A brand new ITVX premium true crime series will see Marcel Theroux investigate a set of disturbing, unsolved murders and reveal a dark and violent hidden side to the wealth and glamour of exclusive corners of London’s nightlife in the 1970s.
In this two-part documentary series, Theroux examines the brutal murders that shocked London 50 years ago, when Eve Stratford, a Playboy Bunny who aspired to be a famous model, Lynda Farrow, a croupier with years of experience working in night time London, and Lynne Weedon, a schoolgirl were all murdered. The documentary includes interviews with friends, colleagues and relatives of the victims and will provide intimate insight. Theroux attempts to track down police files, examines new breakthroughs and travels across the world in search of answers.
Rob Trela edited Episode 2. He said “Working with Marcel Theroux, the director Sam Miller, SP Melissa Mayne and editor Simon Clement to tell this story over two films was exceptional. Overall, this project had the best crew I’ve ever worked with as they were all very committed and talented in their craft”.
Teddy did some additional editing and he also enjoyed working with the director Sam. He said “Sam Miller the series director was very professional and easy to work with”.
Presenter Marcel Theroux said: “This is a story that has obsessed me for years. How could a serial killer kill multiple victims in 1970s London and remain unknown? What evidence was missed? What clues were the police of the time unable to make use of? As witnesses reach the ends of lives and memories fail, this might be the last chance to get justice for the three victims.”
The Playboy Bunny Murder is on ITV1 & ITVX at 9pm on Monday 13th and Tuesday 14th November
Davina McCall, Adam Hills, Joe Lycett, and Munya Chawawa present Stand up to Cancer’s Eighth televised fundraising special. They will take over London’s remarkable Francis Crick Institute, a world-renowned centre for cutting-edge biomedical research, to honour the incredible strides in cancer research achieved through the generosity of public contributions. We can expect a dynamic mix of comedic talent and celebrities collaborating to raise awareness for Stand Up To Cancer, and the Prince of Wales delivers a touching tribute to the late Deborah James, affectionately known as ‘Bowelbabe.’
Later in the evening Rhod Gilbert hosts The SU2C Comedy Roast featuring an array of comedy talent including Jordan Gray, Ellie Taylor, Danny Beard, Tom Stade.
Sean has been working on VT’s for both shows.
We chatted to Sean about his experience working on the project and he said “It’s been an absolute joy working with the Stand Up To Cancer team. We’ve spent the last few weeks building the various pre-edited sequences, that will feature during the live show, and it’s been inspiring to see the contributions, from various comedians, and the creativity coming out of the production team. There’s a lot of great comedy, and there are a lot of genuinely thought provoking messages. I’ve relished the opportunity to tuck into some good old comedy editing and the whole experience has felt like it has real meaning. I can’t wait to see it all come together this Friday!”
Stand Up to Cancer: The Takeover is on Friday 3rd November 7pm Channel 4
SU2C Comedy Roast will be on Friday 3rd November 10pm Channel 4
To learn more about Stand Up to Cancer or to donate, check out the official website
Ricochet series, World’s Most Dangerous Roads is returning to Dave and UKTV Play for a second series.
The upcoming series will feature a fresh lineup of comedic duos embarking on a bold adventure to navigate some of the world’s most perilous roads. Filmed over five days, existing friendships, revealing conversations, chemistry and rivalries between celebrities add extra value to the road trips as they are sent to new destinations to face driving challenges that test them to their limits.
Melanieedited the Bhutan and Sri Lanka episodes with comedian duos Maddix and Larry Dean venturing into Bhutan and Jeff Stelling and Chris Kamara embarking on a journey through Sri Lanka. Melanie enjoyed working on the series commenting; “The World’s Most Dangerous Roads – what a ride 🙂 2 comedians/celebrities in a car, filmed all day in epic landscapes, doing crazy things and trying to stay on the road, being funny, witty, scared and sharing some insights into themselves. Editors dream. Biggest challenge on this show – the amount of amazing content that we have to get through, and deciding what will finally make it into the edit, having to finding the balance between the epic journey, the culture of the country, the funny moments ( and there are so so many) and then the insight into our contributors. A fantastic show and an incredible team!”
