Features and TV Drama
1976 ‘Nosey Dobson’
Produced for ‘The Children’s Film Foundation.
A comedy adventure about a young boy determined to become a great detective.
1982 ‘Living Apart Together’
Produced for Film on Four and blown up to 35mm for Cinema Release.
Starring B.A. Robertson, Jimmy Logan, Barbera Lellerman, Judi Trott, Dave Anderson. Peter Capaldi.
‘The Photography has a colour and quality that reminded me of Elvira Madigan’. The Guardian
1983/84 ‘Blue Peter’
Simon Groom takes a ride on the Settle & Carlisle Railway in this vintage Blue Peter clip.
1986 ‘Prospects’
12x 1hr. for Euston Films and Channel 4
Prospects, is the humorous story of two young East End teenagers, one black, (Brian Bovell) the other white(Gary Olsen) as they try to make their way, in the tough hostile world of the Isle of Dogs.
Click above to see clip on Clips page
1992 ‘The Bogie Man’
Made for BBC’s Screen Two
Starring Robbie Coltrane, Fiona Fullerton, Midge Ure and Craig Ferguson.
Written by Paul Pender, from ‘The Bogie Man’ comic strip – a spoof on Humphrey Bogart’s, ‘The Maltese Falcon’.
1994 ‘Sara’
(6 x 30mins, made in French and English)
This series was photographed in the wonderful world of the Camargue area of Provence. You’re in a rich landscape of colors and watery tapestries radiating immense beauty and pastel peace; pink flamingoes, white horses, black feral bulls, seem everywhere. A fabulous background to a compelling mystery.
1995 ‘Mairi Mhor: Her Life and Songs’
Stunningly photographed by Mark Littlewood and extremely absorbing, this is the true story of Mary MacPherson, a widow from Skye, who was wrongly convicted of theft.
Alison Kerr – Film Guide