Melanie QuigleyEditor | |||
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Multi-genre documentary editor with over 20 years experience working for UK & international broadcasters. Credits include major documentary series & award-winning single docs for BBC, Channel 4 & Discovery. Specialist areas include current affairs, arts, history & education, both long & short-form. Melanie has her own equipment and can take on flexible working hours either remotely or in-house. Avid/Premiere Pro
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Dispatches: Hunting Russia's Lost Boys The intimate, emotional story of the Russian women taking huge risks fighting for the truth about their sons, husbands and brothers missing in Ukraine. | Evan Williams Productions for Channel 4 | Current Affairs | Editor, offline |
India: The Modi Question A look at the tensions between Indian PM Narendra Modi and India’s Muslim minority, investigating claims about his role in 2002 riots that left over a thousand dead. | BBC | Documentary | Editor, offline |
Dispatches: Sri Lanka's Easter Bombings A Dispatches special reveals shocking new evidence on Sri Lanka’s deadly Easter bombings of 2019. High-placed whistle blowers allege top-level complicity by officials inside the Sri Lankan government. | Basement Films for Channel 4 | Current Affairs | Editor, offline |
Panorama: Westminster's Toxic Culture With parliament under fire over complaints of sexual harassment and bullying, reporter Naga Munchetty speaks to staff members and MPs who give their accounts. | The Slate Works for BBC | Current Affairs | Editor, offline |
Made in the 80's: The Decade that Shaped our World Through the eyes of a handful of Brits, this is the extraordinary story of how the country was forged from the fires of division and conflict, only to reinvent itself and take the rest of the world with it. | Rogan Productions for BBC One | Documentary | Editor, offline |
Undercover: Sexual Harassment – The Truth Ellie Flynn goes undercover, exposing the harsh reality of sexual harassment against women and girls in Britain today, from ‘dick pics’ to being flashed, groped, spiked and raped. | Kalel Prods for Channel 4 | Documentary | Editor, offline |
Dispatches: Myanmar: The Forgotten Revolution A look at the world’s forgotten civil war, where over 20,000 people have been reported dead, and thousands are fighting against a military coup that has removed elected government. | Evan Williams Productions for Channel 4 | Current Affairs | Editor, offline |
Exposure: Fearless: The Women Fighting Putin This film focuses on three female Russian opposition candidates who follow in Alexei Navaly’s footsteps and risk their lives to campaign against President Putin’s clampdown on free speech. | Hardcash Productions for ITV | Current Affairs | Editor, offline |
Rape: Who's on Trial With rape convictions at an all-time low, this hard-hitting film spends two years behind the scenes. | Hardcash Productions for Channel 4 | Current Affairs | Editor, offline |
Panorama: Maternity Scandal: Fighting for the Truth It’s one of the biggest scandals in the history of the NHS – many babies died whilst others were left with life-changing injuries following repeated failures in maternity care at hospitals in Shropshire. RTS Specialist Journalist of the Year: Michael Buchanan. | BBC | Current Affairs | Editor, offline |
Targeted: The Truth About Disability Hate Crime This film reveals the abuse and aggression faced by disabled people in everyday life, from verbal name-calling to violent physical attacks. Made by disabled filmmaker Richard Butchins and featuring a wide range of testimony from survivors themselves, it asks why this happens. | Hardcash Productions for BBC Two | Current Affairs | Editor, offline |
Dispatches: Truth About Disability Benefits An investigation into a series of deaths, including suicide, by disabled benefits claimants. What impact did government failings have on those who died? | Hardcash Productions for Channel 4 | Current Affairs | Editor, offline |
Panorama: Undercover Hospital Abuse Scandal Panorama goes undercover inside a hospital for vulnerable adults and reveals patients being mocked, taunted and intimidated by abusive staff. | BBC | Current Affairs | Editor, offline |
Panorama: Princess Diana, Martin Bashir & the BBC This is the inside story of how Martin Bashir obtained his career-defining interview, & how the BBC responded when it discovered he had faked bank statements & shown them to Diana’s brother, Earl Spencer. | BBC | Current Affairs | Finishing Editor |
Dispatches: The Great Benefits Row Ade Adepitan investigates the new Personal Independence Payment benefit which thousands of disabled people are having to apply for & many claim it is unfair. | Hardcash Productions for Channel 4 | Current Affairs | Editor, offline |
