Redbird | TV & Radio

Oddsquad BBC

BAFTA winning drama for the BBC, written and directed by the playwright John Godber. Filmed on location in Hull, it tells the story of Joe, Zach and Ellie, three 16-year-old outsiders, struggling with family, school and problems in their own lives. In a rundown caravan on the edge of town, they discover surprising friendships and the value of being who you really are.

Writer/Directors: John Godber and Jane Thornton, Producer: Hilary Durman

BAFTA Winner
Lion Mountain BBC

Abu and his younger sister Fatu find themselves being airlifted to safety in the UK when their country Sierra Leone is plunged into civil war. Having left behind friends and family, Lion Mountain explores their experience of loneliness and alienation as they navigate their lives in a strange new country.

Writer/Director: Ray Harrison Graham,Producer: Hilary Durman

BAFTA Winner
Losing It Channel 4

Juse is 17, good-looking, intelligent, athletic, popular. It seems he has it all... However, behind the confident smile is a young man struggling with self-doubt and depression. Losing It explores Jude’s battle to express his feelings and ask for the help and support he needs.

Director: Cilla Ware, Writer: Malcolm Campbell, Producer: Hilary Durman

BAFTA Winner
All About Me BBC

Elliott Conroy is 18, has just finished his exams and is looking forward to a long summer of freedom. Instead, a diagnosis of Parkinsons leads his mother to disclose a family secret, which leaves Elliott hurt, confused and questioning his understanding of himself. All About Me is a drama about family secrets, teenage identity, and the far-reaching impact of donor conception.

Director: Beryl Richards, Writer: Malcolm Campbell, Producer: Hilary Durman

BAFTA finalist.
Shooting Party Channel 4

A 12 part series for Channel 4, following a group of aspiring film-makers with disabilities as they make their short films, from pitching their ideas to researching, shooting, editing, and finally seeing their finished films on the big screen at BAFTA.
Dream On Channel 4

Danny is 11, deaf and ready for adventure. When a strange and magical caravan appears overnight in the woods at the start of the summer holidays, he and his friend Jamal decide to investigate. It's a decision which sets Danny on a journey which will change his young life.

Director: Cilla Ware, Writer: Ray Harrison Graham, Producer: Hilary Durman

BAFTA and RTS Winner
The Greatest Show on Earth Channel 4

Nana loves to dance. Nana is also deaf. When given a chance to fulfil her dream of taking part in the world’s biggest carnival, Nana takes up the considerable challenge of learning samba in its heartland of Brazil, aiming to become a dancer good enough to perform in the world famous Rio Carnival.

Director: Rosa Rogers

Best film: Moscow Disability Film Festival, Emotion Festival, Athens.
Dragon People Channel 4

Photographer Louise Gibson sets out to meet deaf Chinese people from all walks of life, to explore their hopes and fears for the future in a China undergoing rapid change. As she captures these encounters with her camera, a photographic journey emerges with a unique perspective on modern China.

Director: Rosa Rogers

Best Documentary, Picture This, Emotion Film Festival, Moscow Disability Film Festival
New Shoots Channel 4

A series of documentaries from emerging deaf and disabled film-makers, ranging from a celebration of the world of Quizzers , to a portrait of the last days of Walthamstow Greyhound Stadium, to an exploration of living with chronic pain, to a personal homage to the last Elswick Envoy on the road (pictured above with the owner, driver and film-maker Nancy Willis.) Several New Shoots Directors have done on to make successful careers in the television industry.'
Circus of My Sun Al Jazeera

A documentary about Morocco’s first contemporary circus school and the extraordinary young people in it as they undertake their first national tour.

Director: Rosa Rogers
Rush Channel 4

4 feature length dramas following the interlocking stories of six deaf students at
college and the challenges they face as they try to make their way in the world.

Winner, Picture This Festival.
Women In The Madrassa BBC World Service

Radio documentary about Morocco’s first women Muslim leaders as they attempt to
transform their country.

Presented by Zaiba Malik.

TV & Radio Archive

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Broadcaster

03 And Me

4 short docs to mark the European Year of Disabled People 2003 giving a humorous and poignant insight into the thoughts, desires and dreams of disabled people across the UK.

Redbird Productions Winner, Best short Documentary, Picture This

Channel 4
A Picture of Hull

Part of the BBC’s Picture of Britain season. Doc exploring the relationship between playwright John Godber and the city he lives and works in, Hull.

Director: Rosa Rogers, Producer: Hilary Durman

BBC
Back to Bombay

A 25 year old deaf British Indian woman goes back to India for the first time to meet the family she was taken away from as a baby.

Best Documentary, Picture This. Best Documentary, Moscow Int Disability Film Festival.

Channel 4
In Search of The Devil

A two part radio series tracing the changing image of the devil and his continuing influence on our lives.

BBC
ITV Fixers

A multi-media community project for young people. Redbird helped to set up and maintain the project website, providing creative support to enable young people to make videos, develop websites and produce printed resources.

PSBT
Live From Iraq

Radio documentary exploring the experiences of Big Neal, Sergeant Saunders, who recorded a rap album in Iraq.

BBC 1Xtra
Losing You

A 30 minute documentary which features powerful personal stories of young people coping with bereavement.

BBC 1Xtra
Music on My Mind

DJ Iyare sets out to explore the rich and complex relationship between music and the mind - and to see if he can survive for a day without music.

BBC Radio 2
No More Yellow Envelopes

A short programme celebrating the special qualities of Kodachrome Super 8 and marking its demise along with the symbolic yellow envelopes.

BBC R4
POV

2 Tough Crew, Good to be Bad, Hard to be Good, and Fool and the Gang are three 10 minute TV dramas exploring emotional literacy.

BBC
Strong Language

Strong Language is the story of Zoe, who is fifteen, deaf, and fighting to establish her identity and independence in the hearing world.

Nominated for a BAFTA award, and a winner in the Japan Prize and the Prix Jeunesse.

Channel 4
The Day The Tag Came Off

A radio documentary exploring the perspective and experiences of Stephen – out of custody and on electronic tag – and his family.

BBC 1Xtra
The Devils Alliance

A radio drama written by Alastair Jessiman following the developing prison friendship of Bounce and Mickey, until TB is diagnosed.

BBC
Who Cares?

A short drama about Kieran, 11, struggling to care for his grandmother and compensate for his mother’s casual neglect.

Producer: Hilary Durman Director: Ray Harrison Graham.

BBC
Without You

Tasha, 15, lost her mother suddenly one morning. A group of friends in Scotland were devastated by the sudden death of their friend Peter after a rave in Glasgow. Moving stories of teenagers learning to live with loss. Director: Rosa Rogers

Channel 4
World of Difference

3 films following young people at work with communities in Bolivia, Cambodia and Gambia on development projects which will change the lives of everyone involved. Finalist: One World Media Awards , Winner: Positive Images Awards

Channel 4