Andreas enjoyed on series 1, the Albania episode with Keith Lemon and Will Mellor. He is now working on this second series travelling through Bulgaria with Olga Koch and Thaniya Moore. He said “It’s a great format – part travel show, part comedy and it’s a lot fun to work on”
World’s Most Dangerous Roads is returning to Dave and UKTV Play later this year
Netflix are calling this this four-part documentary series raw, honest and real. This biopic docuseries looks at British pop superstar, Robbie Williams. One of the most iconic, and sometimes controversial British artists, Williams is the recipient of 18 Brit Awards, including Best British Male Artist four times. The series features hundreds of hours of intimate, never-before-seen personal archival footage, and intimate access to Williams himself. It covers the highs and lows of being in the limelight for more than 30 years. This includes Williams navigating media scrutiny throughout his career, adulation and addiction, professional and personal break-ups, reunions, recovery, and the impact they have had on his mental health.
Jamie Williams was the sole editor on Ep 1 and joint editor on Ep 2. He said “the biggest hurdle to scale was the amount of archive there was. As a project, the doc had thousands of hours over Robbie’s 30 year career and as editors we were given the time to go through all of it, form our thoughts and ideas and craft an overall story that could be told from these video time capsules. When the subject matter is mostly about what’s going on in someone’s head, that’s even more of a challenge! But it was rewarding to get my head around it all and find a way to tell that story”.
Robbie Williams is from Ridley Scott Associates and director Joe Pearlman (Lewis Capaldi: How I’m Feeling Now) and executive produced by Asif Kapadia (AMY).
Sir Lenny Henry has spent nearly 50 years in the spotlight, but what do friends and family members make of the entertainer’s many talents? In this new affectionate retrospective, the comedy legend looks back at his career highlights. A-listers line up to pay fond tributes and share their own thoughts on what makes the multi-talented comedian, actor, writer, campaigner and prolific charity fundraiser truly one of a kind.
Famous faces including David Tennant, Ben Elton, Alesha Dixon, Richard Curtis, Sir Trevor McDonald and Mo Gilligan are among those offering their own insights on why Lenny remains such a unique figure in the world of entertainment – and Hollywood superstar Whoopi Goldberg champions the man she declares “a real-life superhero”.
Sean Schmolz was delighted to get back in the edit with director Emily Kennedy who is ‘always a pleasure to work with’, especially on a project like this one. He explained ‘Sir Lenny had a very prolific career and it was a challenge to pick out the best bits.’ Sean also enjoyed Sir Lenny’s taste in music, he said was very cool and fun to cut to!
Clips from across the decades include highlights from Tiswas, Three Of A Kind and The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power -there’s also a sneak peek look behind the scenes of Lenny’s eagerly anticipated ITV1 drama Three Little Birds, which is inspired by his mother’s stories of leaving Jamaica in the 1950s to embark on a new life in the UK.
This is a funny, fascinating, and ultimately inspiring portrait which we are looking forward to tuning into!
The new series of Outsiders starts this week, David Mitchell challenges three pairs of comedians to prove they’ve got the mettle and skills to thrive in the great outdoors.
Those taking part in series 3 are Alan Davies, Roisin Conaty, Guz Khan, Judi Love, Chris McCausland and Laura Smyth. Ian ‘Smurf’ Smith has worked on the series for the last 3 years and feels it’s really found it’s feet now, it’s a show he looks forward to work on!
Jamie Bull said “The Outsiders team were a really great bunch and a pleasure to work with. Definitely the kind of team I’d like to work with again”.
The new series starts Wednesday 11th Oct 10pm on Dave and UKTV Play
Paul Holland,editor on Eps 1 and 2 of Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World which is in the Best Music Documentary category.
Graham Tayloralready has a few Grierson Award nominations under his belt and this year is no exception with FIFA Uncovered for Netflix nominated in the Best Sports Documentary category.
My Dead Body for Channel 4 is in the Best Science Documentary category. Well done to Matt Lowe who worked on this critically acclaimed, ground-breaking documentary with Director Sophie Robinson.
Trainwreck: Woodstock ’99 – You Can’t Stop a Riot in the 90s for Netflix has been nominated in the Best Entertaining Documentary. Chris Duveen worked on this one along with Assistant Editor Bahader Mattu
Congratulations to Charlie Webb who was one of the editors on Freddie Flintoff’s Field of Dreams for BBC One which is in the Best Contracted Documentary Series.
The Crossing for ITV has already won an RTS and been nominanated for a BAFTA. It was edited by Ella Newton and is in the Best Current Affairs Documentary. Ella also edited Big Oil vs the World – Denial for BBC2 which is in the Best Natural History or Environmental Documentary. A huge congratulations to the teams involved on these two multiple-award winning documentaries.
Ben Burgess, Gwyn Moxham and Chris Naggsall enjoyed editing The Rap Game for BBC3 which is in the Best Constructed or Formatted Documentary Series.
