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 | |||
| I Bought it at Auction Sarah Beeny shares her insight and advice as she uncovers the real risks and rewards of buying at auction. | Little Gem for Channel 4 | Factual Entertainment | Editor, offline |
| Consumer Programmes: Fresh vs Frozen | Lion TV for Five | Factual | Editor, offline |
| Michael Portillo's Long Weekends Michael Portillo goes on a Long Weekend to three of his favourite European cities: Madrid, Prague and Milan. Michael searches out la dolce vita, discovering each city’s best restaurants, bars, food markets and hotels. | Curve Media for Five | Factual Entertainment | Editor, offline |
| Sort Your Life Out Series 1-4 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 |
| Vicky Patterson's: My Big Fat Geordie Wedding Vicky Pattison prepares to get married not once but twice and we are all invited. | Hello Mary for Channel 4 | Entertainment | Editor, offline |
| Kelvin’s Big Farming Adventure After playing a farmer in Emmerdale, Kelvin and Lisa turn fiction into reality by buying and working on a 120 acre farm. | BBC Studios for BBC One | Factual Entertainment | Editor, offline |
| Rich Holiday Poor Holiday Two families, one from the top 10% of the income spectrum and the other from the bottom 10%, the chance to swap the holiday they would normally take for one they would never consider. | Emporium Prods for Five | Reality TV | Editor, offline |
| Your Kitchen: 60 Years of Fads & Gadgets Charting the transformation of the British kitchen from the 1950s to the present day. TV chefs from Phil Vickery to Ken Hom, design experts and historians reveal the trends and social changes that shaped the look and design of our kitchens over the decades. | Coming up Roses for Channel 5 | Factual | 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 Prods for Five | 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 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 Five | 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 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 |
| 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. | Five | 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. | Five | 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 |
| 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 4 | Factual | Editor, offline |
| Sewermen Following the heroes of our water works as they get down & dirty, yet come up smelling of roses. | Label1 for Five | 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 Five | 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 Five | 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 |
| 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 Five | 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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