Credits 1990 -


TODAY I AM A MAN
BBC Television 'The Lowdown'
The barmitzvah link between a 13 year old Jewish London schoolboy and his Moscow counterpart.
· Royal Television Society Award - Children's Factual

CHILDREN OF THE MOTHERSHIP
BBC TV/ The Lowdown

The varied and enterprising lives of some remarkable children living in the snow paradise of Aspen, Colorado.


SEE YOU IN COURT (X 6)
BBC Television

Crime docudramas in which teenagers take the role of lawyers, magistrates and other court officials and put other youngsters in the dock


SEE YOU IN COURT (X6)
BBC Television

A second series of this innovative courtroom docudrama in which youngsters play key role in confronting crimes such as cruelty to animals, harassment and the handling of stolen goods.


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WINTER DREAMS
BBC/NVC Arts

Studio production of Sir Kenneth MacMillan's latest ballet inspired by Chekov's 'Three Sisters' and starring Irek Mukhamedov and Darcey Bussell

SHOULD ACCIDENTALLY FALL
Arts Council/BBC TV

A made-for-television dance film with choreographer Yolande Snaith.

RUDOLPH NUREYEV -VARIATIONS ON AN ENIGMA
Christie's
A portrait of the dancer highlighting his extensive art collection

NUREYEV UNZIPPED
Channel 4
A study of the famous Russian dancer

SWINGER
Arts Council/BBC Television

A dance story about love and its dangers, inspired by Roland Barthe's 'A Lovers Discourse'.
Original Music by David Coulter and Graeme Miller

PETER AND THE WOLF
Director and Editor for BBC TV

Matthew Hart's ballet for the Royal Ballet School with Anthony Dowell as Narrator

THE JUDAS TREE
Director and Editor for NVC Arts/Channel Four

Kenneth MacMillan's last ballet filmed at Elstree Studios
· Winner International Emmy Award for Performing Arts 1998

STEPTEXT & SYMPHONY IN C
BBC TV

The Royal Ballet from Covent Garden.
· Nominated for a Prix Italia

4 DANCE (X 6)
Channel Four

Series of six new dance performances featuring pieces by Mark Baldwin, Aletta Collins, Siobahn Davies, Russell Maliphant, Yolanda Snaith and William Tuckett

BALLET BOYZ (X 4)
Channel 4

A personal diary about the Royal Ballet Company in exile, made by dancers Michael Nunn and William Trevitt.

MAURICE BÉJART'S NUTCRACKER
Director and Editor for RM Associates/LGM
A magical staging of The Nutcracker, Maurice Béjart transforms the piece into an enchanting autobiography.

COPPELIA
Director for BBC
Ninette de Valois version of this much loved ballet with sets by the great illustrator/designer, Osbert Lancaster.
- Winner Dance Screen 2000 for Best Stage/Studio recording

BALLET BOYZ II - The Next Step
Channel 4
Following last year's video diary of Michael Nunn and William Trevitt, they show life with their new Japanese company, Kballet

MOONWATER
Director for RM Associates/LGM/France 3/Mezzo/PTS
Performed by the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan, a studio recording of the latest dance piece from this highly regarded company.

THE CAR MAN
Director for Adventures in Motion Pictures/Channel 4
A studio recording of this award winning production, AMP's 'auto-erotic' dance thriller.

BOURNE TO DANCE

Channel 4
A very specific and eclectic dance history, presented by British choreographer Matthew Bourne and featuring dancers from his company, Adventures in Motion Pictures. A series about all types of dance (from ballet to ice-dance), observed through the prism of Bourne’s own, highly developed, dance aesthetic.

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LSO: Awakening St Luke's
BBC TV

The London Symphony Orchestra rescues Nicholas Hawksmoor's last church, St Luke's, a roofless ruin in London's Old Street and transforms it into a high tech centre for education, rehearsal and performance. Filmed over three years, from the removal of a thousand corpses to the premier performance of James MacMillan's A Deep But Dazzling Darkness. With Sir Colin Davis, Michael Tilson Thomas, Pierre Boulez, and writer Iain Sinclair.

JOHNNIE RAY
LWT "South Bank Show"

Before Elvis, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, and the Beatles, it was Johnnie Ray, who holds claim to fathering rock'n'roll. Deafened in a childhood accident and tutored in the tough R&B clubs of Detroit, this is the first TV profile of the man who became the first pop superstar. With Mitch Miller, Frankie Laine, Ruth Brown, Tony Bennett etc.

