"NOMAD: IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF BRUCE CHATWIN"
BBC 2 - 90 min DOC
Directed by Werner Herzog who was a friend of Chatwin. This film is a personal exploration of his work and his theories of spirituality and nomadic life.
DIR: Werner Herzog
"DAVID BOWIE - FINDING FAME"
BBC 2 - 90 min DOC
Completing a trilogy of films on David Bowie this film visits Bowie's early, formative years
DIR: Francis Whatley
"A PASSAGE TO BRITAIN"
BBC 2 - 60 min DOC
The Viceroy of India ships passenger lists reveal some of the first visitors to Britain from India.
DIR: Helen Nixon
"THE FORGOTTEN SOLDIER" Audience Choice Winner - Jewish Film Festival 2018
FEATURE DOC - 90 min DOC
The story of Sally Noach who rescued hundreds of jews from Vichy france
DIR: Lucile Smith
"HOLST & VAUGHN WILLIAMS - MAKING MUSIC ENGLISH"
BBC 2 - 60 min DOC
Amanda Vickery and Tom Service tell the story of the friendship between Gustav Holst and Ralph Vaughn Williams. With performance by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
DIR: Alastair Laurence
"THE REFORMATION"
BBC 2 - 60 min DOC
David Starkey presents the story of the Reformation
DIR: Alex Leith
"WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE - CRAIG REVEL HORWOOD"
BBC 2 - 60 min DOC
Craig Revel Horwoods family history
DIR: Des Daniels
"ROCK N ROLL GUNS FOR HIRE - SIDEMEN"
BBC 2 - 90 min DOC
A look at some of the backing artists behind some of our greatest musicians.
DIR: Francis Whately
"THE ART OF JAPANESE LIFE"
BBC 4 - 3 X 60 min DOC
Dr James Fox explores the art of Japan
DIR:Ben Harding, Matthew Springford, Jude Ho
"WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE - CHARLES DANCE"
BBC 2 - 60 min DOC
Charles Dance's family history
DIR: Rosie Schellenberg
"DAVID BOWIE - LAST FIVE YEARS"
BBC 2 - 90 min DOC
An intimate portrait of one of the defining artists of the twentieth and early twenty first centuries, told by the people who knew him best.
DIR:Francis Whately
"WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE - DANNY DYER" Bafta Winner - Specialist Factual 2017
BBC 2 - 60 min DOC
Danny Dyers royal family history
DIR:Helen Nixon
"SLEUTHS, SPIES and SORCERERS – Andrew Marr’s Paperback Heroes"
BBC 4 - 3 x 60 min DOC
Andrew Marr unearths the rules of genre fiction
DIR: Seb Barfield, Matt Thomas, Andy Hall
"PINEWOOD: 80 YEARS OF MOVIE MAGIC"
BBC 1 - 60 min DOC
Johnathan Ross looks at Pinewoods colourful history
DIR: John Hodgson
"DOMINIC SANDBROOK - THE 80s"
BBC 2 - 3 x 60 min DOC
Three part series looking at Britain in the 80s.
DIR: Alex Leith / Jacqui Farnham / Kate Misrahi
"MUSIC MOGULS - MYTH MAKERS"
BBC 4 - 1 x 60 min DOC
The influence of PR on the music industry
DIR: Francis Whately
"FAKE OR FORTUNE - SERIES 4"
BBC 1 - 4 x 60 min DOC
Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould back on the trail of hidden art treasures
DIR: Nicky Illis / Rachel Jardine / Francis Welch / Simon Mansfield
"DOMINIC SANDBROOK - BRITISH CULTURE"
BBC 2 - 3 x 60 min DOC
Exploring how post war Britain started to sell culture as industry faded.
