Laurence Williamson - film editing credits


	Coming Home - Bowe Bergdahl vs The United States	BBC4/Pathfinder Productions
	90 minute doc for Storyville with unprecedented access to the US army deserter and Taliban hostage branded a traitor by Donald Trump.	Presented and Directed by Sean Langan

	The British Garden - Life and Death on Your Lawn	BBC4/Windfall
	Ninety minute doc filmed over a year finding out just how much wildlife there is in a typical back garden. Presented by Chris Packham.	Produced and Directed by Tom Cook

	Ireland with Ardal O'Hanlon	More4/Big Mountain Productions
	3x50 min docs filmed around Ireland as Ardal discovers what it means to be Irish.	Produced and Directed by Christopher Bruce

	The Royal Good Guys	France 5/CB Productions
	60 min doc about the charitable works of four Royal Princes. Shown throughout (republican) Europe and the USA.	Produced and Directed by Alison Homewood and Christian Bidault

	Griff's Great Britain	ITV1/Modern TV
	8 x 30 min docs with Griff Rhys Jones exploring different regions of Britain.	Produced and Directed by Christopher Bruce
"Words like 'testy', 'irritable' and 'curmudgeon' were invented for him, which is what makes Griff's Great Britain such fun" Daily Mail

	OAP's Behaving Badly	C5/Barcroft TV
	2 of 6 docs about people growing old gracefully - or not.	Produced by Lucy Sandys-Winsch, Sean Grundy and Richard Nash

	Man & Beast with Martin Clunes	ITV1/Buffalo Films
	Two 60 min docs travelling the world with Martin Clunes as he looks at man's relationships with animals through the ages.	Produced and Directed by Christopher Bruce
"Martin Clunes's affection for all creatures great and small is especially touching" The Guardian.

	The Men with Many Wives	C4/Shiver TV
	Obdoc exploring the world of polygamy as practised by British Muslims.	Produced and Directed by Masood Khan
"An unusually clear-eyed documentary" The Guardian. "It deftly exposed the unfairness at the heart of these unions" The Telegraph.

	The Auction House	C4/Dragonfly
	1 of 3 docs about Britain's most eccentric auction house and its wealthy customers.	Executive Produced by Charlotte Desai

	A Great Welsh Adventure - with Griff Rhys Jones	ITV1/Modern TV
	8 x 30 min docs of Griff exploring different regions of Wales.	Produced and Directed by Christopher Bruce
"Gorgeous landscapes, interesting history and good company." Documentary pick of the day. The Observer.

	When Bjork Met Attenborough	C4/Pulse Films
	The two mutual fans discuss the origins of music and the relationship between nature and Bjork's Biophilia performances. I was brought in by C4 to bring this ambitious film to a successful conclusion.	Produced and Directed by Louise Hooper
"A delight to the senses" The Telegraph

	William, Kate and the Royal Baby	France 3/CB Productions
	The latest instalment in our Royal soap opera shown throughout (republican) Europe and the USA.	Produced and Directed by Christian Bidault

	Perspectives - Portillo on Picasso	ITV1/Plum Pictures
	Michael Portillo finds the parallels between his father's exile from fascist Spain and Picasso's exile from his homeland.	Produced and Directed by Christopher Bruce

	Mary - Queen of the High Street	C4/Optomen
	Mary Portas tries to save Margate High Street in spite of some local doubts.	Produced and Directed by Colin Rothbart

	Escape from Colditz	C4/Windfall
	Feature length doc recreating the most famous, planned WW2 prison break - flying a glider off the roof of Colditz Castle.	Filmed, Produced and Directed by Tom Cook
Shortlisted 2013 Grierson Awards


	Perspectives - Sergeant on Spike	ITV1/Silver River
	John Sergeant explores the comic genius of Spike Milligan	Produced and Directed by Christopher Bruce
"Excellent - an intelligently edited pleasure of a programme" The Observer

	Britain's Lost Routes with Griff Rhys Jones	BBC1/Modern TV
	2 of 4 x 60 minute films with Griff retracing forgotten routes. A pilgrimage route through Wales and a cattle droving route through Scotland.	Produced and Directed by Christopher Bruce

	Poms in Paradise 4 of 8 half hour ob docs about life on Australia's Gold coast for British ex-pats.	ITV1/Century Films Produced and directed by Bruce Fletcher and Peter Beard
"Funniest show of the week" The Sunday Express