Finally, Race Across the World for BBC One is in the Best Constructed or Formatted Documentary Series. Congratulations to Simon Holmeswho was one of the editors on the team!
Congratulations again to all the nominees! The winners will be revealed at the ceremony, hosted by Nish Kumar on the 9th November. We can’t wait!
This filmic four-part documentary series with Keanu Reeves uses interviews and archive to tell the incredible story of Ross Brawn who led a consortium that bought the former Honda Racing team for £1. With a smaller development budget than their Formula 1 rivals, minimal sponsorship and only customer support from engineer manufacturers, an understaffed, underfinanced and independent team won the World Championship. There is exclusive access to the F1 archives, much of it previously unseen from a year that global sport will never forget, with contributions from British F1 driver Jenson Button and Ross Brawn, who led the team to victory.
Matt Lowe worked on Episode 4, Jayesh Lathia did some finishing work, Felix did the pre-titles and Bahader Mattu did the archive replacement on the series.
Bahader who worked on this remotely, did some archive replacement, music replacement and offline amendments. He enjoyed working on the series.
Felix who cut the pre-titles and helped on Ep1 said “It was a barnstorming edit to do and Keanu Reeve’s passion for the fantastical Brawn F1 story was infectious. I’m looking forward to seeing it full-throttle on Disney+ soon…”
Matt said “It was a joy to work on to be honest. Great story, great access (everyone you would want an interview with, we had) and amazing archive. Also, the team we had working on it were all lovely, so all-in-all, it was a pretty positive experience”.
The series will premiere on Disney+ on the 15th November
In this six-part celebrity version of the much-loved series, four celebrities and their racing partners will race to a finish line that’s thousands of miles away without the use of air travel or any trappings of modern-day life. Stripped of all mod-cons and all luxuries they will have to rely on their skills, ingenuity, and hard work in order to succeed. With just the cash equivalent of completing the route to their final destination by air, they will have to earn extra money along the way as well as call upon the kindness of strangers to help them progress.
This series sees broadcaster Alex Beresford and his dad, singer Mel Blatt and her mum, McFly drummer Harry Judd and his mum and British Racing Driver Billy Monger and his sister embark on their travels. Starting in Marrakech, Morocco, and ending in Tromsø, Norway, known as the Arctic capital, the epic journey will span 24 countries and over 10,000 km. This incredible journey will give a unique insight into the celebrities and their relationships with their travelling companions.
Simon Holmes who edited Episode 2 said “I’ve loved Race from series one, so it’s been a privilege to work on both main and the new celebrity strand this past year. Celebrity was a slightly different prospect from the main show, playing more for laughs yet still trying to maintain the human story elements that make the show so engaging. Its a test juggling race and contributor narratives, but with excellent exec guidance ever so satisfying when it comes together”.
Due to the devastating news in Morocco the launch of the series has now been postponed. The TX date is To be Confirmed.
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 eight years, but was later acquitted following an appeal and a retrial. After his release, he took libel action against the News of the World and The Sun which suggested he was guilty of murdering Jill in articles published following his acquittal. In 2009, Barry was paid substantial damages by the newspapers after a High Court case. Jill Dando’s death remains unsolved. This documentary series directed by Marcus Plowright (creator of Fred and Rose West: Reopened) uses archive footage as well as new research and insightful interviews to explore Dando’s life, career, legacy, and her death. It’s the first time a documentary has covered the whole story in terms of everyone involved. It has interviews from the police, media, Jill’s family as well as wrongly accused Barry George and his family.
Abraham edited episode three and said it was probably one of his best editing experiences he’s had. Quite a statement Abraham!
He told us; “it was tough at the beginning as I was cutting archive and interviews with placeholders as the drama recon hadn’t been shot yet. The production ended up shooting the drama recons almost identical to the placements I had used and in the end they used music very similar to the guide tracks that I had used too”.
Once the Drama reconstructions were in Abs really enjoyed working with Emma and the team at Empress Films to unfold the story properly. They took the approach of a thriller “ We were telling the tale as if it’s unfolding in real time. This made cutting the interviews really challenging but it all came together really well”Abs also mentioned that he loved having creative freedom, to be able to have the documentary “stay in the moment” at times of drama. “One last challenge was Barry George agreeing to be interviewed late on in the process, but Abs explained that it bought so much to the documentary it was well worth it!”
All three episodes of Who Killed Jill Dando? will be released on 26th September on Netflix
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