DIR: Alex Leith / James Giles
"ARTISTS AT WAR - WALTER SICKERT"
BBC 2 - 60 min DOC
Andrew Graham-Dixon looks at the life and work of the war artist
DIR:Phil Cairney
"THE SECRET LIFE OF BOOKS - GREAT EXPECTATIONS"
BBC 4 - 30 min DOC
Tony Jordan brings his writers insight to Great Expectations
DIR:Ben Ryder
"ANDREW MARR'S - GREAT SCOTS"
BBC2 - 3 x 60 min DOC
In the lead up to the referendum on independence Andrew Marr looks at Scottish writers James Boswell, Walter Scott and Hugh McDairmuid
DIR:John Hodgson / Fatima Salaria / Tim Neil
"KIM PHILBY - HIS MOST INTIMATE BETRAYAL"
BBC1 - 2 x 60 min DRAMA/DOC
Ben Macintyre tells the betrayal of a 30 year friendship between Kim Philby and Nicholas Elliot.
DIR:FrancisWhately / Tom McCarthy
" A VERY BRITISH RENAISSANCE" EPISODE 2"
BBC 2 - 60 min DOC
Dr James Fox on the British Renaissance
DIR:Helen Nixon
"5 YEARS - DAVID BOWIE"
BBC 1 - 90 min DOC
Feature length doc on an icon - Nominated Bafta - Specialist Factual 2014
DIR:FrancisWhately
"WOMEN IN ART"
BBC 2 - 2 x 60 min DOC
Amanda Vickery looks at the forgotten women in art history. - Nominated Bafta Scotland - Specialist Factual 2014
DIR:Debbie Lee / John Hodgson
"ARTISTS AT WAR - DAVID BOMBERG"
BBC 2 - 60 min DOC
Andrew Graham-Dixon looks at the life and work of the war artist
DIR: Phil Cairney
"GRAYSON PERRY - WHO ARE YOU?"
CH 4 - 3 X 60 min DOC
Artist Grayson Perry on another investigation into the British psyche - BAFTA
DIR: Neil Crombie
"WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE - GARY LINEKER"
BBC 2 - 60 min DOC
Gary Linekers family history
DIR:Tom McCarthy
"FABRIC OF BRITAIN"
BBC 4 - 60 min DOC
Paul Martin explores the history of wallpaper. Part of Handmade in Britain series
DIR: Rachel Jardine
"RAILWAYS - DAN SNOW"
BBC 2 - 60 min DOC
History of the railways
DIR: Helen Nixon
"FAKE OR FORTUNE SERIES 2"
BBC 1 - 3 x 60 min DOC
Fiona Bruce and Phillip Mould are back on the hunt for painings with hidden provenence.
DIR: Nicky Illis / Robert Murphy / Rachel Jardine
"ALL IN THE BEST POSSIBLE TASTE"
CH 4 - 3 X 60 min DOC
Grayson Perry tours the country meeting the taste tribes of Britain - BAFTA Winner 2013 - Best Specialist Factual
DIR: Neil Crombie
"TWO GREEDY ITALIANS - FOOD SHOOT"
BBC 1 - 60 min DOC
Reciepe shoot for the series.
DIR:Mike Matthews
"THE 70'S "
BBC 2 - 2 x 60 min DOC
Dominic Sandbrook takes us back to the 70's
DIR:Tom Mcarthy/ Paul Tilsey
"MIRO"
NGA - WASHINGTON - 60 min DVD
Connected to the Miro exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in Washington.
DIR:Carroll Moore
"HANDMADE IN BRITAIN - CERAMICS"
BBC 4 - 3 x 60 min DOC
3 part series on ceramics.
DIR:David Vincent
"JAMIE'S UK - LEEDS"
BBC 1 - 60 min DOC
Jamie Oliver cooks up some Leeds inspired food.
DIR:Mike Matthews
"THE DUKE AT 90"
BBC 1 - 60 min DOC
Fiona Bruce interviews Prince Phillip in a film about his life
DIR:Francis Whately
"THE CENSUS "
BBC 4 - 60 min DOC
Andrew Marr finds out about the British Census
DIR:Robert Murphy
"THE MARVELLOUS MRS BEETON"
BBC 2 - 60 min DOC
Sophie Dahl investigates the history of Mrs Beeton and trys to cook some of her recipes
DIR:Claire Lewis
"GRAYSON PERRY -THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN CRAFTSMAN"
BBC 1 - 60 min DOC
Grayson Perry tours Germany with his teddy bear Alan Measles and makes a show at the British Museum
DIR:Neil Crombie
"BRANDS - WATER"
BBC 1 - 60 min DOC
Looking at the bottled water industry
DIR:Francis Whately
"BRITISH AT WORK"
BBC 2 - 3 x 60 min DOC
Kirsty Young looks at our working lives.
