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I specialise in the field of multicamera television lighting design and directing.

I started my career at BBC Television Centre in London in 1984. During 15 years working in the BBC studios I gained experience on a huge range of productions.

I left the BBC in 1998 to set up my own lighting design company and have since enjoyed working with many excellent production companies, both in the UK and overseas.

My career has taken me from the smallest studios to the biggest venues.

I was lucky enough to work on three Olympic Games / The Golden Jubilee Party At The Palace / The Eurovision Song Contest in Israel / The X Factor in China and The Brits in London , amongst so many other exciting productions.

At the BBC I had the chance to work as a board op on some of the classic sitcoms, in the days when they were shot multi-camera, in front of a studio audience. These included BlackAdder 4 / Absolutely Fabulous Series 1 / One Foot In The Grave and Keeping Up Appearances.

In the genre of Saturday Night Entertainment I worked on Noel's House Party / The Generation Game / The National Lottery Shows / Parkinson / Top Of The Pops and Britain's Got Talent.

In 2009 I won a "Knights Of Illumination" lighting industry award for my design on The Album Chart Show for Channel 4.

It's been my great privilege to be taught by and to work alongside so many of the great Television Lighting Directors, the hardest working skilled crews and now the new generation of very talented programmers.

Whilst undoubtedly our industry has and continues to change, the challenge of making a show look its very best, no matter the venue or the budget, is still my rewarding motivation. 

 

 

 

Kaiser Chiefs — MTV Studios

Eyeworks AT IT

2008 — MTV Studios (specific studio unverified)

Lighting Design & Lighting Direction

 

Kaiser Chiefs — MTV Studios

Goldfrapp — T4 Special

Eyeworks AT IT / T4

2008 — The Hospital, Covent Garden, London

Lighting Design & Lighting Direction

 

Goldfrapp — T4 Special

Queen + Adam Lambert — Rock Big Ben Live

BBC In House Entertainment and Events / Phil McIntyre Entertainments

2015 — Central Hall Westminster, London

TV Safe Lighting Director

 

Queen + Adam Lambert — Rock Big Ben Live

The Javone Prince Show — Pilot & Series 1

Lovely Electricity for BBC Two

2014–2015 — Rivoli Ballroom, London

Moving Light Programmer — Will Charles

 

The Javone Prince Show — Pilot & Series 1

Arsenal Football Club — Television Studio Relight

Arsenal Media

2015 — Emirates Stadium, London

Lighting Design & Consultancy — Will Charles

 

Arsenal Football Club — Television Studio Relight

The Big Spell

Remarkable Television for Sky 1

2016 — Sky Studios, Osterley

Moving Light Programmer & Deputising Lighting Director for Gurdip Mahal

 

The Big Spell

The Martin Lewis Money Show Live

MultiStory Media for ITV

2024-2026 - OBs: Newcastle, Bristol and Nottingham Albert Hall

2026 Weekly Live Shows - Television Centre TC2 and MultiStory's Hospital Studio

Poll Position Pilot - 2026 - Television Centre Studio 2

Lighting Designer and Lighting Director

 

The Proms

BBC

2026 - Proms 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 53, 54, 56, 57, 60 and 68 - 11 concerts at the Royal Albert Hall

Including Prom 51 - The Met, Prom 50 - Bond & Beyond, Prom 57 - Menken / Disney and Prom 68 - Weyes Blood

2025 - 7 concerts

Lighting Director for Lighting Designer David Bishop

 

Taskmaster

Avalon Television

Series 4, 11, 15-17 and 19-23, plus specials - 2017-2026

Pinewood TV Stages; Television Centre TC1 and TC3

Deputising Lighting Director for John Ford

 

The Chase

ITV Studios for ITV

Series 16-19, Beat the Chasers and ident - 2022-2026

Elstree Studios - George Lucas Stage and Millennium Stage; Troubadour Studios, Enfield

Deputising Lighting Director for Chris Kempton

 

The Apprentice - You're Fired

Boundless for BBC

Multiple series, 2015-2024 - ITV Studios, Elstree Studio 8 and Riverside Studio 1

Lighting Designer and Series Lighting Director

 

The Apprentice - You're Fired studio set

The King's Coronation - Light Up The Nation

BBC One

2023 - Blackpool

Lighting Designer and Blackpool Lighting Director for overall LD Nigel Catmur

 

The Overlap on Tour

Sky

2023 - Wembley Arena

Deputising Lighting Director for Gurdip Mahal

 

