Graeme HolmesEditor | |||
PROFILE | |||
Graeme is an Avid editor who can work remotely with his own Avid edit suite or in your chosen post house. He has lots of factual TV documentary experience, but also loves editing programmes that are ‘fast and funny’. He has series produced for Stampede, Zigzag and LWT so can collaborate or work alone. Graeme also has scriptwriting experience and often works with directors/producers on the words needed to make the programme flow. Highlights include cutting an Emmy nominated episode of Meerkat Manor, ‘Raw Spice’ a single doc that clocked 9.4 million viewers, ‘Before The Flood’, a BBC Storyville and Sundance Channel feature length climate change documentary and ‘Unbroken’ a sports doc that has been nominated for a ‘Webby’ 2021 and been viewed 1.4 million times online.
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EXPERIENCE: Credits | |||
Gunpowder Plot: Countdown to Treason This fast turnaround 120 minute production hosted by Xand Van Tulleken and using a blend of PTCs, interviews and reconstructed drama, takes us, in remarkable detail, through the events that lead to Guy Fawkes and his fellow plotters being foiled in their attempts to blow up Parliament in 1605 and establish Catholic rule in England. | Lion TV for Channel 5 | History | Editor, offline |
The Day The Queen Died: Minute By Minute Using news archive and interviews with the people “in the know”, this feature length film goes “behind the scenes” to reveal the procedures and protocols that have to be implemented on the death of Queen Elizabeth. | ITN for Channel 5 | Documentary | Editor. offline |
Walking The Wall Additional editing across three episodes. | ZigZag for China TV and Bomanbridge Distribution. | Factual | Editor, offline |
Sex, Lies and the College Cult Co-edited feature length documentary detailing the unbelievable story of Larry Ray; a New York “cult leader” who groomed and then tortured his student daughter’s friends to become his obedient money raising sex-slaves. 1 x 90min | ITN/NBC for Peacock | Factual | Editor, offline |
Neighbours: Made Me A Star and 'Greatest Hits' As the soap opera ‘Neighbours’ ended after 37 years, these two programmes paid tribute to the success stories that reached beyond Ramsay Street to the heights of pop stardom and Hollywood fame. 2 x 60min | Viacom for Channel 5 | Factual Entertainment | Editor, offline |
Stonehenge: The Hidden Truth The story and mystery of a recently discovered vast ring of completely circular chalk pits right next to Stonehenge. At over 2km in circumference it is one of the largest archaeological features ever discovered. 1 x 90min | Wild Blue Media for Discovery US/C5 | Factual | Editor, offline |
Walking The Yangtze Extreme athlete Ash Dykes took 352 days to walk the entire length of the Yangtze river from source to sea, filming his adventure as he went. 2 x 60min | Mandarin Films for Nat Geo & Discovery | Factual | Editor, offline |
Caster Semenya: Too Fast To Be A Woman In her own words; a harrowing look at the gender based investigations into South Africa’s world champion 800m runner. 1 x 90min | Rise Films for BBC One | Factual | Editor, offline |
Raw Spice A compelling narrative weaved from unique “student footage” that just happened to document the lives of the Spice Girls a year before they became massive. This clocked 9.4 million viewers for a single doc on ITV. 1 x 60min | Dai Films/ZigZag Prods for ITV | Factual | Editor, offline |
Thai Cave Rescue The gripping story of the daring rescue of a group of Thai boys trapped deep underground in a water filled cave. Five editors worked against the clock from Tuesday to Friday to use the extensive ITN archives and create this compelling film for a pre-booked Discovery TX. 1 x 60min | ITN Productions for ITN/Discovery US | Factual | Editor, offline |
Dispatches: NHS Postcode Lottery Jon Snow investigates how living in different parts of the country can arbitrarily effect your health outcome. 1 x 60min | Monkey Kingdom for C4 | Current Affairs | Editor, offline |
Terry Wogan Xmas Special Interview and archive based one off detailing the admirable career of “the broadcasters’ broadcaster” from his humble Irish roots to the Eurovision and beyond. | Viacom for C5 | Entertainment | Editor, offline |
Billionaire Kids at Xmas A romp through the lives of overprivileged kids and their amazingly expensive lifestyle choices. 1 x 60m | Viacom for C5 | Factual Entertainment | Editor, offline |
A Place In Spain Series follows the (mis) adventures of a middle aged Welsh couple who abandon everything to start a new life raising snails in Spain. 15 part series | Tiger Aspect for C4 | Factual Entertainment | Editor, offline |
