The Choir: Our School by the Tower

BBC2

Editor: Charlie Hawryliw

Well done to Charlie who edited last night’s first part of a two-part documentary The Choir: Our School by the Tower follows Gareth Malone as he works with students at Kensington Aldridge Academy, the school next to the site of the tower block blaze, in which five of its students died. Gareth helps students put on a very special show to mark the reopening of their refurbished school. The aim is to celebrate their pride in the community, their happy memories and the courage and resilience they have shown in the wake of a disaster. This is a big-hearted film, sensitively put together and was testament to its transformative, therapeutic power of these remarkable children.

Part 1 Edited by Charlie Hawryliw and can be watched on BBC iPlayer.

Part 2 will be on Monday 18th March 9pm BBC2

Icons

BBC2

Editor: Nick Follows

This ambitious series looks to crown the most beloved icons of the 20th century, inviting audiences to vote for their most influential figure. The shortlisted ‘icons’ have been divided up into different categories depending on their field of excellence.

Nick Follows  worked across the series and edited tonight’s episode which looks at Artists and Writers. Actress and model Lily Cole assesses the legacies and achievements of Pablo Picasso, Virginia Woolf, Alfred Hitchcock and Andy Warhol – four of the 20th century’s greatest artists and writers. Co-founder of the Cubist movement, Picasso possessed extraordinary talent from an early age. He could have had a brilliant career as a traditional artist, but chose to rip up the artistic rule book, creating defiantly sensual and provocative pieces. Woolf subverted expectations, both professionally and personally, breaking new ground in literature and issuing a rallying cry for artistic equality on behalf of women everywhere. Nicknamed the `Master of Suspense’, Hitchcock’s career spanned six decades, and he was behind some of the most famous moments in cinema. In an age of post-war prosperity, Andy Warhol’s work, which explored consumerism and mass production, was so revolutionary that while some thought he had redefined art, others believed he had broken it.

Voting begins at the end of each programme at 10pm, and is open until 4pm the next day. The winners of the two categories airing each week will be announced live on The One Show – which will also be supporting the show’s grand finale in February.

Icon’s Artists and Writers is aired tonight at 9pm BBC2.
Other episodes are available on Iplayer

Drive to Survive

Box to Box Films for Netflix

Editors: Duncan Hill and Chris Duveen

Formula 1: Drive to Survive is a gripping, high-octane 10 part series which is the first to give exclusive and intimate access to the greatest racing competition in the world. From the makers of Senna and Amy, this series will reveal the true story of the sport – not only the fight to be number one, but the battle for the heart, soul, and direction of this multi-billion-dollar business.

The series will launch on 8th March. Check out the trailer here.

RTS Awards 2019

The Royal Television Society Programme Awards celebrate the best that the UK television industry has to offer. Congratulations to all the nominees including Duncan, Simon, Joe, Tim, Hugo and Alex who have all worked on programmes that have been nominated!

My Life: Locked in Boy- Sugar Films for CBBC- Edited by Simon Bennet

The Ruth Ellis Files: A Very British Crime Story- Wall to Wall for BBC4- Edited by Duncan Buchanan

The Art of Drumming – Wall to Wall for Sky Arts- Edited by Joe Swanson

Britain’s Got Talent- Thames for ITV- Editor Tim Fielding

The Repair Shop-Ricochet for BBC2- Hugo Fowler and Alex Marsh have edited on the series.

The Awards will be presented at the Grosvenor House Hotel, on Tuesday 19 March 2019. Good Luck to everyone nominated!

Fiennes: Return to the Nile

Woodcut Media for National Geographic

Editor:  Charlie Hawryliw

The BAFTA nominated actor Joseph Fiennes has ticked off a childhood dream, by retracing his cousin Sir Ranulph Fiennes’ second expedition 50 years ago. Charlie Hawryliw edited one episode of this three part series which shows Ranulph, 74, tutoring his 48-year-old protégé on how to deal with scorpions and how to defuse an anti-tank mine with a Swiss Army knife! They cover a 2,500km journey in up to 51°C heat, spending a night in the Great Pyramid of Giza, crawl through a network of never-before-filmed underground tombs in Al Minya and fish in the crocodile-infested Lake Nasser. It starts 27th February 9pm National Geographic.

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TalkTalk- Channel 318

See No Evil

Arrow Media

Investigation Discovery US – 16X60

Editor: Teddy Bekele

Every day millions of Americans are caught on CCTV. Most people are usual citizens going about their everyday lives, however some are guilty of unspeakable crimes. See No Evil is a ground breaking series which looks at how real crimes are solved with the help of surveillance cameras. Police reveal how CCTV footage has answered cases that otherwise might have remained unsolved. The series features real footage and dramatic reconstruction, combined with first-hand testimony from police, witnesses, and families. Teddy Bekele has worked across series 5.

