The Ballymurphy Precedent

Dartmouth Films Presents an Awen Media Production of an Outsider Movie Company Film in Association with Channel 4

Director Callum Macrae

Editor Charlie Hawryliw

The Ballymurphy Precedent tells the unknown story death of eleven innocent people at the hands of the British Army in a Catholic estate in Belfast in 1971. This is a massacre that few have heard of, yet it was one of the most significant events in the Troubles. The British army continues to cover it up because they cannot afford to admit the truth. The relatives of those who died are fighting for justice – and our investigation shows why. This secret massacre led directly to the Bloody Sunday killings by the same Parachute regiment just five months later.

The World Premiere will be at Sheffield Doc Festival Monday 11th June and it will also be screened there on Tuesday 12th June.

Watch the trailer here.

Tessa Jowell: Her Last Campaign

Firecrest Films

Monday 4th June at 7.30pm on BBC1.

Edited by Ella Newton

Ella Newton edited this inspiring special edition of BBC Panorama. Filmed in April, eleven months after her diagnosis with a brain tumour , it followed Tessa Jowell as she used her last weeks to secure her key demands on cancer funding and access to more cancer treatments on the NHS. It includes her powerful appearance at the Houses of Parliament.

Monday 4th June at 7.30pm on BBC1.

 

Training Days with Jack Whitehall

Training Days with Jack Whitehall is now available on YouTube.

Launching  today, May 9th, Jack Whitehall: Training Days is the brand new unscripted comedy series that sees Jack Whitehall take some of the biggest names in football out of their comfort zones and into hilarious situations.

Watch the trailer here

Production Company: Fulwell 73

Director: Gabe Turner

Editor: Joe Swanson

Joe loved working on the series, he said “It was an incredibly exciting and challenging project to work on. YouTube’s first European Commission featuring some of the biggest names in the game, plus some Tottenham players. It was a hell of a lot of fun!”

Mercury 13 is now available on Netflix.

Paul Holland stepped in to fill the rather big shoes of editor David Fairhead who had a long history of working with the director David Sington, so the main challenge was to be sympathetic to their rhythm and style of cutting (which was quite different to his own) whilst trying to bring something new to the table. Paul feels the experience of each job is as important as the final film and in this instance could not have hoped to work with such a skilled and affable team, there were many nights were he actually forgot he had a family to get home to as he was enjoying himself so much!

Directed by: Heather Walsh and David Sington

Production Company: Fine Point Films in association with DOX Productions.

You can watch the trailer on YouTube here.

Rich Kids Go Skint

Kalel Productions

5 Star  9PM

Editors Gruff Lovrgreen and Gwyn Moxham

In this series, 6 rich kids ditch their fast cars, five-star hotels and endless shopping trips to go skint with families living on the breadline. During their stay, they’ll experience the shock of living below the poverty line, by helping to shop, feed, and babysit for families who can barely make ends meet. Sparks will fly and tears will fall as they face the most challenging time of their entire lives. Gwyn Moxham and Gruff Lovgreen both enjoyed working on this series. Gruff  said “It was a fun series to work on – it’s always interesting to see how people from completely different backgrounds get along and finding the balance between both sides was tricky at times, especially when you could see both sides of the arguments”. He edited Ep one which is on air Wednesday 18th April on 5 Star.

Dispatches: The True Cost of Green Energy

Monday 8-8.30pm

Channel 4

Editor:  Simon Cooper ( Badger)

Biomass will provide up to 30% of our renewable energy by 2020. But is burning wood instead of coal environmentally friendly? Edited by Simon Cooper , this Dispatches episode follows reporter Antony Barnett as he investigates a subsidised renewable energy industry that turns trees into fuel. He travels to the forestlands of the south-eastern United States to find one source of this controversial ‘carbon-neutral’ fuel, and the biodiverse wetlands of Virginia and North Carolina, where millions of tonnes of wood are harvested and processed into pellets, which are burnt in one of Britain’s largest power stations.

 Monday 16th April at 8pm.

Indian Summer School

Channel 4
Naked Entertainment

This documentary follows five working-class British boys who, having failed their core GCSEs, prepare to re-sit their exams at an Indian boarding school. The world-famous Doon School has an exam pass rate of 100 per cent and British head teacher Matthew Raggett believes he can transform the boys’ prospects in just six months.

Simon Cooper (Badger) and Mohsin Bhatti both worked on the series.

