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I was working for TNT Sports at the weekend filming the Premiership Cup rugby match between Exeter Chiefs and Sale Sharks at Sandy Park. Exeter ran out comfortable winners 59-14.

I was asked by Channel 5 to work on a harrowing court case at Coventry Crown Court where asylum seeker Deng Majek was sentenced to 29 years in jail for stabbing to death Rhiannon Whyte 23 times in a frenzied attack. Her mother, Siobhan, spoke to the media outside...

2026 started off with January experiencing some of the wettest weather of recent years. And, once again, the knock on effect was for many parts of Somerset, especially the southern half of the county, being badly hit by the increased rainfall. Many villages and homes...

I was asked to film a visit to the University of the West of England (UWE) by Prince William. He visited the Robotics Department Laboratory to see how the latest technology is being used to aid and help people who have movement problems.

I was working for the BBC recently filming at The Make a Difference Awards in Somerset. A great evening listening to the stories of those people who have done so much to help others.

I was asked by the BBC to film at Chew Valley Lake, nr Bristol for a story about the water levels during this long hot summer and the knock effect to anglers who use the lake. I also used my drone for this story as well.

It's not always possible but, when it is, it's good to give something back. Recently I have been working with some of the team at Wedmore Village Farm, filming and editing a video for them. As a fairly new, not for profit, charity based in my local village, the farm...

I'm using my Sony A7s iii camera more and more for news, especially when working for the BBC as this is the same camera many of its staff crews are also now using. As the camera has now been integrated into the BBC workflow, it's much easier to utilise its abilities....

I was asked to use my drone to capture aerial footage of Cleveland Pools in Bath which still remains closed following flooding several months ago. The swimming area is currently looking a sorry site and local residents and pool users are concerned whether it will...

I was working for the BBC at the start of the football season when Marcus Stewart received recognition at Yeovil Town FC for the work he's done there as a former player and coach.

I was fortunate enough to be part of the team that was involved in the making of a 30 minute documentary about the rape and murder of Louisa Dunne in Bristol in 1967. It's thought to be the longest murder to conviction cold case in British history, spanning a gap of...

I've been working with the BBC a lot throughout the month of June covering everything from a visit to Porton Down, to local reaction to the air crash in India, to a nasty accident on the M4 (pictured), to an alleged knife crime incident at a school in Bristol and lots...

Throughout the month of June, I've been busy covering both the Bristol & Birmingham offices for Sky News. As usual, a wide variety of stories were covered including a live broadcast with Nigel Farage and his Reform party in Port Talbot.

I was working for ITV filming at Hinkley Point once again. This time I was working with a reporter from East Anglia who was visiting the site for the first time. They were there to see and compare Hinkley Point to what is currently being planned for the Sizewell site...

I was working for Channel 5 again, this time in Lyme Regis, Dorset. I went out with local boat owner, Harry May to try our luck at catching some mackerel. The sea was choppy and it was also pretty breezy which made for challenging filming conditions! Unfortunately, we...

I was asked to work for Channel 5 again during April. One of the variety of Shoots I covered included another story on the hot topic of Tariffs. This time I was tasked to travel to Coventry to film an interview and shots at a company that made high tech drill bits,...

I was filming at a different ground for the PWR Rugby. I was asked to cover the Sarcens v Sale Sharks match at the StoneX Stadium in London. It was a high scoring affair with Saracens running out winners 66-14.

I was asked to film at Highgrove House for Good Morning Britain this week. It was a pre shoot for a feature about helping the elderly to keep warm and have some company during the winter months. Highgrove has been opening the doors of its Orchard Room to local...

A busy couple of weeks working for the BBC over a range of stories from including filming in a hospital, on a canal and even in a 1950s style American Diner, as well as the odd live or two thrown in as well. But I was back out on the water last week filming dredging...

Mid December brought a few days work with the BBC working on various projects, including a day with the Investigations Unit filming in Gloucestershire. I used my Sony A7s iii camera with the Tamron 70-180 F2.8 lens.

Each weekend, I've been filming Women's Premiership Rugby for TNT Sports. This weekend, I was a new location, for me, at the Cinch Stadium, Franklin's Gardens in Northampton. I was there to film Loughborough Lightning vs Gloucester Hartpury.

I had the pleasure of filming with Prince William when he visited the Royal Welsh Guards during live fire training on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire. His Royal Highness met the soldiers and also took part in firing some of their weapons as well and some drone training.

This season I'll be covering the Women's PWR again for TNT Sports and have already filmed matches in Exeter, Bristol, Gloucester and London using my camera kit and LiveU to broadcast the footage in real time. I'll also be covering the Men's Premiership Cup for the...

I was working for Channel 4 all week. The week itself started off in Salisbury covering the start of the public inquiry at the city's Guildhall into the death of Dawn Sturgess following the Novichok poisoning back in 2018. I was working with reporter Amelia Jenne and...

