EDITOR CREDITS & WORK

Reggie Yates: The Insider, Ghana e-waste dump
Flicker Productions (BBC 3)
Reggie spends a week living in the Agbogbloshie rubbish dump near Accra in Ghana. An area touted as the world’s largest e-waste dump. Where the world illegally sends its toxic waste. He investigates the horrific conditions endured by locals who scavenge the site for any items or precious metals to sell on. Poisoning levels at the dump are at catastrophic levels due to the toxic materials released into the ground from the discarded electrical items. Reggie attempts to unearth who is responsible for the most toxic waste dump on earth, what can be done to clean it up, and whether the UK is complicit in sending its own waste to Agbogbloshie.
 

Gold Rush

Raw TV (Discovery US)
Seasons: 2 - 11 (multiple episodes), Season 4: Location Story Producer
Discovery Channel’s highest rating series of all time. Gold Rush follows various groups of Gold miners in Alaska and Canada as they fight the elements and themselves to reach their goal of striking it rich. I have worked on this series for over a decade as an Editor and Edit Producer. 

 

Mousie

Short film (2019)

Previewed at the Dublin Film Festival. See the trailer here 

Race for the White House

Raw TV (CNN)
Narrated by Kevin Spacey, each episode explored an historic US Presidential campaign. Using interviews from the key players from both sides of the political divide, archive footage and dramatic reconstruction each documentary plotted the key moments that won or lost a candidate the biggest prize in politics. My two episodes: Ep2 Andrew Jackson v John Quincy Adams & Ep6: Bill Clinton v George Bush
Reggie Yates: The Insider, Correctional Officer Flicker Productions (BBC 3) 
This ob’s doc follows Reggie as he spends a week living as a Correctional Officer in the American Jail system. With race relations at an all time low in the USA, Reggie ‘dons’ the uniform to see from the inside how the predominant black population is treated and how the differing approaches used by the black and white officers to deal with potentially dangerous inmates play out. Are the officers the good or the bad guys?

Taking Fire

Raw TV (Discovery US)
Using soldier’s helmet camera footage and first person testimony this groundbreaking documentary explored the physical and mental strains experienced by men from the US 101st Airborne divisions tour of the Korengal Valley, Afghanistan in 2010. War as it’s never been seen on television before.

The Celts: Blood, Iron & Sacrifice

BBC History Department (BBC 2)
Presented by Neil Oliver and Dr. Alice Roberts the documentary explored the expansion of Celtic culture across Europe specifically, the ‘La Tene’ Celtic culture from Switzerland and Gallic military hero, Vercingetorix, who took on the Roman Empire and repelled them.
 

Live from Space: Houston We Have a Problem

Arrow Media (C4)
This precursor documentary to Channel 4 ‘Lap of the Planet: Live’ aboard the International Space Station explored the dangers of life in space. Using NASA’s vast archive and interviews with Astronauts the episode told the story of three near catastrophic events. A spacewalk where the astronaut almost drowned inside his helmet, the near crippling of the Hubble space telescope and a life or death spacewalk to fix the ISS oxygen system. 

Reggie Yates Meets World

Flicker Productions (MTV)
2 x episodes edited of this youth doc series. 

Episode 1: Reggie investigates the London religious organisation ‘SPAC Nation’ who claim to draw young people away from a life of knife crime to the word of God. The organisation is often accused of being a cult who promote wealth and material objects to draw in the congregation.
 
Episode 2: Reggie travels to Dallas, Texas to attend an E-sports convention to uncover what is drawing millions of young people to aspire to the world of professional gaming. On this journey he uncovers the dark reality of what it’s like for the countless kids who don’t make it. Shattered lives and psychological damage is often the result.

The Last Days of Jesus

Oxford Film & TV (Channel 5)
This drama/Doc explored the key events in the weeks leading up to Jesus’s execution. Narrated by Toby Jones and with balanced interviews from historical scholars it explored the differing views on who was ultimately responsible for Jesus' death.

Miracle of the Hudson Plane Crash

Darlow Smithson (Channel 4)
When a commercial airliner crash-landed in the Hudson River in central New York it was a race against time to save all passengers onboard. This fast turnaround documentary was on air within one month of the crash. It interviewed passengers, pilots and the rescuers who managed to save everyone aboard Flight 1549 on what has become known as ‘Miracle on the Hudson’.

Banged up Abroad/Locked up Abroad

Raw TV (NGC, Channel 5)
This cult drama/doc series charts the events that lead to people’s incarceration while abroad. These high-octane shows dramatically take the viewer into the events that lead to their imprisonment. Drug busts & terrorist abductions a plenty. My edited episodes: 

• S7: Black Palace of Horrors

• S8: Busted in Bangkok & I am not a Terrorist

• S9: Hippie Mafia

• S10: Jungle Terror

• S11: Mexico Border Bust

• S13: Korean Ecstasy King

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Gold Rush: White Water

Raw TV (Discovery US) 
Season 1, 2 & 3 (multiple episodes)
Spin-off Gold Rush series which follows a father and son diving for gold in the rivers of South East Alaska. This highly dangerous form of dredge mining pushes the crew to it’s limit in the pursuit of riches amongst the wild expanse of America’s frontier state. ‘White Water’ consistently rates as the US seconds most watched show at weekends, behind the sister show Gold Rush.