BBC Children in Need

1990s; 2004–2023 — BBC

Moving Light Programmer (later editions) / Galaxy Operator (1990s) — Will Charles

 

BBC Children in Need

Mock the Week

Angst Productions for BBC Two

Series 14-21 - 2015-2022

Lighting Designer and Lighting Director

 

Mock the Week studio set

A League of Their Own

CPL Productions

Series 17 - 2022 - Elstree Studios

Deputising Lighting Director for Chris Rigby

 

Graham Norton Shows

So Television

Selected music performances and specials - 2019-2022

Lighting Design & LD — Deputising for Chris Rigby

 

Lightning

Fizz and RDF Television for BBC Two

Series 1 and 2 - 2020-2021 - BBC Blackstaff Studios

Lighting Designer and Series Lighting Director

 

Lightning studio set with blue laser lighting

The Big Narstie Show

Expectation Entertainment

2021 - Television Centre Studio 1

Deputising Lighting Director for Gurdip Mahal

 

Love Triangle

Naked Television

2021 pilot - Pinewood Studios, TV One

Lighting Designer and Lighting Director

 

French and Saunders: Funny Women

Double Yellow Television

2021 - Kennington Film Studio A

Lighting Design and LD

 

Britain's Got Talent: The Champions and Christmas Spectacular

Thames for ITV

The Champions: 2019 - Wembley Arena

Christmas Spectacular: 2020

Deputising Lighting Director for Dave Davey on both productions

 

Michael McIntyre: Showman

Hungry Bear Media for Netflix

2020 — London Palladium — recorded 5–6 March

Deputising Lighting Director for Nigel Catmur

 

London Palladium auditorium photographed by Will Charles

Jeremy Clarkson on TV

Expectation Entertainment

2020

Deputising Lighting Director for Gurdip Mahal

 

Family Fortunes

Thames for ITV

2020 - Maidstone Studios

Deputising Lighting Director for Roger Williams

 

Frankie Boyle's 2020 New World Order

Zeppotron

2020 - Pinewood Studios

Deputising Lighting Director for Gurdip Mahal

 

Britain's Got Talent Judges' Audition Tours

Thames for ITV

2017-2020 - UK theatre tour

Lighting Director in 2017; Lighting Designer and Lighting Director, 2018-2020

 

Britain's Got More Talent Live Finals

Thames Television and Syco for ITV2

Annual live finals shows, 2014-2019

Lighting Designer and Lighting Director

 

Britain's Got More Talent live studio

Animal Rescue Live: Supervet Special — Raystede

Blast! Films for Channel 4

2019 - Raystede Centre for Animal Welfare, Lewes, East Sussex

Lighting Design and LD

 

Animal Rescue Live at Raystede in 2019

Animal Rescue Live: Supervet Special — Newcastle

Blast! Films

2017 - Newcastle Dog & Cat Shelter

Lighting Design and LD

 

Animal Rescue Live at Newcastle Dog & Cat Shelter in 2017

The Surjury

Gobstopper TV

2019 - dock10, Salford

Lighting Designer and Lighting Director

 

Jim Jefferies: This Is Me Now

Netflix

2018 - Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith

Deputising Lighting Director for Chris Kempton

 

The Old Grey Whistle Test Live: For One Night Only

BBC

2018 - Television Centre Studio 1

Lighting Designer and Lighting Director

 

The Old Grey Whistle Test Live studio performance

Car SOS Live

Renegade Pictures

2018 - British Motor Museum, Gaydon

Lighting Designer and Lighting Director

 

BBC Proms in the Park

BBC

2018 - Glasgow Green

Deputising Lighting Director for Nigel Catmur

 

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

ITV Creative

2018 promotional shoot - ExCeL London

Lighting Director for series LD Dave Davey

 

Top Gear and Extra Gear

BBC Studios

2017-2018 - Dunsfold Aerodrome

Moving Light Programmer and Deputising Lighting Director for Gurdip Mahal

 

I Don’t Like Mondays

Alaska TV for Channel 4

2017 - with Alan Carr and Sarah Millican

Lighting Director

 

I Don’t Like Mondays milk floats

The Kaneing Live

Facebook Live — 2017 — Facebook Headquarters, King's Cross, London

Spoof comedy panel show with Kane and guest Katherine Ryan

Lighting Design & LD — Will Charles

Director — Jeanette Goulbourn

 