I was working for the BBC covering the story about lack of parking which leads to increased congestion in many of the tourist hot spot in the Cotswolds. I was filming in the picturesque village of Bibury.

An interesting range of filming this week which included a visit to Stonehenge to film & edit a piece about the Altar Stone. Recent geological research has pinpointed the source of the stone as far away as NE Scotland, not from SE Wales as previously thought. I...

I was working for Sky for a few days this month, based in the Midlands. A variety of stories covered, including the evacuation of a secondary school in Warwick.

Following on from the completion of the Six Nations tournament, the Allianz Women's Rugby Premiership re-started at the weekend. There are 4 more rounds of matches before the end of the season in early June. This time round, I was covering the match between Harlequins...

After speaking to a sub post mistress for Sky at the beginning of the month, I was back working on the Post Office Scandal again, but this time for Channel 4. I was part of the team trying to track down and interview former executive Angela Van Den Bogerd in South...

I was working for Sky based out of its Birmingham Bureau at the beginning of April. 5 days work travelling across the Midlands with a variety of work and filming including the Post Office Scandal, Nails Bars and the proposed Muslim Memorial at the Arboretum in...

I was covering the women's rugby again for TNT Sports this time in Exeter on Saturday and Bristol on Sunday.

I was working again for Channel 4, this time in Devon on a longer form feature covering the funding problems and the potential cuts for parents with children that need social and/or respite care. The feature was filmed on my Sony FX6 camera using both the 24-105mm...

I was in Bournemouth working for Channel 4 filming reaction to the latest Budget announcements. This time I used my Sony FX9 camera with the 28-135mm servo zoom lens.

I was asked this week by This Morning to use my LiveU for a live broadcast in Malmesbury about teenager, Ben Thornbury, who's campaigning about the state of the roads in the town and specifically the number of potholes. He's come up with the slogan/campaign 'Pothole...

If the title has you wondering...it's a line from the Prefab Sprout song, The King of Rock n' Roll! I was asked to film again at a food processing company in Somerset for a corporate job. This time filming the making of some new hot dog recipes that will be for take...

After a couple of days for Sky in the Midlands, I was back in Gloucestershire again filming the women's premier league rugby for TNT Sports. Gloucester Hartpury v Sale Sharks with a good win for the home team!

An interesting day in Cornwall for Channel 4 this week filming robots being constructed and tested at a business park in Falmouth! Not your everyday story and an interesting one to film.

I was working for Channel 4 at the inquest held in Pontypridd, South Wales of a 13 year old boy who died after getting into difficulty in the River Cynon near Fernhill in July 2019. At the inquest, the coroner ruled that Christopher Kapessa died after being...

I was asked by BBC Breakfast to film for them over several days at different RNLI lifeboat stations dotted around the Westcountry. The filming was for a feature that is going to be broadcast in early 2024 about the RNLI's history, people who have been saved by the...

I have started working for a new client filming the Allianz Women's Premiership Rugby matches which are then broadcast on TNT Sports. I have been operating as a single camera filming the matches which are then edited down into a highlights package for people to watch....

I worked for the BBC covering this big story in Bristol whereby the Barton House tower block had to be evacuated following concerns over its safety. Residents were moved out and into other accommodation, including local hotels. There were demonstrations and protests...

Later in the month, I was also involved in filming for a production company at a skills fair and open day for staff at Nationwide Building Society at their headquarters in Swindon. I used my Sony FX6 camera to film interviews and the day's activities. The footage will...

During November I was involved in making some corporate films for different companies. In Somerset, I used my Sony FX9 camera to record 4K images for a promotional film for a company called FSC based in Bristol & Cheddar. The footage will be used on their website.

A weekend working for Sky turned into a weekend of filming flooding pictures in and around Gloucestershire & the West Midlands with the knock effect from Storm Bibet.

After a very busy October, November started off in a similar vein with the arrival of Storm Ciaran. Bad weather and especially storms usually means the potential for lots of work. And so it proved, as I covered a live broadcast for BBC Breakfast using my LiveU in...

A week long booking for Channel 4 saw me travelling out of my normal area and up to the north west of the country for part of the week. Day 1 was in Stoke-on-Trent filming the planned closures of some migrant hotels. Day 2 was in Stockport covering a court case. Day 3...

I was back in Warwickshire again working with horticulturalist, David Domoney for a live broadcast using my LiveU for the daytime television programme, This Morning. Each live broadcast I've done with David has usually been between 6-8 minutes long with him...

A week long booking for Good Morning Britain ended with a live broadcast with Kaleb Cooper's at his farm buildings in Oxfordshire. Kaleb is best known for working alongside Jeremy Clarkson in the television programme Clarkson's Farm. He was promoting his UK tour that...

