Natural World - "Andrea: Queen Of Mantas" (BBC2 & BBC HD / Discovery)
"Breathtakingly beautiful testimony..every ripple seemed part of an elegy.." Guardian
"Manta Rays are extraordinary. For a start they look like an alien spaceship that's inadvertently plunged into the ocean.. superb underwater photography.." - Radio Times - today's choice.
pick of the day in much of the press
"Wilderness Explored" (3x60 - BBC Natural History Unit for BBC4)
"three fabulous films..a superb essay.." Sunday Times
" Glorious documentaries... fantastic." - Guardian
"..stunning footage, great interviews.. an entrancing piece of cultural history" - Radio Times
"Awe inspiring footage..epic stories for an epic landcape" - Daily Mail
"..this excellent series.." The Observer
"..stunning panoramas and expert commentary..unusually evocative'" - The Times
"The Day Of The Kamikaze" (90 mins -DarlowSmithson for CH 4)
"The result was pure cinema. Heartbreaking, poignant and beautifully shot, it was an epic tale of of sacrifice and mass brainwashing.." Jon Farrar - Programme director at NBC Universal (writing in Broadcast)
"..thoughtful..sensitive..breathtaking.. the astonishingly honest testimony from survivors on both sides drop into the plot as unexpectedly as the bombs." Jane Mote UKTV Director of Lifestyle and Factual (writing in Broadcast)
"..rivetting..even-handed.." Radio Times - Documentary Of The Week
"Pacific Abyss" (3x60 - BBC Natural history Unit for BBC1
"...this lavish series...a thrilling insight into an unspoiled pocket of underwater heaven." - Radio Times
"NUREMBURG - GOERING'S LAST STAND" ( 120 mins 3BM for CH 4) (Bafta winner - Hugh Weldon Award 2007)
"...the magnificent Nuremberg: Goering’s Last Stand.....stunning. That’s the only word needed to describe this dramatisation of the events surrounding Hermann Goering’s life from 1945 to his cell-bound death in 1946. This has shades of the supremely brilliant Downfall about it, not least of all in the breathtaking performance of Hannes Hellmann as Goering. You will find this thoroughly engrossing, and fair play to C4 for devoting two hours of the schedule to such a stupendous piece of television." The Stage
“Superbly made, thought provoking and gripping…” The Guardian.
“A gripping story of a doomed cat-and-mouse game…” The Telegraph.
“Intelligent, entertaining and involving….” The Observer.
"THE FIFTH PROVINCE" (FEATURE FILM)
"...one of the most challenging and original Irish films of recent years... the performances are superb...the score is possibly the best music I've ever heard in an Irish feature..." Nicky Fennell FILM WEST - (Ireland's film quarterly) www.iol.ie/~galfilm/filmwest/
"BEYOND BOUNDARIES" (DIVERSE PRODS for BBC1 AND 2)
"It is one of those rare examples of inspired television that might well change the way you look at the world". The Times
"Most astonishing reality programme". Chater's Choice
"what promises to be an engrossing and remarkable series" Daily Telegraph
"MUST SEE" Daily Express Saturday Magazine
"If ever a programme made you aware of your own limbs, it's this one... Again and again the programme opens our eyes to the heroic efforts its subjects make... it may well leave a lump in your throat."
The Radio Times, 7 - 13 October 2006
"these people seem infinitely nicer than the self-absorbed morons who usually infest the genre." Guardian Guide
Four stars Mail Weekend
"Any thoughts of this being reality TV at its most artificial are swiftly dispelled ... Expect a gripping four weeks." Four stars Mail on Sunday
"ANATOMY FOR BEGINNERS" (FIREFLY FILM And TELEVISION PRODS for CH4) x2 RTS Awards
"Jaw Dropping!" - The Times
"Truly grown up television" The Independent
"LAND OF LOST MONSTERS" (BBC For ANIMAL PLANET USA)
"Gripping....packed with terrifying moments" The Archaelogical Institute Of America
"SECONDS TO IMPACT" (DIVERSE PRODS for CH 4)
"The film was breathtaking in every sense... " Victor Lewis Smith - London Evening Standard
"Seconds To Impact is directed by Emmy Award winning Lol Lovett. The use of film, a range of tape cameras, and creative postproduction image manipulation ensures unusually high visual impact footage. Superb... " Guardian
"SHARKS: THE TRUTH" (BBC 1)
Winner of the “Prix Du Documentaire Animlier” at the “World Festival of Underwater Images” in Antibes.
“A great film” The Guardian
“ a most striking and beautiful film” The Times
“fantastic footage” Time out
“The footage in this film is remarkable” The Mail on Sunday
Pick of the day in over 7 papers & magazines
"LIVING WITH DINOSAURS" (BBC 1)
“astonishingly convincing.. recreated with the kind of skill that has made the BBC’s Natural History Unit world famous.” Time Out
“Living With Dinosaurs is a must.. it should be made compulsory viewing” TV Times
“Spectacular and breathtaking.. it’s must see TV at its best” Daily Express
“amazing programme, brilliantly convincing” Sunday Express
“the overall impact of this programme was stunning” Daily Star
Pick of the day in over 36 papers