Turnip To Swede Probably commissioned on the name alone, this is a romp through the former England soccer managers [Taylor to Eriksson] with a wry satiric tone.1 x 60min | ZigZag Productions for C5 | Factual Entertainment | Editor, offline |
Model Turned Actor Models learn to act within a severe, psychologically based training regime. 2 x 60m | Stampede Productions for C4 | Documentary | Editor, offline |
Ugly A look behind the scenes at the ‘Ugly’ modelling agency; home of the unconventional, wild, weird and whacked out. 1 x 60min | ZigZag Productions for C5 | Documentary | Editor, offline |
Aussie Invasion 32 Australians are living in a four bedroom house in Harlesden. The series follows the rough and ready antics of these young adults setting out on their first big adventure overseas. 6 part series | ZigZag Productions for CH10 Australia | Reality Series | Editor, offline |
Dangerous Driving A cheap and cheerful look at the skills, inventions and obsessions of Britain’s motoring “weekend warriors”. Series | ZigZag Productions for BBC UK Horizons | Factual Entertainment | Editor, offline |
Pop Will Shoot Itself Comedic “re-constructions” and farcical interviews purporting to reveal “the truth” behind the making of some of the world’s greatest pop promos. Series. | Ideal World/Stampede Productions for BBC Play | Factual Entertainment | Editor, offline |
Personal Services Affectionate Carry On-esque profiles of “saucy” women who run quasi-legal small scale brothels or massage parlours in Britain. | ITV Studios for ITV | Documentary | Editor, offline |
The Crime Business 15 part series looking at crime as though it was a “legit business” – examining the individual hierarchies and roles. Featuring interviews with former villains, archive and reconstruction footage. | ZigZag Productions for Bravo | Documentary | Editor, offline |
Meerkat Manor Anthropomorphic “dramatic” narratives based on the natural behaviour of Meerkats in the Serengeti. [inc: Emmy nominated episode 2008 & Best Popular Programme @ Wildscreen 2008. Best Series: Cablefax awards 2008] Series 3 & 4 | Oxford Scientific Films for Animal Planet & BBC | Factual Entertainment | Editor, offline |
Dead Clean Dark comedy drama based around a cleaning firm at traumatic scenes of crime. Starring Vincent Franklin and Tiffany Stevenson. | The Flick Factory Shorts International TV | Short Film Comedy | Editor, offline |
Time In Silence A daughter thinks her mother is going senile when she ‘talks in poems” but then it is revealed that they are the dark emergences of a traumatic past. | Screen East UK Film Council | Short Film | Editor, offline |
Clown A man is released from prison with his mind so full of crime cliches he confuses and wrecks his new, normal life. Starring Ricky Grover. | Screen East UK Film Council | Short Film Comedy | Editor, offline |
CONTACT DETAILS |
For all bookings please call (+44) 020 7287 6110 or email hello@tovs.co.uk
EQUIPMENT |
Own kit for home / remote working:
Avid Media Composer
Imac 27” screen
Samsung 49” ultra wide monitor
Mackie mixer
Tannoy Reveal Speakers
Ultra fast broadband
ADDITIONAL INFO |
Other Work Includes:
Devon and Cornwall Xmas Special. True North/C4.
Farmers’ Country Showdown Sidney Street/Endemol/BBC1.
GPs Behind Closed Doors long running series. Knickerbocker Glory. TX: C4
Can’t Pay We’ll Take It Away Brinkworth Films. TX:C5
Traffic Cops long running series. Mentorn. TX: Five.
Channel Patrol co-edited series of 1 hr docs for Ricochet TV. TX: BBC1.
Criminals Caught On Camera CCTV based crime series. Five Production. TX: Five
Police Interceptors – Takedown Police Interceptors Special Edition Docu series – Rawcut TV – TX: Five
Pilgrimage additional editing. CTVC. TX:BBC2
Le Dream Pilot for docu series. Tiger Aspect. TX:C4
Julie Roberts: A Hollywood Fairytale additional editing. Viacom. TX: Channel 5
Richard Hammond Workshop . co-edited 1 episode. Chimp TV.
Unearthed; Xanadu and Tintagel TX: Discovery. co-edited 2 episodes. Windfall Films.
Bad TV – The 70s co-edited 3 hour epic. North One TV. TX Five
Ultimate Goals co-edited 6 part women’s soccer series. Zigzag Productions/ BT Sport.
Rich Kids’ Skint Holiday edited 2 episodes. Kalel Productions. Channel 5.
Princess Alice: The Royals’ Greatest Secret and All The Queen’s Horses co-edited 2 archive based docu. ITN Productions. TX: Channel 5.
Don’t Tell The Bride. Ep7 Series6
Don’t Tell The Bride Xmas Revenge,
Don’t Tell The Bride – Goes Global,
Don’t Tell The Bride – Best Bits 2012
All 1hr docs. Renegade Pictures. TV: BBC3
As Assistant Editor
The Godfather’s Song – Feature documentary. Black Earth Films. NY. Netflix.
Our World War – 1st WW drama series. BBC3.
My Summer Of Love. Feature. BBC Films
Flower of the Kalahari – Feature. OSF/Miramax.
Thawing Of A Cold War Warrior. Rapide Prod. BBC2