Live + Wild
Candour Productions & aql

Live & Wild will test the capacity of 5G to support the needs of film production in the UK in a variety of extreme remote locations, terrains and weather conditions.  If successful, the results will create significant change to the way we are able to make film and TV.  The project is designed to test how well 5G works in real filming scenarios using a range of kit from high end professional cameras to smartphones.  

'Project'
​Emporium Productions

Contributor, film safety and mountain cameraman for a winter mountaineering sequence

'Project'
BBC Natural History Unit

Designed a bespoke mountain & polar cold weather training course in Norway & Scotland for the production crew prior to filming.

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The Yorkshire Dales & The Lakes - Seasons
More 4 & True North Productions

Location consultancy, film & location safety, communications & porterage for a winter climbing & ski mountaineering sequence on Helvellyn, Lake District
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Rigging & location safety for a rock climbing shoot at Goredale Scar, Yorkshire

Swift water & location safety and porterage for a white water kayaking sequence in the Keld Gorge, Swaledale

The Great Mountain Sheep Gather
Windfall Films & BBC 4

Location consultancy & scouting, mountain safety, communications provision & porterage for an ambitious 3 day, multiple drone shoot on the Lake District Fells. 6 x safety guides.

Frozen Planet 2
​BBC Natural History Unit

Bespoke mountain & polar cold weather training course for the production crew prior to filming.

​Location and safety consultant for a shoot in Siberia, Russia.

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Countryfile Diaries
​BBC 1

Risk assessment and technical advice for a winter shoot on Helvellyn, Lake District.

Life of a Mountain - Helvellyn
Terry Abraham

Contributor for Terry Abraham's final mountain film working as one of the Lake District National Park's Fell Top Assessors. Various winter mountaineering film shoots.

The Yorkshire Dales & The Lakes - Series III
More 4 & True North Productions

Location consultancy, film safety, rigging & porterage for a rock climbing sequence

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The World at One
​BBC Radio 4

Location safety and contributor for a historical program on rock climbing in the Lake District with Emma Jane Kirby 

BBC Breakfast & Inside Out NW 
​BBC 1

Mountain film safety and on camera guiding for a winter ascent of Helvellyn with the Lake District National Park Fell Top Assessors & Peter Marshall. Sequence also used on BBC North West Tonight & Inside Out NE & Cumbria.

​Additional sequence for ITV Border News

Devon & Cornwall
​More 4 & True North Productions

RAMS, rigging and location safety for a rock climbing sequence on the Devon coast.

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North West Tonight - Sport Relief 2018
​BBC 1

Challenge design, mountain safety, on-camera guiding & equipment hire for a winter ascent of Scafell Pike for a Sport Relief challenge. One participant was visually impaired.

 The Yorkshire Dales & The Lakes - Series II
More 4 & True North Productions

Location recces & advice for the second series covering rock climbing, scrambling and fell running terrain. Film & location safety for a skiing sequence on Fleetworth Pike.

On camera guiding & location safety for an ascent of Napes Needle.

Location safety for an ascent of a Lakeland fell in a moterised wheelchair.

Sachtler & Vinten Tripods
Ember Films

Technical advice & provision of high altitude climbing kit for a Ember Films marketing campaign for Sachtler and Vinten tripods.

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World Extreme Medicine
Polar Training Course

Location safety, instruction, stills photography and filming in Arctic Norway. Polar training course for Expedition Medics in 2017 & 18

Grough Online Magazine
www.grough.co.uk​

Mountain guiding, instruction and safety on a winter ascent of Helvellyn as a Lake District National Park Fell Top Assessor for an article on Winter Mountain Safety.

Earths Natural Wonders II
BBC 1

Working for Secret Compass providing on ground logistics, medical cover, on camera guiding, film safety, stills photography and camera / drone assistance for a BBC Science production Earths Natural Wonders II. Working with the Nenet reindeer herders on the Yamal Penninsula of Siberia

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Wild Tri
Warner Music UK

Mobile mountain cameraman for a Warner Music Activius Challenge Event in the Lake District Fells. Long day on the hill locating & filming groups with DSLR & GoPro.

​Between The Ears: Give me Space Beneath my Feet - BBC Radio 3

Risk assessment and sign off for a rock climbing project 'Give me Space Below my Feet' plus rigging & location safety during the recording on Raven Crag, Langdale, Lake District.

​Ranulph Fiennes
Global Reach Challenge

Worked as part of the ALE Guide team guiding Ranulph Fiennes on an ascent of Mt Vinson for his Global Reach Challenge. Provided roped safety for cameraman David Carter (Fieldcraft Studios) plus porterage, on camera guiding & stills photography.

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Beyond Bionic
CBBC

Working as part of the Mountain Circles safety team provided location safety, on-camera guding & rigging for Andy Torbet on a Tyrolean Traverse

Wild Stride
Warner Music UK

Stills & film cameraman for a Warner Music Activius Challenge Event in the Lake District Fells.

The Yorkshire Dales & the Lakes
​More 4 & True North Productions

Provided location advice, on camera guiding, stunts, filming, film safety and technical rigging for a variety of shoots for a True North Productions  series for More 4. Shoots included sky running on the Helvellyn edges, following the National Park fell top assessors & rock climbing on Shepherds Crag.

