and Football shot mostly on location in the US, UK and Europe with masses of archive.
Lonely Planet
Production company: Pilot Productions Limited; On-screen credit: Production Manager; Programme type: Factual Entertainment; Broadcaster: C4.
13 part presenter led Adventure travel series shot on multi-formats in remote locations all over the world made in conjunction with The Lonely Planet books.
Crimestrike
Production company: Steel Bank Films; On-screen credit: Co- Producer; Programme type: Feature Films; Broadcaster: Channel 4 Television.
90 minute Comedy feature film shot entirely on location in Sheffield over 6 weeks with a full cast and crew based on a short story by Jaroslav Hasek.
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