Behind the Scenes for 2nd – 8th December 2018

Behind the Scenes - 2nd -8th December 2018

Here is the behind scenes of the Bald Explorer for another week. A chance to glimpse into my life behind the camera. This week I’ve been out filming on a golf course with the lovely Cynthia Julian, Julia and I visited Fittleworth in West Sussex, I have finished off the Esse Ironheart installation and been […]

The Bald Explorer in 2014

My job, if you can call it that, with the Bald Explorer programmes, is to look back in history and follow a story from the past with the perspective of today. In other words, I am retracing the steps of people or things that have gone before us, whether they are the smugglers on the […]

Bald Explorer’s New Video Channel

Finally, and I do not know why it has taken so long, I have gathered all the Bald Explorer video strands together and placed them within their own channel on Youtube. This will enable fans to find all the programmes a lot more easier, and also they can discover additional video snippets too – like […]

History – leave it to the professionals!

History: leave it to the professionals. This was the message I was getting from my radio when I listened to Juliet Gardiner’s programme, Presenting the Past, How the Media Changes History on BBC Radio 4’s Archive on 4 last week. I got very angry and wanted to submerge the FM receiver in the bath water, […]

Enhancing the Image

Work is nearly complete on the next Bald Explorer episode, Taking the Waters; a documentary about the discovery of the spring water at Tunbridge Wells, in Kent. However, there are still a few things to make it complete and hopefully assist the telling of the story. When filming, particularly on a limited budget, it isn’t […]