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Planet Earth II
BBC Natural History Unit

Provided safety, logistics & filming for a Himalayan Jumping Spider shoot in the Gokyo region of Nepal. Outdoor & studio macro shoot with Red Epic/ Dragon & Mira High Speed cameras. Timelapse, back plate and Jib footage. Mobile camera for 'Making Of' footage (Canon XF105). Location and risk assessment consultant

​Employed as mountain cameraman (Canon XF205) to film speed fliers Aaron Durogati & Armin Holtze climbing & flying from Italy's Mt Ortler (3905m). Poor conditions forced a change of location to the Dolomites. Additional duties as sound recordiest (633)

Gould Bay Emperor Penguins
Antarctic Logistics & Expeditions

​Working as part of the ALE Guide team provided location safety & guiding at an Emperor Penguin colony for photographers (Sue Flood, Josh Holko, Jodie Willard) on a sea ice camp at Gould Bay, Antarctica. 

Davina, Beyond Breaking Point
BBC 1 & Sport Relief

Working with Threshold Sports, Sport Relief and the BBC providing safety and on-camera guiding for a Sport Relief mountain challenge with Davina McCall & Greg Whyte. Prior to the event we carried out route planning, camera location recces and provided a written risk assessment & method statement.

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Antarctic Ice Marathon
Antarctic Logistics & Expeditions

Working as part of the ALE Travel Safety team we provided skidoo transport and safety for the official Antarctic Ice Marathon camera team in 2014,15, 16 & 17

​​Countrywise
ITV & Shiver Productions

Providing location consultancy and recce, risk assessments, camera location recce, mountain safety, equipment porterage, technical rigging and on camera guiding for an ascent of Pillar Rock, Ennerdale with Ben Fogle. Filmed & produced by Shiver Productions.

The Economist
1843 Magazine

Working as part of the ALE travel safety team providing glacier safety, skidoo transportation and location advice for journalist Sophy Roberts and film maker Ken Kochey. Their article and short film appeared in the Economists 1843 magazine

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Mountain: Life at the Extreme
BBC Natural History Unit

Provided safety, logistics & filming for a Himalayan Jumping Spider shoot in the Gokyo region of Nepal. Outdoor & studio macro shoot with Red Epic/ Dragon & Mira High Speed cameras. Timelapse, back plate and jib footage.

Expedition Greenland
​Adventure 4 Change

Provided guiding, skidoo transport and filming for Adventure for Change on the east coast of Greenland. Logistics provided by Tangent Expeditions.

Summit for Heroes
​Promotional Film

Written risk assessment, mountain filming and technical training for the Summit For Heroes Ben Nevis and Everest climbs

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The Ultimate Climb
​Discovery Channel

Expedition leader for the Adventure Peaks Everest (NE Ridge) Expedition 2011 which was the focus of The Ultimate Climb, a Discovery UK documentary on Geordie Stewart presented by James Cracknell. Provided expedition leadership, logistics & high altitude filming / photography

C2C Adventure Race
Open Adventure

Provided additional footage for the official Open Adventure race film from DM Two

​Adventure Peaks
​Expedition Video

Provided film footage for an Adventure Peaksexpedition video. Footage shot during a successful ascent of Carstensz Pyramid, West Papua, Indonesia.

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Life Story
BBC Natural History Unit

Provided safety cover and security, recces, technical rigging and filming for the David Attenborough series Life Story. 3 week shoot filming Barnacle Geese on 70m basalt cliffs in Orestad Dal, East Greenland. Mobile camera for 'Making Of' footage (Canon XF105). Rigging and operation of 7m boom at height. Logistics provided by Tangent Expeditions.

Josh Lewsey on Everest
​Adventure Peaks

Training, guiding & high altitude imagery & filming for Josh Lewsey during an Adventure Peaks trek to K2 Base Camp, Pakistan as part of his preparations for Everest in 2010

​​Adventure Peaks
Promotional Film

Provided film footage for an Adventure Peaks promotional video. Footage shot during a successful ascent of  Baruntse 7129m in Nepal

 We have worked with some of the worlds most high profile and active mountaineers, adventurers  & celebrities including.....
Terry Abraham - Mountain Film Maker | Jayson Arumugum - 1st Mauritian to summit Everest | George Atkinson - Youngest person in the world to complete the 7 Summits & youngest Britain to summit Everest | Peter Bowker - Amputee adventurer | Jez Bragg - Ultra Runner & The North Face Athlete | Robbie Britton - UK Ultra Runner | Naomi & Jordan Buys - Rock Climbers | Matthew Dieumegard-Thornton - Mountaineer, Speed Flyer & author | Aaron Durogati - World Champion Paraglider & Speed Flyer | Ed Farrelly - Adventurer | Ranulph Fiennes - Explorer | Sue Flood - Wildlife Photographer | Ben Fogle - Adventurer & TV Presenter | Jon Gupta - Mountaineer, Montane athlete & BBC Presenter | Heather Geluk - Mountaineer | Dr Beth Healey - European Space Agency | Greg Healey - Everest summiter & Round The World cyclist | Armin Holzer - Highliner & Speedflyer | Alistair Lee - Award winning adventure film maker | Josh Lewsey MBE - Former England & Lions rugby full back | Davina McCall - Television Presenter | Hannah McKeand - Polar Adventurer | Karin Moe Bojsen - Circling Greenland 2014 | Helen Mort - Award winning poet & climber | Natalie Pinkham - Sky Sports F1 Presenter | Ian Prickett - Polar man (The Coldest Journey) | Paul Rose - TV Presenter & Explore | Omar Samra - Adventurer | Ed Stafford - Amazon Adventurer & TV Presenter | Geordie Stewart - Adventurer & Author | Ben Thackwray - Everest mountaineer & Adventurer | Tommy Tippetts - Trans Atlantic Rower | Andy Torbet - Adventurer & TV Presenter | Greg Whyte OBE - Olympian & Trainer to the Stars...….