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Shoot and Edit?Below, you'll find a big list of some of the programmes on which I've worked over the past few years.
They're mainly single camera location shoots, although I often work on live links, single and multi-camera - these are listed at the bottom.  Below that, you'll find links to video footage and stills and information on my overseas and aerial filming experience.
Paul McKenna GMTVGMTV's "Face Your Fear" - Look into the eyes, not around the eyes - hypnotist Paul McKenna (right) conquers a fear of flying whilst in a helicopter live on national breakfast television.  The camera and I were scrunched in the front seat of a Squirrel at Redhill aerodrome whilst another camera kept a respectful distance.

Take a look at my online showreel

Drugs raid BBCWorking for the BBC, out with the police in Brighton as they carry out one of the biggest operations against dealers in years.  A total of 19 raids are carried out in Brighton with crack cocaine, heroin and a firearm seized.  Sussex Police says Operation Illinois is 100% successful and a "significant" proportion of the drugs trade has been hit, with 18 people arrested. 

(Left)  Specialist police officers break down the door of a suspected drugs dealer.  BBC SE Today.

Vivienne WestwoodFashion designer Vivienne Westwood (right) talks about her career.  The footage was shown the next day at her exhibition in Canberra.  Shot for the National Gallery of Australia at Vivienne's studio in Battersea at very short notice.

 "At both the Media Launch on Thursday and the Gala Opening on Friday some 150 people and 900 people respectively watched in complete silence ... The camera work and sound clearly attained the perfection needed in her absence at the function.  Thank you from everyone at the National Gallery of Australia." - Lyn Conybeare, Head of Development, NGA

I've worked on programmes and items for : (in alphabetical order)
Programme Type Production Co. Broadcaster
A406 Sports magazine Meridian ITV
Al-Jazeera News / current affairs MS Squared Al-Jazeera
Art and Antiques Hour Magazine Barraclough Carey BBC
Barking Mad Animals magazine BBC BBC
BBC News, Breakfast, 
BBC News 24, Newsnight, 
BBC World, Newsround
News / current affairs BBC BBC
Bite Back Consumer magazine Barraclough Carey BBC
Black Britain Current affairs magazine BBC BBC
Blues and Twos Documentary Zenith North ITV Network
Braking Point Current affairs special BBC South BBC South
BT Global Challenge Documentary Meridian ITV
BTopenworld business news Business news Addictive BTopenworld internet
Caravan Kids (RTS award nominee) Documentary P M Murphy BBC
The Championship Sport ITV ITV Network
Channel 4 News News ITN Channel 4
Chelsea Flower Show Event BBCi BBC
Close Up North Documentary / current affairs BBC BBC
Close Up West Documentary / current affairs BBC BBC
Commercials for financial companies Commercials Communicopia Money Channel
Commercial for Vokins furniture warehouse Commercial R Cook
Cookabout with Greg and Max Location cookery Zenith Discovery
Cracking Crime Factual special BBC BBC
Crufts Animals magazine / event BBC BBC
Delhi Belly Food Zenith UK Food
Jonathan Dimbleby 
interviews Mikhail Gorbachev
Current affairs LWT ITV Network
Dreamworld Light entertainment BBC BBC
11 O'Clock Show News satire Talkback Channel 4
ex:s Arts BBCScotland BBC Scotland
The Ferret on Health Health magazine HTV Wales HTV Wales
First Sight Documentary / current affairs BBC BBC
Flog It! Lifestyle BBC BBC
Gardens of the Millennium Documentary Antelope South
History Channel
The General Health magazine Topical Television BBC
GMTV News News / current affairs GMTV ITV Network
Hearts of Gold Light entertainment BBC BBC
How Do They Do That? Technology magazine Grundy BBC
H2O - the Boating Show Sport / leisure Meridian ITV / Sky
Ikea Mania Documentary Meridian Channel 5
Inside Out Magazine BBCSE
BBCNorth
BBC South
BBCSW
BBC South East
BBC North
BBC South
BBC South West
International Festival of the Sea Event BBC BBC
ITV Local Broadband IPTV ITV Local ITV Local
ITV News / ITV News Channel News / current affairs ITN ITV Network
Just One Chance Education magazine BBC BBC
The Last Word Political discussion
The London Programme Current affairs LWT ITV LWT 
Looking For Love Docusoap
Match Of The Day Sport BBC BBC
Meridian Focus News / current affairs
Meridian Tonight
Meridian News
News / current affairs
Monster Nation LE / factual Original Productions Discovery (USA)
Night Shift
"Clearly the best thing on TV" - 
Sky Magazine (tongue firmly in cheek).
Cult television with its own tribute site
LE / factual Addictive ITV
Off the Record Political magazine
Once in a Lifetime Documentary Workhouse
Out and About Leisure magazine Workhouse BBC South
The Pier / Pier on Film Arts / documentary Antelope South
Politics Show (and editing too!) Political magazine BBC/Lambent BBC
Quids In Consumer magazine
Raising the Roof Consumer magazine BBC BBC
Rescue Documentary Barraclough Carey Channel 4
Rick Stein's Seafood Lovers' Guide Food Denham BBC
RTÉ News News RTÉ RTÉ
Scarred for Life Documentary BBC BBC
Scratchy + Co / Massive Children's magazine MBC Midlands ITV Network
Seven Days Political magazine
Sky News, Sky Sports News News Sky Sky
Soccer Sunday Sport
Songs of Praise Religious magazine BBC BBC
BBC South East Today News / current affairs BBCSE BBC South East
BBC South Today News / current affairs BBC South BBC South
Southern Eye Documentary / current affairs BBC South BBC South
South on Sunday
South of Westminster
Political magazine BBC South BBC South
Springwatch Nature BBC BBC
Streetwise Consumer magazine
Steven Spielberg's Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation - historical archive
Teachers' TV News News / current affairs Brook Lapping Teachers' TV
The Test Documentary
30 Minutes Documentary / current affairs Carlton-Central ITV Carlton-Central
Tomorrow's World Technology magazine BBC BBC
Top Ten of Everything Children's United ITV Network
TUC Congress Event Brian Lapping BBC
Turnstyle Sports magazine Meridian Channel 5
Watchdog, Weekend Watchdog,
Watchdog Healthcheck
Consumer magazine BBC BBC
A Week in Politics Political magazine Brook Channel 4
Westminster Live Political magazine BBC BBC
Wildlife Police Documentary Real Life Channel 5
I've done single and/or multi-camera LIVE location work on :
BBC News, Newsnight, News 24 News BBC BBC
BBC South East Today News BBC SE BBC South East
BBC South Today
South on Sunday, South of Westminster
News BBC South BBC South
Meridian Tonight News
London Tonight News ITV London ITV London
Channel 4 News News ITN Channel 4
Sky Sports News Sports Sky Sky
BBC Politics Show Political magazine BBC BBC
GMTV  Breakfast magazine GMTV ITV Network
At The Races Sport At The Races At The Races
BBC Music Live Event BBC BBC
Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales Event ITN ITV Network
Last Chance Lottery Light entertainment Green Inc Channel 4
Sunday with Gloria Hunniford Religious magazine LWT ITV Network
Healthwatch Live Health LWT ITV
Don't Forget Your Toothbrush Light entertainment Ginger Channel 4
What's Up, Doc? Children's magazine Scottish ITV Network
and many bigger sports and events outside broadcasts.
Click on the logos to visit the stations' websites
BBC - state-owned, public service broadcaster. BBC South East   BBC South   ITV - commercial, populist, hugely wealthy   Meridian - Granada's south coast outpost   Channel 4 - commercial, minority, special-interest, interesting   Channel 5 - ... er ... low budget ITN - produces news programmes for ITV, Ch 4 and Ch 5 Sky - owns the rights to your soul (Surely 'Premier League football'? - Ed)
Take a look at some footage
My online showreel is now up and running.
 
