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Horizon

2020

Addicted to Painkillers? Britain’s Opioid Crisis

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Dr Michael Mosley immerses himself on the frontline of our prescription painkiller habit. In America, it is an epidemic. Now, new evidence raises concern about the UK's use of prescription opioids. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Michael Grade reveals the story of General Tom Thumb, the world's first global show business celebrity, who went from humble beginnings in America to international superstardom. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Lord Grade
Producer:
Nick Tanner
Director:
Ian Denyer
Executive Producer:
Archie Baron
Production Company:
Wingspan Productions

This World

Don't Panic - How to End Poverty in 15 Years

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Investigative documentary. Hans Rosling examines the world goal of eradicating extreme poverty. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Hans Rosling
Producer:
Dan Hillman
Executive Producer:
Archie Baron
Studio Director:
David Coleman
Series Producer:
Sarah Waldron
Executive Producer:
Sam Bagnall
Production Company:
Wingspan Productions

Animation 2018

Outside the Box

Duration: 5 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

A showcase of top animations from the UK's finest new talents. A bird desperately wants to escape his lonely work in order to find the one he loves again. Show more

Contributors

Formats

Animation 2018

Childhood Memories

Duration: 4 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

A showcase of top animations from the UK's finest new talents. A multilayered autobiographical animation exploring personal memory. Show more

Contributors

Animator:
Katie Sommers
Sound Designer:
Joel Cahen
Executive Producer:
Deborah Lee
Executive Producer:
Gillian Scothern
Executive Producer:
Emma Cahusac
Production Company:
Wingspan Productions

Formats

Animation 2018

Meteorlight

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Sci-fi animation set in an alien world. When a child discovers a dark secret at their parent's factory, they must choose between what is right and what is easy. Show more

Contributors

Sound Designer:
Helen Dickson
Executive Producer:
Helen Brunsdon
Executive Producer:
Gillian Scothern
Executive Producer:
Deborah Lee
Executive Producer:
Emma Cahusac
Production Company:
Wingspan Productions

Duration: 4 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Four HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

A showcase of top animations from the UK's finest new talents. A stop-frame animation following an Inuit who struggles to survive after an oil tanker leaks oil off the coast. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Ieuan Lewis
Director:
George Warren
Sound Designer:
Tom Angell
Executive Producer:
Deborah Lee
Executive Producer:
Gillian Scothern
Executive Producer:
Emma Cahusac
Production Company:
Wingspan Productions

Formats

Animation 2018

The Three Crow Boys

Duration: 10 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Four HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Animation narrated by Tim McInnerny, set in London in the wake of a terrible war. A lonely old blind man receives three unexpected visitors, and tragedy follows. Show more

Contributors

Animator:
Tom Adriani
Director:
Tom Adriani
Executive Producer:
Emma Cahusac
Executive Producer:
Deborah Lee
Executive Producer:
Gillian Scothern
Executive Producer:
Helen Brunsdon
Production Company:
Wingspan Productions

Formats

Duration: 7 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Four HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

A showcase of top animations from the UK's finest new talents. The story of Frank, a recluse who wakes each day to a strange anomaly. Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Phil Gomm
Animator:
Diana Buzea
Composer:
Nainita Desai
Production Company:
Wingspan Productions

Formats

Animation 2018

Ladder to You

Duration: 4 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Four HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

A showcase of top animations from the UK's finest new talents. Eric misses his Elsie, but in his darkest moment she shows him that true love never dies. Show more

Contributors

Art Director:
Alice Knight
Director of photography:
David Lee
Music Supervisor:
Gordon Keen
Sound Designer:
John Vick
Production Manager:
Italia Bianco
Executive Producer:
Deborah Lee
Director:
Chris Watson
Production Company:
Wingspan Productions

Formats

Duration: 10 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Four HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Mary and Archie are obsessive shavers. Archie hates hair, and Mary loves Archie. But when Mary wonders what might happen if she let it grow, it threatens their relationship. Show more

