Ludo Graham

Experienced & versatile Series Producer/Director.
Self-shooter (FS7, FX6, AS7, C300 etc) .
BAFTA winner (Features) for BBC2's 'The Choir' 2007.

2023-24 Historic House Rescue, 2 x 60' for C4/More4
Shooting Series Producer/Director (Boom TV Cardiff) [ongoing shoots over 18 months]
Series presented by Dr Anna Keay, director of the Landmark Trust, documenting the restoration of a medieval manor house near Leeds, and an RAF WWII watchtower in the New Forest. Self-shooting on FS7 & Mavic Pro drone.
Executive Producer: Sam Grace (Boom Cymru)

2022-23 (NDA signed)
Producer/Director (OR Media Ltd)
High-end series shot in and around Saudi Arabia & the Gulf. Fully crewed, shooting in 4K using tracks, jibs etc

2022 Escape to the Farm, Series 3: 8 x 60' for Channel 5
Shooting Series Producer/Director (Raise The Roof Productions)
Shot on and around her small farm in the Wye Valley, Kate Humble & her local farming and food-producing friends champion farming, wildlife and local produce for the 21st century. Self-shot on Canon C300/Sony FS7 & Mavic Pro 4K drone.
Executive Producer: Andrew Jackson (Raise The Roof), Series Editor: Jo Scott

2021 Killing Fields: Foot & Mouth 2021 1 x 60' for BBC Wales
Executive Producer (Steffan Morgan Films, Cardiff)
A one-off look back on the 20th anniversary of the Foot & Mouth crisis of 2001. With access to previously unseen footage, and moving interviews with key players speaking about the crisis for the first time.
Producer: Steffan Morgan, Commissioning Editor: Christina Macaulay (BBC Wales)

2021 Escape to the Farm, Series 2: 8 x 60' for Channel 5
Shooting Series Producer/Director (Raise The Roof Productions)
Shot on and around her small farm in the Wye Valley, Kate Humble & her local farming and food-producing friends champion farming and local produce for the 21st century. Self-shot on Canon C300 & Mavic Pro 4K drone. As a Covid-19 treat, all voice-overs recorded on home audio kit.
Executive Producer: Andrew Jackson (Raise The Roof), Series Producer: Jo Scott

2020 Escape to the Farm, 1 x 60' Winter Special for Channel 5 (for TX 2020)
Shooting Producer/Director (Raise The Roof Productions)
One-off winter special from the farm with Kate Humble
Executive Producer: Andrew Jackson (Raise The Roof), Series Producer: Jo Scott

2020 Historic House Rescue, Fairburn Tower 1 x 60' for C4/More4
Shooting Series Producer/Director (Boom TV Cardiff) [ongoing occasional shoots over 18 months]
Series presented by Dr Anna Keay, director of the Landmark Trust, documenting the restoration of a C17th Scottish tower house significant ruin to beautifully restored holiday let. Self-shot on C300 & Mavic Pro drone.
Executive Producer: Sam Grace (Boom Cymru)

2020 Escape to the Farm, Series 1: 4 x 60' for Channel 5
Shooting Series Producer/Director (Raise The Roof Productions)
Shot on and around her small farm in the Wye Valley, Kate Humble & her local farming and food-producing friends champion farming and local produce for the 21st century. Self-shot on Canon C300 & Mavic Pro 4K drone. All voice-overs recorded on my Covid-issue pro-audio kit at home!
Executive Producer: Andrew Jackson (Raise The Roof), Series Editor: Jo Scott

2020 The Weekend Workshop, 5 x 60' for Discovery HGTV
Shooting Producer/Director (Angel Eye Media)
Kate Humble, Max McMurdo & Zoe Pocock repurpose and upcycle old unwanted objects into desirable and ingenious craft masterpieces. Self-shot on Sony FS7 & Mavic Pro 4K drone.
Angel Eye: Series Producer - Ollie Durrant, Executive Producer - Richard Osborne

2020 Countryfile, 6 x 5' for BBC1
Shooting Producer/Director (BBC Bristol)
Various inserts featuring Kate Humble, shot during lockdown. Self-shot on Canon C300 & Mavic Pro 4K drone.
Series Editor: Jane Lomas (BBC Bristol)

2019 Historic House Rescue, 1 x 60' for C4/More4
Shooting Series Producer/Director (Boomerang TV Cardiff)
Series presented by Dr Anna Keay, director of the Landmark Trust, documenting the restoration of an 18th C dairy in Kent from significant ruin to beautifully restored holiday let. Self-shot on C300.
Executive Producer: Sam Grace (Boomerang)

2019 Drain The Oceans, 1 x 60' for National Geographic/C5
Shooting Producer/Director (Mallinson Sadler, Bristol)
Filmed on location in Bikini Atoll, a CGI-rich documentary charting the US nuclear tests in the 1940s and 1950s, with deep dives on submarines, ships and an aircraft carrier used as nuclear guinea pigs. Self-shot on Sony FS7.
Executive Producers: Phil Craig, Crispin Sadler, Jobim Sampson / Commissioning Editor: Simon Raikes (NatGeo)

2018 BEING FIRST MINISTER
Executive Producer, Wildflame TV Cardiff, 1 x 60' on Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones for BBC Wales

2016 - 2018 BRITAIN'S REFUGEE CHILDREN
Filmed, produced & directed 1 x 60' (True Vision Wales for Channel 4 Current Affairs)

2014 TOM'S FANTASTIC FLOATING HOME
Executive Producer, Twenty Twenty TV

2009 - 2014 Set up and ran Humble by Nature, a working farm running courses in rural skills.

