Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
21st Dec
9PM
BBC2
Edited by Brian Campbell
Absolutely Champers will follow Saunders and Lumley on their visits to family-run vineyards and join seasonal workers as they get stuck in with this year’s grape harvest. They explore Northern France to find out what goes into a bottle of bubbly.
Amazing Spaces: Snow Special
31st Dec
7pm
Plum Pictures Channel 4
Edited by Roy Williams
George Clarke and Will Hardie are in Norway looking at small spaces designed to withstand heavy snow and gale-force winds. Some are even built out of snow and ice. They look at how Norway, has become a leader in architectural design. Buildings include a treehouse that can withstand nine tons of snowfall and gale force winds, and an ice hotel complete with 30 rooms, a bar and even a snow chapel. Plus, a moveable home that has kept members of its community safe for hundreds of years.
What Britain Bought
28th December
Sundog Pictures for Channel 4
Edited by Mike Kerr
What Britain Bought in 2017 is an insightful look back at the roller coaster year we’ve just had and how national events have shaped the UK’s £7 billion a week shopping habit. Mary meets buyers, forecasters and influencers. Along the way Mary gets the inside track on some of the year’s most surprising trends that left even the most seasoned retailers scratching their heads.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the Satusfaction Team!
2nd 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 21st Dec 9PM.
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 18th, 19th and 20th 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 Franco Bogino
Pulse Films for Apple Music
Director: John Dower
The documentary will be released on the 24th 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***’!”
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
Jamal is a sergeant with a Special Forces unit in the Iraqi army. Along with squad leader Anmar, Hussein, Amjad, Abbas and a few others were some of the first to go into Mosul last year to try to retake the city from Isis. With them was French film-maker Olivier Sarbi. This observational documentary captures all aspects of war, the confusion of what’s going on, the confusion of who is Isis and who is not and the horror for the terrified civilians after months of living in fear.
Frontline and The Guardian
Mongoose Pictures
Channel 4
The Guardian states “It is an extraordinary film – insanely brave, but also intimate and human. The sound of automatic gunfire rings on long after the final credits”
Here is what Ella has to say about editing the project “I was spoilt in this job with such rare to get and beautifully shot rushes, and also to get to hear all the experiences shooting it direct from Olivier ( Saebil) the crazy genius! But it was also intense in that even while we were editing people Olivier had been with on the Unit had been killed or badly injured. The composers are actually from Massive Attack! And they were good to work with so that’s pretty cool”
Well done to Ella Newton who edited this poignant documentary!
You can watch the trailer HERE.
We had an awesome time at The Grierson Awards last night. It was great to attend an event with so many talented documentary film makers. Stephen Mangan was a fantastic host and it was wonderful to see Stacey Dooley, Nadiya Hussain and George Alagiah to name but a few to present the awards!
The Highlights Showreel for the ceremony was edited by Kel McKeown. This year’s categories were tough, filled with wonderful, moving, insightful films. Congratulations to Duncan Hill, Graham Taylor and Michael Harte who all worked on projects that were nominated. It was great to catch up with Michael Harte too!
Congratulations to all the nominees. A full list of the winners can be found here
Host Stephen Mangan
Nadiya Hussain presents an award.
Grayson Perry presents an award.
The team meet Rich Hall!
Lynne, Louisa and Katie
Satu and Louisa
On Friday the 3rd November at 9.40am, Hector ate his last carrot.
Beloved Hector, who is the image behind Satusfaction, will be sorely missed. His age is still unknown, but he was at least 33 years old which is not bad going for a horse!
Hector didn’t like people much, although he was very fond of his owner, Satu. With most people he was a bit of a bully, but people still seemed to love him, there was something about his character that you couldn’t help but admire.
He did become a little more affectionate in his old age and would happily give you a kiss if you gave him a carrot, or any other edible treat.
Hector will be very fondly remembered – RIP Hector
