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LIFE AND DEATH ROW 
Series 4 

 

How do you live with a death sentence? Real stories from the prisoners facing their final days - and the victims' families desperate for closure. I was brought on to finish the shooting and edit produce a challenging episode, telling the story of Ramiro Gonzales. 


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EDITOR JAMED DOWD | SERIES DIRECTOR STU BARNARD 
EXEC PRODUCER KIRSTY CUNNINGHAM | COMM ED EMMA LOACH 

PAROLE
   Series 1 & 2  

 

Series directed this ground-breaking series, crafting the style, tone and format. Managed access across 10+ prisons and with the Parole Board. Oversaw all edits through to delivery. 


Nominated for Grierson Awards 2023 Best Documentary Series

Winner New York Film & TV Award 
"Nothing short of spellbinding" â˜…★★★★ The Independent 

"Riveting and titillating" The Spectator


EDITORS RICK BARKER | SIMON MASON | SERIES PRODUCER ALICE MAYHALL 
EXEC PRODUCERS LIESEL EVANS | GEORGE WALDRUM | COMM ED EMMA LOACH | BEEJAL MAYA-PATEL

INSIDE DUBAI PLAYGROUND OF THE RICH 

 

Series produced and directed across three episodes documenting the lives of the mega rich and those that serve them. 

"Glossy Advertorial? No, it's a sly expose of diabolical Dubai" ★★★★ The Telegraph 

"Wonderful, unsettling - the best thing I've seen this year" ★★★★ The Sunday Times

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EDITOR ASIM ALI | PD PHILIP MCREERY
EXEC PRODUCER TERESSA WATKINS | COMM ED EMMA LOACH

DNA FAMILY SECRETS 
Series 1 

 

Stacey Dooley helps people find answers to life-changing questions through the power of a DNA test. Brought on to series direct, setting the style and tone of this popular documentary format, now in it's 4th series. 


"DNA Family Secrets … is wonderfully moving television" ★★★★ The Telegraph 

"A touching, timely portrait of mixed race Britain" ★★★★ The Guardian 

 

PRODUCER JESS BOYER | SERIES PRODUCER LUCY MORGAN
EXEC PRODUCERS KARI LIA | SOPHIE LEONARD | COMM ED JACK BOOTLE

HOSPITAL 
Series 3 

 

The award-winning documentary moves to Nottingham University Hospitals, one of the country's biggest and busiest Trusts. Filmed across 6 weeks as winter pressures hit the NHS. Edit produced episode 4 about the paediatric intensive care unit as it is stretched to breaking point. 


EDITOR HOLLY BRIDCUT | SERIES PRODUCERS EMMA WHITEHEAD | SOPHIE JONES
EXEC PRODUCERS SIMON DIXON | LORRAINE CHARKER-PHILIPS |

24 HOURS IN POLICE CUSTODY 
Series 1 

 

Filmed across the ground-breaking first series, as an off rig self-shooter, capturing fast paced arrests, raids, and investigations. Edit produced episode 3 about the drugs trade in Luton.


Winner Televisual Bulldog Award 2016 in the Best Documentary Series
Nominated for Grierson Awards 2014 Best Documentary Series
★★★★★ The Telegraph ★★★★★ The Times


EDITOR SAM BERGSON | SERIES PRODUCER FLAVIA TAYLOR
SERIES DIRECTOR ALISA POMEROY EXEC PRODUCERS EMMA TUTTY | SIMON FORD | JOHNATHAN SMITH

FRAT BOYS: INSIDE AMERICA'S FRATERNITIES 

 

Filmed, produced and directed this single film for the This World documentary strand within the BBC. Negotiated access to a fraternity and filmed across a term at the University of Central Florida as new students pledged to become part of the brotherhood. Also told the stories of the darker side of fraternities, of fostering a culture of brutality and sexual assault. 

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"Wealth, bigger pecs and life-long bonds – there might be some perks to being a frat boy. But this gripping doc exposes the sinister side"

★★★★The Guardian 


EDITOR CHRIS BRAINWOOD | PRODUCER SARA FOUDY
EXEC PRODUCERS SARAH WALDRON  | SAM BAGNALL 

INSIDE BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL 
 

Self-shot, produced and directed across 6 months, following  the stories of children and their families as they go through Birmingham Children's Hospital

 

"emotionally intense documentary" Daily  Mail 

"hugely moving" Times 

"quietly compelling" Telegraph 

"beautifully made, very moving... leaves you emotionally wrung out but uplifted." Radio Times 


EDITOR SAM BERGSON | SERIES PRODUCER LUCY MORGAN
SERIES DIRECTORS MAX SHAPIRA | HAMISH FERGUSON EXEC PRODUCERS EMMA LOACH | JESSIE VERSLUYS 

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