Darren CathanEditor | |||
PROFILE | |||
Darren has been a freelance Offline Editor for over 10 years, working in Factual & Factual Entertainment. Before entering the world of freelance he was the Chief Editor at Tiger Aspect, heading their in-house facilities. A versatile Editor with broad tastes & experience in wide-ranging genres, Darren loves a good story, bringing out personalities in obs doc & talent led shows & enjoys adding a dynamic flair for those shows more reliant on archive & drama reconstruction.
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EXPERIENCE: Credits | |||
Kelvin’s Big Farm Adventure After playing a farmer in Emmerdale, Kelvin and Lisa turn fiction into reality by buying and working on a 120 acre farm. | BBC Manchester for BBC One | Factual Entertainment | Editor, offline |
Sort Your Life Out Series 1&2 Stacey Solomon and her team help families battling against clutter and disorder. Helping to refresh their homes and create space in their lives. | Optomen for BBC | Factual Entertainment | Editor, offline |
Make a New Life in the Country Ben Fogle joins adventurers looking to start a new life in rural idles across the UK. | Pi Productions for Channel 5 | Factual | Editor, offline |
Your Garden Made Perfect Dream gardens come to life with the help of host Angela Scanlon and a team of award winning designers. | Remarkable Television for BBC Two | Factual Entertainment | Editor, offline |
Secrets of Your Take Away Alexis Conran celebrates various take away classics, including a homage to a few along the way. | North One for Channel 5 | Factual | Editor, offline |
Absolutely Dyer: Danny and Dani Do Italy Danny Dyer and daughter Dani take a road trip through Italy giving their own unique take on culture and family. | Voltage TV for E4 | Travelogue | Editor, offline |
The Big Flower Fight 3 x 50′. Finishing Episodes. Contestants are challenged to see who can design a show stopping garden sculpture in a knock out competition. Hosted by Vic Reeves & Natasha Demetriou. | MultiStory for Netflix | Factual | Editor, offline |
Escape to the Château 2 x 50′. Dick & Angel make their 19th century chateau the home of their dreams. | Kindling Media for Channel 4 | Factual | Editor, offline |
How to Lose Weight Well 2 x 50′. Xand Van Tulleken leads volunteers testing diets & the latest gadgets in a bid to lose weight before a big event. | Little Gem for Channel 5 | Factual | Editor, offline |
Sewermen Following the heroes of our water works as they get down & dirty, yet come up smelling of roses. | Label1 for Channel 5 | Observational Documentary | Editor, offline |
Curvy Models 2 x 50′. Following modelling agency, Milk who are championing their plus sized models in the fashion industry. | Little Gem for Channel 5 | Observational Documentary | Editor, offline |
Cop Car Workshop 2 x 50′. Slammed up cop cars are resurrected, new recruits are built for the front line by cop car charmers in the garage. | Blink Films for UK Dave | Factual Entertainment | Editor, offline |
Seven Year Switch In a last ditch attempt to save their marriages, couples swap partners to see if the grass really is greener. | 7 Wonder for Channel 4 | Factual Entertainment | Editor, offline |
Supertruckers 9 x 44′. Following a crew specialising in delivering large & unusual packages. | Lion TV for Discovery | Factual | Editor, offline |
The Supervet 1 x 44′. Finishing an episode. Following Dr Noel Fitzpatrick, the vet who pushes medical boundaries in a bid to save our pets. | Blast for Channel 4 | Factual Entertainment | Editor, offline |
Secret Diary of A Holiday Resort 1 x 44′. Europe’s largest holiday resort opens it’s doors to the camera. | Lion TV for Channel 4 | Factual | Editor, offline |
Big Dreams, Small Spaces 1 x 60′. The almighty Monty Don moves heaven & lots of earth to help novice gardeners create their own slice of paradise. | Lion TV for BBC | Factual Entertainment | Editor, offline |
Tiny Tots Talent Agency 2 x 60′. From treading the boards to zombie hoards, we see how the little ones from the biggest child talent agency in the country cope with the limelight. | Two Four for Channel 4 | Factual Entertainment | Editor, offline |
71 Degrees North 1 x 50′. Facing icy challenges & sub-zero peril, celebrities tough it out in the Arctic Circle. | Fever Media for ITV | Entertainment | Editor, offline |
Double Your House for Half the Money 2 x 50′. Property guru Sarah Beeny guides intrepid homemakers through their adventures in extending their homes. | Redhouse for Channel 4 | Entertainment | Editor, offline |
