TV, Film and radio
Skilled reporter, producer and consultant for TV, film and radio
Bridport Films Paul Lashmar and Nic Jeune have a independent production company Bridport Films
Programmes as consultant 2007: Consultant and interviewee for BBC2 Drama Documentary 'Supergrass'
Broadcast date 9.00pm 13th May 2007.
2006
Consultant and interviewee for German TV documentary on spyflights: Playing with Fire – The Hot Sky in the Cold War Broadcast date: Summer of 2006, ARTE 52-minute version; Spring of 2007, MDR 45-minute version.
2005
Originator and Associate Producer of "Thatcher and the Failed Coup" A Touch Productions film for BBC3. Broadcast date: 24 January 2005.
Consultant to C5 series on Major Criminals broadcast April 2005.
Consultant to the BBC2 series "Underworld Rich List" broadcast in July 2004.
Originator and series consultant to Channel 4 two part series "HOW TO ROB A BANK".
Commissioned through Bridport Films and made by RDF Media. 10 & 17 March 2003
4 June 1998 Tx: Producer/Director of Channel Four News Special on the anniversary of the Dispatches programme on the Kent and Canterbury cervical screening scandal (see below). Produced from the C4 News independent fund.
19 March 98 Tx: Producer of C4 Dispatches programme "INSPECTING THE INSPECTORS" - investigation into the school's inspection agency Ofsted and its controversial boss, Chris Woodhead.
22 May 97 Tx: Producer of C4 Dispatches programme "THE TEST" - investigation into the scandal behind Britain's biggest ever cervical smear rescreening. Also Producer of Channel Four News special report to coincide with NHS inquiry stemming from the original programme (20 Oct 97).
8 Oct 1996 Tx: Producer/originator of BBC TV Timewatch programme "BAITING THE BEAR" - how the real life Dr Strangelove generals brought us close to Armageddon.
21 Jan 1996 Tx: Producer/originator of BBC TV Timewatch programme "RUSSIA'S SECRET WAR" on Stalin's role in the Korean War.
June 95 : Reporter/presenter BBC Radio 5 Special on "Grasses and Supergrasses" for their Crime Week.
12 May 95 Tx: On screen reporter for BBC2's "Newsnight" programme. Special Investigation into the shooting of unarmed man by police.
11 Jan 95 Tx: Development Producer and consultant for "The Torture Trail" a one hour special for Channel Four's "Dispatches" programme. An undercover investigation into British companies who trade in weapons, which have been used in torture.
15 Nov 94 Tx: Consultant to John Pilger for his Arms Trade documentary "Flying the Flag, Arming the World" for Network First.
Aug 94 Tx: On screen reporter on BBC TV Newsnight programme. Special Investigation into bone rotting disease that afflicts divers and tunnel workers.
May 94: Consultant on Nick Broomfield's Channel 4 documentary: "The Search for Mrs Thatcher".
9 Feb 94 : Producer/originator of "Spies on the Sky", an investigation into allied spyplane operations during the Cold War, for the BBC TV Timewatch series (and Arts & Entertainment Channel in the U.S.)
Sept 95 - June 98 Development Coordinator for Brook Lapping Productions - a leading Independent TV Production Company. When not producing TV investigations, retained to develop ideas, both others, and mine for television.
Mar 93 - "Call 999" - An investigation into the slow response times of ambulances called to emergencies.
Sept 92 - "Death in the Fast Lane". An expose on the number of people killed by speeding police vehicles - both high speed chases and 999 calls.
July 92 - "New Age Travellers". WIA followed a convoy of New Age Travellers as the journeyed across southern England for two weeks, documenting their confrontations with the police and local authorities.
May 92 - "No Fixed Abode 3". In this third and final part of series on homelessness we exposed unscrupulous landlords who had exploited the homeless, harassing tenants and milking the welfare benefits system. The programme pioneered the use of new concealed camera techniques.
Feb 92 - "Old Money". An investigation into sleazy mortgage brokers who had left 10,000 old age pensioners facing ruin. During the 80s boom many elderly couples were persuaded to remortgage their homes. Many faced repossession of their homes. WIA tracked down the culprits.
Nov 91 - "Trawling for the Truth". Investigating why so many trawlermen had died in hit & run collisions in the English Channel. In particular by examining the case of the "Ocean Hound" we revealed the incompetence of the Government's maritime investigation branch.
June 91 - "The Firm". An investigation into the Queen's tax status. It revealed secret deals that took the British Monarchy from taxpaying to a tax-free status in just 50 years. This programme created the debate over the Royal Family's finances.
Feb 91 - "Under the Curfew". Undercover investigation into Palestinian support for Saddam Hussein and life in the West Bank under the Israeli imposed curfew during the Gulf War. Warned of the rise of Hamas, the Palestinian militant fundamentalists.
Dec 90 - "The Child Killers of Brazil". Tracking down and confronting the death squad killers who murdered street children in Rio and Recife.
July 90 - "In Bed with the General". Investigation conducted in the US and Panama into General Noriega's links with the CIA over a 30 year period
Feb 90 - "Send for the Sisters". How British Football clubs discriminate against women both as players and spectators.
Nov 89 - "A Question of Conviction". Comparison of the cases of the newly released Guildford 4 and then still jailed Birmingham 6.
Swindon Viewpoint 1977 - 78
My first serious involvement with film making was as a student placement with Britain's first access cable TV station. It was here I learnt to use cameras and edit suites. One student project was a programme on the concept of Access TV.
