Nolan Hobdell-Offline Editor

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Selected Credits

Factual

999 What’s Your Emergency? – Series 4 (2017)3 x 60’Obs DocBlast Films/ C4

Primetime obs doc series following the work of the emergency services throughout the UK,with a focus on topical social issues.

Series Producer: Martin HicksExecutive Producers: David Hodgkinson & Ed Coulthard

Secret Life of the Zoo – Series 2(2017)1 x 60’Obs DocBlast Films/ C4

Primetime, fixed rig, observational documentary series capturing the remarkable behaviour of the animalsat Chester zoo, and their relationships with their keepers.

Series Producer: Martin HicksExecutive Producer: Alistair Pegg

House Doctor (2016)2 x 60’Factual EntertainmentBoundless/ C5

Daytime, House makeover programme presented by Tina Metro.

Series Editor: Helen White

Rocket Ronnie’s American Hustle(2016)1 x 60’DocumentaryNorth One/ History UK

Snooker World Champion Ronnie O’Sullivan and sports presenter Matt Smith travel to the states to trace the history of the game of pool.

Director: Chris Amess

Rookies - Series 2 (2016)1 x 60’Obs DocPlum Pictures/ ITV 1

(Additional editing) Primetime obs doc following rookie recruits as they step into the frontline of law enforcement.

Executive Producer: Stuart Cabb Series Producer: Tom Pearson

Wild Animal Reunions (2016)2 x 60’FactualTigress/ ITV 1

Primetime, Factual/Natural History programme highlighting unique relationships between humans and wild animals. Originally commissioned as a one off, it was re-commissioned for a further 2 episodes.

Executive Producer: Dick Colthurst Series Producer: Sarah Peat

Jaywick, Benefits by the Sea (2016)1 x 60’Obs DocSpungold TV/ C5

Primetime obs doc following the lives of a group of residents in Jaywick in Essex, officially the most deprived place in England.

Executive Producer: Daniela Neumann Series Producer: Jason Giberti

Too Ugly for Love Series 2 (2016)1 x 60’FactualBetty/ TLC

Following a group of people who are single and looking for love, while at the same time hiding embarissing medical conditions that have hampered their efforts in dating.

Series Producer: David Symonds

James Martin:

Christmas Home Comforts (2015)3 x 60’CookeryBBC/ BBC 1

Daytime, Christmas series of well established food programme with chef James Martin.

Series Producer: Nicola Kingscote

Home Away From Home (2015) 2 x 60’FactualBBC/ BBC 1

Daytime programme in which couples swap houses for three days to experience life in a different location.

Series Producer: Helen White

Council House Crackdown (2015) 1 x 60’FactualShine TV/ BBC 1

Daytime, presenter led current affairs programme looking at the misuse of social housing.

Director / Edit Producer: Zoe Elliott-Shercore

Double Decker Driving School (2015) 2 x 30’Factual Blast Films/ ITV 1

Prime time, multi rig observational documentary series following trainee bus drivers in London.

Series Producer/Director: Martin Hicks

Paul O’Grady

For the Love of Dogs(2014) 1 x 30’FactualITV/ITV 1

Prime time, factual entertainment series about the residents of Battersea Dogs and Cats Home.

Edit Producer: Zoe Page

Gibraltar: Britain in the Sun(2014) 1 x 30’FactualITV/C5

(Additional editing) Prime time documentary series following the ex-pat residents of Gibraltar.

Edit Producer: Julie Thomson

Choccywoccydoodah:

Starstruck Series 2(2014)3 x 60’Cookery Entertainment Two Four/Watch Channel

Celebrities devise a concept for an extraordinay cake which the team have to complete on time.

Edit Producer: Helen White

Great British Menu: Series 9(2014)4 x 30’Cookery EntertainmentOptomen/BBC 1

The nation’s top chefs compete to cook a banquet for the veteransof the D-day landings.

