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Laurence
Williamson – film editor |
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I have edited many types of peak time documentaries for the main TV channels on
film, tape, Lightworks and Avid and was voted one of the top ten UK film editors
in 1999. Contact
me on : 07813 583735 |
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| The British Garden - Life and Death on Your Lawn | BBC 4/Windfall |
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90 min
doc filmed over a year recording how much wildlife can be found in a typical
back garden. Presented by Chris Packham. |
Produced and Directed by Tom Cook |
| Ireland with Ardal O'Hanlon | More 4/Big Mountain Productions |
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3 x 50 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 Europe and the USA. |
Produced and Directed by Alison Homewood and Christian Bidault |
| Griff's Great Britain | ITV1/Modern TV |
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8 x 30 min
docs with Griff Rhys Jones exploring different regions of Britain. |
Produced and Directed by Christopher Bruce |
| OAP's Behaving Badly | C5/Barcroft TV |
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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 |
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Two 60min docs travelling the world with Martin
Clunes as he explores man's long relationship with animals. 'Martin Clunes's affection for all creatures great and small is especially touching' The Guardian |
Produced and Directed by Christopher Bruce |
| The Men With Many Wives | C4/Shiver TV |
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Obdoc exploring the world of polygamy as practised by
British Muslims. "An unusually clear-eyed documentary" The Guardian. |
Produced and Directed by Masood Khan |
| 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 |
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A Great Welsh Adventure - with Griff Rhys Jones |
ITV1/Modern TV |
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8 x 30 min
docs of Griff exploring different regions of Wales. "Gorgeous landscapes, interesting history and good company. Documentary pick of the day" The Observer. |
Produced and Directed by Christopher Bruce |
| When Bjork Met Attenborough | C4/Pulse Films |
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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. "A delight to the senses" The Telegraph. |
Produced and Directed by Louise Hooper |
| William, Kate and the Royal Baby | France 3/CB Productions |
| The latest instalment in our Royal soap opera screened 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 |
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Feature length doc recreating the most famous, planned WW2 prison break - flying a glider off the roof of Colditz Castle. Shortlisted 2013 Grierson Awards |
Filmed, Produced and Directed by Tom Cook |
| Perspectives - Sergeant on Spike | ITV1/Silver River |
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John Sergeant explores the comic genius of Spike
Milligan. "Excellent - an intelligently edited pleasure of a programme" The Observer |
Produced and Directed by Christopher Bruce |
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Britain's Lost Routes with Griff Rhys Jones |
BBC1/Modern TV |
2 of 4x 60min docs of Griff
retracing forgotten routes.
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Produced and Directed by Christopher Bruce |
| Poms in Paradise | ITV1/Century Films |
Eight half hour ob docs about life on Australia's Gold
coast for British ex-pats. 1 of 2 editors.
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Produced and directed by Bruce Fletcher and Peter Beard |
| Wicked Pirate City | Nat Geo/Wall to Wall |
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Two hour drama doc about the sunken city of
Port Royal and the real pirates of the Caribbean. 1 of 2 editors. |
Directed by Diene Petterle |
| Wonderland - High Society Brides | BBC2/Keo Films |
What happened to five 'girls in pearls' who appeared
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Directed by Hannah Berryman |
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"This beautifully crafted documentary" TV Times "Unexpectedly touching, thoroughly engaging" Radio Times Nominated Most Entertaining Documentary 2011 Grierson Awards |
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| First Cut - The Pawn King | C4/Keo Films |
Looking at the boom in easy but expensive money from online pawn broking. |
Directed by Kirsty Garland |
"Shocking but eminently watchable" The Observer |
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| Valentine Warner Eats The Sixties | UKTV/Optomen Television |
Valentine Warner explores how we ate in the swinging sixties. 2 x 44 minute
films edited, graded and on-lined by me at Tangram in just
three weeks for each film.by Joe Harding | |
| 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 | ITV/Modern TV |
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Griff Rhys Jones explores the ancient city |
Produced and Directed by Christopher Bruce |
| "Thank you for your excellent work - immaculately edited" ITV Factual Editor | |
| The Hospital | C4/North One |
| The episode in series two of the award winning programme about the hidden epidemic of Diabetes |
Produced and Directed by Tom Coveney |
| Make Me A New Face | BBC2/ORTV |
