recent projects
nuclear armageddon: how close are we?
One off documentary looking at the global landscape of nuclear weapons. Charting the history of the atomic bomb from Oppenheimer, through the Cold War and up to date with Putin's nuclear threats during the invasion of Ukraine the film will look at how the nuclear landscape has changed over the years. With unique access to the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists in Chicago, who set the fabled 'Doomsday Clock', the film we will also look at the rising fear of a nuclear weapon being used for the first time since 1945.
Channel: BBC TWO
Production Company: BBC
Exec Producer: Sarah Waldron
Producer/Director: Samuel Palmer
The Great Climate Fight
Two part special showcasing the solutions to climate change that are within our grasp. Following Kevin McLoud, Mary Portas and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall as they uncover the pathways to a net zero future and challenge the Government and big business on why we are not embracing them.
Channel: Channel 4
Production Company: KEO Films
Exec Producer: Will Anderson
Series Editor: Martha Delap
Series Director: Samuel Palmer
PAUL WHITEHOUSE: OUR TROUBLED RIVERS
Documentary series following avid angler Paul Whitehouse as he explores the issues facing the UK's rivers and seas. Meeting with campaigners, academics and concerned locals Paul charts the impacts agriculture, the water industry and us citizens have had on the health of our waterways. Paul brings humour to a serious subject having a massive impact across the nation and captures a moment in time as we lie on the cusp of disaster.
Channel: BBC TWO
Production Company: BBC
Exec Producer: Mike Radford
Series Producer/Director: Samuel Palmer
The ultimate guide...to cryptocurrency
Ade Adepitan goes on a journey into the crazy world of cryptocurrency to find out if it really is the future of a bubble set to burst. Meeting with experts, believers and sceptics, Ade will find out everything there is to know about cryptocurrency as well as invest his own money in the hope of making a profit.
Channel: Channel 4
Production Company: Parable
Exec Producer: David Wise and Jonathan Rudd
Producer/Director: Samuel Palmer
The Downfall of Boris Johnson
Fast turnaround Panorama film following Laura Kussenberg as she unpicks the downfall of Boris Johnson as Prime Minister. Filming interviews with high profile politicians in the days surrounding Johnsons resignation.
Channel: BBC One
Production Company: BBC
Series Editor: Karen Wightman
Producer/Director: Samuel Palmer
FREDDIE'S FIELD OF DREAMS
Cricket legend Freddie Flintoff attempts to break down the elitist mindset of cricket by turning a group of Preston lads into a successful cricket team. Using his own experience of growing up in a working class family in Preston, he challenges the boys to look beyond preconceptions and develop new skills and abilities that could change their lives. With a bunch of unruly teenagers it won't be an easy ride for Freddie, so is he up for the challenge himself?
Channel: BBC One
Production company: South Shore Productions
Series Producer: Naomi Templeton
Producer/Director: Samuel Palmer
Robson Green: Coastal Fishing
Robson Green travels around the British coast to find out what makes it so unique. Is it the people, is it the culture or could it just be what lies in the seas? From joining Northumbrian trawlermen in search of perfect prawns to tackling spearfishing off the coast of Mull and coxing Padstow's famous gig boat in a race against their bitter rivals, Robson will immerse himself in life around the British coast. Along the way he'll question if our coastal heritage is still as strong as it once was and hear stories of how the fishing industry is changing.
Channel: Channel 5
Production company: Firecracker Films
Exec Producer: Elspeth O'Hare
Series Director: Samuel Palmer
Manchester Arena BOMBING: SAFFIE'S STORY
Crafting single film following the family of Saffie-Rose, the youngest victim of the 2017 attack, as they search for answers during the independent inquiry. Involving close access to the family to tell their story as well as wider access to the inquiry, security services and others involved on the night to understand the wider context of what happened before, during and after the attack.
Channel: BBC One
Production company: BBC
Exec Producers: Leo Telling and Karen Wightman
Producer/Director: Samuel Palmer
walking hadrian's wall
Robson Green heads out to explore an icon of the British Isles, Hadrian's Wall. Trekking the 80-mile length of the wall, Robson discovers what life was like back in the Roman period, as well as how the wall still shapes the lives of the people to this day. As someone who has spent all his life living in Northumberland this is a chance to rekindle childhood memories and celebrate an area he's lucky to call home. Filmed during the 2020 lockdown.