DIR:Steve Condie / Helen Nixon / Kate Misrahi
"ARCHIMBOLDO/ GAUGIN "NGA WASHINGTON -
2 x 60 min DVD
Connected to exhibitions at the National Gallery of Art Washington
DIR:Carroll Moore
"FAKE OR FORTUNE - MONET"
BBC 1 - 60 min DOC
Phillip Mould and Fiona Bruce investigate a Monet
DIR:Nicky Illis
"FAKE OR FORTUNE - HOMER"
BBC 1 - 60 min DOC
Phillip Mould and Fiona Bruce investigate a Winslow Home
DIR:Nicky Illis
"MAPPING THE WORLD"
BBC 4 - 60 min DOC
Jerry Brotton presents the history of social mapping
DIR:Helen Nixon
"MIRACLE OF ART - 18th CENTURY"
CHANNEL 4 - 60 min DOC
Gus Casely Hayford finds links between his African ancestors and William Hogarth
DIR:Neil Crombie
"FAKE OR FORTUNE - VAN MEEGEREN"
BBC 1 - 60 min DOC
Phillip Mould and Fiona Bruce investigate a Van Meegeren forgery
DIR:Nicky Illis
"JAMIE'S AMERICA - LA"
CHANNEL 4 - 60 min DOC
Jamie Oliver in LA
DIR:Kirsty Cunningham
"MIRACLE OF ART - VICTORIANS"
CHANNEL 4 - 60 min DOC
Howard Jacobson shows us the Victorians love of Fairy paintings
DIR:Neil Crombie
"JAMIE'S AMERICA - NEW YORK"
CHANNEL 4 - 60 min DOC
Jamie Oliver in New York
DIR:Kirsty Cunningham
"BRITAIN'S PARK STORY"
BBC 4 - 60 min DOC
Dan Cruickshank looks into the history of Britain's parks
DIR:Martina Hall
"BEDLAM"
HISTORY CHANNEL - 60 min DRAMA/DOC
The bizzare history of one of the most famous mental institutions
DIR:Joe Matthews
"THIS IS BEAUTY"
BBC 2 - 60 min DOC
Matt Collings considers the idea of beauty in Art.
DIR:Neil Crombie
"THE BRITISH FAMILY"
BBC 1 - 2 x 60 min DOC
Kirsty Young presents a social history of the British family. Prog 1 - Marriage/ Prog 2 - Sex
DIR:Helen Nixon, Phil Cairney
"CHANGING OF THE BARD"
BBC 2 - 60 min DOC
The history of the Poets Laureate told by Ian Hislop
DIR:Claire Lewis, Sally Benton
"OUTBREAK"
ITV - 60 min DOC
First hand accounts of the day the second world war broke out
DIR:Martina Hall
"SEVEN AGES OF ROCK - ALTERNATIVE"
BBC 2 - 60 min DOC
Nirvana, REM, Pixies, Black Flag
DIR: Robert Murphy
"THE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY"
BBC 2 - 2 X 60 min DOC
DIR:Debbie Lee
"SEVEN AGES OF ROCK - ART ROCK"
BBC 2 - 60 min DOC
Pink Floyd, Roxy Music, David Bowie
DIR: Francis Whately
"BUILDINGS THAT SHAPED BRITAIN"
CH 5 - 60 min DOC
DIR: Heidi Perry
"SILENT BRITAIN"
BBC 2 - 90 min DOC
The story of the British silent film era
DIR: David Thompson
"MORE THAN A GAME - FRANCE"
BBC 2 - 60 min DOC
World Cup history of the French team
DIR: Francis Whately
"ONCE UPON A TIME IN POLIZZI"
ARTE - 60 min DOC
Actor Vincent Shiavelli leaves LA and starts a new life in the Madonie mountains in Sicily
DIR: Camilla Overbye Roos
"SOUL DEEP - THE SOUND OF YOUNG AMERICA"
