BBC ONE
Scam Interceptors
BBC ONE
Rip Off Britain
BBC ONE
The Met - Policing London
BBC ONE
Sarah Everard: The Search for Justice
The Documentary Unit at BBC Studios is the home of high quality, thought-provoking and award-winning factual television.
Powerful storytelling is at the heart of what we do - and this helps us take global audiences on gripping journeys underpinned by real journalism viewers can trust. Our distinctive, ambitious and informative output ranges from observational access documentaries, crime, formats and factual drama.
Spanning three bases across the UK in London, Cardiff and Salford, our programming is critically acclaimed, with titles like the BAFTA-winning Life and Death Row, and award nominated programmes such as Scam Interceptors, The Met and Rip Off Britain.
Working with some of the most highly regarded talent in the UK, on and off screen, the Documentary Unit entertains and educates audiences with distinctive authored content driven by bold storytelling, a strong sense of purpose and a breadth of specialist knowledge. ...
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OUR TEAM
Georgia Moseley
HEAD OF DOCUMENTARY UNIT
Georgia is Head of the Documentary Unit. In partnership with Senior Creative Director Katharine Patrick she sets the unit’s creative strategy. Georgia has overseen a large range of documentary and factual content across TV, digital and podcasts including Life and Death Row; Black British Hero; Secret Life of the Airport; and Chuck D’s Stay Free: The Story of The Clash. Prior to running the Documentary Unit Georgia led BBC Studios’ multi-award winning Factual Podcast Unit where she oversaw the development and production of a number of global hit podcasts for platforms such as BBC Sounds, Audible and Spotify including Believe in Magic; Vishal; Mother, Neighbour, Russian Spy; Obscene: The Dublin Scandal and I Am Not Nicholas. ...
Katharine Patrick
SENIOR CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Katharine is Senior Creative Director of the Documentary unit in partnership with Georgia Moseley, who is head of the unit. Katharine is tasked with setting and delivering the editorial and creative strategy for the unit, including overseeing development, content strategy and driving new business. Prior to joining BBC Studios, Katharine was Head of Factual at Wonderhood Studios and is a BAFTA and Grierson nominated Executive Producer. At Wonderhood, she Executive Produced the three-part premium documentary series, Evacuation, with top-to-bottom access to the British military, C4 documentary ‘The Kidnap of Angel Lynn’ , Sky Docs premium boxset series ‘The Devil’s Advocate’ as well as the BAFTA and Grierson nominated series ‘Baby Surgeons’. She also contributed to overseeing a slate of programming from development to delivery working with broadcasters in the UK and US and is a former Head of Development for numerous indies, including Minnow and Nutopia. ...
Beth Ambrose
HEAD OF PRODUCTION
Beth is Head of Production at the Documentary Unit and responsible for the safe and timely delivery of our programmes and overseeing the financial and operational health of the unit. Beth started her career in the Indie sector and joined the BBC in 2002, working across an array of Factual programming from Louis Theroux to The One Show along with dramas and a stint in Comedy. After leaving the BBC she became Head of Production at Bohemia Films making documentaries such as Bent Coppers for BBC Two and The Festival That Changed the World for Sky. She returned to the BBC to manage the Factual development slate and went on to line produce projects for the Science Unit, including Our Universe for Netflix. Most recently, Beth has been a Production Executive in the Natural History Unit looking after Impact campaigns, podcasts and titles such as Attenborough and the Giant Sea Monster. ...
Kirsty Cunningham
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Kirsty oversees the delivery of programming for Documentaries. Since joining she has also executive produced the Bafta and Grierson winner Grenfell: The Untold Story (Channel 4), Lion: The Rise and Fall of the Marsh Pride (BBC2), Michael X: Hustler, Revolutionary, Outlaw (Sky). Prior to this Kirsty led teams on some of the most acclaimed and popular factual series (Ambulance, 24 Hours in A&E, Our Cops in the North) as well complex access documentaries (Girls on the Edge, A Killing in My Family, Protecting Our Foster Kids). Her work has won Grierson, Royal Television Society, BAFTA and Mind awards. ...
Joe Mather
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Joe leads the Documentary Unit’s crime pillar, specialising in exclusive access and big audiences. He’s overseen hundreds of hours of network programmes including the BAFTA and RTS nominated ‘Undercover Police: Hunting Paedophiles’ for Channel Four and BAFTA nominated ‘The Murder of Jill Dando’ for BBC One. Forthcoming productions include an unprecedented new series revealing a previously unseen area of high-adrenaline policing and a new retrospective format examining how cutting-edge forensics can help solve the most serious of cases. Prior to working in Factual Joe was an award-winning senior journalist for Newsnight and Panorama on the BBC and at Channel Four News. ...
Emma Ong
HEAD OF COMMERCIAL & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, SCIENCE, DOCUMENTARIES AND CHINA
Emma has held a variety of commercial and business development roles at the BBC. Drawing on over 15 years’ experience in Unscripted and Scripted commercial roles, Emma is a global content expert having lived and worked in Beijing and working behind the scenes on successful shows such as Planet Earth, Doctor Who, The Planets, Surgeon’s Cut and Fight the Power. ...
Andrew Downey
HEAD OF COMMERCIAL, RIGHTS & BUSINESS AFFAIRS, SCIENCE & DOCUMENTARY
Andrew has over 20 years’ experience of production and commissioning business affairs in the BBC and BBC Studios supporting, at various times, Science, Docs, Arts, the NHU, News and Currents Affairs and Learning. Since Studios inception he has led on Production’s contractual relationships with several major SVOD clients and managed the Factual business affairs team in London and, more recently, Glasgow ...
