Laurence Williamson - Film Editor
I have edited many types of peak time documentaries for all the main TV channels - on film, tape, Lightworks, D-Vision,  Final Cut, Adobe Premiere Pro and Avid.  For over 30 years, together with Simon Rose, I ran Tangram Post Production with our own edit suites in Soho and Fitzrovia.   I was voted fourth top UK documentaries editor in a one off survey of 250 producers in 1999 - read here. In 2007 a film I edited won the BAFTA Specialist Factual Award. Six other films I edited won RTS Awards. Other films have been shortlisted or nominated for EMMY, RTS, BAFTA, Broadcast Digital and Grierson Awards, and been part of an EMMY winning series. See the list of just those films here. Some films are available on YouTube - links are shown.
	My editing credits include:
	Trump and the Tech Titans		BBC1
	Panorama 60' looking at how an oligarchy of Tech titans, like Elon Musk, are trying to influence the Trump  Presidency.		Produced and Directed  by Matthew Hill
	Trump: A Second Chance?		BBC1
	Panorama 60' special looking at Trump's followers and why they support him in spite of the negative press and his criminal record.		Produced and Directed  by Matthew Hill
	My Teacher the Abuser:                  Fighting for Justice		BBC1
	Panorama special following the campaign of former pupils, including Nicky Campbell, to confront their abuser and extradite him to Scotland.		Produced and Directed  by Matthew Hill
	Panorama Aftershock: The Turkey-Syria Earthquake		BBC1
	Made within days of the earthquake, Panorama meets victims and rescuers asking if more could have been done to save lives.		Produced and Directed  by Panorama Team
	Paul Whitehouse:         Our Troubled Rivers		BBC2
	Episode 2. Paul sees the effects of agricultural pollution in the River Wye and sewage dumping in the sea.		Produced and Directed  by Jamie Hamilton and Sam Palmer
	Panorama Trump: The Return?		BBC1
	Hilary Andersson visits Selma, North Carolina to find out if voters want Trump back in power in 2024..		Produced and Directed  by Matthew Hill
	Panorama Why Kids Miss School		BBC1
	BranwenJeffreys looks at how lockdowns affected children's' attendance at school and also how some children have other issues affecting them..		Produced, Filmed and Directed  by Matt Bardo
	Panorama The Housing Benefit Millionaire		BBC1
	Rory Carson investigates how a property developer and a housing charity have links that are too close..		Produced and Directed  by Joseph McAuley
	Panorama Hunting Putin's War Criminals		BBC1
	Paul Kenyon travels across Ukraine investigating the war crimes carried out by the invading Russian soldiers..		Produced and Directed  by Nick Sturdee
	Panorama Manchester Arena Bombing:      Saffies's Story		BBC1
	Following the parents of the youngest victim of the bombing as they go to the public inquiry..		Produced and Directed  by Samuel Palmer
	The Killer Nanny                  Did She Do It?		C4 Naked - Fremantle
	1 of 3 editors on 3 part series looking back at the Louise Woodward case.		Edit Producer Nick London Filmed, Produced and Directed by Richard Wyllie
'The Killer Nanny told the story soberly and largely without sensation.' The I
	Panorama Wild Weather        Our World Under Threat		BBC1
	Justin Rowlatt looks at how climate change is already causing havoc around the world.		Produced and Directed  by Matthew Hill
	Panorama Return From ISIS: A Family's Story		BBC1/Mongoose Pictures
	The story of an American family who went to Raqqa to join Isis - and what happened to them.		Produced and Directed  by Joshua Baker
'A powerful film about one family's traumatic odyssey' - The Telegraph 'This remarkable doc' - The Guardian