Posh Hotels with Sally and Nigel

Avalon

Channel 5

Editor: Aidan Sansom

Episode 4: Bovey Castle

In this series Actors Nigel Havers and Sally Lindsay visit some of the UK’s poshest hotels, experiencing some of the glitz and glamour on offer to wealthy guests gaining an insight into the lives of the staff and having a go at their duties. Tonight’s episode edited by Aidan Sansom is based in Dartmoor National Park. Sally, Nigel and poodle Charlie explore Bovey Castle, a luxury golf and spa resort. Nigel’s suite comes with a complimentary Barbour jacket for Charlie. Sally prepares a venison dinner for the hunters’ return, part of a £500-per-head dining experience, before enjoying a round of golf on Bovey’s famous championship course.

Friday 22nd Feb 9pm Channel 5, other episodes in the series can be watched on MY5

Revolution in Ruins The Hugo Chávez Story

Revolution in Ruins The Hugo Chávez Story
BBC2
Editor Graham Taylor
Available on IPlayer

This documentary edited by Graham Taylor with additional editing by Ella Newton explores the extraordinary story of Venezuelan politician Hugo Chávez’s 14-year presidency, which saw incredible short-term achievements in health and education overshadowed by a tragic legacy. Chávez was at the helm of the country with the largest proven oil reserves in the world, and set about spending Venezuela’s vast oil wealth, but his idealism, populism and ruthless pursuit of absolute power has left the country in a state of poverty and disarray.

Graham enjoyed the challenge of tackling such a complex story and was involved from before the film was commissioned and had a large role in shaping the narrative and the thesis, as well as the aesthetic tone of the piece, which could have easily been a feature length film and was approached with that ambition before being focused down and tailored to its eventual form.

It’s had some fantastic reviews, Carol Midgley from  The Time said “This excellent documentary used the solid, old-fashioned format of splicing old news footage with expert commentators, some of whom had worked with Chávez and fell under his populist spell, but now, with the benefit of hindsight, see the problems with ‘romantic revolution’. It felt, two decades after Chávez came to power, like an eloquent parable.” Chitra Ramaswamy at  The Guardian said  “This may be a documentary about a man leading a specific revolution, but it’s also, unfortunately, a story as old as civilisation: how power corrupts men, idealism gets warped, and the cult of personality ends up a one-way track to megalomania.” Finally Benji Wilson from The Telegraph stated “It was a fascinating study, depicting Chávez as both a genuine socialist revolutionary and yet the ultimate populist despot. Yet to its credit, Revolution in Ruins came neither to praise Chávez nor to bury him. This was dispassionate analysis, and it was all the more riveting for it.”

Revolution in Ruins The Hugo Chávez Story  is now available on IPlayer

Breaking Dad

Editors: Dan Knight and Dave Berezai

Hungry Bear for ITV

Actor Bradley Walsh and his 20-year-old son Barney are hitting the road together for a brand-new four-part series, travelling over 2000 miles from Los Angeles to New Orleans. They might be father and son but when it comes to travelling they are worlds apart, with Bradley keen to relax while Barney wants to live life a little more on the edge. Worried his old man is too stuck in his ways, Barney has decided to take matters into his own hands with an adventurous trip that his dad will never forget.

Dave Berezai edited episode 1. He said “It was great to work on an ITV prime-time show with all those at Hungrybear. Brad provided real moments of comedy and the situations he found himself in created genuine drama. It was great fun putting it all together and crafting the show”.

Dan Knight edited episodes 2 (Arizona) and 3 (Texas). He said “The team were great, especially series director Phil Ashton.The biggest challenge was finding the nuggets of reality when the talent let their guard down. They had very clear ideas of what the show should be, but the best moments came when they were just being themselves. Bradley is a big character and will always give great material but it’s fun to find the real moments of terror and joy when their guard slips, like the Skydiving or the cowboy college. Then to build that into something that feels really special”

Episode 3 ‘Texas’ is aired tonight 8pm ITV

Sunderland ‘Til I Die


Fulwell 73 for Netflix

Executive producers are Leo Pearlman and Ben Turner.

Lem Lawrence– Online using Flame

Post Production Facility: Halo

Commissioned by Netflix, Sunderland Till I Die is an eight-part series produced by James Corden’s production company Fulwell 73. The behind the scenes documentary looks at the town’s passion for the club, following the team during their first season in the Championship after a painful relegation from the Premier League under former Manchester United manager David Moyes in the 2016/17 season.

Lem Lawrence who worked on the series said “It was different for me working on longform, I really enjoyed it, althoughparticularly at the start, there was a lot of keeping track of the graphics(There was a whole heap of graphics on this series). Also I had to devise a wayto create end credit graphics and looks that were consistent with what wasbeing produced by the graphics company for different sections (For example,mobile phone footage, newspaper headlines, end credits etc), that would then befed across all the episodes that I wasn’t able to work on, due to other workcommitments. This meant I had to make these parts in a way that a freelancerwould be able to come in and easily be able to replicate in their episodes. Ifound it really interesting finding out what really goes on inside a footballclub, lots of parts I had never even considered”.

A press release from Fulwell73 said of the documentary: “In the era of multi-million dollar sponsorship deals and transfers, where the stakes have never been higher or the rivalries more fierce, this brand new Netflix original series sets at its heart the unfailing passion of this UK Northern town for its beloved football club”

Sunderland ’Til IDie is available on Netflix from Friday 14 December

Broadcast Awards 2025 – shortlist

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99

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