Executive Producer: Nicola Moody

A Great British Christmas

with Sarah Beeny (2013)1 x 60’HistoricalEnt SpecialRedhouse TV/ C4

Sarah Beeney looks back at the evolving history of Christmas throughher country house, Rise Hall.

Producer / Director: Matthew Cox

The Great British Budget Menu(2013)1 x 60’ Factual SpecialOptomen/BBC 1

One off version dealing with the issue of food poverty for the BBC’s Cost Of Living season.

Producer & Director: Daniel Barry

It’s Love Actually(2013)3 x 30’ Factual EntertainmentFever Media/Sky Living

Couples discuss life together with topics including romance, sex and embarrassing habits.

Series Producer & Director: Matthew Cox

Motor Morphers(2012)2 x 60’ Factual EntertainmentITN Factual/Five

Engineering competition in which two teams of engineers compete in a head to head challenge.

Series Producer: Isobel Williams

Bargain Hunt(2010 & 11) 12x 60’ Factual EntertainmentBBC/BBC 1

Two teams compete to find bargains at an antiques fair before they sell them off at auction.

Directors; Simon Williams, James Crout, Gayle Simpson

Village SOS(2011)1x 60‘ Factual EntertainmentBBC/BBC 1

(Fine cutting)Sarah Beeny follows a group of locals as they try to rescue their rundown mining village.

Director; Matthew Cox

Antiques Road Trip(2010)6x 60’Factual Entertainment STV/ BBC 2

TwoAntiquesexperts set off on a road trip around the UK searching for treasures.

Edit Producer; Carole Lochead

Watchdog(2005 & 06)30’ Consumer AffairsBBC/BBC 1

VT inserts for long-running consumer affairs programme.

Documentary

Costa Del Sol:

The Last Brits Standing (2014) 1 x 60’Documentary Mentorn/ BBC 2

(Additional Editing) Single strand documentary following British ex-pats in the region.

Producer/Director:Matt Rudge

Lost At Sea: Flight MH370 (2014) 1 x 60’Documentary ITN/Smithsonian Channel

Fast turn around documentary examining the latest evidence on the missing Malysian Airlines flight.

Executive Producer: Ian Russell

My 2012 Dream(2012) 1x 30‘ Obs Doc Camden Creative/Int’l

Foreign language film followingfour Olympic athletes from Afghanistan and Pakistan on their journeys to the London Olympics 2012.

Producer/Director: Richard Cookson

Witness –

‘Fight to publish’(2011) 1x 30‘ Obs Doc Al-Jazeera English

Observational documentary that follows an independent journalist covering a bloody uprising in Western Kazakhstan.

Producer/Director: Simon Ostrovsky

People & Power -

‘Island of Music & Murder’(2010)1x30’ Documentary Al-Jazeera English

(Co-producer & Editor)Investigatingwhy Jamaica’s police force is among the deadliest in the world for a peacetime nation.

Director; Simon Ostrovsky

People & Power -

‘Green Mountain‘(2009)1x30’ Documentary Al-Jazeera English

Documentary investigating how the development of tourism in Libya poses a grave threat to the antiquities of the Green Mountain heritage site.

Director; Hugh Miles

Current Affairs

Listening post(2006-2009)30‘ Current AffairsAl-Jazeera English

Weekly review into how the news is covered by the world’s media, and where journalism is suppressed.

Series Producer; Meenakshi Ravi

Newsnight(2010)News (VT Inserts)BBC 2

VT inserts for BBC 2’s nightly current affairs programme looking at the hottest topics of the day.

Newswatch(2005-2006)15’ Current Affairs BBC News 24

Newswatch discusses issues raised about coverage of the weeks events on BBC news and current affairs programmes.

Qualifications & Training

NVQ Electronic Post Production Support: (VET training & FT2) - 2000

BA (Hons): Animation, (Surrey Institute of Art and Design) -1998

HND (Merit): Film, Television & Animation -1995

Avid Film Composer: (VET Training)

Avid 320 ‘Finishing on Media Composer & Symphony systems: (VET Training)

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