Nominated 2021 EMMY Awards Nominated 2021 Grierson Awards Nominated 2022 RTS Awards Won Rory Peck 2021 Award
	Our Queen at War		ITV1/ BBC Studios
	This tells the story of how the Second World War transformed a teenage princess into the country's longest reigning monarch.		Produced and Directed  by Christopher Bruce
	Addicted to Opioids?    Britain's Opioid Crisis		BBC2/ Wingspan Productions
	In America the misuse of prescription opioids is an epidemic. But what is the situation in Britain? An Horizon investigation presented by Dr Michael Mosley		Filmed, Produced and Directed  by Dan Murdoch
	Britain's Greatest    National Treasures		ITV1/ Denhams TV
	90 min doc listing the top 20 most popular buildings and places in Britain. Presented by Julia Bradbury and Sir Trevor McDonald		Produced and Directed  by Christopher Bruce
	The River: A Year in the Life of The Tay		BBC4/Rare TV
	90 minute doc filmed over a year exploring life along and in the River Tay, Britain's biggest river. Presented by author and naturalist Helen Macdonald.		Produced and Directed  by Nathan Budd
'An absolute gem of a programme - it was endlessly captivating' - The Guardian
	Lockerbie: The Unheard Voices		C5/360 Production
	90 minute doc telling the stories of six survivors and six victims. 1 of 2 editors		Produced and Directed  by Richard Sanders
	Contagion! The BBC4 Pandemic		BBC4/360 Production
	Made in 2018 before the Covid 19 pandemic. 75 min doc on the biggest citizen science experiment of its kind. Thousands of people download the BBC Pandemic app to help limit the next Spanish Flu like outbreak.		Executive Producer  Danielle Peck
'A cheery piece of Reithian edutainment and a grave portent of our impending doom' - The Guardian
Shortlisted 2018 Broadcast Digital Awards
	Coming Home - Bowe Bergdahl  vs The United States		BBC4/Pathfinder Productions
	90 minute doc for Storyville with unprecedented access to the US Army deserter and Taliban hostage branded a traitor by Donald Trump.		Presented and Directed  by Sean Langan
	The British Garden  - Life and Death on Your Lawn		BBC4/Windfall
	90 minute doc filmed over a year finding out just how much wildlife there is in a typical back garden. Presented by Chris Packham.		Produced and Directed  by Tom Cook
	Ireland with Ardal O'Hanlon		More4/Big Mountain Productions
	3 x 50 minute docs filmed around Ireland as Ardal discovers what it means to be Irish.		Produced and Directed  by Christopher Bruce
	The Royal Good Guys		France 5/CB Productions
	60 minute doc about the charitable works of four Royal Princes. Shown throughout (republican) Europe and the USA.		Produced and Directed  by Alison Homewood and Christian Bidault
	Griff's Great Britain		ITV1/Modern TV
	8 x 30 min docs with Griff Rhys Jones exploring different areas of Britain   Yorkshire   Scotland		Produced and Directed by Christopher Bruce
"Words like 'testy', 'irritable' and 'curmudgeon' were invented for him, which is what makes Griff's Great Britain such fun"  Daily Mail
	OAP's Behaving Badly		C5/Barcroft TV
	2 of 6 docs about people growing old gracefully - or not.		Produced by Lucy Sandys-Winsch, Sean Grundy and Richard Nash
	Man and Beast with Martin Clunes		ITV1/Buffalo Films
	2 x 60 min docs travelling the world with Martin Clunes as he looks at man's relationships with animals through the ages		Produced and Directed by Christopher Bruce
"Martin Clunes's affection for all creatures great and small is especially touching" The Guardian
	Forbidden Love		Zimbabwe release
	A short drama shot in Zimbabwe about novelist Dambudzo Marechera's affair with Flora Veit-Wild		Written and Directed by Agnieszka Piotrowska
	The Men with Many Wives		C4/Shiver TV