BBC 2 - 60 min DOC
The story of soul music from the Motown era
DIR: Francis Whately
"LIFE AND DEATH IN ROME"
SKY 1 - 6 X 60 min DOC
The history of Rome told through personal stories
DIR: Ian Bremner / Debbie Lee / Mike Ibeje
"WORLDS MOST PHOTOGRAPHED"
BBC 2 - 4 X 30 min DOC
Hitler, Ghandi, Mohammed Ali and James Dean and the photographs that defined them
DIR: Louise Hooper / Kate Misrahi
"ORIGINS OF ART - STORYTELLING"
BBC 1 - 60 min DOC
Dr Nigel Spivey traces the origins of storytelling through the visual arts
DIR: Francis Whately
"TAMARA DE LEMPICKA - HOLLYWOOD'S DECO DIVA"
BBC 4 - 30 min DOC
Andrew Graham Dixon on Tamara De Lempicka
DIR: Helen Nixon
"RAPHAEL - A MORTAL GOD"
BBC 1 - 60 min DRAMA/DOC
Raphael's life story
DIR: John Holdsworth
"BRITAINS BEST BUILDINGS - BATH CIRCUS"
BBC 1 - 60 min DOC
Dan Cruickshank marvels at John Woods architectural achievemments
DIR: Heidi Perry
"THE BADNESS OF KING GEORGE IV"
CH 4 - 90 min DRAMA/DOC
The Prince Regents story told in a haze of Opium an Laudanum
DIR: Tim Kirby
"IMAGINE - ENTERTAINING MR SOANE"
BBC 1 - 60 min DRAMA/DOC
The story of Sir John Soane, presented by Alan Yentob
DIR: Sarah Aspinall
"THE BIG READ - CATCHER IN THE RYE"
BBC 1 - 30 min DOC
Ruby Wax goes to Chicago ( her birth place) and tells us how this book affected her and why it should win
DIR: Francis Whately
"THE BIG READ - TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD"
BBC 1 - 30 min DOC
John Humphreys travels to Alabama to tell us why this book means so much to him
DIR: Heidi Perry
"THE BIG READ - WIND IN THE WILLOWS"
BBC 1 - 30 min DOC
Bill Oddie puts forward his case for the book and its author Kenneth Grahame
DIR: Francis Whately
"ARENA - ALEC GUINESS"
BBC 2 - 90 min DOC
The life and work of the actor
DIR: David Thompson
"IMAGINE - BARBARA HEPWORTH"
BBC 1 - 60 min DOC
Profile of the artist presented by Alan Yentob
DIR: Jamie Muir
"IMAGINE - JOHN MORTIMER"
BBC 1 - 60 min DOC
Profile of the author/ playwright presented by Alan Yentob
DIR: Kate Misrahi
"GRAHAM SUTHERLAND"
BBC 4 - 60 min DOC
Profile of the artist presented by Brian Sewell
DIR: Debbie Lee
"CHRISTOPHER WREN - THE MAN WHO BUILT BRITAIN"
BBC 1 - 60 min DRAMA/DOC
Michael Buerk presents this history of Wren
Starring - Hugh Bonneville / Stephen Mangan / Oliver FOrd Davies / Elizabeth Spriggs
DIR: Julian Birkett
"MAO GRAHAM NORTON"
CH 4 - 60 min DOC
Graham Norton travels to Shanghai - New Years Special
DIR: Jon Magnusson
"OMNIBUS - PATRICIA CORNWELL: STALKING THE RIPPER"
BBC 2 - 60 min DOC
American author Patricia Cornwell on the trail of artist Walter Sickert as Jack the Ripper
DIR: Francis Whately