PROMO
Goldrush Alaska
In the face of the economic meltdown, six men will
risk everything to strike it rich mining for gold in
the wilds of Alaska. Todd Hoffman of Sandy,
Oregon, along with his father, are leading a group
of greenhorn miners in search of the American
dream and a new frontier. Gold fever is back, and
the rush is on.
TX 21.1.11
48 min
Discovery USA
Raw TV
Race Across America: James Cracknell
Double gold-medal winning Olympian James
Cracknell was to run 100 miles in the searing heat
of Death Valley, ride a bike along the 2,500 miles
of Route 66, row 250 miles across Lake Erie and
finish by swimming the final 15 miles down the
Hudson River to finish under the gaze of the
Statue of Liberty. However, that all changed when
early one morning, while riding his bike through
Arizona, James received a life-threatening head
injury when he was hit by a truck.
TX 31.3.11 , 48 min
Discovery UK
Dangerous Films / Diverse Bristol
Into the Wild: Safari Survival
A Top South African bushcraft expert takes 2
ordinary people on a challenge like no other, they
must stay alive for a week, deep in the wild
African bush.
With unprecedented access to Africa's big 5, it's
a life changing journey of life and death
decisions.
TX Jan 2010
4 x 30 min
Qatar TV
Rock Wallaby Productions
X-Machines
X-Machines: the largest and most technologically
advanced machines from around the world.
Visually stunning, this series shows how
machines work, documenting both the ingenuity
of the project management teams, and the skills
and expertise of those who operate the machines.
Fast paced and dramatic, this series takes
engineering to a fascinating new level.
TX 2009
30 min
Discovery USA
Wag TV
Bear Grylls Man v Wild: Arctic Circle
Host and survival expert Bear Grylls navigates
through the icy Arctic Circle during the August 12
premiere episode, where he tackles a frozen
waterfall, hunts wild reindeer and battles against
some of the coldest conditions on the planet. In
an agonizing, dangerous but also necessary
move, Bear Grylls sheds his clothes and uses an
ice block to cross arctic waters.
TX 2009
48 min
Discovery USA / Ch 4
Diverse Bristol
Bear Grylls Man v Wild: Anatolan Plateau
Bear takes on the Anatolian plateau in Turkey,
parachuting into a cold mountain lake where he
improvises a raft using his parachute, battles
white water rapids, takes on 100ft climbs, and
confronts poisonous snakes and death stalker
scorpions.
TX 13.6.09
48 min
Discovery USA/ Ch 4
Diverse Bristol
One Year to Pay Off Your Mortgage
Would you like to pay off your mortgage in just
one year? It sounds like a dream to most of us,
but Sarah Beeny followed some brave people
who tried to do just that, by gambling on the
foreign property markets of Montenegro, Spain
and Tuscany.
TX 19.5.08
48 min x 3
Channel 4
Shine TV
No Waste Like Home
Britain’s most wasteful families are about to face
the shock of a lifetime and a radical shift in living,
as they follow Penney Poyzer's advice on how to
cut down on waste and save money. Penney
visited a group of students living in South London
to change their lazy lifestyles. Frequently hosting
parties, the students were producing a
mountain of rubbish.
TX Sept 2005
30 min x 2
BBC2
Celador TV
A Place in the Sun
Third series of the property programme that
travels the globe in order to find the best
properties for British househunters. Amanda
Lamb begins her hunt for bargains in the up-and-
coming destinations of Slovenia, Fiji, Marseiile,
St Kitts and Barcelona.
TX 20.1.05
30 min x 5
Channel 4
Freeform TV
Crossings: Soraida’s Elephant Hospital
The amazing story of Soraida Salwala and the
elephant hospital she set up on the outskirts of
Chang Mai, Thailand. Among the patients is an
elephant, Mutala, who had her leg amputated after
stepping on a land mine. Refusing to give up on
her Soraida successfully gave her a false leg and
taught her to walk again. Facing death threats
from political enemies who run elephant begging
scams, she faces a precarious future.
TX 21.3.03
48 min
Discovery Asia
Right Angle Media
American Booty: Junk Kings of LA
The storage wars in the world of Los Angeles junk
dealers who buy abandoned storage unit contents
hoping to find a hidden fortune. Englishman
Reggie Smith has been searching for his big
payout for the last 18 years. When he finds a navy
pilots helmet and uniform he sets out on a quest
to find out who the hero was and why he became
parted with his life’s possessions.
TX 2.2.01
48 min
FIVE
BSkyB
The Body Brokers
The body brokers of Los Angeles who trade in the
grisley business of human body parts. The mother
who’s son bones were illegally removed and
replaced with copper pipe, the parents of a small
child who had her heart removed after her death
to be sold on for thousands on the black market
for medical transplants. We explore the death
trade and find some shocking truths, using
whistleblowers and a undercover sting.
New York Film Festival Finalist 2002
TX 20.7.02,
48 min
FIVE
BSkYB
Auschwitz: The Final Witness
In April of 1944, Morris, his younger brother
Shlomo and their cousin Dario were transported
from Salonica, Greece to the death camps at
Auschwitz. The three men miraculously survived
the unsurvivable- as Sondercommandos, the
Jewish prisoners whose job it was to clear out the
gas chambers, and to burn the bodies in the
ovens of the crematoria. Now, reunited in
Auschwitz for the first time in fifty-five years, the
men face their past.
Gold World Medal at the New York Film
Festival 2001
TX Nov 1999
48 min
FIVE
BSkyB
The Curse of the Africa House
A documentary charting the life of Sir Stuart Gore-
Brown and his lifelong obsession to build a
stately home in the wilds of Africa. It was his
downfall and now threatens to bring down his
descendants as they tackle the "Curse of the
Africa House'
Based on the best selling book by Christina Lamb
TX Sept 2000
48 min
FIVE
BSkyB
Models Backstage with Honor Fraser
Supermodel Honor Fraser's week at London
Fashion Week. British Model Honor Fraser is a
member of one of Scotland's best-known feudal
dynasties and sister of Simon Fraser, the Lord of
Lovat. Behind the scenes at castings with Paul
Smith, fashion shows, parties and Honor joins the
debate on young models and anorexia. An unique
look at the lives of young models in the
international fashion circuit.
TX Sept 1999
30 min
Sky News
BSkyB
Models backstage with Simone
A week in the life of 23 year old model Simone Van
Baal, as she takes us backstage at fashions
catwalks. She shows us that the real London
Fashion Week is more than g-strings and
champagne!
Evening Standard Pick of the Day
TX March 1997
30 min
Channel One TV