Since the 1980s, my work in broadcast television has been defined by a commitment to representing new voices and perspectives. I began my career with Interface Productions, a company staffed largely by people with disabilities, where I directed a series of Channel 4 documentaries, including the influential Paralympics 1984, before joining the BBC’s Community Programmes Unit.

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At the BBC I produced for the Emmy Award-winning series Video Diaries and Teenage Diaries. These pioneering projects placed lightweight camcorders into the hands of contributors, inspiring a new documentary language built on self-shot intimacy, honesty, and immediacy. Many of these programmes centred on individuals rarely seen in the mainstream, capturing their unfolding stories in real time - from eating disorders to gender transition, cancer to the struggles of teenage life.

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I later conceived Video Nation, a Mass Observation-inspired series offering an anthropological portrait of everyday Britain. Running throughout the 1990s on BBC2, it won the Prix Iris and evolved into one of the BBC’s first long-running web-based projects.

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Following a spell at Meridian TV, where I created the enduring Three Minutes, I co-founded Maverick Television in Birmingham. There, I extended the diary-documentary genre with Michelle’s Story (BBC1), developed projects for Comic Relief (winning an RTS Award), and launched popular factual formats including Trade Secrets and the revival of Going for a Song with Michael Parkinson.

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Recruited back to the BBC, I became head of its first New Media department, leading digital and interactive programming for BBC Choice and BBC Knowledge (now BBC Three and Four). Working with presenters such as Jason Bradbury and Nick Knowles, I helped shape early experiments in online and interactive broadcasting, including Front Room, Top Gear GTi and Real Rooms.

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In 1999 I joined Endemol’s Victoria Reel as Head of Production, overseeing the launch of the UK’s first live-streamed reality show, Big Brother. The 27 million live streams it attracted established “interactive reality television” as a genre, combining entertainment with factual and changing how audiences engaged with TV.

 

In 2001 I launched The Bridge in Brighton, producing arts and music documentaries (Artists in Residence, Brighton Beats) before moving into higher education in 2005 as Senior Lecturer at Southampton Solent University. There I founded Solent Productions and Solent TV, giving students professional experience with clients including Glastonbury Festival, the BBC, Sony, and the NHS.

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Alongside broadcast work, I have sustained a long-running collaboration with video artist Steve Hawley, spanning projects from the seminal The Science Mix (1983, Stedelijk; MoMA, NY) and Language Lessons (1995, Channel 4) to South Home Town (2015, New York Independent Film Festival).

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Recent independent and broadcast work includes The Last Taboo (Kenya, 2014), Island Pride UK (BBC, 2018), Love Beyond Borders (2015), Vectis Radio (BBC, 2020), and Inside the World of Tinnitus (BBC, 2020).

In 2021 I launched People Media Productions, producing documentary shorts for BBC's The One Show, the NHS, charities, and community organisations on the Isle of Wight, while continuing to consult on media education and curriculum development.