Panorama: Am I British? Reporter Greg McKenzie meets young people born or brought up in the UK who say Home Office immigration policy treats them as second-class citizens. | BBC | Current Affairs | Editor, offline |
Christmas at Holkham Hall 2021 Following Lady Leicester and her team as they decorate Holkham Hall stately home ready for visitors. | ITN for Channel 4 | Documentary | Editor, offline |
Panorama: Escaping My Abuser Home isn’t always a safe place. Panorama investigates what the ‘Stay at Home’ pandemic rule meant for those trapped with an abusive partner. Reporter Victoria Derbyshire grew up with a violent father and understands the impact it can have on families. | BBC | Current Affairs | Editor, offline |
Panorama: Britain’s Coronavirus Gamble Politicians from the prime minister down have assured us their response to the coronavirus pandemic has been ‘guided by the science’. But the science has been hotly contested. | BBC | Current Affairs | Editor, offline |
Panorama: Britain's Cancer Crisis Coronavirus has killed thousands, but now there are fears that the pandemic has caused a crisis in cancer care that could mean many thousands more will die. | BBC | Current Affairs | Editor, offline |
Panorama: Coronavirus: When Will We Be Safe? As politicians decide how & when to lift the lockdown, Justin Rowlatt reports from the scientific frontline. With access to key drug & vaccine trials, he reveals a race against time to help save lives. | BBC | Current Affairs | Editor, offline |
Panorama: Coronavirus: On the NHS Frontline Four weeks into the government lockdown, Jane Corbin reports from the frontline to tell the inside story of a Coventry hospital coping with Covid-19. | BBC | Current Affairs | Editor, offline |
Panorama: Coronavirus: The Week that changed Britain Panorama looks at how Britain is coping with its biggest crisis since the Second World War. | BBC | Current Affairs | Editor, offline |
Dispatches: Celebs For Sale: The Great Charity Scandal Reporter Antony Barnett sets up a fake charity and goes undercover to reveal how some of the most famous people in Britain are profiting from the fundraising work they do. | Hardcash Productions for Channel 4 | Documentary | Editor, offline |
Panorama: How to save the High Street For more than a century, high streets have been key to communities, but now, with one in ten shops sitting empty, they are in crisis. | BBC | Current Affairs | Editor, offline |
Safe At Last: Inside A Woman's Refuge In a television first, cameras are allowed inside a women’s refuge to follow the stories of women who are fleeing from violent partners, and who have agreed to be identified | Hardcash Productions for Channel 4 | Documentary | Editor, offline |
Secrets of your Supermarket Food Series 2 Consumer series with Sian Williams and Stefan Gates. Mel cut the Christmas special and EP 7. She was also finishing editor on other episodes. | Emporium Productions for Channel 5 | Documentary | Editor, offline |
Exposure: Britain's Hidden Hunger Exposure reports that in Britain – the world’s fifth largest economy – 14 million people are estimated to be living in poverty. | Clover Productions for ITV | Current Affairs | Editor, offline |
Panorama: America's Abortion War Panorama reports from America’s Deep South, the front-line in the battle over abortion rights. | BBC | Current Affairs | Editor, offline |
Panorama: Easy Money, Tough Debt? Where are people on low incomes turning to in the wake of the collapse of the payday lender Wonga? | BBC | Current Affairs | Editor, offline |
Panorama: HS2 Going off the rails? Thousands of home and businesses are affected and land is already being cleared to make way for the new High Speed 2 train line- the biggest infrastructure project in Europe. | BBC | Current Affairs | Editor, offline |
Exposure: Prisons Out of Control This new documentary in the Exposure current affairs strand goes behind bars to show the inside story of the prison system using dramatic footage filmed in jails by inmates. | Clover Films for ITV | Current Affairs | Editor, offline |
Fake Homeless: Who's Begging on the Streets Is Britain being duped by ‘fake homeless’, chancers posing as destitute to boost takings? Or is this a scare story to demonise real homeless? Ellie Flynn investigates. | Connected Set for BBC Three | Documentary | Editor, offline |
Panorama: Doctors On Trial The case which sparked outrage among doctors – a junior doctor convicted of manslaughter & struck off for her role in the death of a boy. | BBC | Current Affairs | Editor, offline |
Panorama: Fighting For My Child There are now 70,000 children being ‘looked after’ in the system. What happens to them? Can the system offer them a better life? | BBC | Current Affairs | Editor, offline |
Dispatches Plot To Kill: Britain's Neo-Nazi Terrorists The inside story of a far-right terrorist plot to murder an MP & how the plan was betrayed to the police. | Hardcash Prods for Channel 4 | Documentary | Editor, offline |
