Archive 1998 - 2006

04:58

BLOOD, MUD AND TARMAC

The proposed extension of a motorway near Passchendaele would take it right through a WW1 battlefield. This is the final resting place of thousands of unknown British soldiers who were never recovered from the mud. The film examines the conflict between the need for infrastructure improvements in an area of burgeoning development, with the need to retain the sanctity of a site where so many fell fighting for our freedom. Role: Director Client: The Discovery Channel Format: 1x 23min documentary

09:09

DISCOVERY PEOPLE

A series of twenty five 90 second films, each featuring a well known personality describing a pivotal moment in their lives. Featured names included Buzz Aldrin, Sir David Frost, Sir Chris Bonington, Peter Ustinov, Mary Quant, James Burke, Stirling Moss, Jenny Agutter, Bill Wyman, Helen Sharman and Roger McGough. Role: Director Client: The Discovery Channel Format: 25x 90secs mini doc series Awards: 2x Promax Gold and 1x Promax Silver

02:25

VULCANS, VICTORS AND CUBA

This in depth documentary reveals the chilling story of Britain’s top secret preparations for nuclear war in the autumn of 1962, during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Role: Director Client: The Discovery Channel Format: 1x 82mins feature length documentary. 1x 60mins

04:05

JIGSAW MAN

A revealing portrait of a real life ‘Cracker’ - Forensic Psychologist and Profiler Paul Britton. As well as his working method, he describes the tole his job takes on him as he enters the dark world of the deviant criminals he investigates. Role: Concept / Producer / Director Client: The Discovery Channel Format: 1x 9mins + various cut downs

08:10

INTERNAL COMMS

A playful marketing film, in the style of a caper movie, that communicates Discovery Network Europe’s business goals and achievements in an engaging and entertaining way. Role: Concept / Director Client: Discovery Networks Europe Format: 1x 6mins

01:10

GARY OLDMAN - FILM REAL

Gary Oldman introducing his favourite feature docs in a tent pole strand for Discovery Channel called Film Real. Shot on location in LA and in the studio. Role: Concept, Director Type: On Air Marketing - Discovery Channel Duration: 8 x 40secs

Discovery Networks Europe

Director / Producer / Writer

Between 1997 and 2006, Chris was a staff Director / Producer at Discovery Networks Europe in London. During this period he directed numerous documentary projects from a multi award-winning series of mini docs, featuring famous names, to longer films on human cloning, the search for extra terrestrial intelligence, artificial intelligence and forensic psychology. Full length documentaries followed on the First World War and the Cuban Missile Crisis.