Dancing King: Man in the Mirror 3 x 60′. Eccentric theatre producer David King auditions & creates his latest show: Man in the Mirror, a tribute to the one gloved wonder himself. | Mighty Fine for Discovery | Observational Documentary | Editor, offline |
Paul Merton in Europe 2 x 60′. Comedian Paul gives his perspective around Europe whilst in search of the weird & wonderful. | Tiger Aspect for Channel 5 | Entertainment | Editor, offline |
Dealers 2 x 60′. International dealers are faced with sellers of unique & interesting objects. Some objects command a bidding war, whereas others are slammed as tat by the formidable buyers. | Fever Media for Discovery | Entertainment | Editor, offline |
Moment of Proof Top flight detectives reveal amazing stories about how real crimes are solved. Drama reconstruction. | Brown Bob for BBC | Factual | Editor, offline |
Fraud Squad Current affairs doc featuring great stories of fraudsters cheating the public purse. | Brown Bob for BBC | Factual | Editor, offline |
Drain the Oceans 1 x 50′. Buried Secrets of the Gold Rush. Autopsy of sunken ships using CGI to tell the story of the American Gold Rush. | Mallison Saddler for Nat Geo | Factual | Editor, offline |
The Next Pompeii 1 x 50′. Researchers try to explain the ancient volcanic eruption that destroyed Pompeii & the threat of another nearby. | Lion TV for PBS/ARTE | Factual | Editor, offline |
Building Britain’s Canals 1 x 50′. Dan Jones explains the rich history of the Kennett & Avon, one of the countries most beloved waterways. | Channel 5 | Factual | Editor, offline |
Britain’s Great Cathedral 1 x 50′. Tony Robinson takes us through the history of some of the England’s finest buildings. | Channel 5 | Factual | Editor, offline |
Dancing Back in Time 1 x 30′. Cary Grant & Tura Arutura bring back Swing dancing to an Irish town, delving into it’s musical heritage whilst teaching a town to dance again. | AlleyKats for BBC One | Factual Entertainment | Editor, offline |
Inside the Factory Editing VTs, looking at how some of our most beloved household goods came to be and are now mass-produced. | Voltage for BBC Two | Factual Entertainment | Editor, offline |
Gok Wan’s Chinese Take Away 2 x 44′. Gok follows in the footsteps of Chinese descendants to find out how their food has evolved around the world. | Sitting In Prods for Nat Geo | Factual | Editor, offline |
Scam City 1 x 50′. Presenter Conor Woodman travels to New Orleans, unveiling a side of the city not in the tourist books. | Zig Zag for Nat Geo | Factual | Editor, offline |
Body Bizarre Series 2, 3 & 4 2 x 50′. Very unique people, born & conditioned, share what makes them different to rest of us & how they live their lives. | Zig Zag for Discovery | Factual | Editor, offline |
Street Genius 3 x 22′. Presenter Tim Shaw takes science to the streets testing the public with amazing experiments. | Renegade for Nat Geo | Factual Entertainment | Editor, offline |
Marco Polo: A Very Modern Journey 1 x 50′. Reversioning. Conceptual doc recreating Marco Polo’s epic 13th Century journey in the present day, again bringing the enigmatic East to the Western world. | Phoenix TV for Al Jazeera | Factual | Editor, offline |
Future Qatar 1 x 30′. Series celebrating the innovative engineering & development of mega structures in this future city. | Ultramarine for Al Rayyan TV | Factual | Editor, offline |
Lakwiya 2 x 30′. High-octane portrayal of Qatar’s elite special forces, following the action on the front line. | Ultramarine for Al Rayyan TV | Documentary | Editor, offline |
Mummifying Alan: Egypt’s Last Secret 1 x 90′. Following the story of taxi driver Alan whose dying wish was to donate his dead body to scientists wishing to further understand the Pharaoh’s extraordinary death ritual. | Blink TV for Channel 4 | Documentary | Second Editor, offline |
First Cut: Birds, Balls & Brighton An intimate look at the effect of the beautiful game from the fans, players & backroom staff. | AlleyKats for Channel 4 | Documentary | Editor, offline |
World’s Scariest Holidays 1 x 50′. First person accounts of holidays from hell. Plane crashes, Tsunamis & cruise ship entertainment. | Mentorn for Channel 5 | Factual | Editor, offline |
Filthy Rich & Famous 1 x 60′. Looking at the lives of the brothers & sisters of celebrities & how they cope living in the shadows of their star siblings. | Tiger Aspect for BBC Three | Documentary | Editor, offline |
CONTACT DETAILS |
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