Series Producer
`Nation on Film - BBC2/4, six x 30 minute programmes on a Social History of the UK using rare and previously un -broadcast archive, placing emphasis on narrative. Managing three regional teams and keeping the Open University on side for the BBC's re-launch of a major archive based strand.
`Beyond the Naked Eye - BBC2, three x 30 minute science programmes. Using a small budget to punch across its weight. This series involved Nobel Prize winners and extensive foreign filming .Remains one of the most popular series within the Open University archive.
The Arab Spring three x 60 minutes for Unique TV. Being distributed in the Middle East (
Producer/Director
The Arab Spring
3 x 60 minute documentaries on the Arab uprisings. Fiming in Tunisia,Egypt, Lebanon, Turkey, UAE, Oman.
Unique TV
To view
http://www.manoto1.com/Videos/arabspringep1?subjectid=3
Iran's Nuclear gamble
60 minute documentary on Iran's rush to nuclear power. Filmed in Chernobyl, Russia and Spain. Unique Tv
America held hostage; 30 years since the Iranians took over the US embassy in Tehran. Interviews with the hostages, and Ted Koppel from ABC .BBC World and BBC Persian.
100 years of the Girl Guides. BBC4/BBC2 Using interviews from famous ex-girl guides and women with remarkable stories to tell, it is a celebration of the largest single sexed voluntary organisation in the BBC. Narrated by Dominic West.
60 minutes Clan productions
Power to the people. The other America
30 minute film on the revolutionary changes made by Evo Morales in Bolivia and those that seek to oppose him.
BBC World
to view film go to http://www.rockhopper.tv/programmes/226
The Deadliest Disease BBC 60 minute documentary in High Def on Sleeping Sickness and Health Care in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Rockhopper TV. 2008
To view film go to http://www.rockhopper.tv/programmes/150
Development Producer
Marquee productions and BBC Vision London
Dispatches: Britain's commuter nightmares Ch4 presented by Bob Kiley, London's former transport commissioner. (2006) SMG
Cabinet Confidential, 40 minute programme on the troubles in Northern Ireland for BBCNI (2005) Takeaway Media
`Shooting the War, Nation on Film special for VE day. BBC2/4 (2005) Narrated by David Suchet
`Sex and Marriage, Nation on Film BBC2/4 (2004) Narrated by Lesley Sharpe
A history of VD and contraception.
`The Body Beautiful, Nation on Film BBC2/4 (2004) Narrated by Lesley Sharpe
How fashion and celebrity became part of British life.
`How safe is your pension? Mentorn/Raw for 30 Minutes Channel 4 (2004) with Liam Halligan
2004 Winner of Best Broadcast story for Business Journalists.
`Blair's War. Mentorn PBS (US) (2003) A history of how Blair took the UK to war in Iraq
`The End of the Race against Time. BBC2 (Science) (2001) with Nobel Prize winner Ahmed Zewail.
`Bolivian Blues. TVE/BBC (2000) Following the World Bank's monumental failure in Bolivia
`The Real General Pinochet. Mentorn for Channel 4 (1999) Narrated by Tim Piggot-Smith A biography of the Chilean dictator with the only ever recorded interview of fellow coup leader. Air Force General Gustavo Leigh.
`The Baby Makers, 3 x 50 minute programmes. Mentorn for Channel 4
(Director/Assistant Producer) (1998/9)
Winner BMA award for best science programme.
Current Affairs and News
The Cocaine Trade. Four films for Newsnight. Reporter John Simpson.
Zapatistas. Three films on Mexico for Newsnight. Reporter John Simpson.
Che Guevara, his last days. BBC Newsnight/ZDF Germany.
ETA/ GAL and the Basque Country. Exclusive reports for Channel Four on the Spanish shoot to kill policy.
The Taliban. Reports from Afghanistan with Saira Shah.
Winner: Amnesty International Award
Sudan's oil. Special Report for Channel Four with Julie Flint.
Runner up - One World Media award.
Staff producer at Channel Four News, specialising in foreign affairs and conflict areas.
Assistant/ Associate Producer on Spain and Latin America.
`War of the Flea - episode of Peoples Century BBC/WGBH Boston.
Directing in Cuba, researching in Afghanistan, Pakistan, USA, Argentina.
Cocaine Industry/death of Pablo Escobar - BBC News, with John Simpson.
Spanish general election - field producer for BBC Business Breakfast.
Guatemala and Belize, part of BBC Rough Guide to the Americas.Presenters: Magenta de Vine and Rajan Datar
Cuba, Castro and the Economy - several films for BBC Newsnight.
Abimael Guzman, Shining Path and Fujimoris corrupt Peruvian government for BBC Newsnight - Six films with John Simpson.
Historical Advisor/Consultant
`The Cold War, Jeremy Isaacs Productions.
`Fidel Castro, Big Man Small Island BBC obituary department.
On- screen appearances
As Basque specialist: BBC, Channel 4, MBC, CNN
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