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John Deol

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Producer / Director

PROFILE

John is a highly experienced RTS award-winner working in factual and fact ent with credits on a range of singles and series for the BBC, Channel 4, ITV, C5, Netflix and Discovery, Paramount and Disney+. He has extensive experience of working with high-profile talent and handing sensitive subjects and complex contributors. John recently completed ScreenSkills ‘Trauma-Informed Unscripted Production’ course and has Adobe Premiere and AVID skills. He has also completed ScreenSkills ‘Series Producer’ course, the TV Collective’s ‘Breakthrough Leaders’ programme, and he is a member of Talented People’s A-List.

 

EXPERIENCE: Credits
Rewriting Cancer (S2)

Upcoming series for Spring 2026.

BBC Storyworks
for BBC Studios		DocumentaryProducer
Inside the World’s Most Luxurious...

2 x 60

Crackit TV
for Channel 4		DocumentaryEdit Producer
Champions: Full Gallop (S2)

1 x 60

South Shore
for ITV		DocumentaryEdit Producer
Prince George: A King for the Future

1 x 90

Mentorn
for Five		DocumentaryEdit Producer
Inferno: LA on Fire

1 x 60 current affairs film on the LA fires.

ITN Prods
for Channel 4		Current AffairsEdit Producer
Our Big Day

RTS-nominated doc series & Indie Innovation Award winner.

Afro-Mic Prods
for Paramount+ BET		Observational DocumentarySeries Edit Producer & Director
Clutch

1 x 50 min. NBA basketball sports doc series.
SP: Christian Cerami.

Fulwell 73
for Disney+/ESPN		Observational DocumentaryEdit Producer
F1: Drive to Survive (S6)

1 x 45 min. Winner of the Sports Emmy award for Outstanding Documentary Series.

Box To Box
for Netflix		Observational DocumentaryEdit Producer
Alan Cummings Paradise Homes

6 x 60 min travel series – Broadcast Award nominated.
Exec Producer: Lisa Hazlehurst.

Lion TV
for Discovery		Factual TravelDirector
Long Lost Family

7 x 60 min.
Exec Producer: Sarah Feltes.

Wall to Wall
for ITV		Factual EntertainmentSeries Director
DNA Journey

1 x 60 min.
SP: Charlotte Dawes.

Voltage TV
for ITV		Factual EntertainmentEdit Producer
Long Lost Family

6 x 60 min series.
Exec Producer: Sally Benton.

Wall to Wall
for ITV		Factual EntertainmentProducer/Director
The Caribbean: Billionaires’ Paradise

4 x 60 min.

Spun Gold
for Channel 4		Observational DocumentaryProducer/Director
Kelvin’s Big Farming Adventure

1 x 60 min.

BBC Studios
for BBC One		Factual EntertainmentEdit Producer
The Asian Welsh

3 x 30 min social history series on post-war immigration into Wales.

Yeti TV
for BBC Wales		HistorySeries Producer/Director
Escape to Barbados

1 x 60 min film on a group of Brits ‘working from home’ from Barbados.

Lion Scotland
for Channel 4		Feature DocumentaryShooting Producer/Director
Inside Monaco

1 x 60 min of three-part Obs Doc series.
Exec Producer: Bridget Boseley
Series Producer: Michael Waldeman

Spun Gold
for BBC Two		Observational DocumentaryEdit Producer
The Unremembered: Britain’s Forgotten War Heroes

1 x 60 min WW1 history film for C4 Specialist Factual.
Exec Producers: Mike Smith & David Olusoga.

Uplands TV
for Channel 4		Specialist FactualProducer / Director
F1: Drive to Survive (S1)

1 x 45 min film in 10 series on Formula 1.
SP: Anna Sadowy/Executive Producers: James Gay-Rees and Paul Martin.

Box to Box Films
for Netflix		Observational DocumentaryEdit Producer
Inside the American Embassy

Episode 4: ‘When Trump Came to Town’.
SP: Simon Gilchrist/Executive Producers: Roger Graef, Sally Angel.

Field Day Production
for Channel 4
Observational DocumentaryEdit Producer
Inventing the Impossible: The Big Life Fix
Studio Lambert
for BBC Two		FactualShooting PD/EP
Ambulance (S2)

BAFTA WINNING second series.
1 x 60 min

Dragonfly
for BBC One
Factual EntertainmentProducer / Director
A Big Lego Christmas Big Lego

1 x 60 min Story of the Danish toy company.

Waddell Media
for Channel 4		Observational DocumentaryShooting PD
An Hour to Save Your Life

1 x 60 min medical science Obs Doc series.

Boundless
for BBC Two		Observational DocumentaryEdit Producer
How to Get a Council House (S4)

1 x 60 min series on Britain’s social housing crisis.

Studio Lambert
for Channel 4		Online SeriesShooting PD
First Dates

BAFTA WINNING series 4.

Twenty Twenty
for Channel 4		Factual EntertainmentProducer / Director
How to Get a Council House

Series 3 1 x 60 min series on Britain’s social housing crisis.

Studio Lambert
for Channel 4		Observational DocumentaryShooting PD
Posh Pawn

2 x 60 min series uncovering the hidden world of high-end pawnbroking.

Boomerang Productions
for Channel 4		Observational DocumentaryEdit Producer
The Nineties

1 x 60 min episode of a six part history series.

Nutopia
for National Geographic		HistoryEdit Producer
My Big Fat Gypsy Christening

1 x 60 min special episode exploring birth and death.

Firecracker
for Channel 4		DocumentaryEdit Producer
VIP People

2 x 30 min Obs Doc on the English National Ballet and Parliament.

CBBC/BBC OneObservational DocumentaryShooting PD
Junior Doctors: Your Life In Their Hands

Series 2.

BBC Vision
for BBC Three
Observational DocumentaryShooting PD
Remembrance: The Sikh Story

1 x 30 min film about Indian Sikh soldiers role in WWI and WW2.
WINNER ‘Best Single Documentary’ RTS North West 2011.

BBC Religion & Ethics
for BBC One
DocumentaryProducer / Director
CONTACT DETAILS

For all bookings please call (+44) 020 7287 6110 or email hello@tovs.co.uk

EDUCATION

University of East Anglia – BA Honours: Politics & Economics 1989-92

ADDITIONAL INFO

Other Credits:
Battlefront – Producer/Director – Channel 4 /Raw Television
The Vaisakhi Story – Producer/Director – BBC1 / BBC Religion & Ethics
High Society’s Favourite Gigolo – Director – Channel 4/ Maroon Prods
Trainers, Reggae & the Olympics – Director – Channel 4/Maroon
BBC Breakfast News – Broadcast Journalist – BBC News