Badger said that “The major challenges on this show were the sheer quantity of rushes and the number of storylines to juggle. We also had some characters who were stronger than others so we had to make sure we were fair to the contributors. There were some very sensitive issues over bullying that were rewarding to cut and a wealth of beautiful images to dwell upon, something we were keen to not get lost in the rush to tell the story. Probably one of the most photogenic shows I’ve ever worked on”

Mohsin’s Episode will air on Thursday 12th April. He said “Without giving too much away, the final episode is about big achievements coupled with emotional turns. For us in the edit, one of the biggest challenge was that there was quite a lot of story arches to pack in! It was a real pleasure working with Ziyaad Desai (Producer) and Matt Pelly (Series Producer/Director), they made the experience even more enjoyable and I think it shows in the programme!”

The final episode is on Thursday 12th April at 9pm Channel 4 or you can catch up on other episodes here.

 

BAFTA Television Nominations Announced

Congratulations to all the nominees! A special well done to:

‘Old People’s Home for Four Year Olds’ nominated in the Reality and Constructed Factual category- Belle Borgeaud edited two episodes of this wonderful series.

‘Britain’s Got Talent’ nominated in the Entertainment Programme category- Tom Thurston Matthews worked on this popular series.

‘The Secret Life of The Zoo’ nominated in the Features category- Jen Hampson and Tanya Trochoulias worked on this observational documentary series.

“Crusing with Jane McDonald” also nominated in the Features category- Joe Swanson and Roy Williams worked on this high rating series.

The winners will be announced on Sunday 13th May!

The Investigator: A British Crime Story

Series 2
3 Part Series
Episode 1 Thursday 5th April 9pm ITV

Journalist and former detective Mark Williams-Thomas looks into a series of missing women and unsolved murder cases, and attempts to link them to two men currently serving time for murder. His investigation begins with 18-year-old Louise Kay, who disappeared from Eastbourne, East Sussex, in June 1988. Her family are desperate for answers and Williams-Thomas’s inquiry soon leads to the prime suspect in her possible murder – convicted killer Peter Tobin, who was living nearby at the time.

Phil Bowman edited Episode One which will aired on Thursday 5th April. Mohsin Bhatti also worked on the series.

The Secret Helpers

BBC2

Editors Dan Stewart and Sarjit Bains

Wednesdays 8pm

In a warm and entertaining new five-part series, ten Brits, about to embark on one of the toughest weeks of their lives, welcome the support and advice of wise strangers from around the world through a secret in-ear device for one week. Whilst the sages’ words are beamed live right into their ear day and night, family, friends and colleagues remain totally unaware of these unseen secret helpers. As the Brits face challenges and dilemmas, the sages tell them exactly what they think in real time, offering tips, advice and home-grown perspectives on life, love and everything in between.

Dan and Sarjit both worked on the series.

Watch the Trailer here.

Episode One 8pm Wednesday 21st March BBC2

Sunderland Til I Die: Series 3

Editor: Jake Lofdahl Exec Producers: Benjamin Turner & Leo Pearlman Fulwell 73 for Netflix Picture: Netflix Confirmed to be the final season with just three episodes, Sunderland Til I Die returns to Netflix on 13th February.  Jake Lofdahl was co-editor on Episode 1. The returning sports ob… Read More

The Traitors USA Series 2

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Bad Surgeon: Love Under the Knife

Nutopia for Netflix Premieres: 29th November Editor: Franco Bogino Director: Ben Steele This documentary series explores the rise and then dramatic downfall of the ‘superstar surgeon’ Paolo Macchiarini. In 2011, Macchiarini was heralded for revolutionizing transplant medicine with his groundbreaking alternative to organ donation , plastic windpipes that seemed… Read More

Robbie Williams

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Brawn: The Impossible Formula One Story

North One for Disney+ 15th November 2023 Exec Producers: Neil Duncanson and Keanu Reeves Editors Matt Lowe, Jayesh Lathia Felix Black and Bahader Mattu This filmic four-part documentary series with Keanu Reeves uses interviews and archive to tell the incredible story of Ross Brawn who led a… Read More

Who Killed Jill Dando?

Empress Films for Netflix Director: Marcus Plowright Executive Producer: Emma Cooper Editor: Abraham Teweldebrhan In 1999 BBC presenter Jill Dando was sadly shot dead outside her home in west London, her murder led to a high profile and complex investigation. A suspect, Barry George was convicted and imprisoned for… Read More

AP Dhillon: First of a Kind

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