DAMIAN LEASK

1 x 60’ Documentary        Hungry Bear Media/Channel 5

Jay Blades explores the history of various country houses with the help of historians and experts.

Edit Producer: Kemi Majekodunmi

1 x 30' Documentary        Studio 9 Films/Al Jazeera

People & Power gets special access to a pivotal moment in the fight against the military government in Myanmar.

Producer - Tom Sheahan, Executive Producer - Fiona Lloyd-Davies

1 x 60’ Documentary        Voltage TV/Channel 5

Greed. Madness. Love. Tragedy Over centuries, Buckingham Palace has witnessed it all. Now, Alexander Armstrong reveals surprising stories hidden behind walls of Britain's most iconic royal residence.

Producer/Director - Sam Elvin

1 x 60’ Documentary        BBC Studios/BBC Select

This documentary series recounts the story behind the ten days leading to Edward VIII abdicating his throne to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson. It would change the royals, the press and British history forever.

Director - Marion Milne

1 x 60’ Observational Documentary        Lion TV/Channel4

A behind the scenes look inside the Royal Jubilee Maternity unit in Belfast.

Series Producer: Julia Shannon

1 x 60’ Observational Documentary        Flicker Productions/Channel 4

Additional editing. Documentary following estate agents as they sell gorgeous properties in the Cornwall area.

Series Director - Caroline O’Neill, Executive Producer - Colleen Flynn

1 x 60’ Factual Entertainment        Full Fat TV/ Discovery TLC

Consultant dermatologist and dermatological surgeon Dr. Emma Craythorne and her team of experts meet, treat and dramatically transform the lives of those suffering from unusual, extreme and in some cases debilitating skin conditions.

Producer - Alice Barnett, Executive Producer: Collette Foster

1 x 60’ Documentary        Yeti Television/Channel 4

Revealing how and why the Duke of Windsor betrayed his country during World War Two, with newly found documents and brand new archive.

Producer/Director - Marion Milne

NOMINEE - RTS CYMRU AWARDS 2023 – FACTUAL

1 x 30' Documentary        Studio 9 Films/Al Jazeera

Can pro-democracy activists and ethnic nationalists join forces to overthrow Myanmar’s brutal military regime?

Producer - Tom Sheahan, Executive Producer - Fiona Lloyd-Davies

1 x 60’ Documentary        BBC Studios/BBC One

Remembering The Queen through the decades of her reign.

Producer/Director - Alexander Leith

1 x 60’ Documentary        Voltage TV/Channel 5

An intriguing look at the countdown to World War II through the eyes of Adolf Hitler himself during the crucial period when Nazi troops crossed the German border and invaded Austria.

Producer - Sam Elvin, Series Producer - Robin Dashwood

2 x 60’ Documentary        BBC/BBCFour

Documentary series in which art historian James Fox explores how the power of images has transformed the modern world.

Series Producer - Alexander Leith

1 x 60’ Drama Documentary        Raw TV/CNN

A landmark six-part drama-documentary series for CNN narrated by Oscar winner Mahershala Ali that tells the story of America’s most dramatic and consequential presidential elections.

Producer - Simon Jacobs, Series Producer - David Belton

1 x 60' Documentary        7 Wonder/BBC Two

Additional Editing. A series telling the story of the NHS through the voices of the people whose lives it has affected. This episode covers the first quarter-century of the service.

Series Producer - Michelle Crowther

2 x 60’ Documentary        BBC/BBC Two

Giles Coren and Monica Galetti roll up their sleeves to work alongside staff in some of the most extraordinary hotels across the globe.

Producer/Director - Aidan Woodward, Sam Roubicek

1 x 60’ Documentary        BBC/BBC Two

Historian David Starkey reveals how the Protestant Reformation unleashed fundamentalist beliefs, terror and holy war across Europe in a way that is all too familiar to us today.

Producer/Director - Alex Leith

1 x 60’ Documentary        Bend It TV/BBC Two

Bend It Like Beckham director Gurinder Chadha investigates the often unknown stories behind the history of the partition of India.

Producer/Director - Robin Dashwood

1 x 60’ Factual Entertainment        Reef TV/More 4

Penelope Keith takes to the road to explore our changing relationship with that most quintessential of British institutions, the village.

Edit Producer - Sabine Pusch, Executive Producer - Owen Rodd

1 x 30’ Comedy Entertainment        BBC/BBC One

Mel Giedroyc introduces a treasure trove of comedy bloomers, bleeps and blunders.

Producer - Tara Duffy

1 x 60’ Documentary        Liberty Bell/BBC4

An immersive historical look at the golden age of British live entertainment, presented by Frank Skinner and Suzy Klein.

