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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