THE DOUBLE LIFE OF ALAN AYCKBOURN
BBC TV

A documentary insight into one of Britain's most successful and prolific playwrights

NOT POTS (x 6)

Channel Four

A series exploring new directions in contemporary crafts

KENNETH MACMILLAN AT 60
Mediascope/BBC TV

A profile of the great choreographer

THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING
Channel Four 'Dispatches'
The unprecedented exodus of Jews from the USSR to a welcoming but unprepared Israel

LA STUPENDA
RM Associates/BBC 'Omnibus'
A profile of Dame Joan Sutherland

WILL APPLES GROW ON MARS?
Landseer/Central Television "Viewpoint '91"
The exclusive story of the making of Biosphere II in Arizona -"one of the greatest scientific experiments of this century"

J.R.R.T
A documentary of the author, J.R.R Tolkien, commissioned by the Tolkien Partnership to mark the centenary of his birth

NOBODY'S FOOL
LWT/South Bank Show

The first profile of the legendary entertainer Danny Kaye, with Dinah Shore, Sam Goldwyn, Joel Grey, Virginia Mayo, Sir Peter Ustinov, Larry Adler, Roland Petit and many more.
· Nominated for the Indie Arts Award

THE THEATRE MUSEUM
A film introducing the Museum's new film and video archive.

POOP-POOP
Carlton TV/ITV Network

The making of the new animation feature of Kenneth Grahame's 'The Wind In the Willows', with Vanessa Redgrave, Rik Mayall etc.


ZEFIRELLI
LWT

A South Bank Show portrait of the international stage and film director filmed in Tel Aviv, Washington and Rome.

CHILDREN SPEAKING FOR THEMSELVES
The Speech, Learning and Hearing Centre
Promotional Film for the remarkable pioneering centre in London for children with hearing and learning problems.

OPERATION RUNNING WATER ITV
Network/Channel 5/Travel Channel
Eastenders stars Sue Tully and Letitia Dean go to Senegal to live in a mud hut in the village of Tattene Serrere. They pound millet and carry water from the distant well to raise funds for a new pipeline.

LIFE FORCE
An ongoing television archive that over many years has recorded in-depth interviews with a host of key artists and personalities. Among those who have considered the forces that shaped and influenced their lives are Iris Murdoch, Alan Ayckbourn, Peter Hall, Michael Tilson Thomas, Joshua Bell, Peter Ustinov, Christopher Isherwood, Lang Lang, Pierre Boulez, Ravi Shankar, Steven Isserlis, Benjamin Zander, Rannulph Fiennes, Norman Foster, Maxim Vengerov, Peter Maxwell Davies, John Rutter, John Tavener, Mary Quant etc.

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VALENTINE FALLS
Channel Four

A drama set in Belfast, for the new series 4 PLAY

SUNNY STORIES

BBC TV "Bookmark"
A drama on the life of Enid Blyton - the world's most successful children's author. With Maureen Lipman and Anna Massey

THE BIG PICNIC
Director for Promenade/BBC TV Scotland
Bill Bryden's epic story of the Glasgow Batallion in the Great War

A BRAND FROM THE BURNING
Provided Director and Editor for Skyscraper Productions
A studio drama based on the life of the founder of the Methodist church, John Wesley. Written by John Wells.

BackOTHELLO
directed for Heritage Theatre at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.



THE ULSTER ORCHESTRA
BBC TV Northern Ireland

A series of six concerts conducted by Yan Pascal Tortelier in the Ulster Hall, Belfast

GALWAY AT 50
BBC TV
A new portrait of the master flautist.

FESTIVAL (x 3)
ARTÉ

A series of documentaries on European festivals, featuring Istanbul, Martina Franca and Warsaw

A VERY VOLUNTARY TRUMPETER
LWT "South Bank Show"

A portrait of young Swedish virtuoso, Håkan Hardenberger

A NIGHT AT THE OPERA
Thames Television/RM Arts
Operatic favourites live from the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, London. With Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet) and Christian Lindberg (trombone)

DISCOVERING DELIUS
A documentary about the composer, Frederick Delius, commisioned by the Delius Trust.

SEEKING HAYDN
Director and Editor for EuroArts/Channel 13
Two 1 hour programmes with Sir Peter Ustinov telling the story of the life and music of Joseph Haydn
· Awarded Gold Medal for Cultural Programmes New York Festival 1996

MISTER ABBOTT'S BROADWAY
BBC TV "Omnibus"

Mark Steyn re-visits the Broadway of 106 year-old George Abbott, legendary producer/director/writer/actor as he re-stages Damn Yankees. With musical tributes from Liza Minnelli, Jule Styne, Donald Saddler, Harold Prince, Comden and Green, Sheldon Harnick, Gwen Verdon, Natalia Makarova.

HEAR MY CHANSON!
LWT "South Bank Show"
A profile of the French chanson with Charles Aznavour, Juliette Greco, Petula Clark, Mireille, Charles Trenet etc.

AULD LANG SYNE
BBC Scotland

A humorous look at the history of the most popular of all Robert Burns' songs.

THE ULSTER ORCHESTRA CONCERTS
BBC TV Northern Ireland

CASTLE WARD CLASSICS, MAINLY FROM THE MOVIES, BALLYMENA CHRISTMAS, MOVING IMAGES Continuing the annual commitment of live broadcasts from this popular orchestra.

