2006/90’/BBC4 – BBC2
Sixty years after their discovery by a goat herder and his uncle, these 2000 year-old documents are the earliest written copies of the Hebrew Bible. Rageh Omar looks at their story, with its attendant political and religious intrigue, treasure hunts, cover-ups and modern scientific assessments.
Producer/Director: Jonathan Mayo
Ep 3 2014/60’/BBC2
Neil Oliver looks at the story of how our island has been shaped by belief – from the end of the Ice Age through to Henry VIII’s Reformation in the 16th Century. Dir/Prod: Graham Johnston. Ser Prod: Martin Kemp
2009/30’/BBC 1
The story of Indian Muslims who fought for Britain on the Western Front during the First World War, based on their surviving letters home.
Director/Producer: Rob Cowling. Executive Producer: Bill Lyons
2010/60’/BBC1
Historian Bettany Hughes looks at the changing way that this most significant of Christian events has been interpreted through the centuries.
Executive Producer: Jean Claude Bragard
Nominated for RTS 2010 Craft Award for Post Production
Shortlisted for Radio Times Award, Sanford St Martin Awards
2010/3 x 30’/BBC4 – BBC2
Writer Richard Taylor looks at the symbols and artefacts found in British churches, and relates their meanings to the wider social history of the country.
Series Producer: Jonathan Mayo. Executive Producer: Bill Lyons.
2013/30’/BBC1
The history of the swastika from ancient religious symbol to Nazi insignia. Modern efforts by Hindus to reclaim it for their faith. Additional editor. Prod Dir Anna Cox. Exec Prod Tommy Nagra
TBI Media/BBC Red Button
Interval film for the BBC’s D-Day commemoration event. Featuring Operation Fortitude which successfully convinced the German forces that an allied invasion would not take place in Normandy.
2011/60’/BBC4
Part of Simon Sebag Montefiore’s series on a city that has changed hands so many times, that it bears a wealth of stories, architecture and symbolism for countless people through history.
Director: Karen Selway. Executive Producer: Bill Lyons.