Satusfaction

2^nd January
Channel 4
Lincoln Square Productions
Editor: Duncan Buchanan
Post-production Directors’ Cut

At the time of his sudden death at the age of 57 Prince was one of the most successful performers of all time selling more than 100 million records. This new documentary by Lincoln Square Productions looks at the last year of his life, following him from a secret gig at The White House to his first ever solo concerts. With access and contributions from CeeLo Green, George Clinton and Rev Al Sharpton, this hour-long documentary follows the musical and political passions of Prince’s life. The film also contains interviews from friend and political commentator Van Jones, singer Eryn Allen Kane and former girlfriend Andy Allo.

More info on the documentary can be found in Broadcast magazine .

Congratulations to Duncan Buchanan who was one of the lead editors on the project.

ITV

Thursday 21^st Dec 9PM.

Editor: Abraham Teweldebrhan

As part of the editing team,  Abraham Teweldebrhan, worked his socks off to get this show ready in a very tight turnaround! The programme sees Gordon and Gino going head to head to lay on a spectacular festive banquet. The feast is for deserving members of the public and emergency services who have risked their lives in horrendous circumstances this year such as terror attacks and the tragedy of Grenfell Tower. The banquet is being held at Merchant Taylor’s Hall, near to Borough Market and Westminster Bridge – both locations for terror attacks in 2017.

First Dates Maître d’ Fred Sirieix and Comedian Stephen Merchant will also be on hand to get the results from the diners on the night and see whether Gordon or Gino’s menu and dishes have triumphed.

Gordon, Gino and Fred’s Great Christmas Roast airs Thursday 21st December at 9pm on ITV.

BBC 2
Editor Jenny Sheridan
Christmas Specials 18th/19th/20th December 10pm

The League of Gentlemen is returning to BBC2 for three new episodes!

The pitch-black comedy finished on BBC2 in 2002 and was followed by a film in 2005, The League of Gentlemen’s Apocalypse. Now it’s back for three new episodes.  All four of The League of Gentlemen’s original creators – Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, Jeremy Dyson, and Reece Shearsmith – will reunite for the new specials airing on 18^th, 19^th and 20^th Dec.

Jenny Sheridan edited the three new episodes with the lovely Desiree Ivegbuna as her edit support and rough assembly editor. Jenny  said “The most challenging thing was actually when it was all over. Being a part of something that I’d grown up watching, loving and quoting was just incredible. I had to pinch myself on a daily basis. Then when we picture locked the final episode it felt like a historic moment, the end of an era really”

Congratulations Desiree and Jenny, we can’t wait to watch

More info can be found here.

See the trailer here.

Editor Tom Savage

Shine for BBC1

In this series, Mary Berry discovers the rich history of our nation’s greatest stately homes through the prism of food.  Revealing life both upstairs and downstairs, Mary will meet the present day custodians and their knowledgeable, dedicated staff as she visits the gardens, kitchens and private rooms.  Tom Savage edited tonight’s episode. He said “Everyone was lovely on it although frightfully well spoken, so even though I felt like I’d gatecrashed a party in the Home Counties I quite quickly found my inner Mary Berryness”

Wednesday’s at 8pm on BBC one.

Other episodes can be watched here

Editor Tom Deverell

‘East’ episode: Wednesday 29^th Nov at 9pm

BBC 4

Professor Alice Roberts explores some of this year’s most exciting archaeological finds from the east of Britain. Each discovery comes straight from the trenches/site, filmed by the archaeologists themselves.

The biggest collection of Roman writing tablets in Britain are unearthed, giving insight into what Roman London was really like. Off the coast of Kent, the team dive into the English Channel to complete the biggest marine excavation since the Mary Rose – an 18th-century East India Company ship, packed with silver. Also in Kent, they are on the detective trail to find the very first evidence of Julius Caesar’s invasion of Britain – an ancient fort scattered with human skulls and weapons.

Wednesday’s episode edited by Tom Deverell.

More episodes can be seen here.

Editor Franco Bogino
Pulse Films for Apple Music
Director: John Dower

The documentary will be released on the 24^th November on Apple Music to coincide with the release of the Who Built The Moon album. It includes footage from an intimate gig in York Hall, London to promote the album.

Franco Bogino edited the film and said “It was great fun to work on because Noel is a right joker, so the material was very funny. There was limited access so we had to make the little we had go far. The best thing about it was that I got on the guest list for the concert featured in the doc, and I got to meet Noel. It was very brief, the only thing he said to me was ‘Don’t f**k it up you c***’!”

Edited by Jennifer Hampson
10.45pm BBC1

Executive Producers: Tom Anstiss and Paul Hamann
Producer:  Laura McCutcheon
Filmed, Produced & Directed by: Katharine English
Editor: Jennifer Hampson
Narrated by: Julian Barratt

With access to a national charity, who are fighting to protect victims of stalking, this documentary reveals the failures in the criminal justice system which currently leaves many victims vulnerable to an attack. Filmed over 12 months ‘Stalkers’ follows 3 victims who are at high risk of harm. They face death threats and live in fear each are trying to bring a resolution to their ordeal.

The new series gets underway this Sunday 19^th November.

The reality show sees 12 celebrities live together in the Australian jungle for around three weeks with no luxuries. They have to endure daily Bush tucker trails and compete to be crowned king or queen of the jungle. The show is hosted by national treasures Ant and Dec. Celebrities this year include Stanley Johnson, Dennis Wise and Vanessa White.

Tim Fielding, Derek Simon and Janet Shaw  all editing the series.

Catch the first Episode at 9pm, Sunday ITV

The Satusfaction team had a great time attending this year’s Televisual Factual Festival at BAFTA. Big highlights were ‘Meet the Commissioners  – Specialist Factual and Fact-Ent, what next?’ We learnt what attracts specific commissioners to a particular programme, how access to a brilliant situation or character is always key and how channels are hungry for new game changing ideas, that hit the sweet spot of national consciousness.

We heard Tom McDonald speak about how new science and technology are to thank for why he was  able to commission Blue Planet 2 – we even got a sneak peek at next week’s episode!

Will Anderson’s passionate talk about The War on Waste was inspiring and we were blown away by tales of legendary natural history producer, Alistair Fothergill’s adventures on Planet Earth and Blue Planet.

Congratulations to Franco for being nominated for editing Ben Steele’s Orphans of Ebola. Franco was lucky enough to attend the event in New York.

Ben Steele’s Orphans of Ebola follows Abu, a 12-year-old boy from a Sierra Leone village, who loses eight members of his family and must restart his life elsewhere. Filmed over a period of four months, beginning just after the height of the epidemic in December 2014 through the reopening of the country’s schools in April 2015, Abu’s story illustrates the incredible bravery of the thousands of children who have been orphaned by Ebola as they reconcile with the past and forge new lives. Orphans of Ebola was filmed, written and directed by Ben Steele; executive producers, Karen Edwards and Fiona Stourton. For HBO: senior producer, Nancy Abraham; executive producer, Sheila Nevins.

The list of winners is on the National Television Academy’s website: www.emmyonline.tv