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Royal Wedding

20111031

Miles Warde presents the first of five programmes featuring famous press photographers. Largely recorded in real time, they offer drama and insight into professionals at work. In the first programme James Hill of the New York Times gives up the chance to go to Libya in order to shoot the famous balcony kiss at this year's royal wedding between Catherine Middleton and Prince William.

"I don't know if this was a reward, or a punishment. Perhaps it was both," says the Moscow based photographer, winner of both the Pulitzer and the world press. His paper paid £900 to put him on the stand at the Victoria Memorial in front of Buckingham Palace, but he is further from the balcony than he had guessed, and he has the wrong lens. James Hill shares his thoughts on this 'blink and you miss it' event - the anguish and stress - via a microphone we gave him before the day began.

Also in this series - Lewis Whyld of the Press Association at the first night of the Tottenham riots; Mike Goldwater back in Rwanda 17 years after the genocide; Geoff Waugh on the final alpine stage of this year's Tour de France; and Jane Mingay of the Telegraph, who took the most famous picture at the London bombings, in New York looking for images of the tenth anniversary of 9/11.

The producer is Miles Warde.

How one press photographer took the royal wedding balcony kiss shot.

Miles Warde presents an insight into the work of professional photographers.

Tottenham Riots

20111101

Miles Warde presents the second of five programmes featuring photographers capturing the most dramatic events of the past year. When Lewis Whyld of the Press Association arrived on Tottenham High Street on August 6th, the first and fiercest night of this summer's riots, he soon saw three other photographers being attacked. For the next hour therefore he shot on his mobile phone, and only pulled out his cameras once it was dark. Shooting by the light of the police helicopter searchlight, Lewis captured images that went right round the world. In this compelling account of an extremely difficult assignment, he draws parallels between what was happening in north London, and what he had witnessed earlier this year in the riots Tahrir Square in Cairo. This programme is filled with extraordinary detail, and reveals how little are the rewards for photographers who risk everything in order to witness events.

How Lewis Whyld captured the Tottenham riots - the fires, the police and the mob.

Miles Warde presents an insight into the work of professional photographers.

The Tour De France

20111102

Reporter Miles Warde follows photographer Geoff Waugh during this year's Tour De France. It's the last stage in the Alps, on the twenty one bends of Alpe d'Huez, and Geoff Waugh has to find the best place to stand. Cycling photography is notoriously difficult - unlike most sports, the action is not contained to a stadium but spread out along a course over a hundred kilometres long. Geoff describes in gripping detail what it is like to hang off the back of a motorbike, large lenses flapping around, while following the race. We hear from the sun-crazed fans lining the course, and also capture Geoff at work as the main contenders, including Alberto Contador, come past. "It's arms, legs, flags, motorbikes, noise, burning clutches - 250th of a second snippets.".

Geoff Waugh on taking photographs during the Tour de France.

Miles Warde presents an insight into the work of professional photographers.

9-11 Anniversary

20111103

The tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on New York's twin towers was a solemn and emotional event. Miles Warde follows photographer Jane Mingay of the Daily Telegraph as she searches for the image which captures the day. The reading of the long list of names of those who perished moves the photographer almost to tears. In 2005, Jane Mingay took perhaps the most iconic shot of the London terrorist bombings, of a woman being helped away from a tube station, her face wrapped in a burn mask.

Jane Mingay of the Telegraph covers the 9/11 anniversary in New York.

Miles Warde presents an insight into the work of professional photographers.

Return To Rwanda

20111104

Miles Warde talks to photographer Mike Goldwater, recently back from Rwanda where he made moving recordings of the people he photographed. These include a woman whose husband is now in jail for genocide crimes. Mike was in Rwanda during the genocide, and won a world press award for his picture of a young Hutu girl caught up in the ethnic fighting in Burundi the previous year. We hear from both the photographer and his subjects about how the war affected their lives.

The producer is Miles Warde.

Mike Goldwater in Rwanda, 17 years after the genocide.

Miles Warde presents an insight into the work of professional photographers.

Kidnap In Syria

20150202

The return of Miles Warde's series about press photographers at work. In May 2013, photographer Jack Hill of The Times was kidnapped in Syria, bundled into a car boot, and beaten round the head. He was with the reporter Anthony Loyd who was shot. They were within sight of the border when the kidnap occurred.

"They get me down, are whacking me round the head with rifle butts at this point, and the guy I've been fighting with earlier just walks round the front and smacks me straight in the face."

Jack Hill's calm account of their escape, helped by their fixer Mahmoud, has not been told on radio before. Hill is one of two staff photographers at his paper and won the 2013 Picture Editors Guild Award for his work in Syria.

Miles Warde's other programmes this week include Dylan Martinez of Reuters at the World Cup Final in Brazil; the four photographers of Document Scotland in the run up to September's referendum on independence; the flooding of the Somerset Levels, as experienced by Jon Rowley and Adam Gray of the South West News Service; and the final programme travels with Nick Danziger to Uganda, where he revisits a family of orphaned sisters he first found sheltering from the horror of the Lord's Resistance Army in 2005.

