2012 got off to an interesting start with several offers of work in Kabul, whilst it's not my first choice of locations, there's no denying it's always an interesting place to be.

On the lighter side, I've been working more with Jennifer Saunders, both at her home in Devon and in Ireland where we spent a few days with a horse dealer called Richard Sheane, much fun was had, much Guinness was drunk, and many horses were met. It turns out Jennifer is a big fan of my old work on Most Haunted!

Last week I worked on a project about internet trolls with TV's Richard Bacon, it'll be on BBC3 before you know it.

This week I've been suffering quietly at home with a stinking cold, but the dog still needs walking and the garage still needs tidying, no rest for the (not particularly) wicked.......

My new project starts...

I've just got back from the International Horse Show at Londons Olympia, where we've just shot the first two days on a project provisionally called 'Jennifer Saunders - Back In the Saddle' (ITV1/Spun Gold Productions) Jennifer needs no introduction, she is, as I mentioned before, comedy royalty, and I look forward to working more with her over the coming months. The director is my old friend Will Yapp, and on camera, another old friend, Giles Harvey and a new acquaintance, Richard Ranken, who'd just got back from a trip to Madagascar with Martin Clunes.

We'll be shooting with Jennifer over the next few months, as she revisits her childhood hobby of Show Jumping. Badminton here we come.... The film will air next year, in the weeks leading up to the Olympics.

My secret Afghan work finally hits the screen...

I spent week upon week in Afghanistan from November 2010 to March 2011, and the film has taken a long time to assemble, finally, it's here:

http://www.uaeafghanistan.ae/en/

It's good to see, if not a bit overdue! Those shoots were some of the hardest, most dangerous shoots I've ever done.

Run Away With The Circus update

It's now called 'Our Lives - The Circus' and will be shown early in the new year, so anyone scouring the TV listings looking for it, save yourself the bother, it won't be on in November like I originally thought.

The sun always come out in the end....

Well, after a couple of very quiet weeks, I had a phone call today I've been hoping for. A project I'd been in initial talks about has had the green light, and what a project it'll be, it's a 2 part documentary series with a woman who can only be described as British Comedy Royalty, I'll reveal who in the near future, but safe to say, I'm going to be pretty busy over the next few months. Not so busy that I can't do anything else though, so if you have any jobs you need me for, get in touch!

Doing my bit.....

A quiet week last week, with just a small job for the Media Trust, a production company who work in the charitable sector. This job was for a Princes Trust corporate, and we spent some time with a young entrepreneur in Leeds who makes exhibition stands, and is doing pretty well, thanks to the head start that  Princes Trust funding gave him. As anyone who's worked for the Media Trust knows, the rates aren't great, but they're a charity and do a lot of good work for other charitys, so it's worth taking a hit on my day rate for the warm feeling you get for helping people out.



Here's to a busier week next week.....

Slovenia here I come

Next week sees two firsts for me, my first visit to Slovenia, and my first job for Discovery Channel, I've been in TV for 20 years and somehow have never worked for Discovery before, well that's about to change!

Thanks to my old friend David Coward, a director I've worked with a lot in Afghanistan, I'm working on series two of 'X Machines' and we'll be watching some very clever people using some incredible machinery. Another old friend Tony Mewse is shooting it and it's going to be great, a chance to get all the toys out and make some great TV.