FILMOGRAPHY
Documentaries – A Selection
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‘Lager, Mum & Me’ (BBC ONE)
Winner BAFTA – Flaherty Award for Best Documentary Nominated Broadcast Award – Best Documentary
“There was no better example of BBC One rediscovering old-time religion than its documentary strand ONE life.The thought-provoking film showed viewers what they had been missing and Bafta deemed the programme the best documentary of the year.” Broadcast
‘The War on Britain’s Roads’ (BBC ONE)
Shortlisted for a Grierson - Best Documentary on a Contemporary Theme
”Compulsory viewing.” The Observer
‘The Boy Can’t Help It’ (BBC ONE )
Winner of a Mental Health Media Award
Nominated for a Grierson – Best Documentary on a Contemporary Issue
Nominated for a Grierson – Best Documentary on a Contemporary Issue
“If there has been finer piece of documentary making this year it has passed me by.
It was brilliant television.” The Times
It was brilliant television.” The Times
‘Make Me A Man Again’ (BBC ONE)
Shortlisted for a Grierson; Most Entertaining Documentary
“Austin’s film managed to make Charles a likeable creature and by the end I was rooting for him. Austin allowed Charles the dignity of privacy and that, in TV-land, is a rare and precious commodity.” The Guardian
‘My Life on a Post it Note’ (BBC ONE)
“It’s rare to find a programme so filled with laughter, honesty, defiance, compassion and love. It is one of the bravest and saddest programmes I have ever seen.” The Times
‘Positive Women’ (BBC TWO)
“An extraordinarily powerful piece of television. It was one of those documentaries - well-made, unsentimental, deeply moving - that makes you think 'Ooh, I'm proud to pay my licence fee.” The Guardian
‘Little Britain’s Big Swim’ (BBC ONE)
Nominated for a Televisual Award
“Down right moving.” The Guardian
‘To Courtney, With Love’ (BBC ONE)
Winner Royal Television Society Award – Best Film
“One of the most moving British documentaries since ‘The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off’.”
Time Out
Time Out
‘Size Doesn’t Matter’ (BBC ONE)
Winner Royal Television Society - Best Factual
“Heart warming yet by no means schmaltzy documentary. Inspiring – and, crucially, not patronising – stuff.” The Evening Standard
‘The ￡800 Million Pound Railway Station’
(BBC TWO)
(BBC TWO)
Nominated for a Press Guild Award
“A real eye opener of a series.” Daily Mail
‘The Man Who Learnt To See’ (BBC TWO)
Winner Royal Television Education Award - Best Documentary
Review to come
Airborne: RAF at 90 (BBC TWO Feature Documentary)
Shortlisted for a Grierson
“Instead of succumbing to the mythology, this film uses subtle editing and honest testimony to examine the troubling bargain the pilots make.” The Sunday Times
'Tourettes, I Swear I Can’t Help It’ (BBC ONE)
“An extremely insightful and incredibly compelling slice of life on the bumpy side of the track.” The Independent
‘Adoption Hell’ (BBC ONE)
“Harrowing, moving television.” Time Out
‘Nine Days That Shook London’ (BBC TWO Feature Documentary)
Review to come
‘Above Enemy Lines’ (BBC ONE)
“This is a terrific observational film…Good work. Series editor Mr Todd Austin, whoever you are.” The Guardian
‘Nap Attack’ (BBC ONE)
Review to come
‘Gymnast’ (BBC Films)
Feature Documentary which charts the highs and lows of the British Female Artistic Gymnastics Team as they strive for success at Beijing Olympics.
'The Naked Rambler' (BBC ONE)
“One of the most engaging, fresh and funny documentaries I’ve seen in ages.… I kept thinking of early Mike Leigh throughout the Naked Rambler, and this is a film which, perhaps he would have been proud to make.” The Guardian
‘Fix My Fat Head’ (BBC ONE)
“This witty film... is as refreshing as it is funny.” Mail on Sunday
‘Rock 'n' Roll Hotel’ (BBC ONE)
“…This series has effortlessly become one of this years most unexpected pleasures.” Time Out.
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Music films – A Selection
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‘Autistic Superstars’ (BBC THREE)
“It put all the ‘I really, really, really want this’ hysteria of X Factor wannabes into sharp perspective.” Metro
‘Tourettes: Let Me Entertain You’ (BBC THREE)
Shortlisted Broadcast Award
“It was a remarkable show that showed Tourettes sufferers as real people, rather than simply as the object of ridicule as is all too often the case.” The People
‘Rough Trade’ (BBC THREE)
Do it yourself – the story of rough trade’
“Is a brilliant, era-defining film.” The Times
‘Another Brick in the Wall’ (BBC ONE)
“As the pupils reunite , the film takes on an Adrian Mole quality with tales of unfrequented love and thwarted dreams that may leave you nostalgic for your own lost youth. The intriguing story of an iconic record.” Mail on Sunday
‘Tourettes: I Swear I can Sing’ (BBC THREE)
”Mesmerising documentary.” The Observer
‘Swan Lake’ (Sky Arts/ Cinema 3D release)
“The resulting performance, when viewed in 3D, is both slick and stunning. The impact of the vibrant staging remains undiminished; if anything it’s more powerful.” The Telegraph