	Obdoc exploring the world of polygamy as practised by British Muslims		Produced and Directed by Masood Khan
"An unusually clear-eyed documentary" The Guardian "It deftly exposed the unfairness at the heart of these unions" The Telegraph
	The Auction House		C4/Dragonfly
	1 of 3 docs in the first series about Britain's most eccentric auction house and its wealthy customers.		Executive Produced  by Charlotte Desai
	When Bjork Met Attenborough		C4/Pulse Films
	The two mutual fans discuss the origins of music and the relationship between nature and Bjork's Biophilia performances. I was brought in by C4 to bring this ambitious film to a successful conclusion.		Produced and Directed  by Louise Hooper
"A delight to the senses" The Telegraph
	A Great Welsh Adventure - with Griff Rhys Jones		ITV1/Modern TV
	8 x 30 min docs of Griff exploring different regions of Wales Ep 4  Anglesey		Produced and Directed by Christopher Bruce
"Gorgeous landscapes, interesting history and good company" Documentary Pick of the Day - The Observer
	Escape from Colditz		C4/Windfall
	Feature length doc recreating the most famous, planned WW2 prison break - flying a glider off the roof of Colditz Castle		Filmed, Produced and Directed by Tom Cook
Shortlisted 2013 Grierson Awards
	William, Kate and the Royal Baby		France 3/CB Productions
	The latest instalment in our  Royal soap opera shown throughout (republican) Europe and the USA.		Produced and Directed by Christian Bidault
	Perspectives - Portillo on Picasso		ITV1/Plum Pictures
	Michael Portillo finds the parallels between his father's exile from fascist Spain and Picasso's exile from his homeland		Produced and Directed by Christopher Bruce
	Mary - Queen of the High Street		C4/Optomen
	Mary Portas tries to save Margate High Street in spite of some local doubts.		Produced and Directed by Colin Rothbart
	Wonderland - High Society Brides		BBC2/Keo Films
	What happened to five 'girls in pearls' who appeared on the frontispiece page of Country Life magazine during the last fifty years.		Directed by  Hannah Berryman
"This beautifully crafted documentary" TV Times "Unexpectedly touching, thoroughly engaging" Radio Times
Nominated Most Entertaining Documentary 2011 Grierson Awards
	Perspectives - Sergeant on Spike		ITV1/Silver River
	John Sergeant explores the comic genius of Spike Milligan		Produced and Directed by Christopher Bruce
"Excellent - an intelligently edited pleasure of a programme" The Observer
	Poms in Paradise		ITV1/Century Films
	4 of 8 half hour ob docs about life on Australia's Gold Coast for British ex-pats.   Ep 3   Ep 8		Produced and Directed by Bruce Fletcher and Peter Beard
"Funniest show of the week" The Sunday Express
	Britain's Lost Routes with Griff Rhys Jones		BBC1/Modern TV
	2 of 4 60 min films with Griff retracing forgotten routes. A pilgrimage route through Wales and a cattle droving route through Scotland.		Produced and Directed by Christopher Bruce
	Wicked Pirate City		Nat Geo/Wall to Wall
	Two hour drama doc about the sunken city of Port Royal and the real pirates of the Caribbean. 1 of 2 editors		Directed by  Diene Petterle
"Choice of the Day" The Observer
	First Cut - The Pawn King		C4/Keo Films
	Looking at the boom in easy but expensive money from online pawnbroking.		Directed by  Kirsty Garland
"Shocking but eminently watchable" The Observer
	Ration Book Britain		UKTV/Optomen Television
	Valentine Warner, Andrew Castle and Jodie Kidd explore what it meant to live through the rationing years in Britain,		Produced and Directed by Diene Petterle and David Robertson
4 x 44 min films edited, graded and on-lined by me in just 3 weeks for each film.
