Referees
Sarah Trigg, Exec Producer, BBC Studios - sarah.trigg@bbc.co.uk
Licences
Basic Driving (PLG), Motorcycle
Employment History
Jul 2021 - Oct 2022 Shooting Producer / Director & Edit Producer BBC England - "We Are England"
Filmed, directed, produced and edit produced five one-off half hour character & talent-led documentary films as part of this formatted series for prime-time BBC1. Saw films from conception to delivery through programme development, casting, securing access and editorial compliance.
Jan 2013 - Jul 2021 Shooting
Jul 2021 - Oct 2022 Shooting Producer / Director & Edit Producer BBC England - "We Are England"
Filmed, directed, produced and edit produced five one-off half hour character & talent-led documentary films as part of this formatted series for prime-time BBC1. Saw films from conception to delivery through programme development, casting, securing access and editorial compliance.
Jan 2013 - Jul 2021 Shooting Producer / Director & Edit Producer - BBC West
Originated and developed single issue 30 min documentaries for network and regional BBC1. Produced, directed, filmed and edit produced 30 and 60 min documentaries for regional and network BBC1 and BBC2.
Jan 2013 - Jul 2021 Investigations Producer BBC West "Inside Out West"
May 2006 - Jan 2013 Producer BBC East Midlands "Inside Out East Midlands"
Produced and directed more than 120 one-off 10 minute, 15 minute and half hour presenter led, character led and talent led investigative documentary films as part of a formatted series. Seeing films from conception to delivery through journalism, management of complex editorial and legal issues. Highlights include tracking and doorstepping violent criminals in Northern Cyprus and Costa Del Sol; exposing a British headmaster as a violent paedophile, doorstepping the inventor of a fake bomb detector in Romania, going undercover at a variety of places including G4S where I filmed widespread technical failings, corrupt monitoring officers and a manager who lied to reach targets. Four members of staff were sacked, a Home Office review launched and the story led every news outlet all day.
Feb 2001 - May 2006 - Journalist / Reporter / Feature Writer
Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror, The Sun, Sunday People, The Times, Sunday Times, London Evening Standard
Researching and writing news stories for a variety of newspapers. Highlights included:
- Travelling to Bhopal in India and gaining access to the Union Carbide pesticide factory to document
the toxic chemicals and heavy metals that were polluting groundwater supplies.
- Working undercover as a rickshaw rider in the West End of London
- Working undercover and infiltrating a group of anarchists in the run up to the G8 summit at
Gleneagles in Edinburgh
Additional Information
Programme Types
Current Affairs, Documentary, Factual, Hidden Camera, Investigative, Observational Documentary
Specialisms
Journalism, News & Current Affairs, Programme Development, Undercover Investigation