TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS

SHEBA'S GREATEST TREASURE (Emirates TV 2001)
An analysis of how the desert Arabs of the Arabian Peninsula controlled and conserved meagre water resources to develop one of the greatest civilisations and overland trade routes. Following the collapse of the Great Dam at Marib and the Queen of Sheba's empire, most of the population left Yemen and settled in what is now Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (50 minutes)

SHETLAND OIL DISASTER (National Geographic TV 1998)
The fifth anniversary of the Braer tanker disaster in Shetland was an opportunity to investigate the long-term effects of the oil spill on the marine life, coastline and the local inhabitants. Using unique footage shot during the week of the tanker running aground and revisiting the sites with Dutch seal
expert John de Boer, the film shows how the environment has quickly recovered (50 minutes)
THE COMPLETE ALPINE EXPERIENCE (British Mountaineering Council 1997)
Following on from The Complete Winter Experience, this film identifies the dangers of climbing in the Alps, from the effects of altitude sickness to safely traversing glaciers (25 minutes)
HIGH TRAILS TO ISTANBUL (National Geographic TV 1995)
Writer and traveller Nicholas Crane walked for 10,000 kms across the mountains of Europe from Cape Finisterre to Istanbul. During 17 months he investigated the rapidly disappearing cultures of the Pyrenees, Alps and Carpathians. Using new lightweight equipment and techniques such as Video Diaries Zanzibar Films covered a story the
broadcasters said was impossible to film (50 minutes)
THE COMPLETE WINTER EXPERIENCE (British Mountaineering Council 1995)
An educational safety film for anyone planning to walk or
climb in the mountains of Britain, from essential equipment and navigation, to digging a snow hole for survival (25 minutes)
MOVING THE CROWN JEWELS (Historic Royal Palaces 1994)
A filming project lasting 30 months inside the Tower of London, from initial
engineer appraisal of existing problems to the Queen's official opening. It covered the removal of the Royal Armouries Museum, closure of the old Jewel House and the transfer of the priceless objects to their new location.
RUNNING HIGH (Channel 4/Granada 1991)
The record-breaking run by Hugh Symonds across all 296 mountains of Britain
over 3,000 feet. In addition to climbing every peak, he ran between each one, setting a record for completing the Scottish Munro's in 66 days. Some of the ground-breaking filming was from microlite aircraft (25 minutes)
ZIMBABWE: HOUSE OF STONE (BBC2 1990)
The centenary of the formation of Rhodesia and the tenth anniversary of Zimbabwe independence was an opportunity to look at the development of the country. Tracing one white and one black family throughout the 100 years we investigate their differing histories, tragedies and fortunes (40 minutes)
Corporate films for ICL, Commodore, Explore Worldwide, Guerba Expeditions and Dragoman.

CHRIS BRADLEY

As a cameraman his first credit was filming in Morocco for National Geographic TV, for whom he has since produced many of the Zanzibar films. He has also been a producer and cameraman for Granada and Channel 4, as well as a cameraman for Tyne Tees and Production Manager for the BBC.

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Specialist Camera Work:
GOLDEN DREAMS (1996-9) 47 adventure films for TV3 Malaysia. Locations include Australia, New Zealand, India, Borneo, Thailand, Indonesia, Russia, Yemen, Abu Dhabi, Spain, Iceland, Finland, Switzerland, France, USA and Venezuela.

 

 

Underwater filming:
WHALE WATCH (TV3 1999) Whales and dolphins off Kaikoura, New Zealand.
GREAT WHITE (TV3 1999) Filming from shark cage off Port Lincoln, Australia.
GREAT ESCAPES (ITN/Discovery 1998) Recreating a wreck dive accident off Lyme Regis, Dorset.
SCUBA MEN (TV3 1998) Scuba divers explore Layang-Layang atoll off Borneo.
POWERBOAT RACING (TV3 1996) Underwater accident and crash survival techniques.

 

Aerial filming:
PHILISHAVE ADVERT (L-G 1999) Cornwall wind farm, filmed from a helicopter.
FLY-BY-WIRE (TV3 1999) Prototype flying machine in New Zealand.
HAWAII TRIATHLON (TV3 1997) Race coverage from helicopter.
COMPLETE ALPINE EXPERIENCE (BMC 1997) Alpine aerial shots from helicopter.
HELICOPTER BUNGEE JUMP (TV3 1997) Helicopter aerials.
SKYDIVE (TV3 1996) Freefall parachuting in California.
GLIDING (TV3 1996) Gliding over the Pyrenees.
WING WALKING (TV3 1996) Bi-plane filming of flying stunts.
COMPLETE WINTER EXPERIENCE (BMC 1995) Helicopter over the Cairngorms in Scotland.

 

Writer:
INTREPID AFRICA (La Belle Aurore 2000) - Libya
INSIGHT GUIDE TO JORDAN (APA 1999) - Update and five new chapters
INTREPID ARABIA (La Belle Aurore 1999) - Walking Wadi Hadramaut in Yemen
DISCOVERY GUIDE TO YEMEN (Immel 1996) - First guide of the unified country
ON THE HORIZON - YEMEN (Emirates Airlines 1997)
ON THE HORIZON - OMAN (Emirates Airlines 1997)

 

Lecturer:
Royal Geographical Society, London - ARABIA FELIX (1995) and WADI HADRAMAUT (1997)
Royal Scottish Geographical Society, Glasgow and Edinburgh - ETHIOPIA and ERITREA (2001)
SUSTAINABLE AND RESPONSIBLE TOURISM (1996)

Chris has a degree in engineering, is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, scuba diver and triathlete.

 

MATT DICKINSON

Worked on television documentaries for over 15 years. Produced, directed and presented for the BBC in London and was based in Washington as producer and director for National Geographic Television. Since 1988 he has been working freelance as a producer/director making films for series such as Encounters (Channel 4), Classic Adventure (BBC1), Voyager (ITV), Equinox (Channel 4) and Explorer (National Geographic Television). His greatest achievement was to climb and film on the summit of Mount Everest in 1996.
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