Media
On the media front, I no longer work in television production, but have weirdly found myself on the other side of the lens a few times since leaving. In January 2008 I was interviewed with regard to my genealogical research on the BBC 1's Reporting Scotland news programme, as well as on Radio
I also contributed research to BBC Radio
In November 2008 I was again featured on Reporting Scotland and Good Morning Scotland, with regards to research I have been doing on the Ruhleben POW camp in WW1 Germany, where 5500 civilians were interned. The story can be viewed online at German War Camp Remembered.
Television Days
These are just a few images from my television days...
Crewshot at the harbour of my home town of Carrickfergus, whilst filming War Walks (series 2) in the summer of 1997. Left to right, Professor Richard Holmes in discussion with director Mark Fielder, then cameraman Jeremy Humphreys, production manager Vicky Carter, soundman Roger Long and myself.
Richard Holmes and his horse Thatch conquer the Welsh Marches, filming War Walks (series 2), 1997.
With presenter Julian Richards, director Andrew Thompson, and crew, filming Meet the Ancestors Special: Malaria and the Fall of Rome in Lugnano, Italy, in September 2001. Whilst waiting for our flight home on September 11th at Rome Airport, we watched two planes crash into the World Trade centre in New York, live on Italian television.
On top of the world - Yosemite, California, 1999 - whilst filming STV/RTE.S4C series, "Celtic America". Left to right - cameraman Simon Banks, camera assistant Chris Dale, soundman Chris Sheedy, assistant producer Chris Paton, producer Ross Wilson, director John Gwyn Jones.
No, not Airwolf or Chopper Squad! Amanda Perry and myself on a recce at Cumbernauld for the pilot programme of Time Flyers, in 2001.
Directing an interview in 2003 for the Time Flyers series between presenters Jo Caruth, Dave McLeod and Mark Horton, and Angus Morrison of the Clan Morrison Society, against the backdrop of the Dun Eistean sea stack.
My last BBC job - filming transplant operations at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. Pictured with me is Asheligh Gallagher, who recorded sound, and who endured as many early mornings and gruesome operations as me!