The Kaneing Live set during preparation, photographed by Will Charles

Weakest Link Special for Children in Need

BBC

2017 Children in Need special - BBC Elstree Studio 8

Lighting Designer and Lighting Director

 

5 Gold Rings

ITV Studios

Series 2 - 2017 - BBC Elstree Studio D

Deputising Lighting Director for Gurdip Mahal

 

Soccer AM

Sky Sports

2017 - Sky Studios

Deputising Lighting Director and Moving Light Programmer for Malcolm Reed

 

LouiseLIVE

Oyster Productions — 2016 — Shepherd's Bush Empire, London

Lighting Design & LD — Will Charles

Board Operator — Martin Higgins

 

LouiseLIVE lighting design visualisation

Naked Attraction — Series 1

2016 — Series 1

Lighting Design & Lighting Director — Will Charles

Series Lighting Director — Tom Sutherland

 

Naked Attraction Series 1 illuminated studio pods, photograph by Will Charles
The Question Jury

Monkey Kingdom

Series 1 and 2 and US pilot - 2016-2017

Lighting Designer and Lighting Director

 

Radio 2 in Concert

BBC Music and BBC Radio 2

Paul Weller, Sam Smith, Seal and A-ha - 2015-2016

Lighting Designer and Lighting Director

 

Paul Weller performing for Radio 2 in Concert

Newsnight OB Specials

BBC Two

2015–2016 - Labour Leadership Hustings, Nuneaton; Manchester International Festival; EU Referendum Debate, Gladstone’s Library; Boston EU / Brexit Special

Lighting Designer and Lighting Director

 

Newsnight OB Specials production in Manchester

Harry Hill’s Tea Time

Sky

2016 - Series 1 - Sky Studios, Isleworth

Deputising Lighting Director for Martin Kempton

 

Harry Hill’s Tea Time

Live at the Trattoria

Hungry Bear Media

2016 - Fountain Studios

Moving Light Programmer for Gurdip Mahal

 

Hair

BBC Television

Series 1 & 2 - 2014–2015

Lighting Design & LD

 

Hair television studio production

The Before the Morning After Show

Brown Eyed Boy / NBC Universal

2015 - The Biscuit Factory, Edinburgh

Lighting Design & LD

 

BAFTA Children's Awards

BAFTA

2015 - Roundhouse, London

Deputising Lighting Director for Roger Williams

 

TFI Friday

2015

Deputising Lighting Director for Dave Davey

 

Big Star's Little Star

12 Yard Productions for ITV

Series 3 and 4 and later cover - 2015-2017

Deputising Lighting Director for Gurdip Mahal

 

A Question of Sport

BBC

Recurring engagements, 2014-2016 - dock10, Salford

Deputising Lighting Director for Roger Williams

 

A Question of Sport studio set

Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother

Initial and Endemol

Live shows and finals - 2014-2017 - Elstree Studios

Moving Light Programmer in 2014; Deputising Lighting Director for Gurdip Mahal in 2016-2017

 

The Totally Senseless Gameshow

Roughcut Television for BBC Three

2014 - Pinewood TV1 (broadcast BBC Three 2015)

Lighting Design & LD

 

The Totally Senseless Gameshow studio set

Free Speech

Mentorn for BBC Three

Series 3 - 2014

Series Lighting Design & LD

 

Free Speech studio production

The Crime Thriller Awards

Cactus Television for ITV3

2014 - Grosvenor House Hotel, Great Room / Ballroom, London

Lighting Design & LD

 

Sport Relief Does Glee Club

BBC Scotland for BBC One and CBBC

2014 - BBC Pacific Quay

Lighting Director

 

Sport Relief Does Glee Club judges' panel

Mary Beard: Oh Do Shut Up Dear

BBC Four

2014 - British Museum

Lighting Director

 

Mary Beard lecture at the British Museum

Superstar Dogs: Countdown to Crufts

Tuesday's Child for Channel 4

2014 - dock10 HQ1

Generic Board Operator for LD Mark Kenyon

 

Superstar Dogs studio set

The Million Pound Drop

Channel 4

2014

Moving Light Operator

 

The Million Pound Drop studio set

That Puppet Game Show

BBC Entertainment in conjunction with The Jim Henson Company for BBC One

2013 - BBC Elstree Studio D

Lighting Design and Direction

 