Dramatic stories from award winning photographers - the producer is Miles Warde.

The dramatic account of a kidnap in Syria and the escape, by Jack Hill of the Times.

Miles Warde presents an insight into the work of professional photographers.

World Cup Final In Brazil

20150203

Reporter Miles Warde talks to Dylan Martinez of Reuters about the drama of the football world cup final, and how he got the shot of the winning goal. This was a bitter sweet experience, because Dylan is half Argentinian, and Argentina lost.

"But in the end there's only one thing you have to do as a photographer at a world cup final, and that is don't screw it up. Relief, pure unadulterated relief pretty much sums up how I felt when I saw these pictures."

The producer is Miles Warde.

Dylan Martinez of Reuters on the drama of the 2014 World Cup final in Brazil.

Miles Warde presents an insight into the work of professional photographers.

The Scottish Referendum On Independence

20150204

Reporter Miles Warde meets the photographers of Document Scotland in the run up to the independence referendum. Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert, Sophie Gerrard, Stephen McLaren and Colin McPherson all came together at this historic moment in Scotland's history to document what they saw.

One project - Scotland Sweet Sixteen - features first time voters. They can be heard in the programme seeing their portraits on the walls of a Glasgow gallery for the very first time.

The producer is Miles Warde.

The photographers of Document Scotland on the independence referendum.

Miles Warde presents an insight into the work of professional photographers.

The Flooding Of The Somerset Levels

20150205

Reporter Miles Warde meets two photographers who covered the relentless flooding of the Somerset Levels. Adam Gray and Jon Rowley describe in detail what was required, and you'll hear from a man photographed in his flooded front living room. What did he make of the endless media interest in the drama of the floods ?

The producer is Miles Warde.

How the photographers of South West News Service covered the Somerset floods.

Miles Warde presents an insight into the work of professional photographers.

Nick Danziger In Uganda

20150206

Reporter Miles Warde travels with Nick Danziger to Gulu in northern Uganda to find three orphan sisters Nick first photographed a decade ago. The trip is part of a massive project about how people's lives are changing in eight of the poorest countries in the world.

"In 2005 one of my abiding memories of being here in Gulu was looking down this road and seeing a river of children, nothing but children, walking as fast as they could towards the night shelter, so that they would reach safety before nightfall, and not be taken by the Lord's Resistance army, who were abducting children in all of the surrounding villages here."

Find out how the sisters' lives have changed since those dramatic days.

The producer is Miles Warde.

Nick Danziger travels to Uganda to find three orphan sisters he photographed in 2005.

Miles Warde presents an insight into the work of professional photographers.

