Chris Lethbridge
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER & DIRECTOR
BONZA TV:
INVENTING HISTORY
Presenter: Ronald Top
10 x 30mins
A European history of the technology we use every day.
Coming shortly on Discovery Networks Europe, 2007
MORE INDUSTRIAL REVELATIONS EUROPE
Presenter: Ronald Top
10 x 30mins
A hands-on tour of Europe’s industrial past for Discovery Networks Europe TX 2006
MORE INDUSTRIAL REVELATIONS WITH MARK WILLIAMS
10 X 30mins stories about the impact of the Industrial Revolution presented by Mark Williams (Fast Show/ Harry Potter etc). Discovery Channel UK. TX 2005
PREVIOUS CREDITS:
LOCH NESS MONSTER: THE ULTIMATE EXPERIMENT
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR
DARLOW SMITHSON FOR CHANNEL 5 and A&E (USA)
Following the covert operation to release a 15ft animatronic ‘Nessie’ in Loch Ness. TX August 2005
ANCIENT SUPERWEAPONS – THE CLAW
1 x 50 mins
PRODUCER/ DIRECTOR. Darlow Smithson Productions for Discovery Channel USA
A team of American Engineers reconstruct Archimedes’ Claw. Could this weapon have sunk a fleet of Roman Galleys 2,200 years ago ?
7 WONDERS OF ANCIENT GREECE
1 x 50mins
DIRECTOR. ATLANTIC PRODUCTIONS for Discovery Channel USA + Five UK
The story of 7 ancient sites – The Parthenon, Colossus of Rhodes, Theatre of Epidaurus, Ancient Olympia, Palace of Knossos, Oracle at Delphi, Akrotiri on Santorini.
Drama reconstructions (studio/location), location filming, 3D animation and interviews with international experts
WHO KILLED ALEXANDER THE GREAT?
1 X 50mins
DIRECTOR. ATLANTIC PRODUCTIONS For Discovery USA and Five (UK)
Former Scotland Yard detective leads an international team of experts investigating the suspicious death of Alexander in 323BC. – Drama Reconstructions (studio/location)
INDUSTRIAL REVELATIONS (The original series!)
SERIES PRODUCER & DIRECTOR
OXFORD SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTIONS FOR DISCOVERY EUROPE
History/ Science Series exploring the origins of the Industrial Revolution, via Britain’s early canals., with Mark Williams (The Fast Show/Harry Potter) as Presenter.
ADAM'S STORY
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR 3BM PRODUCTIONS for CHANNEL 4
Police and forensic investigation into the murder of a young boy whose torso was found in the Thames. Nominated for Indie Award
HOW TO BUILD A HUMAN– BBC Science Landmark
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR – BBC SPECIALIST FACTUAL
Programme 4 – The Body Immortal Series Tx January – Feb 2002
The series uses the latest genetic and cellular discoveries to explain the development of the Human Body across the lifespan. Programme 4 explores the mysteries of aging.
UNDER THE KNIFE
3 x 1 Hour Series
SERIES WRITER/PRODUCER/DIRECTOR
The impact of technology: leading to scarfree & painless Surgery; The collaboration between Scientists and Surgeons; The growth of keyhole surgery; The future of transplantation and tissue engineering;
Shot in the USA; Germany and the UK
(Co-production: DISCOVERY/ THE LEARNING CHANNEL, LA CINQUIEME) Tx also in Europe and Australia
HISTORY IN ACTION - Race in 20th Century / Women in the 20th Century SERIES WRITER/ DIRECTOR
6 x 20m programmes UK & international archive material used to show the evolution of attitudes concerning Race & Women in the 20th Century for Channel 4 (Education)
nominated for an RTS Education award (2000)
THE SCI-FI FILES
DIRECTOR
'Spaceships and Aliens' & 'Living in the Future'
2 x 1 hour programmes in a 4 part history series on THE STORY OF SCIENCE FICTION, produced for Discovery/ The Learning Channel, NHK and Canal Plus.
(UK TX on Channel 4, 1998)
HISTORY’S TURNING POINTS: THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
DIRECTOR
30min Documentary for The Learning Channel/ TV5 combining reconstruction and archive material.
'MARIE ANTOINETTE'
'RICHARD THE LIONHEART'
WRITER/ PRODUCER/DIRECTOR:
Two 1 hour documentaries for the Arts & Entertainment Cable TV Network BIOGRAPHY strand in the USA
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