That Puppet Game Show set at BBC Elstree Studio D

The Great Album Showdown with Danny Baker

BBC Four

2013 - The Hospital Club, London

Lighting Design and Lighting Director

 

The Great Album Showdown with Danny Baker

Danny Baker's Rockin' Decades

BBC Four

2013-2014 - The Hospital Club

Lighting Design & LD

 

Sing My Song

Star China and Starry Productions for CCTV 3

Series 1 - 2013 - Shanghai and Jiaxing

Lighting Designer and Lighting Consultant

 

Sing My Song stage lighting

Pokerface China

Fremantle Asia

2013 - Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Lighting Consultant for LD Roger Williams

 

Pokerface China stage in Hangzhou

Dara O’Briain’s Science Club

BBC General Factual

2012 - MC Motors, Dalston

Lighting Design and LD

 

Dara O’Briain’s Science Club at MC Motors

Children in Need Rocks Scotland

2010 — BBC

SECC Glasgow — Lighting Designer & LD: Will Charles

 

Children in Need Rocks Scotland

The Pope's Visit 2010 — Papal Mass from Westminster Cathedral

BBC Two / BBC HD — 18 September 2010

Westminster Cathedral, London

Lighting Director — Bernie Davis

Deputising Lighting Director — Will Charles

Papal Mass at Westminster Cathedral, 2010

X Factor China

FremantleMedia Asia

2011–2012 - Series 1 & 2 - Beijing, China

Consultant Lighting Director for FremantleMedia Asia

 

X Factor China stage in Beijing

Citizen Khan

BBC

2012 - MediaCityUK Studios, Salford

Deputising Lighting Director for Chris Kempton

 

Citizen Khan

Katherine Jenkins Special

ITV Studios

2012 - The London Studios, Studio 1

Deputising Lighting Director for Dave Davey

 

Katherine Jenkins Special

2012 New Year Concert China

FremantleMedia Asia for Jiangsu TV

2011 - Shanghai and Nanjing recces; original Mercedes-Benz Arena, Shanghai design

2012 - Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, China

Lighting Consultant, Lighting Design & LD

Moving Light Programmer Tom Sutherland

 

Jiangsu TV New Year Concert at Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium

X Factor Indonesia

FremantleMedia Asia / RCTI

2012–2013 - Jakarta, Indonesia

Lighting Consultant

 

X Factor Indonesia stage in Jakarta

Take Me Out China

Fremantle Asia

2012 - Changsha, Hunan, China

Lighting Consultant

 

Take Me Out China studio in Changsha

Take Me Out: The Gossip

Thames for ITV2

2011–2012 - Millbank Tower

Lighting Design & LD

 

Take Me Out: The Gossip at Millbank Tower

My Life in Books

BBC Scotland / Shine Television for BBC

2011–2012 - Series 1 & 2 - MTV Studios, Camden / The Hospital Studios, London

Lighting Design & LD

 

My Life in Books studio set

The Weakest Link Original Series

BBC Entertainment for BBC One and BBC Two

2000-2012

Original Lighting Design and Lighting Director

 

The Weakest Link studio lighting

Minute to Win It UK

Shine

2011 - BBC Television Centre

Lighting Designer and Lighting Director

 

Minute to Win It studio set

Mark Watson Kicks Off

BBC

2010

Lighting Designer and Lighting Director

 

Mark Watson Kicks Off

Three Course Steal

Television production

2010 - presented by Nadia Sawalha

Lighting Director

 

Three Course Steal with Nadia Sawalha

World Cinema Awards

BBC Four

2010 - BFI Southbank

Lighting Director

 

World Cinema Awards at BFI Southbank

Diversity

DVD production

2010 - 3 Mills Studios

Lighting Director

 

Diversity performance at 3 Mills Studios

Odd One In

Zeppotron for ITV1

Pilot and Series 1-2 - 2009-2011 - BBC Elstree Studio D

Lighting Designer and Lighting Director

 

Odd One In studio production

Ghost Story and Crocodile

Sky Arts Playhouse Live

2010

Lighting Designer and Lighting Director

 

Crocodile from Sky Arts Playhouse Live

Frank Skinner's Opinionated

Avalon for BBC

Show 2 - 2010 - BBC Television Centre

Lighting Designer and Lighting Director

 

