The Doc Makers

For episode four of this season of The Doc Makers podcast, I’m delighted to be talking to multi award-winning Director of Development and Executive Producer, Miranda Peters. 
In the show we discuss how Miranda cut her teeth at Granada Television in Manchester, becoming battle hardened in the day time tv training ground of Richard & Judy’s This morning programme. We also talk about where Miranda’s story inspirations come from, and her top tips when pitching to commissioners.
Miranda has worked for several of the top, doc making companies in the UK, and has recently taken up a position at Story Films, where we kick off this episode.

Show notes:

Miranda Peters
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3094825/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Candle True Stories
https://candlemedia.com/candle-true-stories/

Story Films
https://storyfilms.tv/

Pete Beard
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2653691/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

World in Action
Andy Harries
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0364170/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
https://www.leftbankpictures.co.uk/

Wayne Garvie
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1803174/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Kenton Allen
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0020727/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Jeff Anderson
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1910516/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Kate Blewett
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0088335/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Should I marry a murderer?
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt41082351/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Nelesh Dhand
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7515209/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Josh Allott
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6058718/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Clare Beavis
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm14668288/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Sunshine Jackson
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9441919/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Baby Reindeer
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13649112/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

James Jones
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4155251/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13913326/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Murder in Monaco
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt38984577/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

For episode three of season two of The Doc Makers podcast I’m truly delighted to be speaking to Kate Vaisey. A Senior VFX Producer with 20 plus years working on projects spanning the BBC, Discovery, NatGeo, Sky, Netflix and NBCUniversal.

I first met Kate when we were young pups working at Impossible Pictures (Walking with Dinosaurs) in the early 2000s and she’s gone on to be part of some wonderful projects including ‘I shouldn’t be alive’, ‘Space Odyssey’ and ‘Our Living World’. 

This is a special conversation for me because the day we were due to chat, Kate almost didn’t do it. She’s been very open and honest online about her recent struggles within the industry and more importantly her place in it and was worried about how negatively that might come across. And I’m so glad she decided to take part, because she’s such an incredible human, who, despite everything it throws at her, is still so incredibly passionate about our industry and the people in it.

It’s not all doom though, we do spend some time discussing how Kate navigated her last 8 episode project, Surviving Earth and we both have a very senior moment where we forget the name for a crystal ball.

Enjoy.

Kate Vaisey
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1774477/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Film & TV Charity
https://filmtvcharity.org.uk/

Horizon
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318224/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Cutting Edge 
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0264972/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Nick Broomfield
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0112374/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Kes
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064541/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Sam Jukes-Adams
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1776609/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Tim Haines
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0354307/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Impossible Pictures
https://impossiblepictures.co.uk/

Walking with Dinosaurs
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0214382/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Jasper James
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0416583/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Mike Milne
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0590356/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Chloe Leland
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0500895/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Grain Media
https://www.grainmedia.co.uk/

Surviving Earth
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21157588/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Kathryn Smith
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3472147/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Milk
https://www.milk-vfx.com/

He Sun
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10805116/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Jean-Claude  (JC) Deguara
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1333654/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Screenskills
https://www.screenskills.com/

Ben Roy
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11650120/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Mike Davis
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0968382/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Beyond Utopia
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt25470468/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

For episode two, season two of The Doc Makers podcast, I’m delighted to be talking to the multi award winning director, Alex Thomas.

Alex’s projects include 'Erased: World War Twos Heroes of Colour' and 'Yorkshire Cop: Police Racism and Me', a film made about his Father.

We discuss how he navigated his way from a small mining town in the north of England to becoming a globetrotting filmmaker, before landing back in the UK creating touchstone films like 'Bibaa & Nicole: Murder in the Park' and his most recent film, released earlier this month, 'Damilola: The Untold Story', which the Guardian selected as one of its “50 shows to watch this autumn”.

A genuine creative force and a bloody nice guy to boot.

Show notes:

Alex Thomas
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm16254630/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
https://www.sternwild.com/film-makers/alex-thomas

Bibaa & Nicole: Murder in the Park
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt37542405/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Damilola: The Untold Story
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0032lg7/damilola-the-untold-story

True Vision
https://www.truevisiontv.com/

Stacey Dooley
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4099152/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Unreported World
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0477545/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Bruce Parry
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1942896/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Mike Lewis
https://www.ninelivesmedia.co.uk/mike

Becky Cadman
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11063116/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Yorkshire Cop: Police, Racism and Me
https://www.channel4.com/programmes/yorkshire-cop-police-racism-and-me

John Boyega
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3915784/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Steve McQueen
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2588606/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Small Axe
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3464896/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Nelson Adeosun
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5144648/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

I’m delighted to kick off season two talking to BAFTA winning producer Lizzie Gillett.

We spend time understanding how Lizzie and the team work at Misfits and the success of their hit doc Super/Man. Her humbling journey from New Zealand to her breakout feature Age of Stupid. And some some killer advice that I think works for budding producers and pretty much anyone else in the creative arts.

Show notes:

Lizzie Gillett
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3231933/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13244024/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Super/man
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27902121/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

The Territory
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16378164/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Misfits Entertainment
https://www.misfitsentertainment.com/

Passion Pictures
https://www.passion-pictures.com/

John Battsek
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0061557/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Daniel Kilroy
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6804404/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

David Moulton
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5624503/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Ian Bonhôte
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0094524/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Peter Ettedgui
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0262167/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

McQueen
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6510332/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Words and Pictures
https://wordsandpictures.com/

The Age of Stupid
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1300563/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Franny Armstrong
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1671943/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Pete Postlethwaite
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000592/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

One Day in September
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0230591/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Merkel
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21213174/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

The Amazing Johnathan
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0857247/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Lowland kids
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35718056/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Jaripeo
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt38589440/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

The Crash
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt40792117/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Laura Fairrie
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1357953/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Joe Carey
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1814897/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

In the final episode of season one of The Doc Makers podcast I’m talking to documentary editor Luke Flight.
Luke is a close friend and co-conspirator on many a project, so this episode was originally done as favour to me and as a test run for the podcast, but I think there was too many lovely thoughts from him contained within our chat to keep to myself and he’s very graciously let me me share our conversation with you all. 
Luke is a BAFTA nominated editor for his work on Unforgotten: The Bradford City Fire, has been part of the Drive to Survive phenomenon with Box to Box and Netflix, and also cut projects for Amazon, Sky, ITV and Channel 4.
We talk about him getting into a film and tv course because he thought it’d be easy, maybe not getting certain jobs because he doesn’t sound the right way (something I think will resonate with a few people out there) and receiving some eye-opening advice from a seasoned editor whilst first starting out, and a little warning as there might be an F-bomb somewhere in here too for all you sensitive souls!

Show notes:

When we were kings
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118147/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

One day in September 
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0230591/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Inside Job
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10231312/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Treasures of the British Library
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10231312/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

James Buchanan
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3473327/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Secrets of the brain
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7610486/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk