The glitz and glamour of Miss World has to start somewhere. Each year regional heats take place in ordinary towns and cities across England. This three-part series follows some of the young entrants hoping to make it through the regional pageants in Blackpool, Hull and Wolverhampton. “It was easy to expect that Beauty Queen or…
Month: June 2014
Newsnight [2014]
In 2014, Olly Lambert was appointed Filmmaker in Residence with BBC’s Newsnight, producing several short films which feature Mat’s music. The Tower of David: Venezuela’s vertical slum The Eastern Front – Life on the Ukraine/Russia border
Police Under Pressure [2014]
A three-part examination of the state of policing in Britain as forces around the nation try to cope with the biggest cuts to their budgets in modern times. “Mat Davidson’s compositions seemed entirely appropriate for problems that were wretched and seemingly intractable.” – Alex Hardy, The Times “Neither Mat Davidson’s ambient score nor Steven Mackinstosh’s…
Fast & Fearless: Britain’s Banger Racers [2014]
Two-part documentary about the petrol-soaked world of banger racing, a motor sport where scrap domestic cars are stripped out and fortified for a final lease of life on a racetrack. “The past-it vehicles spinning around an abandoned Essex cement works were really just the backdrop to a fascinating bit of subculture tourism.” – Matt Baylis,…