Frank Skinner's Opinionated studio production

We Need Answers

BBC Four

Series 1 & 2 - 2009–2010 - Studio 1, Stephen Street Studios

Lighting Design and Lighting Director

We Need Answers studio set

A Question of Genius

BBC Two / BBC Scotland

Pilot 2008 / Series 1 2009 / Series 2 2010

Lighting Design & LD — Will Charles — Pilot & Series 1

Deputising LD — Oliver Lifely — Series 2

A Question of Genius Series 1 studio

Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

2005 & 2010

Channel Five / BBC Four

Lighting Design & LD — Will Charles

Board Operator — Oliver Lifely

2005 — Gaffer — Joe Sherno

2010 — Gaffer — Neil Wallace

Royal Institution Christmas Lectures 2010 Size Matters

Secret Fortune Pilot

Wild Rover for BBC

2009 - BBC Blackstaff, Belfast

Lighting Director

 

Secret Fortune Pilot at BBC Blackstaff

What Do Kids Know?

Shine TV for BBC

2009 - BBC Television Centre, TC8

Lighting Design and Lighting Director

 

What Do Kids Know? studio set

Pocket TV: Pitch Black - Friendly Fires

JA Digital for Sony Ericsson

2009 - Vinopolis

Lighting Director

 

Friendly Fires performing for Pocket TV: Pitch Black

9 Lessons and Carols for Godless People

Green Bay Media

2009 - Hammersmith Apollo, London

Lighting Design and LD

 

Brian Cox in 9 Lessons and Carols for Godless People

The National Lottery: Jet Set

BBC One

2001–2007

Lighting Designer / LD — Mark Kenyon

Catalyst Media Server Programmer — Will Charles

BBC Television Centre TC4 / later BBC Scotland, Glasgow

The National Lottery Jet Set studio

Live Earth

7 July 2007 — Wembley Stadium, London

Stage Lighting Design — Patrick Woodroffe

Television Lighting Design / LD — Mark Kenyon

Catalyst and Audience Console — Will Charles

Moving Light Programmer — Nige Catmur

Live Earth Wembley Stadium 2007

UKTV Car of the Year 2007

Dave — 18 November 2007

Maidstone Studios — Studio 5

Lighting Design & LD — Will Charles

Board Operator — Oliver Lifely

UKTV Car of the Year 2007 studio on Dave

Castaway Exposed

BBC Three / Lion Television

2007 — MTV Studios, Camden — Studio A

Lighting Design & LD — Will Charles

Board Operator — Oliver Lifely

Castaway Exposed studio design render

Ripley’s Believe It or Not!

Bravo — 2005–2007

Maidstone Studios — Studio 2

Lighting Design & LD — Will Charles

Board Operator — Oliver Lifely

Ripley’s Believe It or Not lighting plot

The Album Chart Show at KOKO

3DD for Channel 4

2006-2009

Original Lighting Design and Lighting Director

 

The Album Chart Show at KOKO

Charlie Brooker: You Have Been Watching

Two series - 2009-2010 - Riverside Studios

Lighting Designer and Lighting Director

 

You Have Been Watching studio set

Lily Allen and Friends

Princess Productions for BBC Three

2008

Lighting Design and Lighting Director

Lily Allen and Friends

iTunes Festival

Initial / Endemol for ITV

2008 - KOKO, Camden

Lighting Director for Lighting Designer Gurdip Mahal

iTunes Festival

Watchdog

BBC One

2008 - White City and The Hospital Studio

Deputising Lighting Director for Chris Kempton

Watchdog

I'd Do Anything

BBC - 2008

Board Operator for LD Mark Kenyon

 

When Joseph Met Maria

BBC - 2007

Board Operator for LD Mark Kenyon

 

Any Dream Will Do

BBC - 2007

Board Operator for LD Mark Kenyon

 

Any Dream Will Do studio production

Animal Rescue Live at Battersea Dogs & Cats Home

BBC One

2007 - Battersea Dogs & Cats Home

Presented by Selina Scott & Matt Baker

Lighting Director — Board Operator Oliver Lifely

 

Animal Rescue Live at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria

BBC - 2006

Board Operator for LD Mark Kenyon

 

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria

Codex at the British Museum

2006

Lighting Designer and Lighting Director

 

Codex at the British Museum

Britain's Worst Celebrity Driver – Live!