Bridport Films Paul Lashmar and Nic Jeune have a independent production company Bridport Films
Programmes as consultant 2007: Consultant and interviewee for BBC2 Drama Documentary 'Supergrass'
Broadcast date 9.00pm 13th May 2007.
2006
Consultant and interviewee for German TV documentary on spyflights: Playing with Fire – The Hot Sky in the Cold War Broadcast date: Summer of 2006, ARTE 52-minute version; Spring of 2007, MDR 45-minute version.
2005
Originator and Associate Producer of "Thatcher and the Failed Coup" A Touch Productions film for BBC3. Broadcast date: 24 January 2005.
Consultant to C5 series on Major Criminals broadcast April 2005.
Consultant to the BBC2 series "Underworld Rich List" broadcast in July 2004.Originator and series consultant to Channel 4 two part series "HOW TO ROB A BANK".
Commissioned through Bridport Films and made by RDF Media. 10 & 17 March 2003
Programmes as Producer or Reporter:
4 June 1998 Tx: Producer/Director of Channel Four News Special on the anniversary of the Dispatches programme on the Kent and Canterbury cervical screening scandal (see below). Produced from the C4 News independent fund.19 March 98 Tx: Producer of C4 Dispatches programme "INSPECTING THE INSPECTORS" - investigation into the school's inspection agency Ofsted and its controversial boss, Chris Woodhead.
22 May 97 Tx: Producer of C4 Dispatches programme "THE TEST" - investigation into the scandal behind Britain's biggest ever cervical smear rescreening. Also Producer of Channel Four News special report to coincide with NHS inquiry stemming from the original programme (20 Oct 97).
8 Oct 1996 Tx: Producer/originator of BBC TV Timewatch programme "BAITING THE BEAR" - how the real life Dr Strangelove generals brought us close to Armageddon.21 Jan 1996 Tx: Producer/originator of BBC TV Timewatch programme "RUSSIA'S SECRET WAR" on Stalin's role in the Korean War.
June 95 : Reporter/presenter BBC Radio 5 Special on "Grasses and Supergrasses" for their Crime Week.
12 May 95 Tx: On screen reporter for BBC2's "Newsnight" programme. Special Investigation into the shooting of unarmed man by police.
11 Jan 95 Tx: Development Producer and consultant for "The Torture Trail" a one hour special for Channel Four's "Dispatches" programme. An undercover investigation into British companies who trade in weapons, which have been used in torture.
15 Nov 94 Tx: Consultant to John Pilger for his Arms Trade documentary "Flying the Flag, Arming the World" for Network First.
Aug 94 Tx: On screen reporter on BBC TV Newsnight programme. Special Investigation into bone rotting disease that afflicts divers and tunnel workers.
May 94: Consultant on Nick Broomfield's Channel 4 documentary: "The Search for Mrs Thatcher".
9 Feb 94 : Producer/originator of "Spies on the Sky", an investigation into allied spyplane operations during the Cold War, for the BBC TV Timewatch series (and Arts & Entertainment Channel in the U.S.)
Sept 95 - June 98 Development Coordinator for Brook Lapping Productions - a leading Independent TV Production Company. When not producing TV investigations, retained to develop ideas, both others, and mine for television.
World in Action:
Mar 93 - "Call 999" - An investigation into the slow response times of ambulances called to emergencies.
Sept 92 - "Death in the Fast Lane". An expose on the number of people killed by speeding police vehicles - both high speed chases and 999 calls.
July 92 - "New Age Travellers". WIA followed a convoy of New Age Travellers as the journeyed across southern England for two weeks, documenting their confrontations with the police and local authorities.
May 92 - "No Fixed Abode 3". In this third and final part of series on homelessness we exposed unscrupulous landlords who had exploited the homeless, harassing tenants and milking the welfare benefits system. The programme pioneered the use of new concealed camera techniques.
Feb 92 - "Old Money". An investigation into sleazy mortgage brokers who had left 10,000 old age pensioners facing ruin. During the 80s boom many elderly couples were persuaded to remortgage their homes. Many faced repossession of their homes. WIA tracked down the culprits.
Nov 91 - "Trawling for the Truth". Investigating why so many trawlermen had died in hit & run collisions in the English Channel. In particular by examining the case of the "Ocean Hound" we revealed the incompetence of the Government's maritime investigation branch.
June 91 - "The Firm". An investigation into the Queen's tax status. It revealed secret deals that took the British Monarchy from taxpaying to a tax-free status in just 50 years. This programme created the debate over the Royal Family's finances.
Feb 91 - "Under the Curfew". Undercover investigation into Palestinian support for Saddam Hussein and life in the West Bank under the Israeli imposed curfew during the Gulf War. Warned of the rise of Hamas, the Palestinian militant fundamentalists.
Dec 90 - "The Child Killers of Brazil". Tracking down and confronting the death squad killers who murdered street children in Rio and Recife.
July 90 - "In Bed with the General". Investigation conducted in the US and Panama into General Noriega's links with the CIA over a 30 year period
Feb 90 - "Send for the Sisters". How British Football clubs discriminate against women both as players and spectators.
Nov 89 - "A Question of Conviction". Comparison of the cases of the newly released Guildford 4 and then still jailed Birmingham 6.
Swindon Viewpoint 1977 - 78
My first serious involvement with film making was as a student placement with Britain's first access cable TV station. It was here I learnt to use cameras and edit suites. One student project was a programme on the concept of Access TV.