Panorama: Policing Under Pressure With a surge of violent crime in London and recorded crime rising across the country, Panorama films with four police forces to ask if Britain’s police can cope. | BBC | Current Affairs | Editor, offline |
White Right: Meeting The Enemy An investigation into the rise of white nationalism and far-right extremism in America since the election of Donald Trump. Dir: Deeyah Khan | Fuuse Prods for ITV | Current Affairs | Editor, offline |
Dispatches The FGM Detectives This exclusive documentary filmed over two years examines the problem of FGM. | HardCash Prods for Channel 4 | Documentary | Editor, offline |
The Detectives: Inside The Major Crimes Team Additional Editing. Eps 1 & 2 | Raw Cut TV for ITV | Documentary | Editor, offline |
Exposure: Undercover Inside Britain's New Far Right | Hardcash Prods for ITV | Current Affairs | Editor, offline |
Panorama: Nursing Homes Undercover Investigating two nursing homes in Cornwall where evidence of cruelty & neglect is found. | Hardcash Prods for BBC | Current Affairs | Editor, offline |
Exposure Including: | Hardcash Prods for ITV | Current Affairs | Editor, offline |
Dispatches Undercover: Britain’s Abortion Extremists | Hardcash Prods for Channel 4 | Current Affairs | Editor, offline |
Dispatches: ISIS - The British Women Supporters Unveiled Undercover investigation which infiltrates a group of British female ISIS supporters promoting extremist ideology in the UK and encouraging young girl to travel to Syria. | Hardcash Prods for Channel 4 | Current Affairs | Editor, offline |
Dispatches Various films across the last 15 years including: | Hardcash Prods for Channel 4 | Current Affairs | Editor, offline |
Yemen: A Failed State …with particular emphasis on the country’s conflict with Al-Qaeda. | Vice Media | Current Affairs | Editor, offline |
Undercover Benefit Cheats 4 x 60 mins. Undercover reporter Paul Connolly poses as an invalid living on benefits in an attempt to expose real benefit cheats on camera. | ITN Prods for Channel 5 | Current Affairs | Editor, offline |
The Culture Show | BBC Arts for BBC Two | Arts | Editor, offline |
Christmas Specials Food Network | Food Network | Food | Editor, offline |
Harley Street Skin Fine cut & finish on 4 of 10 x 60 mins. | Spun Gold TV for Sky Living | Observational Documentary | Editor, offline |
Swimming with Crocodiles 2 x 60 mins following present Ben Fogle as he dives with crocodiles in Australia & Botswana in an attempt to draw greater insight into the sub-aquatic behaviour of these fascinating reptiles. | Spun Gold TV for BBC Two | Documentary | Editor, offline |
Secrets of the Royal Nursery | TimeLife USA | Documentary | Editor, offline |
Dispatches: The Great Benefits Row Ade Adepitan investigates the new Personal Independence Payment benefit which thousands of disabled people are having to apply for & many claim it is unfair. | Hardcash Prods for Channel 4 | Current Affairs | Editor, offline |
A Royal Year to Remember 1 x 60 mins presented by Alan Titchmarsh. | Spun Gold TV for ITV | Documentary | Editor, offline |
A Royal Marriage 1 x 60 mins following the marriage of the Duke & Duchess of Cambridge with exclusive interviews. | Spun Gold TV for NBC | Documentary | Editor, offline |
The Seven Ages of Britain 2 episodes of this 7 part series presented by David Dimbleby on British History seen through its art. | BBC Arts for BBC One | Arts Documentary | Editor, offline |
Calzaghe Clan 4 x 30 mins | Dai 4 Films for BBC One | Observational Documentary | Editor, offline |
Legends: Julie London 1 x 60 mins | BBC Arts for BBC Four | Biography | Editor, offline |
The Romantics 3 x 60 mins written & presented by PeterAckroyd. | BBC Arts for BBC Two | Drama Documentary | Editor, offline |
Francesco's Venice 4 x 60 mins exploring Venice’s character & tumltuous history seen through the eyes of Francesco De Mosto. | BBC Arts for BBC Two | Arts Documentary | Editor, offline |
The Fever Feature length adaptation of renowned Wallace Shawn stage plan. Cast included Vanessa Redgrave, Angelina Jolie & Michael Moore. | Shawn-Fever Prods for HBO Films | Arts Documentary | Editor, offline |
Omnibus Placido Domingo | BBC Arts for BBC Two | Arts Documentary | Editor, offline |
Hidden History 4 x 30 mins series on black pioneers of British history | October Films for BBC Two | Historical Documentary | Editor, offline |
The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization | Atlantic Prods for PBS & BBC | Drama Documentary | Editor, offline |
Police Camera Action! | Optomen TV for ITV | Factual Entertainment | Editor, offline |
Cancer Wars 4 x 60 mins on the war against cancer. | Mentorn TV for Channel 4 & HBO | Documentary | Editor, offline |
Jerusalem: City of Heaven 1 x 90 mins | Atlantic Prods for Discovery Channel | Documentary | Editor, offline |
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