2008 - 2009 BBC WALES
Executive Producer, Factual Programmes
TOP DOGS: ADVENTURES IN WAR, SEA AND ICE
ALEXANDRA TOLSTOY'S HORSE PEOPLE
MUSEUM OF LIFE
RIVERS WITH GRIFF RHYS JONES

2007 TONY ROBINSON'S CRIME & PUNISHMENT, 4 x 60' for Channel 4
Series Producer (Firefly Productions) Four-part history of English law, for TX June 2008

2005/6 THE CHOIR, 3 x 1-hour for BBC2
Series Producer/Director (Twenty Twenty Television)
BAFTA winner (Features)
An observational series following choirmaster Gareth Malone as he forms a brand new choir at a school that's never had one before, and his attempts to get good them enough to compete in the 2006 China Choir Olympics.

2005 THAT'LL TEACH 'EM: BOYS vs GIRLS, 5 x 60' for Channel 4
Series Producer (Twenty Twenty Television)
Returning series of highly acclaimed C4 history show, showing what happens when a group of 16-years olds are given a dose of 1950s-style grammar school education.

2004 THE ROAD TO BERLIN, 10 x 30' for Discovery UK
Series Producer (ITN Factual)
Comedian Al Murray tells the story of the Allied victory in Europe, driving a wartime jeep from the D-Day beaches to the heart of Berlin. On the way he meets veterans from all sides of the conflict and tries out some of the original military hardware. I also directed first two films of the series.

2003 TIME COMMANDERS, 8 x 60' + 8 x 45' for BBC2
Series Producer (Lion Television)
Studio-based military strategy show, in which non-expert teams re-fight historical battles using sophisticated real-time graphics. Presented by Eddie Mair.

2003 THE TRUTH ABOUT YOUR MONEY, 1 x 50' for Channel 4 Current Affairs
Producer/Director (Lion Television)
Economist Andrew Dilnot looks at the effects of the crashing stock market on the nation's money, and how best to make it work for us.

2002 THE TRUTH ABOUT PENSIONS, 1 x 50' for Channel 4 Current Affairs
Producer/Director (Lion Television)
Economist Andrew Dilnot's personal take on the UK pensions business, criticising both government and pensions industry; interviewees included Nigel Lawson and Frank Field MP.

2002 CASTLE, 6 x 50' history series for Channel 4
Producer/Director (Lion Television)
Produced two of the six films charting the story of British castles, presented by historian Dr Marc Morris.

2001 POLITICS ISN'T WORKING: MORE UNEQUAL THAN EVER (1 x 48' for Channel 4 Current Affairs)
Producer/Director (Lion Television)
1 x 50' documentary on the wealth gap, with Andrew Dilnot of the Institute for Fiscal Studies. (Lion Television, London)

1999/2000 PADDINGTON GREEN, 24 x 30' for BBC1
Series Producer (Lion Television)
Ground-breaking observational documentary series. (Lion Television, London)

1999 LAUGHTER: THE BEST MEDICINE?, 1 x 30' for Arte
Producer/Director (Cafe Productions)
AWARD: Winner of Moet et Chandon prize 2000

1999 THE FOOD OF LOVE, 1 x 30' for Arte
Producer/Director (Cafe Productions)

1998 PADDINGTON GREEN, 5 of 30 x 30' series for BBC1
Ground-breaking observational documentary series
Producer/Director (Lion Television)

1997 LIVING IN EXTREMES, ALASKAN WILDS, ANIMAL ATHLETES, 3 x 60' for Discovery US
Series Producer/Director (Cafe Productions)
A series of wildlife films combining archive, original footage and high-tech graphics. (Cafe Productions, London)

1997 IRISH EMPIRE: BUILDING THE WORLD, 1 x 60' for BBC/RTE
Edit Director (Cafe Productions)
Part of series tracking the Irish diaspora and their influence on the world.

1996 STRICTLY SUPERNATURAL, 3 x 50' for Discovery US
Producer/Director (Cafe Productions)
Films on "Seances", "Tarot" and "Astrology".

1996 OFF THE BEATEN TRACK, 2 x 30' for BBC/RTE
Producer/Director (Stirling Films, Belfast)
2 of a series of travel programmes retracing disused railway lines with Liam Clancy and Oz Clark.

1996 EYEWITNESS: APE, 1 x 30' for BBC/Dorling Kindersley
Director (Cafe Productions)
Part of award-winning "Eyewitness" natural history series.

1995 COAST TO COAST, 13 x 30' for BBC Scotland/Nickelodeon
Series Producer/Director (Clear Idea Television)
Children's adventure travel series taking 8 teenage reporters across the USA, from New York to L.A.

1993/1994
Producer/director of various live studio and PSC children's programmes for The Children's Channel, London.

1992/1993
Studio and PSC director: "Wemyss Bay 902101" for Scottish Television
Weekly children's magazine show live from multi-camera studio. (Scottish Television, Glasgow)

1989/1992
Producer/director at Clear Idea Television making children's programmes for BBC Education, Granada Television, TV-am, Central Television etc.