Producer - Amy Morgan, Director - Kim Lomax

1 x 60’ Documentary        BBC/BBC Two

Nick Hewer and Margaret Mountford climb on board Britain’s trains to find out whether, with crammed carriages, declining punctuality and high fares, they offer value for money.

Director - William Yearsley

1 x 60’ Arts Documentary        BBC Scotland/BBC Two

Andrew Marr explores the lives and works of the Scottish writers who helped define a national identity over the last three centuries.

Director - Fatima Salaria

1 x 60’ Documentary        BBC/BBC Two

The story of 2013 told through the high impact images of the year, exploring how photography has changed in the age of smartphones, social media and the selfie.

Director - Fatima Salaria

2 x 60’ Documentary        BBC/BBC Two

Robert Peston reveals how shopping has changed from a chore to be endured in the 1950s into our favourite pastime by the 1980s.

Directors - Robin Dashwood, James Giles

1 x 60’ Documentary         Studio 9 Films

Twenty years after the start of the war in Bosnia, people are still fighting for justice. Six young British women set off on a journey to find out why. They walk the paths to Sarajevo and Srebrenica, where war and genocide took place, in their quest for truth they explore the path to peace and reconciliation and what role it plays in the lives of the survivors.

Director: Fiona Lloyd-Davies

WINNER - THE PEOPLE’S FILM FESTIVAL AWARD 2013 - BEST DOCUMENTARY - INTERNATIONAL

1 x 60’ Documentary        BBC/BBC Two

Andrew Marr looks at Obama’s first term in office and assesses how far this presidency has lived up to the huge expectations.

Director - Fatima Salaria

2 x 60' Documentary        BBC/BBC Two

Historian Dominic Sandbrook explores the 1970s. He looks at the impact of a fast-changing world on British life and the effects of the oil price hike of the 70s and he reveals a Britain brimming with aspiration as ordinary people first felt the thrill of freedom and money.

Director - Steve Condie, Fatima Salaria

1 x 60’ Science Documentary        BBC/BBC4

In 2001, after more than thirty years of service, America’s space shuttle took to the skies for the last time. This unique and poignant programme brings together coverage from three decades of programmes to present a biography of theshuttle and to ask what its legacy will be.

Director - Jacqui Farnham

1 x 60’ Documentary        BBC/BBC Two

Kirsty Young begins a history of how British families have changed since the Second World War by exploring the impact of the sexual revolution.

Director - Steve Condie

1 x 60’ Documentary        BBC/BBC Three

This series follows five athletic adventurers from the west as they compete for glory against tribal champions in some of the remotest corners of the globe, with the ultimate aim of being crowned the Last Woman Standing.

Director - Claire Messenger

1 x 60’ Documentary        BBC/BBC Two

Andrew Marr explores how Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection has taken on a life of its own far beyond the world of science.

Director - Francis Whately

1 x 60’ Documentary        BBC/BBC One

David Dimbleby shows how the Tudors used art as an instrument of power and propaganda. Featuring a look at Henry VIII and the lavish, gilded tomb in Westminster Abbey he commissioned for his father.

Director - Helen Nixon

1 x 30’ Current Affairs BBC/BBC One

John Sweeney investigates the Church of Scientology and allegations made by former members and relatives of current members. However, during the course of his investigation he soon finds that he has become a target of the Church.

Director - Sarah Mole

2 x 60’ History Documentary        BBC/BBC Two

Andrew Marr presents a history of Britain from the end of the Second World War to the start of the third millennium.

Directors - Robin Dashwood, Fatima Salaria

WINNER - BAFTA TELEVISION AWARDS 2008 - SPECIALIST FACTUAL
WINNER - RTS PROGRAMME AWARDS 2008 - HISTORY
WINNER - BROADCASTING PRESS GUILD 2008 - BEST DOCUMENTARY FACTUAL SERIES

1 x 60’ Documentary        BBC/BBC Two

This programme traces the rise of the independence movement in Jamaica in the late 1930 to full independence in 1961.

Director - Fatima Salaria

1 x 60’ Documentary        BBC/BBC Two

The Real Fresh Prince follows a black inner city schoolboy who spends a month at a private school in an attempt to see how this might influence his achievement.

Director - Fatima Salaria

SHORTLISTED - PRIX EUROPA 2002 - TV CURRENT AFFAIRS

1 x 45’ Documentary        BBC/BBC Two

Olenka Frenkiel explores how the state institutions and cultural practices in Pakistan conspire to allow men to murder their women with impunity, in a practice known as ‘Honour Killing’.

Director - Fiona Lloyd-Davies

WINNER - RTS PROGRAMME AWARDS 2001 - INTERNATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS