Ian Meller

DOCUMENTARY/FACTUAL

MICHAEL MOSELEY VERSUS THE SUPERBUGS: (1 x 59’’, BBC4 / Renegade, PD Peter Gauvain)
First in BBC4’s ‘Fixing the Future’ season.
MUTINY: (1 st of 5X48, Channel 4 / Windfall, SP Sophie Todd)
Epic recreation of the 4000 mile voyage to safety in a tiny boat by Capt. Bligh after the mutiny on the Bounty.
FIRST LADIES: (2 X48’’, Smithsonian / Finestripe, SP Michael Burke)
From Dolley Madison to Michelle Obama, stories of America’s First Ladies.
THE FIRST NIGHT OF TELEVISION: (BBC4, 1 x 90, PD Peter Gauvain)
A story of cogs and gears, electron beams and dancing girls, this anniversary show recreates the first TV broadcast from London in 1936 and tells the story of the lost technologies, performers and viewers.
THE FUTURE OF CHRISTIANITY: (BBC1, 1x60').

MUSIC AND ARTS

ART THAT SHOOK THE WORLD ‘Portillo on Wagner’ (BBC, PD Michael Waldman)
Michael Portillo on Wagner’s epic Ring Cycle about corrupting power and redemptive love.
OMNIBUS  ‘The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong’ (BBC, PD John Akomfrah)
Biography reassessing the life and impact of the father of jazz.
WITHOUT WALLS  ‘The Girl from Ipanema’ (C4 / Diverse, PD Celia Lowenstein), Bossa Nova and Rio de Janeiro expressed through their most famous song.

DRAMA and DRAMA-DOCUMENTARY

BOXED - Short comedy, winner at the 2011 cofilmic short comedy festival.
THE HOLOCAUST ON TRIAL - (C4 / 3BM, PD Leslie Woodhead)
Dramatisation of the trial of holocaust denier David Irving.

SCIENCE

THE ANATOMISTS - (C4 / Windfall, 1 of 3 x 50’, PD Kate Barker)
Controversial anatomist Gunther von Hagens, who dramatically exhibits real preserved bodies.
EQUINOX – ‘Simply Complex’ (C4 / Diverse, PD Celia Lowenstein)
The life, work and world of Murray Gell-Mann, foremost modern physicist.

CURRENT AFFAIRS SERIES include

Panorama, Real Story.

ENTERTAINMENT SERIES include

Rough Guides, A-Z of Horror, The Little Picture Show.