| Ben Fogle travels to Ethiopia with a team of specialist surgeons who perform life changing surgery on children severely disfigured by Noma |
Produced and Directed by Abigail Priddle |
| Ration Book Britain | UKTV/Optomen Television |
| Valentine Warner, Andrew Castle and Jodie Kidd explore what it meant to live through the rationing years in Britain. |
Produced and Directed by Diene Petterle and David Robertson |
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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 |
BBC1/BBC Wales |
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Following four young Brits as they try to win the job that's too good to be true... |
Filmed and Directed by Agnieszka Piotrowska |
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"Many, many thanks for
being superbly brilliant" - BBC exec |
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| Kevin McCloud and The Big Town Plan |
C4/Talkback Thames |
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Filmed over five years, can good
design rescue the failing town of Castleford in Yorkshire? 4x50mins. 1 of 3
editors. |
Produced and Directed |
| Making The Universe | Mute Records |
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45 minute obdoc following eight
months of studio sessions as Depeche Mode record their new album |
Filmed by Daniel Miller, |
| The Posters Came From The Walls |
Mute Records |
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The fans of
Depeche Mode filmed by |
Directors: Jeremy Deller and Nick Abrahams |
| The Making of Me - Vanessa Mae | BBC1 |
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The violinist tries to discover
whether her musicality |
Directed by John Holdsworth |
| Married to The Eiffel Tower - Strangelove |
C5/Blink Productions |
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Examines the little known phenomenon of
Objectum Sexuals - women who have relationships only with objects, |
Filmed and Directed by |
| Dawn Goes Lesbian | BBC3/Zig Zag |
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The intrepid journalist tries living as a lesbian for a month |
Producer: Alex Berk |
| The Stirling Prize |
C4/Talkback Thames |
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Kevin McCloud tours Europe looking
at the buildings |
Directed by |
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One Life - The Brick In The Wall Kids |
BBC1 Silver River |
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The kids who sang on the Pink Floyd hit tell their story and of how they came through the controversy |
Directed
by |
| Into The Big Wide World |
C4/Ricochet |
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Following a project in south London trying to give a
better chance in life to teenagers leaving the care system
"It's heartening to see a film that
painstakingly avoids mawkishness and exploitation, instead we get to understand
the quartet's hopes and fears." |
Filmed and Directed
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| Cutting Edge - Bus Pass Workaholics | C4/Silver River |
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A look at
Britain's 1.2 million pensioner workforce |
Filmed and
Directed by |
| Jamie's Chef | C4/Fresh One |
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Jamie gives one of his trainees
the chance to run |
Directors: Kim Maddever,
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| One Life - Gail Porter Laid Bare | BBC1/Maverick Television |
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The Tv presenter comes to terms with alopecia |
Producer: Hannah Berryman |
| Nuremberg - Goering's Last Stand |
C4/ 3BM tv |
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Two hour drama doc
about Goering's rise to power and downfall at the Nuremberg Trials. |
Producer: Peter Nicholson
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Extraordinary People - The Boy With A New Head |
C5/At It Productions |
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Following 13 year old Petero from rural Uganda to Dallas for dramatic surgery Shortlisted 2007 Grierson Awards |
Producer: Alex Berk |
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Hannah Glasse - The First Domestic Goddess |
BBC4/Optomen Television |
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Clarissa Dickson-Wright
presents a drama documentary about Georgian author |
Producer: Diene Petterle |
| The Baby Race | C4/Hart Ryan Productions |
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1 of 3 ob docs following would
be |
Producer: Diana Hill |
| The British Middle Class | C4/Blakeway Productions |
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Tristram Hunt explores the origins of middle class values |
Producer: Peter Nicholson |
| Who Got Diana Dors' Millions? |
C4/Granada |
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A code cracking thriller biography 2004 RTS Award (North West) Best Factual Entertainment Programme |
Producer: Isabel Tang |
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The Real John Curry |
C4/Granada |
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Bio of Britain's first openly gay
sportsman. |
Producer: Ralph Lee
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| Brit School | BBC/Touch |
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6 of 10 films following the
lives of children |
Producer: Ken McGill |
| Fifteen |
C4/Windfall |
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2 of 3 films about fifteen year olds in south London |
Camera/Director: Daisy Asquith |
| Diary of a Teenage Nudist |