WATERFRONT GALA
BBC TV Northern Ireland

The gala premier concert of the new Waterfront Hall in Belfast broadcast live by BBC Northern Ireland. Presented by Gloria Hunniford and Sean Rafferty -featuring James Galway and Barry Douglas

PRINCE'S TRUST GALA
BBC 2

The Royal opening of the new Waterfront Hall in Belfast, broadcast live on the BBC2 network, starring Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Dennis O'Neil. The Trumpeters of the Royal Irish Regiment and the Ulster Orchestra

RETYING THE KNOT - THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND
BBC TV Scotland
A new look at the 60's icons.

BENJAMIN ZANDER - LIVING ON ONE BUTTOCK
BBC TV /NVC Arts
Portrait of a remarkable conductor and teacher who inspires musicians and businessmen alike. A 50 minute film for "The Works"

MAGIC IN THE AIR
RTE 1

Documentary about the West Cork Chamber Music Festival 1998 with international artists The Borodin Quartet, Joanna MacGregor and Marc-Andre Hamelin

DEATH OF A LEGEND - FRANK SINATRA
LWT/ITV Network
The ITV Network tribute to Frank Sinatra from The "South Bank Show"

PETULA CLARK
LWT "South Bank Show
"
The extraordinary story of the ongoing career of this former child star for The "South Bank Show"

ROUTES OF ROCK (X 8)
Carlton Television

A historical and geographical exploration of London's rock heritage

FROM RUSSIA, FOR OMAGH
RTE/BBC Northern Ireland

Historic performance by the Kirov Chorus of Rachmaninov's Vespers at Omagh's Sacred Heart Church to commemorate the anniversary of the car bomb massacre on 15th August 1998. With Valery Gergiev

· Silver Screen Award, US International Film & Video Festival

BING CROSBY
LWT "South Bank Show
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The first major television profile of the 'Voice of the Century' for The "South Bank Show"

ULSTER ORCHESTRA - WATERFRONT SHOWCASE
BBC Northern Ireland
Sean Rafferty presents a wealth of Ulster's outstanding young musical talent in a concert from Belfast's Waterfront Hall

 


ROUTES OF ROCK II (X 6)
Carlton Television
Six more for the road of the fast paced musical series that immerses viewers in London’s rich pop history. This time we look at The Business, Songwriting, Recording, The Eighties, the 60s Beat Boom and more on London’s home-grown bands.

ULSTER ORCHESTRA - A CHILD OF OUR TIME
BBC Northern Ireland
Michael Tippett's oratorio with the Ottawa Choral Society and the Philharmonic Society at Belfast's Ulster Hall.

THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN
Artsworld/BBC
The inspiring story of how conductor James Levine created a brand new youth orchestra for the Verbier Festival. Drawn from 30 countries, they had to find a way to live and play together. With Kennedy, Martha Argerich, Zubin Mehta, Gil Shaham, Yuri Temirkanov, Mischa Maisky, Vadim Repin, Paavo Jãrvi, Jonathan Miller among many others.


PROMS IN THE PARK, BELFAST 2002/5
BBC TV Northern Ireland
Before an audience of 6000, coinciding with The Last Night Of The Proms, for BBC Northern Ireland. Artists have included Julian Lloyd Webber, Sir James Galway, Evelyn Glennie and Paddy Moloney of the Chieftains with the Ulster Orchestra.

PROMS IN THE PARK, BELFAST 2006
BBC TV Northern Ireland
With Lesley Garrett, Nicola Benedetti and the Ulster Orchestra.

Landseer's annual coverage of the Proms in the Park continues.

In 2009 at Hillsborough Castle it featured Sir James and Lady Jeanne Galway.


 

MAXIM VENGEROV: Living the Dream
LWT "South Bank Show"
International Distribution through Digital Classics.

  • Silver Screen Award, US International Film & Video Festival
  • Nominated Best Arts Documentary Banff
The world's leading violinist reaches 30 and embarks on a sabbatical year of self-discovery, re-visiting his roots in Siberia, recording the Beethoven Violin Concerto with his mentor Mstislav Rostropovich and commissioning a challenging Viola Concerto from Benjamin Yusupov that will also require him to study rock and jazz improvisation on the electric violin with the legendary Didier Lockwood, and finally dance tango on stage. A portrait of a restless master talent, at the height of his powers but still in development, searching for new dreams to realise.

MAXIM VENGEROV: Live in Moscow
International Distribution through Digital Classics.
Filmed live in the Moscow Conservatory, Maxim Vengerov and pianist Ian Brown deliver a sell-out concert of Brahms and musical fireworks from Paganini, Ysyaye, Kreisler, Rachmaninov, and Wieniawski.

 

 

 

 




COSI FAN TUTTE
Channel Four
A television recording of David Freeman's 1989 Opera Factory production

DON GIOVANNI
Channel Four
A studio version of David Freeman's 1990 Opera Factory production

FAUST
Channel 4

The Welsh National Opera Production of Gounod's opera, filmed in performance at the New Theatre, Cardiff.

PEONY PAVILION
Director for RM Associates/LGM/SFP/La Sept/ARTE/Mezzo/SBS
An epic love story told through a 19 hour Chinese opera, recorded live at the Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris, 1999.

 

 

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