	Wicked Pirate City Two hour drama doc about the sunken city of Port Royal and the real pirates of the Caribbean. 1 of 2 editors	Nat Geo/Wall to Wall Directed by Diene Petterle
"Choice of the Day" The Observer

	Wonderland - High Society Brides What happened to five 'girls in pearls' who appeared on the frontispiece page of Country Life magazine during the last fifty years.,	BBC2/Keo Films Directed by Hannah Berryman
"This beautifully crafted documentary" TV Times "Unexpectedly touching, thoroughly engaging" Radio Times Nominated Most Entertaining Documentary 2011 Grierson Awards

	First Cut - The Pawn King	C4/Keo Films
	Looking at the boom in easy but expensive money from online pawnbroking.	Directed by Kirsty Garland
"Shocking but eminently watchable" The Observer

	Valentine Warner Eats The Sixties Valentine explores how we ate in the swinging sixties.	UKTV/Optomen Television Produced and Directed by Joe Harding
2 x 44 minute films edited, graded and on-lined by me at Tangram in just three weeks for each film.

The Supreme Court		More 4/KHP
90 minute ob doc following the first year of Britain's new Supreme Court. 1 of 3 editors		Directed by Karen Hamilton

	Greatest Cities of The World - Rome Griff Rhys Jones explores this ancient city.	ITV1/Modern TV Produced and Directed by Christopher Bruce
"Thank you for your excellent work - immaculately edited" ITV Factual Director

	The Hospital The episode in series two of the award winning programme about the hidden epidemic of Diabetes.	C4/North One Produced and Directed by Tom Coveney

	Make Me A New Face Ben Fogle travels to Ethiopia with a team of specialist surgeons who perform life changing surgery on children severely disfigured by Noma.	BBC2/ORTV Produced and Directed by Abigail Priddle
"The work of the surgeons is incredible to watch and the life changing difference it makes to the children ultimately joyful" The Times

	Ration Book Britain Valentine Warner, Andrew Castle and Jodie Kidd explore what it meant to live through the rationing years in Britain.	UKTV/Optomen Television Produced and Directed by Diene Petterle and David Robertson
4 x 44 minute films edited, graded and on-lined by me at Tangram in just three weeks for each film.
Shortlisted 2011 Broadcast Digital Awards

	The Best Job in The World Following four young Brits as they try to win the job that's too good to be true...	BBC1/BBC Wales Filmed and Directed by Agnieszka Piotrowska
"Many, many thanks for being superbly brilliant" - BBC exec

	Kevin McCloud and The Big Town Plan Filmed over five years, can good design rescue the failing town of Castleford in Yorkshire? I worked with Robert Thirkell across the series. 4x50mins. 1 of 3 editors.	C4/Talkback Thames Produced and Directed by Hugo Smith
Nominated 2008 RTS Awards

	The Posters Came From The Walls The fans of Depeche Mode filmed by Turner Prize winning artist Jeremy Deller	Mute Records Brown Owl Films Directors: Jeremy Deller and Nick Abrahams
Selected for 2008 London Film Festival "The most fun film of the Festival" The Observer "Hilarious, brilliantly edited and politically fascinating" Dazed and Confused http://theposterscamefromthewalls.com/

Making The Universe		Mute Records
45 minute obdoc following eight months of studio sessions as Depeche Mode record their new album 'Sounds of The Universe'		Filmed by Daniel Miller, Andy Fletcher and others

	Nuremberg - Goering's Last Stand Two hour drama doc about Goering's rise to power and downfall at the Nuremberg Trials	C4/ 3BM tv Written, Produced and Directed by Peter Nicholson
"Superbly made, thought-provoking and gripping" The Observer 2007 BAFTA Specialist Factual Award Winner Nominated 2007 Banff World Television Awards

	One Life - The Brick In The Wall Kids The kids who sang on the Pink Floyd hit tell their story and of how they came through the controversy	BBC1/Silver River Directed by Hannah Berryman

The Making of Me - Vanessa Mae		BBC1
The violinist tries to discover whether her musicality was the result of nature or nurture.		Directed by John Holdsworth

	One Life - Gail Porter Laid Bare The blonde TV presenter comes to terms with the loss of her hair.	BBC1/Maverick Television Directed by Hannah Berryman

	Dawn Goes Lesbian The intrepid journalist Dawn Porter tries living as a lesbian for a month	BBC3/Zig Zag Filmed and Directed by Alex Berk


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