C4/ZKK |
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Exploring the funny but
murky world of Nudism. |
Producer: Alex Berk |
| The
World's Worst Century - The Black Death |
C4/Granada |
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"A gripping horror documentary" Daily Express |
Producer: Peter Nicholson |
| The Decision |
C4/Windfall |
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2 of 3 films about children and social services. |
Camera/Directors: Daisy Asquith, |
| Cutting Edge - Sleeping with the Au Pair |
C4/Twenty Twenty |
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The damage wreaked by falling for your au pair. |
Producer: Hannah Berryman |
| Ruby Does The Business |
BBC3/Princess Productions |
| Ruby Wax on how to make a quick million in the Chrysalis music empire. | Producer: Michael Jochnowitz |
| New Servants |
BBC2/Talkback |
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1 of 3 films reflecting affluent lifestyles |
Producer: Hannah Berryman |
| The Diagnosis |
C4/Windfall |
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Co-editor with Simon Rose of
three films following |
Producers: Emma
Bowman, |
| Who Rules The Roost? |
BBC3/Ricochet Digital |
| First episode in new format series about working parents trying full time childcare. | Producer: Francine Shaw |
| I'll Show Them Who's Boss |
BBC2 |
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First in new series of top boss
Gerry Robinson |
Producer: James Van der pool |
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Living The Dream |
BBC2 |
| From zebra crossings to zebras crossing |
Producer: Nicola Gibson |
| The Real Tony Blackburn |
C4/Granada |
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Bio of Britain's first superstar DJ's decline and revival |
Producer: Sue Bourne |
| The Heart of the Dragon |
C4/ASH |
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4 of 12 films about life in China. |
Producers: Mischa Scorer, |
| Inside Clouds - A drink and drugs clinic |
BBC2 |
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2 of 4 sixty-minute films following patients through rehab. |
Producers: Kevin Jarvis, Gabe Solomon |
| Coast of Dreams - Paradise in the Sun |
C4/Touch |
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English ex-pats on the Costa del Sol - largest |
Producer: Malcolm Brinkworth |
| Modern Times - Amsterdamage |
BBC2 |
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English drug mules in Amsterdam - shot on DV |
Producers: Alastair Cook, |
| Back to the Floor
- Dating Agency |
BBC2 |
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Top boss experiences real work |
Producer: James Van der pool |
| Trouble at the Top |
BBC2 |
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actuality lead films inside businesses
with problems. |
Producers: Daniel Barry, |
| Equinox - Near Miss |
C4/Windfall |
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New York air traffic controllers under pressure |
Producers: Emma Bowman, |
| Perfect Breasts |
C4/Wellpark |
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should teenagers have breast implants? |
Producer: Sue Bourne |
| Secret Lives of the Pharaohs |
C4/TV6 |
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1 of 3 films exploring new evidence about ancient Egypt |
Producers: Dev Varma |
| Troubleshooter |
BBC2 |
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9 films in 5 series of Sir John Harvey Jones |
Producers: Anne Laking, |
| Island of Dreams |
C4/Touch |
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3 films about `real Shirley Valentines' |
Producer: Malcolm Brinkworth |
| Cutting Edge - Home Fires |
C4/Touch |
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how the Gulf War affected army wives and mothers |
Producer: Malcolm Brinkworth |
| Submarine |
BBC1 |
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4 of 6 films about life on Navy subs - achieved |
Producer: Jonathan Crane |
| Pioneers - My Special Children |
BBC2 |
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1 of 6 in series about NHS |
Producer: Robin Brightwell |
| Odyssey | C4/Griffin |
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5 of 12 fifty minute ethnographic docs |
Producers: Simon
Normanton, Gerry Troyna |
| QED - Simon's Return |
BBC1/Touch |
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Simon Weston returns to The Falklands |
Producer: Malcolm Brinkworth |
| QED - A Song for Annie |
BBC1/Touch |
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a single mother facing up to death from cancer |
Producer: Sue Bourne |
| Short Stories - Crash Course |
C4/Touch |
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a light look at learners on intensive driving course |
Producer: Madeline Hall |
| The Planets | C4/ Moving Picture Company |
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3 of 7 films presented by Heather Couper |
Producer: Paul Fisher |
| The Stars | C4/ Moving Picture Company |
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3 of 6 films presented by Heather Couper |
Producer: Stuart Carter |
| Ever Thought of Sport? |
C4/Team Two |
| 6 films shown on C4 and also BBC1 | Producer: Richard Collins |
| The Beer Hunter |
C4/Hawkshead |
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5 of 6 films about great beers |
Producers: Bob Bee, John Carlaw |
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I have also edited other broadcast docs, corporates, commercials, music videos and news. |
December 2016 |