Category: BBC

Hell Jumper

Hell Jumper is the story of the war in Ukraine as you’ve never seen it, captured through the eyes – and the extraordinary first person POV footage – of a group of volunteers saving strangers’ lives in one of the most dangerous places on Earth.

It is an unforgettable and immersive story of courage, passion and loss among idealistic young people risking their lives in the middle of a war zone, without military support.

At the heart of the film is 28-year-old Chris Parry from Cornwall, who, without telling his family, decided to jump into a white van and head into Ukraine. There, he hooked up with a rag-tag bunch of civilian ‘evacuators’ from all over the world – so-called “Hell Jumpers” – crowdfunding vehicles and equipment to help people escape their burning homes deep in the danger zone.

Chris and his friends were as interested in TikTok and Instagram as they were frontline rescues. They would upload footage of their daring rescue missions or near misses to social media, as a way of raising money to fund  their operations.

 

BBC2 – 1 x 90′

Executive Producer: Colin Barr
Director: Paddy Wivell
Editor : Rupert Houseman

 

Music Team

Composer: Alexander Parsons
Trumpet: Christos Stylianides
Cello: Joe Zeitlin
Additional Production: Dan Green, Ollie Howell
Orchestration: Kezia Tomsett
Engineers: Andy Ramsey, Frances Edwards

 

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With special thanks to Charlotte Partt, Ian Arber, Joe Alexander, Kylie Maxcy, Matthew Cracknell, Ollie Howell, Ross Martin, Sandy Nuttgens and Tara Creme, who performed in our credits choir

The Real Michael Jackson

Composer: Alexander Parsons
Performed by: Alexander Parsons
Director: Alice Perman
Editor: Lennaart Van Oldenborgh

 

 

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Rockfield: The Studio On the Farm

Composer: Alexander Parsons
Keys, wind, guitars, strings, percussion, programming and electronics: Alexander Parsons
Drums: Tomo Carter
Double Bass: Rory Dempsey

 

 

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The Murder of Jill Dando

On the 20th anniversary of her murder this landmark documentary tells the full story behind one of Britain’s most high-profile unsolved killings, as told by the people at the heart of the case.

With access to never-before-seen material from inside one of the largest and most complex murder inquiries ever conducted by the Metropolitan Police, viewers will discover how events played out in real time.

By gathering together the perspectives of detectives, Jill’s colleagues, friends and close family, plus previously unseen archive and photographs, this film goes behind the headlines and speculation to offer unique insights into Jill’s life and the hunt for her murderer.

The Murder Of Jill Dando, a 1×60 for BBC One, is made by BBC Studios. The Executive Producer is Joe Mather and the director is Marcus Plowright. It was commissioned by Charlotte Moore, Director, TV Content, and David Brindley, Head of Commissioning, Popular Factual.

Production Company: BBC Studios
Director: Marcus Plowright
Producer: Georgina Lee
Editor: Leigh Brzeski
Composer: Alexander Parsons

 

Forensics: The Real CSI

Delighted to have worked with the brilliant team at Blast! Films on this powerful and revealing three-part documentary series for BBC Two.

Different episodes follow individual crimes from the moment of call-out across this vast area, showing how CSIs gather and assess evidence from DNA to blood spatter, digital forensics to footprints – and how they work closely with CID detectives driving individual investigations.

Police work that relies on hard factual evidence is more vital than ever and convictions today can rest on tiny margins. The path of a bullet through a pane of glass; the chemical make-up of a petrol bomb at the scene of a fire; the drop of saliva left on a victim’s clothes. As criminals have become more sophisticated in recent years, forensic science has made huge advances and the role of Crime Scene Investigators has become more and more vital.

Capturing the twists and turns of major crime investigations as they happen, the series follows serious criminal cases and shows the vital work of police forensic services in building evidence and solving crimes.

Northumbria Police is one of Britain’s largest forces, covering an area of over 2,000 square miles and a population of more than 1.5m people. The patch encompasses the urban sprawl of Newcastle as well as tiny former mining villages; from the Scottish border down to County Durham, and from the Pennines across to the North East coast.

Production Company: Blast! Films
Editors: Tom Dixon Spain, Leigh Brzeski, Jake Martin
Series Editor: Vari Innes
Exec Producer: David Hodgkinson