2005 - Mentorn for Five

Live multi-location series - John O'Groats to Land's End

Lighting Design and Lighting Director

Britain's Worst Celebrity Driver Live at John O'Groats

Sport Addicts and Celebrity Addicts

Challenge — 2002–2003

Maidstone Studios

Lighting Design & LD — Will Charles

Board Operators — Oliver Lifely and David Bishop

Original illustrated title card for Sport Addicts and Celebrity Addicts

Didn't They Do Well

2004 - BBC - Shows 5-10 - BBC Television Centre

Board Operator for LD Mark Kenyon

 

Didn't They Do Well studio set

Shock Treatment

Diverse for Sky One

May-July 2004

Lighting Designer and Lighting Director

 

Shock Treatment television production

Inside Clyde

Talent TV — 2003

Bray Studios — Stage 1

Lighting Director — Will Charles

Inside Clyde 2003 programme still

Traitor

2003–2004 — BBC Two · Pilot and both series

BBC Television Centre — Studio 6

Lighting Director — Mark Kenyon

Catalyst Programmer — Will Charles (pilot and both series)

Traitor 2003 original monochrome figures image

Olympics — BBC Grandstand Studios

Barcelona 1992 / Atlanta 1996 / Sydney 2000

Lighting & Racks

BBC Grandstand Olympics studio

Parkinson

BBC

1998-2004 - BBC Television Centre Studio 6

Console Operator for Lighting Director Mark Kenyon

Director Stuart McDonald - Set Designer Simon Kimmell

 

Parkinson chat show studio production

Royal Variety Performance — 2000

BBC Television Entertainment — Dominion Theatre, London

Kylie Minogue, Shirley Bassey, Lionel Richie and Westlife

Generics Board Operator — Will Charles for LD Bernie Davis

 

ROYAL VARIETY2000

International Come Dancing

BBC One — 1996 — Bournemouth International Centre

Lighting Director — John King

Generics Board Operator — Will Charles

 

INTERNATIONALCOME DANCING1996

Purcell Tercentenary Concert

1995 — BBC Two / BBC Radio 3 — Westminster Abbey

Lighting Director — Peter Greenyer (recollection)

Generics Board Operator — Will Charles

 

Westminster Abbey during Purcell Tercentenary Concert 1995

The British Comedy Awards 2008

ITV1 — 6 December 2008 — The London Studios

Michael Hurll Television

Lighting Design & LD — Will Charles

 

The British Comedy Awards 2008 stage

Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance

1993–1999 — Royal Albert Hall, London

Peter Greenyer — LD (earlier editions); Will Charles — Generics Console Operator; Nigel Catmur — Follow Spot (1993). Bernie Davis — LD; Nigel Catmur — Console Operator (2000)

Poppies falling at the Festival of Remembrance in 2015 (illustrative photograph)

Memorial and Tribute to Yitzhak Rabin

12 November 1995 — Royal Albert Hall, London

Will Charles — Deputising Lighting Director

RABIN MEMORIAL

Children’s Royal Variety Performance

BBC One — 1994 — London Palladium

Lighting Director — Bernie Davis

Generics Board Operator — Will Charles; Scans Operator — Andy Dobbs

Set Designer — Chris Webster

 

CHILDREN’SROYAL VARIETY1994

Royal Variety Performance — 1994

1994 — BBC One — Dominion Theatre, London

Riverdance and Shirley Bassey

Generics Board Operator — Will Charles; Lighting Director — Peter Greenyer (provisional)

 

Royal Variety Performance stage

The Queen’s Golden Jubilee — Party at the Palace

BBC — Buckingham Palace — 2002

Elton John prerecord / Prom at the Palace / Party at the Palace

Board Operator / Generic Lights Programmer

The Queen's Golden Jubilee Party at the Palace

Comic Relief Does Fame Academy - Series 2 and 3

Series 2 - BBC Three - 2005 - St Olave's School, Lambeth

Presented by Claudia Winkleman

Lighting Director for Series LD Mark Kenyon

Series 3 - Former GLC County Hall

Lighting Director for the BBC Three show

 

Comic Relief Does Fame Academy studio set

The Chair

BBC One — 2002

Pinewood Studios — Stage D

Board Operator — Will Charles for LD Mark Kenyon

The Chair BBC One 2002 studio set, showing the red and blue lighting

The Bond BAFTA Tribute

BAFTA

2002

BBC Television Centre Studio 1 (TC1)

Board Operator for LD Mark Kenyon

 

Goodness Gracious Me

2000

Pebble Mill, Birmingham

Moving Light Programmer for LD Chris Kempton

 