Shortlisted 2011 Broadcast Digital Awards
	Make Me A New Face		BBC2/ORTV
	Ben Fogle travels to Ethiopia with a team of specialist surgeons who perform life changing surgery on children severely disfigured by Noma		Produced and Directed by Abi Priddle
"The work of the surgeons is incredible to watch and the life changing difference it makes to the children ultimately joyful! The Times
	The Hospital		C4/North One
	The episode in series two of the award winning programme about the hidden epidemic of Diabetes		Produced and Directed by Tom Coveney
	Valentine Warner Eats The Sixties		UKTV/Optomen Television
	Valentine explores how we ate in the swinging sixties		Produced and Directed by Joe Harding
2 x 44 min films edited, graded and onlined by me in just three weeks for each film
	The Posters Came From The Walls		Brown Owl Films/Mute Records
	The fans of Depeche Mode filmed by Turner Prize winning artist Jeremy Deller		Directed by Jeremy Deller and Nick Abrahams
Selected for 2008 London Film Festival
"The most fun film of the Festival" The Observer "Hilarious, brilliantly edited and politically fascinating" Dazed and Confused
	The Best Job In The World		BBC1/BBC Wales
	Following four young Brits as they try to win the job that's too good to be true...		Filmed and Directed by Agnieszka Piotrowska
"Many many thanks for being superbly brilliant"  BBC Exec
	Kevin McCloud and The Big Town Plan		C4/Talkback Thames
	Filmed over five years, can good design rescue the failing town of Castleford in Yorkshire? I worked with Robert Thirkell across the series. 4 x50 mins. 1 of 3 editors		Produced and Directed by Hugo Smith
Nominated 2008 RTS Awards
	The Supreme Court		More 4/KHP
	90 min obdoc following the first year of Britain's new Supreme Court. 1 of 3 editors		Produced and Directed by Karen Hamilton
	Greatest Cities of The World - Rome		ITV1/Modern TV
	Griff Rhys Jones explores the ancient city		Produced and Directed by Christopher Bruce
"Thank you for your excellent work - immaculately edited" ITV Factual Director
	Making The Universe		Mute Records
	45 min obdoc following eight months of studio sessions as Depeche Mode record their album "Sounds of The Universe"		Filmed by Daniel Miller, Andy Fletcher and others
	Nuremberg - Goering's Last Stand		C4/3BM
	Two hour drama doc about Goering's rise to power and downfall at the Nuremberg Trials		Written, Produced and Directed by Peter Nicholson
"Superbly made, thought-provoking and gripping" The Observer
2007 BAFTA Specialist Factual Award Winner Nominated 2007 Banff World Television Awards
	One Life - The Brick in The Wall Kids		BBC1/Silver River
	The kids who sang on the Pink Floyd hit tell their story and of how they came through the controversy		Directed by  Hannah Berryman
	The Making of Me - Vanessa Mae		BBC1
	The violinist tries to discover whether her musicality was the result of nature or nurture		Directed by  John Holdsworth
	One Life - Gail Porter Laid Bare		BBC1/Maverick Television
	The blonde TV presenter comes to terms with the loss of her hair		Directed by  Hannah Berryman
	Dawn Goes Lesbian		BBC3/Zig Zag
	The intrepid journalist Dawn Porter tries living as a lesbian for a month		Filmed and Directed by Alex Berk
	Married to The Eiffel Tower		C5/Blink
	Examine the little known phenomenon of Objectum Sexuals - women who have relationships only with objects, like The Eiffel Tower and The Berlin Wall		Filmed and Directed by Agnieszka Piotrowska
"Beautifully shot and fascinating - the film has reminded me why I like watching television" The Observer
	Cutting Edge - Bus Pass Workaholics		C4/Silver River
	A look at Britain's 1.2 million pensioner workforce finding humour and sadness in their stories		Filmed and Directed by Hannah Berryman
	Into The Big Wide World		C4/Ricochet
	Following a project in south London trying to give a better chance in life to teenagers leaving the care system		Filmed and Directed  by Jessie Versluys
"It's heartening to see a film that painstakingly avoids mawkishness and exploitation, instead we get to understand the quartet's hopes and fears" The Mail on Sunday
	Extraordinary People - The Boy With A New Head		C5/At It Productions
	Following 13 year old Petero from rural Uganda to Dallas for dramatic surgery		Filmed and Directed  by Alex Berk
Shortlisted 2007 Grierson Awards
	Jamie's Chef		C4/Fresh One
	Jamie Oliver gives one of his trainees the chance to run their own business. 4 x 50 mins. Final edit of 1+2, edit of 3 and pre-edit of 4		Directors: Kim Maddever, Paddy Wivell
"It is shaped with loving care. If it were a sculpture it would be a Henry Moore. If it were a steak it wouldn't have an ounce of fat on it. Each scene whizzes by and each character zings off the screen" Radio Times
	Hannah Glasse - The First Domestic Goddess		BBC4/Optomen Television
	Clarissa Dickson-Wright presents a drama documentary about the Georgian author		Directed by  Diene Petterle
Nominated 2007 Glenfiddich Award
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