Since the early 1980s, my work in British television has centred on amplifying new voices and widening who gets to be seen and heard on screen. I began at Interface Productions, a pioneering company run largely by disabled filmmakers, where I directed early Channel 4 documentaries including Paralympics ’84. That grounding in representation, authenticity and editorial curiosity set the tone for the decades that followed.

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At the BBC, I produced for the Emmy Award-winning Video Diaries and Teenage Diaries, projects that placed lightweight cameras directly into contributors’ hands. These series helped redefine observational storytelling in the UK, giving space to voices rarely found in the mainstream and exploring experiences such as eating disorders, gender transition, cancer, and the emotional landscape of adolescence.

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​​​​​I went on to conceive Video Nation for BBC Two, a Mass Observation-inspired portrait of everyday Britain. Running throughout the 1990s, it won the Prix Iris, became one of the BBC’s first sustained web-based projects, and cemented an early blueprint for participatory documentary.

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After a stint at Meridian, where I created the long-running Three Minutes, I co-founded Maverick Television in Birmingham. There I extended the diary-film genre with Michelle’s Story for BBC One, produced RTS-winning work for Comic Relief, and developed popular factual formats including Trade Secrets and the revival of Going for a Song with Michael Parkinson.

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Returning to the BBC, I became Head of New Media for BBC Choice and BBC Knowledge (now BBC Three and Four). I helped shape the BBC’s earliest digital and interactive output, working with Jason Bradbury, Nick Knowles and others on boundary-pushing projects such as 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 series, Big Brother. Its 27 million live streams marked a shift in how audiences engage with factual entertainment and helped define interactive reality television as a new genre.

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I later founded The Bridge in Brighton, producing arts and music documentary work, before moving into higher education as Senior Lecturer at Southampton Solent University. There I created Solent Productions and Solent TV, giving students meaningful industry experience with clients including Glastonbury, the BBC, Sony and the NHS.

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Alongside this, I have maintained a long partnership with video artist Steve Hawley, from the seminal The Science Mix (Stedelijk; MoMA) and Language Lessons (Channel 4) to South Home Town (New York Independent Film Festival), work that continues to explore language, identity, place and media culture.

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Across this period I developed independent and broadcast work including The Last Taboo (Kenya), Island Pride UK (BBC), Love Beyond Borders, Vectis Radio (BBC) and Inside the World of Tinnitus (BBC).

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In 2021 I launched People Media Productions, producing more than 20 short documentaries for BBC One’s The One Show, alongside films for the NHS, charities and community organisations. The company builds on my long-standing commitment to authentic storytelling, working with contributors to shape films rooted in lived experience, compassion and a clear sense of public value.