Goodness Gracious Me cast

The Eurovision Song Contest — Jerusalem 1999

Lighting Director Mark Kenyon

Board Programmers Will Charles, Nigel Catmur and Andy Dobbs

TV Gaffer Joe Sherno

 

The Eurovision Song Contest stage in Jerusalem in 1999

The BRITs 1999

ITV

London Arena, Docklands

Generics Programmer for LDs Mark Kenyon and Dave Davey

Moving Lights Programmer Nigel Catmur

 

The BRITs 1999 at London Arena, Docklands

Moon 30

RDF Television — 20 July 1999 — Capital Studios

Original Lighting Design and Lighting Director — Will Charles

Console Operator — Nigel Catmur

 

APOLLO 11 · 1969–1999MOON 3020 JULY 1999

Later... with Jools Holland

BBC Two — 1997–1998 (series to be confirmed)

Lighting Director — James Campbell

Galaxy Console Programmer — Will Charles

 

Faithless performing on Later with Jools Holland

Shooting Stars — Series 1 & 2

BBC Two — 1995–1996

Lighting Director — Mark Kenyon

Galaxy Console Operator — Will Charles

 

Shooting Stars studio set

Some memorable early credits at the BBC before going freelance in 1998

Top of the Pops

BBC

1993-1996 - Programmer for LDs Dave Davey, Mark Kenyon and Chris Kempton

1997-1998 - Lighting Designer and Lighting Director

 

Top of the Pops production team and studio set

One Foot in the Grave

1998

Galaxy Operator for LD Chris Kempton

 

One Foot in the Grave cast

A Song for Europe

BBC — Television Centre Studio 3

3 April 1992

Galaxy Operator for LD Martin Kempton

A Song for Europe 1992 BBC crew sheet

Absolutely Fabulous — Series 1

1992

Galaxy Operator for LD Mike Manning

 

Absolutely Fabulous cast

Comic Relief 91

BBC

1991

Galaxy Operator for Lighting Director Graham Rimmington

Original Comic Relief 91 inspired television charity show graphic

EastEnders

BBC — BBC Elstree

c.1991–1993

Galaxy Operator for LDs Mike Manning, Dave Lock, Rod Litherland and Martin Kempton

Lighting Director — one episode, deputising for Mike Manning, probably 1991

EastEnders, representative 1991 period image

Blue Peter

BBC — Television Centre TC1

1990

Lighting Director — first Lighting Director credit

Blue Peter studio, representative period image

Blackadder Goes Forth

1989

Galaxy Operator for LDs Ron Bristow and Henry Barber

 

Blackadder Goes Forth cast

The Les Dawson Show — Series 5

BBC One — BBC Television Centre TC4

1989

Galaxy Operator for Lighting Designer Dickie Higham

The Les Dawson Show, Series 5, 1989

The Noel Edmonds Saturday Roadshow

BBC One

1988–1989

Vision Control / Racks

The Noel Edmonds Saturday Roadshow, 1989

That’s Life!

BBC One — BBC Television Theatre

1988

Board Operator for LD Dave Lock

That’s Life! at the BBC Television Theatre in 1988

Blackadder the Third

1987

Vision Control Racks

 

Blackadder the Third cast and set

The Late, Late Breakfast Show

BBC — Television Centre TC4

1986

Colour Balance Engineer while working as a BBC Studio Engineer

The Late, Late Breakfast Show, 1986

Blackadder II

1986

Colour Balance Engineer

 

Blackadder II cast

Noel's House Party

BBC Entertainment for BBC One

1994-1999

Galaxy Operator for LDs Eric Wallace and Mark Kenyon

 

Noel's House Party title

National Lottery Stars Shows

1994-2002

Galaxy Operator and Lighting Director

 

Keeping Up Appearances

BBC - 1995

Galaxy Operator for LD Chris Kempton

 

The Generation Game

Bruce Forsyth: 1990-1994 - Galaxy Operator for LD Graham Rimmington

Jim Davidson: 1995-1996 - Galaxy Operator for LD Mark Kenyon

 

Millionaire Manor

2005–2006 — Initial / Endemol for BBC One

Presented by Mark Durden-Smith

Lighting Designer & Series Lighting Director — Will Charles

Millionaire Manor

Defectors

Mast Media for Challenge TV — 2001–2002

Presented by Richard Orford — Maidstone Studios

Lighting Design & LD — Will Charles

Moving Light Programmer — Nigel Catmur

Generics Board Operator — Ian Penny

Defectors-inspired illustrative studio set