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July 05, 2010

An Idiot Abroad

Karl Pilkington admiring some globes

Series Composer for an 8-part series to be broadcast on Sky One, produced by Mentorn and featuring Karl Pilkington, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. Musical influences include the emotional peaks of Ennio Morricone and the child-like absurdity of French avant-gardist, Pascal Comelade and British eccentric, Vernon Elliot.





August 03, 2010

The World's...And Me (Series 3)

mark dolan

Series Composer for a third series, broadcast on Channel 4, in which Mark Dolan continues to delve into the remarkable worlds of some incredible people who are anything but average. Music draws on the rhythms and arrangements of South American music, as well as continuing to homage the whimsy of American alt-folk.





Bleach Nip Tuck (The White Beauty Myth)

Series Composer for two-part documentary uncovering the growing trend of deracialisation in plastic surgery. Music combines darker, more contemporary themes, using electronic atmospheres over aggressive breakbeats with more thoughtful, meditative music that draws inspiration from Eastern classicism.


What's Killing Darcus Howe?

Composer for a feature-length documentary, broadcast on More4 as part of the True Stories strand, following polemicist and activist, Darcus Howe as he comes to terms with cancer. Music inspired by Darcus Howe's Caribbean heritage, using dub-inspired basslines and vintage guitar sounds.



August 04, 2010

Too Fat Too Young

Composer for a 60-minute documentary, broadcast on Channel 4 following Gok Wan as he meets obese teenagers and reflects on his own experiences as an overweight child. Music was inspired by French electronica, which gave the music a sense of hipness, but also suffused it with ennui and nostalgia.



From Woolies To Wellies

Composer for a 60-minute documentary broadcast on BBC 1 concerning the management buy-out of Woolworths in Doncaster and the 5 weeks leading up to its re-opening as Wellworths. Musical influences include American Indie-cinema darlings, Jon Brion and Christophe Beck.



The Happiness Salesman

Composer for dark, Faustian flavoured short film, starring Christopher Ecclestone and Archie Panjabi and winner of the British Short Screenplay Competition and the John Braburne Award. Soundtrack includes a new version of the children's nursery rhyme 'If You're Happy And You Know It'.

The World's...And Me (Series 2)

Series Composer for the second four-part series of excursions into oddness, broadcast on Channel 4 and featuring Mr. Mark Dolan, the world's largest family, strongest child, most enhanced person and cleverest child.



The Family: Teen Stories

Series Composer for a15x30' series, broadcast on Channel 4, accompanying the landmark series The Family, documenting the ups and downs of life in the Hughes home for 100 days and nights. Teen Stories focuses on the three teenagers in the family.




Britain's Closest Encounters

Series Composer for a four-part series, broadcast on Channel 5 chronicling Britain's most infamous UFO encounters. Key influences include John Carpenter and Mogwai; dark, electronic atmospheres, with treated, layered guitars.


The World's...And Me (Series 1)

Series Composer for the first 4x60' series, broadcast on Channel 4 and fronted by comedian Mark Dolan, on the hunt for the world’s tallest woman, smallest man, hairiest man and fattest pets. Plenty of ukulele, live drumming, recorder, wine glasses, acoustic guitar, trumpet and baritone sax.


And the rest...

We Are Action Aid (Action Aid)
1x10’ short exploring the work and impact of the hugely admired global NGO

Gifted (BBC)
4x10' Radio 4 adaptation of Nikita Lalwani's acclaimed debut novel, 'Gifted'. Winner of Best Radio Drama at the Mental Health Awards in 2008

The Castration Cure (Electric Sky)
1x60' documentary for Channel 4 looking at the controversial practice of chemical castration currently available to habitual offenders in the United States

Coked Up Britain (Betty TV)
1x60' drama documentary for Sky One exploring the lives of 4 people experiencing cocaine addiction

Rooted (Rooftop)
1x30' for Channel 5. Popular kids programme taking second generation children from the U.K. back to their ancestral homes

No More Mr. Nice Guy (Mentorn)
1x60' documentary for BBC2 following then Tory leader, Michael Howard, in the run-up to the general election

Drinking Britain Dry (Princess Productions)
1x30’ documentary for Channel 4 with American comedian Reginald D. Hunter exploring the U.K.'s obsession with booze

Who You Callin' A Nigger? (Diverse)
1x60' BAFTA nominated Channel 4 single documentary following fiery polemicist Darcus Howe into the dark territories of violence between ethnic communities in the U.K.

Guyana: The Politics of Paradise (Diverse)
6x30' series for BBC4 utilising unprecedented access to Guyana’s president and government to offer a rare, tantalising look at the day to day running of a developing democracy

Horizon Revisited (BBC)
1x60' documentary where Baroness Helena Kennedy revisits the human genome project in Book of Man - originally broadcast in 1987

YMiTV: Channel audio branding (YMiTV)
Audio branding for first interactive finance channel broadcast in the U.K. on SKY

Big Bus Ride (BBC)
4x30' series following British girls from London and South East as they complete an historic bus journey across the Americas in aid of children's charity, War Child

Journey Intersex (Channel 4)
1x30' single documentary following transgendered artist De La Grace Volcano

Joi (Realworld/Virgin/Astralwerks)
Guitarist, winner of the Asian Music Award in 2000.