Sports covered (ENG and/or OB) include:
athletics, badminton, basketball, boxing, carriage driving, cricket, cycling, darts, dressage, eventing, fishing, football (soccer), golf, greyhound racing, hockey, horse racing, marbles (!), motor racing, orienteering, paintballing, polo, power boat racing, rallying, rallycross, rugby, showjumping, skating, speedway, tennis, volleyball, walking, weightlifting, windsurfing, wrestling, yachting
Overseas work has taken me to:
around the worldUSA, Russia, South Korea, Thailand, Burkina Faso, Morocco, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Lesotho, South Africa, Czech Republic, Sweden, Finland, Ireland, Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Belgium, Holland, Gibraltar, Switzerland, Monaco and Luxembourg.
Travelling abroad?  Take a look at the CIA World Factbook, from the people who brought you Guantánamo Bay.
Since 1989 I've been working on news stories, video news releases and sports OBs for many broadcasters, including BBC regions and network, ITV regions and network, Sky News, Sky Sports and overseas companies. 
I'm a member of The Guild of Television Cameramen and BECTU.  I have a police-recognised press card and £3million of public liability insurance.
 
Helicopters can't fly - they're just so ugly that the earth repels them
Hovering helicopterWhat now for man raised by puffins?I film from the air, usually with a Bell 206 JetRanger helicopter (but sometimes a Squirrel or an Agusta 109) and a Canon image stabilising lens.  Call for a quote for your aerial shots.
Thanks to Arena Productions, Birmingham for the picture of me in one of FAST Helicopters' splendid machines.
Recommended helicopter operators:
FAST Helicopters Shoreham (and Thruxton),
0800 0748339  Contact: Captain Ian MacGregor
Elite Helicopters  Goodwood (nr Chichester),
0800 8048812
Shoreham Airport, the oldest and loveliest operational airport in the UK
Rough map of the area
 
I was the cameraman on Caravan Kids [P M Murphy for BBC South], a programme shot over eight months, which was one of three finalists in the Best Regional Documentary category in the Royal Television Society national Programme and Technology awards in 1996.  Ah, the memories, the memories. Caravan Kids
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