Contributors

Composer:
Jo Paterson
Director:
Ed Smith
Production Company:
Wingspan Productions

Formats

Animation 2018

Quarantine

Duration: 13 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Animation. A post-Brexit pagan dance fantasy about a troupe of Morris-dancing badgers forced to confront the animals quarantined in a facility built above their burrow. Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Jo Nolan
Executive Producer:
Emma Cahusac
Executive Producer:
Deborah Lee
Executive Producer:
Gillian Scothern
Executive Producer:
Helen Brunsdon
Production Company:
Wingspan Productions

Formats

Listen to Britain 2017

Accents Speak Louder Than Words

Duration: 10 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Four HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Short film capturing the diversity of contemporary Britain. A Polish woman undergoes accent training to avoid the discrimination she has experienced. Show more

Contributors

Production Manager:
Misia Pawlowska
Production Company:
Wingspan Productions

Duration: 10 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Four HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Documentary short. A day in the life of 'Stumpy', a taxi driver in the small ex-mining town of Maesteg, as he takes his regular fares around the Welsh valleys. Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Tom Tennant
Production Company:
Wingspan Productions
Sound Designer:
Fred Pearson
Producer:
Laura Harris
Producer:
Dan Kreeger

Duration: 10 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Four HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Documentary. A glimpse of the world through Eric's eyes unveils profound human-animal relationships, and highlights the beautiful simplicity of the therapeutic power of dogs. Show more

Contributors

Production Company:
Wingspan Productions
Executive Producer:
Matimba Kabalika
Executive Producer:
Emma Cahusac
Executive Producer:
Deborah Lee
Sound Designer:
Raoul Brand
Director of photography:
Felix Schmilinsky
Camera Operator:
Iris Pokorny
Sound Recordist:
Duncan Ettie
Sound Recordist:
Sasha Owen
Colourist:
Caroline Morin

Listen to Britain 2017

India Hope: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman

Duration: 5 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Four HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Documentary. A portrait of India Hope, a 24-year-old female poet with Down's syndrome. Show more

Contributors

Participant:
India Hope
Production Company:
Wingspan Productions
Sound Mixer:
Mike Barrett
Executive Producer:
Matimba Kabalika
Executive Producer:
Emma Cahusac
Executive Producer:
Deborah Lee

Listen to Britain 2017

That Yorkshire Sound

Duration: 5 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Four HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

An audio-driven animated documentary covering a day of life in Yorkshire. A glimpse of the diverse life and culture that exists in this varied landscape. Show more

Contributors

Production Company:
Wingspan Productions
Animator:
Ana Stefaniak
Sound Designer:
Marian Mentrup

Listen to Britain 2017

Voices of Britain

Duration: 10 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Four HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Documentary portrait of how our similarities outweigh our differences and an exploration of what it means to be an individual in a collective society. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Alex Campbell
Producer:
Sam Boullier
Production Company:
Wingspan Productions
Sound Designer:
Ryan Twyman
Sound Mixer:
Alex Whybrow
Executive Producer:
Matimba Kabalika
Executive Producer:
Deborah Lee
Executive Producer:
Emma Cahusac
Production Company:
Alex J Campbell
Interviewed Guest:
Sean Baxter
Interviewed Guest:
Marina Blake
Interviewed Guest:
Harkirit Boparai
Interviewed Guest:
Yoshika Colwell
Interviewed Guest:
Aoife Curran
Interviewed Guest:
Ben Curran
Interviewed Guest:
Antonia Hockton
Interviewed Guest:
Merlin Kalanovich
Interviewed Guest:
Dan Lewis
Interviewed Guest:
David Ward Maclean
Interviewed Guest:
Sam Griffiths

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Richard Alwyn's intensely moving film, inspired by the experience of his brother-in-law, follows two stroke survivors who can no longer take language for granted. Show more