Channel: Channel 5
Production company: Firecracker Films
Exec Producer: Elspeth O'Hare
Series Director: Samuel Palmer
Panorama: Coronavirus specials
Working on the BBC's flagship current affairs strand making special films looking at the Coronavirus outbreak of 2020. Filming expert interviews and human stories as well as inside hospitals and institutions looking at vaccine trials and treatment trials all during lockdown restrictions with heightened health and safety protocols.
Channel: BBC One
Production company: BBC
Exec Producers: Diana Martin and Rachel Jupp
Producer/Director: Samuel Palmer
Pilgrimage: The road to istanbul
Seven well known personalities embark on a pilgrimage from Belgrade in Serbia to the historic Turkish city of Istanbul, visiting historic sites of Islamic, Christian and Jewish faith to better understand religion and conflict in the modern world. In an epic journey the group cross borders, climb mountains and navigate caves all to reach their final destination, the Suleymaniye mosque in Istanbul.
Channel: BBC Two (3x60mins)
Production company: CTVC
Exec Producers: Caroline Matthews and Colm Martin
Series Producer: Harjeet Chokkar
Series Director: Samuel Palmer
Monkman and Seagull's Genius adventures
Eric Monkman and Bobby Seagull are back. Following on from their first outing around Britain, this time they are on a journey through time looking at the great inventions of the Industrial revolution. Recreating historic experiments, visiting mighty steam engines and showcasing how British ingenuity changed the world, this is an adventure of genius proportions!
Channel: BBC Two (3x60mins)
Production company: Label 1
Exec Producers: Lorraine Charker-Phillips and Simon Dickson
Series Producer: Merle Currie
Series Director: Samuel Palmer
reggie in china
In a thought-provoking adventure Reggie Yates travels to China, and visits four very different cities all at the forefront of the modern nation. Meeting a new generation of Chinese millennials he hopes to discover the fault lines in society and how they are affecting modern China under President XI.
Channel: BBC Two (3x60 mins)
Production company: 72 Films
Exec Producers: Clare Handford, David Glover, John Douglas
Producer/Director: Samuel Palmer
Monkman and Seagull's Genius guide to britain
The eponymous heroes of University Challenge, Eric Monkman and Bobby Seagull, embark on a tour of Britain's great history of ingenuity. Stepping out on the gigantic Lovell telescope at Jodrell Bank, taking to the skies on Britains oldest fairground ride to explain centrifugal force and sailing over the highest navigable aqueduct in the world over the Welsh valleys!
Channel: BBC Two (4x30mins)
Production company: Label 1
Exec Producers: Lorraine Charker-Phillips and Simon Dickson
Series Producer: Merle Currie
Series Director: Samuel Palmer
No more boys and girls: can our kids go gender free?
In this engaging and provocative series, Dr Javid Abelmoneim poses some of the most profound questions facing the UK today. Is the way we treat boys and girls in childhood the real reason we still haven’t achieved true equality between men and women in adult life? Taking over a class of kids at an Isle of Wight school, Dr Javid sets about making changes that will impact the children's attainment, self esteem and confidence.
Channel: BBC Two (2x60min)
Production company: Outline Productions
Exec Producer: Helen Veale
Series Producer: Jeremy Daldrey
Series Director: Samuel Palmer
**NOMINATED IN THE 2018 BAFTAS FOR BEST FEATURES**
CAN I IMPROVE MY MEMORY?
In an innovative new hybrid of observational documentary and studio quiz, four celebrities try to unlock their minds potential using ancient memory techniques. Tackling a subject they know nothing about they embark on a crash course of memory palaces and peg methods to try and improve their memory skills and come out on top in a special quiz where they have already been given the answers...if only they can remember them!
Channel: Channel 4 (1x60min) now commissioned into series
Production company: Avalon factual
Exec Producer: Michelle Carlisle
Quiz Producer: John Ireland
Director: Samuel Palmer
The marigold hotel: On tour
After exploring what it is like to grow old in India, our favourite senior citizens are back to see what retirement looks like in China, Cuba, Iceland and Thailand. Sampling such delights as late night dancing at Havana Carnival, studying at an old age university in Chengdu and hillside hot tubbing in Husavik, will the experience make them re-evaluate their own lifestyle in the UK?
Channel: BBC One (4x60mins)
Production company: TwoFour
Exec Producers: Nic Patten and David Clews
Senior Producer/Director: Samuel Palmer