See No Evil

Arrow Media (Discovery ID)
Drama/doc highlighting the murder of Maple Bataglia in Vancouver, Canada. Using original CCTV, interviews with family members and dramatic reconstruction the documentary uncovers the truth behind who killed Maple and why. The series leans heavily on original CCTV footage to dissect the steps investigators took to track her killer. 

Love the Way You Lie

Raw TV (Discovery ID)
This series explored various murders in the US where the partner of the deceased is suspected of the crime. Each drama/doc episode explored the key events leading up the death. Crucially, playing the events out on screen from two differing perspectives, leaving the viewer to decide whom the perpetrator was.

My episodes: Ep1: The Hit-man and Her, Ep4: End of the Affair

Dangerous Persuasions

Raw TV (Discovery ID)
Cults, manipulation & mind games. Each of the drama/doc episodes explored the experiences of a person who fell under the mental control of an organisation or individual and their ultimate escape.

My episodes: Series 1: Scientology: My Eternal Contract, Series 2: Revolution isn’t a Tea Party

Paranormal Witness

Raw TV (SyFy)
This long running series of horror drama/docs tell the chilling experiences suffered by individuals under the effect of the supernatural. My episode told the story of a family in US who believe their daughters doll is causing mysterious goings on within the family home. 
 

I Shouldn’t be Alive

Darlow Smithson (ITV, Animal Planet)
Produced off the back of the phenomenal success of Touching The Void, each episode of this series dramatized the fight to survive when lost or injured in the wilderness. From climbing accidents to plane crashes my three edited episodes documented the will to survive against the odds.

Episodes: A Fathers Deadly Dilemma, Trapped in a High Place, Crashed in the wild

Parker Schnabel’s Gold Rush Trail

Raw TV (Discovery US)
Following on from phenomenal success of Gold Rush, it’s star character Parker Schnabel undertakes to trek the original Klondike Gold Rush Trail of 1898. This observational documentary retraces the steps of the ‘old-timers’ and the hardships that they went through. Parker and his team are pushed to the limits to see if they can ‘stake a claim’ up in the Goldfields of Northern Canada.

Get Out Alive

Raw TV (Discovery US)
When an oil executive is taken hostage in Colombia by FARC rebels it is a race against time to negotiate his release before the jungle or terrorists kill him. This immersive drama/doc charts Jerel Shaffer’s nightmare in the South American Jungle and the hostage negotiators tactics to secure his release.

Out of the Wreckage: Plane Crash Survivors

Darlow Smithson (TLC)
Documentary exploring the post traumatic stress disorder and survivor guilt experienced by the few people who walk away from a commercial airliner crash. They may appear uninjured but the injuries lie hidden, often for years. How do they turn their lives around and move on?

At home with the Hatton’s

Mentorn Media (Sky One)
A light hearted observational documentary with access to Ricky Hatton and his family in the build up to his next big fight. His alcohol and fluctuating weight could scupper his chances in the ring, but his family always comes first.

Border Rico

Arrow Media (Travel Channel)
With access to the DEA, FBI and US customs this documentary highlights the fight the authorities in Puerto Rico are undertaking to catch criminals in the Caribbean. With the island being sovereign US territory, once criminals are on the island they don’t need to show a passport to reach the US mainland. It has become a haven for criminality. This gritty documentary follows the officers taking on the drug cartels.

Miami SWAT

Double Act (Sky One)
Miami Dade County is one of the most dangerous counties in the US. The spear of their law enforcement is the Special Weapons and Tactics Team. Undertaking multiple busts and hostage situations this documentary rides along with the officers as they put their life on the line daily. They seize drugs on a daily basis but are they losing ‘the war on drugs’?

Situation Critical

Darlow Smithson (NGC)
When millions of tons of water suddenly flood a Pennsylvania coal mine nine workers become trapped. How can they be saved? This documentary charts the herculean efforts in 2002 to save the men. Involving experts from across the nation it is a story of science and survival.

Police Interceptors

Raw Cut TV (Channel 5)    
This lighthearted fly on the wall series follows UK Police Officers as they chase down criminals using high-speed Police vehicles. These episodes were fast edits and I have cut a total of 13 shows across series 2,3 & 4.   

Engineering Ancient Egypt

Darlow Smithson (C4, NGC)
This 90-minute documentary explored how the pyramids and other Egyptian monuments were built, often at huge human cost. Dramatic reconstruction and historical scholars interviewed.

Seconds from Disaster

Darlow Smithson (NGC)
The National Geographic mega-series from early 2000’s, which ‘unpacked’ the events leading up to large-scale disasters using CGI. Showing that disasters are often a chain of critical events that lead to the event. Each episode also explores what has been learned to avoid similar disasters in future. My episodes: Mountain Tsunami, Challenger Disaster, and Indian Ocean Tsunami

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NEWS

Embedded with the US military in Baghdad, Iraq from October 2007 – December 2009, I was editing various news packages and short documentaries for various Iraqi news networks.

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