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Noted for her sensitive hand-held filming of difficult subjects, 

Barbara has filmed in many locations such as specialist hospitals, 

IDP camps, shelters and prisons as well as recording in the remote corners of the

Middle and Far East including Central Asia.


She has experience of filming around the world including:

Southern Yemen, Central Asia - Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Gorno Badakshan, Morocco,​

Palestine and the West Bank, Israel, the Caribbean, Ghana, Uganda, Rwanda, Ethiopia,

Burkina Faso, Mali, Bangladesh, India,

Northern Iraq, Kurdistan, South Africa, Nicaragua, the Philippines, Mexico, Brazil,

Tibet, Inner Mongolia, China, Kosovo, Ireland, the USA and ​most of Europe ​​... 

as well as the beautiful Western Isles of Scotland.

Barbara believes in establishing a warm rapport with those 

in front of the camera, whether seasoned actors, journalists

and presenters or non-professional contributors. 


She has filmed with many journalists and presenters such as

John Simpson, John Snow, Ben Anderson and Martha Carney

as well as Alan Davies, Amanda Vickery, John Romer, Sir Simon Rattle, Charlie Higson etc. 



 India Calling C4.                                                    Victorians Uncovered C4                                         I Like to Watch C4.    
The Fine Art of Crime C4                                       BBC World Challenge                                             Down to Earth    BBC World

She has been fortunate in filming the life of pastoralists in the Afar region in

Northern Ethiopia; factory workers in the new industrialised China; herdsmen

on the Mongolian steppes; Bedouins fleeing the army’s gaze in the

deserts of Israel as well as Taureg families ​escaping conflict in West Africa.

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UK Broadcast credits include:


Dispatches (C4),

Panorama (BBC2),

Tribal Wives (BBC2),

the Money Programme (BBC 2),

Crossing the Lines (BBC2),

India Calling! (C4),

ArtHouse: The Fine Art of Crime (C4),

Can't Stop the Music (C4), Pocket Guide to Parenting (BBC2),

​Children on the Frontline (BBC World),

​Great Excavations - a History of Archaeology (C4),

Buried Treasures at the British Museum (BBC2 ), 

Wild Boys (BBC 1), I Love...(BBC 1),

Food and Drink (BBC 2),

   Witness (Al Jazeera English).      

                     

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