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Presented by documentary photographer & chef, Giles Duley, ‘One Armed Chef’ charts his return to counties impacted by war and explores the food which unites communities amid times of trouble. Bringing together the best of current affairs, food and travel, whilst taking us from Lebanon to DRC.

Filming right before the outbreak of war in the Ukraine, Giles explores the backdrop to the current conflict, photographing the military; sharing food with concerned Donbas residents; interviewing a controversial militia group; learning to make Borscht with an eccentric former Master Chef winner and venturing into the Carpathian Mountains.

Check out this article in The Observer about how Giles found peace through cooking following a landmine accident in Afghanistan which cost him both legs and an arm - link

Photographer Giles Duley in the Donbas region. Photo credit: Benjie Croce

Whilst our attention is diverted by war, climate catastrophe and Covid-19, it’s business as usual for international organized crime. 

@viceworldnews has teamed up with the fearless @occrp to investigate the modern face of OCG’s - from the Albanian Mafia to the golden meth triangle, and more.

Check out CRIMINAL PLANET available now on All4 (UK)/ Canal+ (France)/ Vice (USA)

In Episode 3, we travel across Italy and Romania with reporter Nelufar Hedayat to meet the mafia who claim to have started the toxic waste trafficking trade; those fighting at great personal risk to stop it; and the victims in this dirty billion dollar business. 

If we can’t trust companies and governments to manage our waste responsibly, the best action we can take is to generate less waste.

Reporter Nelufar Hedayat and local Roma man Alex Fechete at Pata Rat landfill, Cluj Napoca, Romania

Proud to have contributed to this honest, hopeful film about how we can tackle what is undoubtedly “the biggest threat to security that modern humans have ever faced”.

Visit BBC Iplayer to hear more from Attenborough as well as the diverse opinions of some of the ordinary Brits tasked with deciding what we should do to meet our climate change goals.

We follow several members of the UK’s first ever Citizens Assembly organised by Parliament - a historic event in which normal people grapple with big questions about our future. Through this cast of warm, funny Brits, we understand the challenge we all face in the effort to reduce climate change, and start to see what the future might look like in a greener world.

Directed by Harriet Bird for Curious Films (BBC, 2021)

Directed by Harriet Bird for Curious Films (BBC, 2021)


In a unique and eye-opening exercise in reverse anthropology, the critically acclaimed series ‘Meet the Natives’ (2007) saw 5 ambassadors from the Prince Philip worshipping island of Tanna, voyage to the UK to help us see our own society through new eyes.

Now, over a decade later, the crew returns to this small island in the South Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu to find out what the death of their God will mean for the prophecy, in this new documentary ‘Prince Philip: God of our Island’.

A wild island adventure, an alternative obituary, and a rare opportunity to consider the future of the planet as experienced and recounted by our most joyful friends on the opposite side of the world.

It was a joy to team up once again with director Gavin Searle and Keo Films to produce this for Channel 4.

Channel 4, 2021

Channel 4, 2021

Premiering on BBC1 in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, ‘LIFE AND BIRTH’ is a celebration of the incredible efforts of NHS workers. Made in 2019, we never imagined it would be a powerful tonic at a challenging time for the nation, bringing light into people’s locked down living rooms. Far from the glamorised portrait of childbirth we are accustomed to, this 6 part series offers a brave, honest portrayal of some remarkable roller coaster rides - from trepidation to trauma, despair to joy.

“At last, BBC One’s Life and Birth shows what having a baby is really like” - The Independent

The series is currently up on BBC iPlayer for all to enjoy!

BBC 1, 2020

BBC 1, 2020

It’s time to see why I spent the last few weeks wading through waist high flooded high streets and homes in full rubber gear whilst storms raged all around. The primetime ITV doc - ‘BRITAIN UNDERWATER: FIGHTING THE FLOODS’ is now available to watch and gives a face to the many who fall victim to increasingly unpredictable weather in this country.

Across a Winter that experienced particularly extreme weather (2019/20), including storms Ciara and Dennis, we embedded in the hardest hit communities, filming observationally as family homes flooded, as well as going behind the scenes with the Environment Agency to look at what can be done to improve things for the future. 

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BROKE - This eye-opening 3 part ob doc series about working Britain, set against the back drop of crippling austerity, was met with 4 STARS across the board and was PICK OF THE DAY in the Radio Times and multiple media outlets.

Here are some of the reviews…

A proper documentary made according to old-school rules: watch, listen and stay out of the way. Here was no talk of Brexit, no tut-tutting, none of the gawping or story-sculpting that marred Benefits Street.”
Jasper Rees, The Telegraph

These moving portraits of 21st-century Britain benefited from having no voiceover: the films spoke for themselves.
Carol Midgely, The Times

“Proper working blokes don’t often get a chance to have their say on TV. This dour series goes some way to redressing the balance.”
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail

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4 months in the jungle, 2 years in the making and too many sago worm dinners later… 'MY YEAR WITH THE TRIBE' was PICK OF THE WEEK and WINNER of the Realscreen Awards Lifestyle: Travel & Exploration as well as the Realscreen Award of Excellence: Lifestyle

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My portrait of Ethiopian spiritual and community leader She Abdulkadir Tuka holding a photograph of his father, who is said to have lived to 133, is chosen as the cover image for the February 2015 issue of Geographical, the Royal Geographical Society's official magazine.

I was bestowed with the unexpected honour and responsibility of naming a nepalese newborn after a positive film shoot interviewing his mother on the topic of maternal health. I was taken slightly by surprise and could only remember the name of my friend who had lent me the radio mic I was holding at the time. I proudly present you the one and only Himalayan baby… Simon!

 

My short documentary film screened at the Royal Geographical Society as part of a public exhibition, ‘THROUGH THE PEOPLE'S LENS’, from 16 - 26 February 2015 about the Development Progress participatory photography project run by the Overseas Development Institute and award-winning charity PhotoVoice, together with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.