Helen Wickham
Editor
Contact Details
For all bookings please call (+44) 020 7287 6110 or email hello@tovs.co.uk
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Profile
Helen has a wealth of experience in the industry having been an in-house documentary film producer and editor for Brook Lapping Productions, she has edited and story produced a raft of factual, arts, social and current affairs programmes across a spectrum of American and UK broadcasters.
She is a story teller who pulls together all the elements of the edit with speed, elegance and a good grasp of complex editorial issues, offering up options and taking decisions bringing a sense of excellence and style to any programme. She is happy to work from home if required and has Avid Media Composer and super fast broadband for remote editing.
Helen is a great creative collaborator and would be a real asset to any edit.
Selected Credits
| Scrapyard Dynasty | Factual Entertainment | Avalon for Discovery | Editor, offline Edit Producer: Kate Roberts |
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| Gold Rush Series 12 | Observational Documentary | Raw Productions for Discovery | Editor, offline Exec producer: Mike Gamson Edit Producer: Nick Horsley |
| No Place Like Home | Factual Entertainment | Hungry Bear for Channel 5 | Editor, offline Edit Producer: Rachel Jardine |
| Hornby: A Model World | Factual Entertainment | Rare TV for UKTV | Editor, offline Exec Producer: Emma Barker |
| 80s Watercooler Moments | Documentary | Nutopia for Nat Geo | Editor, offline Edit Producer: Dudley Cruse |
| Dream Kitchens and Bathrooms | Factual Entertainment | Pi Prods for Channel 5 | Editor, offline Edit Producer: Ben Walton |
| Let Me Take You Down | Drama Documentary | Molasses Manifesto for Sky/ Hulu | Story Producer Director: William Badgeley |
| Victoria and Albert: A Wedding | Factual | BBC Studios for BBC | Editor, online Director: Ian Denyer |
| Floating Homes | Documentary | Windfall Films for Channel 4 | Editor, offline Series Producer: Andrew Barron |
| Girls Can Code | Digital Documentary | Nutshell TV for BBC | Editor, offline Part of BBC Make It Digital Series |
| Dr Jeff, Rocky Mountain Vet | Observational Documentary | Double Take for Animal Planet | Editor, offline Edit Producer: Matt Arnold |
| Roadworks Ahead | Observational Documentary | ITN Factual for Channel 5 | Editor, offline |
| Xray Mega Airport | Documentary | Voltage TV for Discovery | Editor, offline 4x45'using extensive CGI and multiple cameras |
| How Scotland Works | Current Affairs | Mentorn for BBC Scotland | Editor, offline |
| Who’d Be A Billionaire | Documentary | Thinking Violets for Sky Living | Editor, offline 4x45'mini-series,with high profile Interviews and archive Edit Producer: Duncan Wilson |
| Winged Warriors | Drama | Evy Films | Editor, offline Director: Evy Barry Short drama about crucial role of homing pigeons in WW1 1x10' |
| Genesis, Together and Apart | Documentary | Eagle Rock for BBc2 & Showtime | Editor, offline Director John Edginton 1 x 90' |
| The Railway | Factual | Two Four for C5 | Editor, offline 6x50'-Edit Producer: Andy Atkinson |
| Big Body Squad Got Thin, Got Fat Again | Observational Documentary | IWC Glasgow for Channel 5 | Editor, offline 1x45' - Director: Evy Barry |
| Benefits Britain 1949 | Reality TV | Twenty Twenty for Channel 4 | Editor, offline 4x45' - Edit Producer: Ian Denyer |
| Dispatches: Undercover NHS | Current Affairs | Hardcash for Channel 4 | Editor, offline 1x30' - Director: Richard Butchins |
| 80's The Decade That Made Us | Mini Series | Nutopia for Nat Geo USA | Editor, offline 6x50' - Edit Producer Dan Clifton |
| How We Invented The World | Drama Documentary | Nutopia for Discovery USA | Editor, offline 5x50'- Docu-series using CGI and dramatisation |
| Future Fire Power | Current Affairs | Darlow Smithson for Discovery USA | Editor, offline 3x50'- Edit Producer: Charlotte Surtees |
| Dispatches: How Murdoch Ran Britain | Current Affairs | Blakeway: Channel Four | Editor, offline 1x50' - Director: Sally Brindle |
| Fight for the heart of South Sudan | Factual | Clover Films for Al Jazeera | Editor, offline 1x50' - Director: Jamie Doran |
| Thatcher | Documentary | Blakeway: for Discovery | Additional Editing 1x90'- Obituary for Margaret Thatcher |
| The Pentagon | Documentary | Brook Lapping for Discovery US | Additional Editing 1x60' - Director: Phil Craig Investigation into the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon |
| Peter's Story, Lucy's Story | Drama | Brook Lapping for SCTV | Editor, offline 2 x 15' - Director: Lisa Gornick - Drama Shorts |
| Celebrities Under Pressure | Quiz / Game Show | ITV | Editor, offline 2x30' |
| Love2Shop | Daytime | Chameleon TV for ITV | Editor, offline 43x30' - Daily Magazine Programme |
Additional Information
Recommendations:
Ian Denyer, Edit Producer: Benefits Britain 1949 CH4
‘’Her humour under pressure was a significant factor - but most of all it was her narrative abilities, speed of beautiful cutting and understanding of the use of music, which is never a given, were what made the real difference - without these strengths I do believe the series might not have made transmission. I am desperate to work with her again - and I know Channel 4, currently the most exacting UK broadcaster, feel the same”
John Edginton, Director: Genesis Together and Apart BBC2
“Helen was great. She's very focussed and can certainly work on her own. Has good intuition about the material and she has the confidence to suggest her ideas. Not a prima donna about what works or doesn't. It was the first time I had worked with her and I would certainly use her again.”
Dan Clifton, Director: 80s The Decade That Made Us Nat Geo
"I can highly recommend Helen as a film editor. She is quick to grasp the complexities of a story, has great solutions to solve the inevitable visual and editorial problems a film can present, and most of all she is a very nice person and great to spend time with in the cutting room.”