I was working early October in London for ITV National News. Over the weekend, I covered several different stories including; politics, the new Spitting Image exhibition, new laws about single use plastics and the ongoing train strike. Various different locations...

I was working for This Morning again and I carried out a live broadcast for them using my LiveU at a pub in Dorset that doesn't serve alcohol. The Dry Dock in Weymouth is a community interest company that is offering something a little different in the town. The venue...

I was called out over the Bank Holiday weekend by Channel 4 News to go to Dorset for a live broadcast with my LiveU. The guest was the Liberal Democrat leader, Sir Ed Davey who was talking about the upcoming Mid Bedford by-election which will now take place after...

I was working for This Morning this week with gardener Daisy Payne for a live outside broadcast using my LiveU. We were at a house in Bristol with more than 200 hanging baskets. It was a very colourful and beautiful display and a huge amount of hard work from the home...

And then it was onto London and the Home Counties to work for ITV for 2 days. The main piece I filmed and edited on location was about how people were preparing and gearing up for the Women's World Cup Final. We spoke to 3 women who played for England in 1970 in...

The following day I was in Cheltenham at the headquarters of UCAS for BBC Breakfast and BBC National News. We were there for live broadcasts throughout the morning and up until lunchtime to see how students had fared with their A level results in comparison to...

Later in the week I was in Bideford, North Devon for live broadcasts throughout the day at a cafe in the town centre. We were talking to local business people and councillors live on air about the effect the economy is having on the town and the people living there as...

A very busy week zig zagging across the southern half of the UK. The week started in Bridgend, South Wales pre-shooting a piece about a proposed hydrogen factory in at the area. We filmed with those who want to build the factory and was also given a ride on a hydrogen...

After working at the Bristol Balloon Fiesta in the morning, I was then asked by Channel 4 to go to Portland, Dorset for a live broadcast using my LiveU in the evening. This was to cover the story that the first migrants that had boarded the barge, Bibby Stockholm,...

I was asked to work for BBC Breakfast covering the Bristol Balloon Fiesta with live broadcasts into the programme on Friday morning. I was part of a 2 man crew (one on the ground and one up in the air) which was needed for the first live broadcast. It's not always...

A very busy week with 4 days spent providing and operating cameras and kit for a multi-camera Outside Broadcast in Somerset at the home of MP Jacob Rees-Mogg. The premise was to turn his drawing room into a studio, so he would be able to present his State of the...

I filmed a piece for ITV at Birmingham Women's Hospital about Myleen Klass's campaign to change miscarriage laws, along with an interview with Myleene herself. She and other campaigners have successfully lobbied Government, so in the future women won't have to go...

I was filming live broadcasts for BBC Breakfast this week in Plymouth, Devon with their Climate Change Editor, Justin Rowlatt. It follows news that the world has just recorded its highest average global sea temperatures. This is another indication of how climate...

I have been filming for Channel 4 ahead of the recent announcement that Tata are going to build a new Gigabattery site for electric vehicles near Puriton in Somerset. This will create thousands of new jobs for the area when the building work is completed. We visited...

I was working for ITV this week and was asked to film on Dartmoor. At the end of July/beginning of August, you expect the weather to be pretty good but, when I was there, it was wet and windy and pretty chilly! I was filming a story about the Right to Roam on the...

Another busy week with a mixture of clients including Channel 4 & Sky. After working in the Midlands for a couple of days, I was back down south and dispatched to Dorset to cover protests against the Migrant Barge, Bibby Stockholm that is due in Portland any time...

Another busy week working for Sky, BBC & Channel 4. But the highlight was a day out with the RNLI who were showcasing new life saving equipment to help speed up rescues when dealing with lots of people in the water. The new equipment has also been a big help when...

A busy week working for Channel 4 again. One of the items covered was a story that came about after MPs warned that an entire generation of children in England could be damaged by the impact of Covid. I filmed at a school in Swindon, Wiltshire which has come up with...

A couple of days at the beginning of June working for ITV News. One of the things I filmed was about The Waverley, the world's last sea going paddle steamer. Trips have started for the summer and one of the destinations was Clevedon, Somerset. Large crowds gathered to...

After working in Birmingham for Sky for a few days, I'm back in the Westcountry and working for the BBC again for the next couple of days. Today I filmed a case study interview with a woman from Somerset that, along with a group of others, has been trying to seek...

I was working with the BBC this week pre-shooting a feature about how some energy customers are receiving massive bills in the thousands of pounds instead of around a hundred or so. Lots of people have had long drawn out battles trying to sort things out. Many are...

Another busy week, mostly working for Channel 4 which culminated in an item about the proposed new legislation for people who rent property. I filmed in both Bristol, plus a case study in Budleigh Salterton, Devon. I also edited the item and I managed to use my drone...