I run British indie Wingspan Productions making documentaries for BBC and other broadcasters.

Joined November 2011
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'It will be up there with clean water. It is that big!' A new game-changing vaccine began its rollout last week. Watch its amazing story in our film 'Horizon:The Battle to Beat Malaria' on @BBCTwo Mon 22nd July 8pm and @BBCiPlayer tinyurl.com/fand4wp5 #thebattletobeatmalaria
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📢 The Battle To Beat Malaria has its French and German debuts! 💻Streaming on ARTE.tv 30th November 📺 On TV on ARTE 7th December: 🇩🇪 22:40 🇫🇷 23:20 Let us know your thoughts: #thebattletobeatmalaria Made with @TangledBankHHMI @ARTEfr & Next Originals
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We are honored that our film “The Battle to Beat Malaria” has won the AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Gold Award in the Video In-Depth Reporting category! @aaas @novapbs @WingspanProds @ArchieBaron @catvgale @SeanBiolCarroll
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🏆 It's an honour to receive the Gold Award from the prestigious @AAASKavli Science Journalism Awards for 'The Battle To Beat Malaria' in the Video - In Depth Reporting category. You can see the list of winners here: sjawards.aaas.org/awards/fie… Congrats to our fellow winners! 🎉
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Congratulations to “Video In-Depth Reporting” Gold Award winners Catherine Gale, @ArchieBaron, @SeanBiolCarroll, Cathy Houlihan, and Alex Keefe. brnw.ch/21wOBD7
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🎉 We're thrilled to announce that our beautiful animations in 'The Battle To Beat Malaria' has been nominated for an @RTS_media Craft & Design Award! Created by the marvellous Oliver Smyth, under the direction of the brilliant @catvgale, we're really proud of their work.
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🎉 We're delighted to be nominated for an Emmy! Congratulations to our fellow nominees and our wonderful team. @TangledBankHHMI @ARTEfr @novapbs @GBH #thebattletobeatmalaria In the US: PBS tinyurl.com/hdv9pwc2 In the UK: BBC iPlayer tinyurl.com/fand4wp5

The #DocEmmys Nominees for Science and Technology Documentary are: - The Battle to Beat Malaria | NOVA (@PBS) - Cosmic Time Machine | Unknown (@netflix) - Encounters (Netflix) - Human Footprint (PBS) - Science Fair: The Series (@natgeo)
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The Battle to Beat Malaria - the story of the R21 Malaria Vaccine ~ Follow the quest to create a lifesaving malaria vaccine. This is the story of the R21 Malaria Vaccine. Congratulations to all involved, especially to the inventor, @Kat_a_Collins and @JennerInstitute and @ifakarahealth and the many others who participated ~ @DrMSDatoo, @HalTinto, @ally_olotu, @SerumInstIndia, @Novavax, @novapbs and @BBCWorld: pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/the-… ~ This film features: Zuhura Abasi, Eleanor Berrie, Matthew Coldiron, Mehreen Datoo, Katie Ewer, Adrian Hill, Anna Last, Erica McAlister, Huba Mohamedi, Fredros Okumu, Ally Olotu, Adar Poonawalla, Umesh Shaligram, Halidou Tinto, Timothy Winegard pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/the-…
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RT @DrSarahJarvis: Standing united against malaria - new vaccine from @UniofOxford is now available across Africa, offering hope & hea…
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The fight against malaria has hit a historic new chapter with the arrival of long-awaited vaccines 💉 This new BBC documentary reveals the story of one of two new malaria vaccines, R21 - from the Oxford lab behind the Covid jab. bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0…
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So proud of all behind our film. @RadioTimes say 'you rarely see science programmes that pack this kind of emotional punch...this cracking documentary works as a love letter to vaccines in general, and the life saving wonders of patient, rational science'. #thebattletobeatmalaria
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Hats off to our incredible partners and film-makers @TangledBankHHMI @ARTEfr @novapbs @BBC @catvgale @alexkeefe_ @JessDannheisser @DirectorsCutTC
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"It will be up there with clean water. It is that big!" A new game-changing vaccine launched last week - watch its amazing story on @BBCTwo Mon 22nd July 8pm, and on @BBCiPlayer tinyurl.com/fand4wp5 HORIZON: THE BATTLE TO BEAT MALARIA #thebattletobeatmalaria
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📺'Horizon: The Battle To Beat Malaria' Tonight - 8pm - BBC Two & BBC iPlayer This is the dramatic, inside story from Oxford lab to African rollout of a new, game-changing vaccine. Let us know your thoughts: #thebattletobeatmalaria @TangledBankHHMI @ARTEfr
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For the inside story of how this vaccine was made, watch 'Horizon: The Battle To Beat Malaria', Monday 22nd July, 8pm BBC Two and BBC iPlayer #thebattletobeatmalaria
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📺 Hungry for something that's not sport? Watch 'Horizon: The Battle To Beat Malaria' 22nd July, 8pm BBC Two and BBC iPlayer. Just as dramatic as the action at Olympiastadion or Centre Court, but with more mosquitoes and lifesaving, game-changing science. #thebattletobeatmalaria
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📢 New BBC Horizon documentary reveals the inside story of The Battle to Beat Malaria "This is a once in a generation breakthrough" More info ➡️ bbc.in/3XPgeR5
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BBC orders Malaria vaccine doc bit.ly/3L7dZRy

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📢 BBC launches 'The Battle To Beat Malaria'. Read the press release here: bbc.in/3XPgeR5 #thebattletobeatmalaria #BBCfactual #BBCpress @TangledBankHHMI @ARTEfr
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