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
Martin Luther King by Trevor McDonald
Thursday 22nd March 9pm ITV
Editor Nick Follows
Nick worked on this intensely moving documentary which follows Trevor McDonald as he travels America to cover a story he has always wanted to explore: the life of the Civil Rights icon, Martin Luther King. Starting with the monumental ‘I Have a Dream’ Speech in Washington, this films sees McDonald discover how King became a Civil Rights leader almost by accident. He visits Alabama and the cities of Montgomery, Birmingham and Selma, where King was met with the ugly face of bigotry and violence. He goes to King’s first married home, and to the motel in Memphis, Tennessee where he was assassinated. He uncovers new sides to the story, speaks to a former member of the Ku Klux Klan and interviews an expert on the horrors of lynching in 20th-century America. He also asks some of black role models, including Naomi Campbell, General Colin Powell and the Rev Al Sharpton, what Martin Luther King means to them.
Thursday 22nd March 9pm ITV
The Ruth Ellis Files: A Very British Crime Story
9pm, BBC Four
Episode 2: Tuesday 14th March
Editor Duncan Buchanan
In this investigative three-part series for BBC Four, filmmaker Gillian Pachter re-examines the Ruth Ellis case.
In April 1955 Ruth Ellis shot her lover David Blakely dead. It’s a case that shocked the nation and it still fascinates today. It has its place in ushering in the defence of diminished responsibility and the eventual abolishment of capital punishment. We all think we know the story, but why, when it was seemingly such an open and shut case, does it still divide opinion on whether Ruth Ellis got the justice she deserved? Film-maker Gillian Pachter wants to find out. The result is a fresh investigation with fascinating true-crime twists and turns that also shines a unique light on attitudes to class, gender and sex in 1950s London.
Duncan Buchanan edited Episode 2 in which Gillian turns her attention to Ruth’s trial which took just a day and a half. She starts with a tape-recorded conversation from the 1980s between Ruth’s son Andre and the barrister who led the prosecution. Andre expresses doubts about his mother’s trial, calling into question her state of mind and whether she was a cold-blooded killer.
Episode 1 has had some fantastic reviews so we cant wait to watch the second Ep tonight at 9pm.
Episode 1 can be seen here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09vppkn/episodes/player
Episode 2 edited by Duncan Buchanan is on tonight: Tues 14th March at 9pm and the final episode will be on tomorrow at 9pm.

Classic Mary Berry
Classic Mary Berry sees the food writer demonstrates a range of recipes to tempt family and friends, featuring classics, simple British dishes and modern favourites. Tom Savage edited episode one of the new series. Mary starts with comfort food: a lamb stew, a rich pudding and a fabulous-looking breakfast.
Monday 26th February, 8.30pm on BBC1
Graham Taylor
Graham Taylor has been busy, last night broadcast two projects he’s been working on, firstly the Brit Awards. Graham edited the Mastercard campaign that surrounded the awards.
He also edited Murdered for Love The True Story of Samia Shahids Honour Killing. This is a brutal, chilling story of 28-year-old Samia Shahid from Bradford who was found dead in Pakistan.Eight days later, her father and ex-husband were arrested in connection with her murder.
This type of story is rarely told and in this film, using cutting edge technology interview techniques, the girls closest to Samia tell the story in their own words.
Murdered for Love is currently available on BBCIplayer
Secrets of the National Trust with Alan Titchmarsh
Series 2 – Episode 1 Hardwick Hall
Tue 27th Feb 8pm – 9pm
Editor: Simon Warner
Executive Producer Juliet Rice
Producer Megan Macqueen
Series Producer Ross Curran
Alan Titchmarsh and a team of familiar faces visit historic properties owned by the National Trust revealing the hidden history, human stories and natural history behind each one. Simon Warner worked on three episodes including Episode 1: Hardwick Hall. Richard Lace also edited small parts across the series.
In Episode 1 edited by Simon, Alan explores Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire. Once the home of Elizabeth Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury, commonly known as Bess of Hardwick. From humble beginnings, she amassed great wealth, land and a title. Alan gets to see bits of the Hardwick estate most of us will never see, including a staircase to the roof squeezed between two walls.
Tuesday’s 8pm or you can catch up on espisodes on Channel5.com
Three Identical Strangers: Wins at Sundance!
Winner Documentary Special Jury Award for Storytelling
Director: Tim Wardle
Producer: Becky Read
Executive Producers: Dimitri Doganis, Amy Entelis, Sara Ramsden, Adam Hawkins, Courtney Sexton and Tom Barry
Editor Michael Harte
Tim Wardle’s “Three Identical Strangers,” a documentary about triplets born on Long Island and given away to separate families, won a special jury award at the Sundance Film Festival on Sunday.
In addition it was purchased last week by the distribution company Neon. The newly launched indie studio bought the film from CNN Films, which will retain U.S. broadcast rights
Congratulations to Michael and the team at Raw!
Three Identical Strangers in Sundance Film Festival
Director: Tim Wardle
Producer: Becky Read
Editor: Michael Harte
Congratulations to Michael Harte who edited ‘Three Identical Strangers’ which has just got into Sundance Film Festival. The documentary looks at three complete strangers who accidentally discover that they are identical triplets, separated at birth. The 19-year-olds’ joyous reunion catapults them to international fame, but it also unlocks an extraordinary and disturbing secret that goes beyond their own lives – and could transform our understanding of human nature forever.
Well done to Michael and the team at Raw TV!
The full list of films announces can be found here.
Mr and Mrs Murder
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Attack on London: Hunting the 7/7 Bombers
The Garden for Netflix Editors: Jennifer Hampson ( Ep1 ) and Duncan Hill ( Ep2) Exec Producers: Zac Beattie, Flavia Taylor Working in Soho, London on the 7th July 2005, I remember in the morning hearing about the bomb going off and worrying that friends and colleagues may… Read More
Drive to Survive
Series 7 Exec Producers: James Gay-Rees & Paul Martin Box to Box for Netflix Editors: Jake Lofdahl and Mark Pickles Jake Lofdahl returned to Box to Box to help edit the highly anticipated seventh season of Netflix’s acclaimed docuseries, Formula 1 Drive to Survive which… Read More