Episodes

Series	Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Comments
01	01	Royal Wedding	20111031	Miles Warde presents the first of five programmes featuring famous press photographers. Largely recorded in real time, they offer drama and insight into professionals at work. In the first programme James Hill of the New York Times gives up the chance to go to Libya in order to shoot the famous balcony kiss at this year's royal wedding between Catherine Middleton and Prince William. "I don't know if this was a reward, or a punishment. Perhaps it was both," says the Moscow based photographer, winner of both the Pulitzer and the world press. His paper paid £900 to put him on the stand at the Victoria Memorial in front of Buckingham Palace, but he is further from the balcony than he had guessed, and he has the wrong lens. James Hill shares his thoughts on this 'blink and you miss it' event - the anguish and stress - via a microphone we gave him before the day began. Also in this series - Lewis Whyld of the Press Association at the first night of the Tottenham riots; Mike Goldwater back in Rwanda 17 years after the genocide; Geoff Waugh on the final alpine stage of this year's Tour de France; and Jane Mingay of the Telegraph, who took the most famous picture at the London bombings, in New York looking for images of the tenth anniversary of 9/11. The producer is Miles Warde. How one press photographer took the royal wedding balcony kiss shot. Miles Warde presents an insight into the work of professional photographers.
01	02	Tottenham Riots	20111101	Miles Warde presents the second of five programmes featuring photographers capturing the most dramatic events of the past year. When Lewis Whyld of the Press Association arrived on Tottenham High Street on August 6th, the first and fiercest night of this summer's riots, he soon saw three other photographers being attacked. For the next hour therefore he shot on his mobile phone, and only pulled out his cameras once it was dark. Shooting by the light of the police helicopter searchlight, Lewis captured images that went right round the world. In this compelling account of an extremely difficult assignment, he draws parallels between what was happening in north London, and what he had witnessed earlier this year in the riots Tahrir Square in Cairo. This programme is filled with extraordinary detail, and reveals how little are the rewards for photographers who risk everything in order to witness events. How Lewis Whyld captured the Tottenham riots - the fires, the police and the mob. Miles Warde presents an insight into the work of professional photographers.
01	03	The Tour De France	20111102	Reporter Miles Warde follows photographer Geoff Waugh during this year's Tour De France. It's the last stage in the Alps, on the twenty one bends of Alpe d'Huez, and Geoff Waugh has to find the best place to stand. Cycling photography is notoriously difficult - unlike most sports, the action is not contained to a stadium but spread out along a course over a hundred kilometres long. Geoff describes in gripping detail what it is like to hang off the back of a motorbike, large lenses flapping around, while following the race. We hear from the sun-crazed fans lining the course, and also capture Geoff at work as the main contenders, including Alberto Contador, come past. "It's arms, legs, flags, motorbikes, noise, burning clutches - 250th of a second snippets.". Geoff Waugh on taking photographs during the Tour de France. Miles Warde presents an insight into the work of professional photographers.
01	04	9-11 Anniversary	20111103	The tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on New York's twin towers was a solemn and emotional event. Miles Warde follows photographer Jane Mingay of the Daily Telegraph as she searches for the image which captures the day. The reading of the long list of names of those who perished moves the photographer almost to tears. In 2005, Jane Mingay took perhaps the most iconic shot of the London terrorist bombings, of a woman being helped away from a tube station, her face wrapped in a burn mask. Jane Mingay of the Telegraph covers the 9/11 anniversary in New York. Miles Warde presents an insight into the work of professional photographers.
01	05	Return To Rwanda	20111104	Miles Warde talks to photographer Mike Goldwater, recently back from Rwanda where he made moving recordings of the people he photographed. These include a woman whose husband is now in jail for genocide crimes. Mike was in Rwanda during the genocide, and won a world press award for his picture of a young Hutu girl caught up in the ethnic fighting in Burundi the previous year. We hear from both the photographer and his subjects about how the war affected their lives. The producer is Miles Warde. Mike Goldwater in Rwanda, 17 years after the genocide. Miles Warde presents an insight into the work of professional photographers.
02	01	Kidnap In Syria	20150202	The return of Miles Warde's series about press photographers at work. In May 2013, photographer Jack Hill of The Times was kidnapped in Syria, bundled into a car boot, and beaten round the head. He was with the reporter Anthony Loyd who was shot. They were within sight of the border when the kidnap occurred. "They get me down, are whacking me round the head with rifle butts at this point, and the guy I've been fighting with earlier just walks round the front and smacks me straight in the face." Jack Hill's calm account of their escape, helped by their fixer Mahmoud, has not been told on radio before. Hill is one of two staff photographers at his paper and won the 2013 Picture Editors Guild Award for his work in Syria. Miles Warde's other programmes this week include Dylan Martinez of Reuters at the World Cup Final in Brazil; the four photographers of Document Scotland in the run up to September's referendum on independence; the flooding of the Somerset Levels, as experienced by Jon Rowley and Adam Gray of the South West News Service; and the final programme travels with Nick Danziger to Uganda, where he revisits a family of orphaned sisters he first found sheltering from the horror of the Lord's Resistance Army in 2005. Dramatic stories from award winning photographers - the producer is Miles Warde. The dramatic account of a kidnap in Syria and the escape, by Jack Hill of the Times. Miles Warde presents an insight into the work of professional photographers.
02	02	World Cup Final In Brazil	20150203	Reporter Miles Warde talks to Dylan Martinez of Reuters about the drama of the football world cup final, and how he got the shot of the winning goal. This was a bitter sweet experience, because Dylan is half Argentinian, and Argentina lost. "But in the end there's only one thing you have to do as a photographer at a world cup final, and that is don't screw it up. Relief, pure unadulterated relief pretty much sums up how I felt when I saw these pictures." The producer is Miles Warde. Dylan Martinez of Reuters on the drama of the 2014 World Cup final in Brazil. Miles Warde presents an insight into the work of professional photographers.
02	03	The Scottish Referendum On Independence	20150204	Reporter Miles Warde meets the photographers of Document Scotland in the run up to the independence referendum. Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert, Sophie Gerrard, Stephen McLaren and Colin McPherson all came together at this historic moment in Scotland's history to document what they saw. One project - Scotland Sweet Sixteen - features first time voters. They can be heard in the programme seeing their portraits on the walls of a Glasgow gallery for the very first time. The producer is Miles Warde. The photographers of Document Scotland on the independence referendum. Miles Warde presents an insight into the work of professional photographers.
02	04	The Flooding Of The Somerset Levels	20150205	Reporter Miles Warde meets two photographers who covered the relentless flooding of the Somerset Levels. Adam Gray and Jon Rowley describe in detail what was required, and you'll hear from a man photographed in his flooded front living room. What did he make of the endless media interest in the drama of the floods ? The producer is Miles Warde. How the photographers of South West News Service covered the Somerset floods. Miles Warde presents an insight into the work of professional photographers.
02	05	Nick Danziger In Uganda	20150206	Reporter Miles Warde travels with Nick Danziger to Gulu in northern Uganda to find three orphan sisters Nick first photographed a decade ago. The trip is part of a massive project about how people's lives are changing in eight of the poorest countries in the world. "In 2005 one of my abiding memories of being here in Gulu was looking down this road and seeing a river of children, nothing but children, walking as fast as they could towards the night shelter, so that they would reach safety before nightfall, and not be taken by the Lord's Resistance army, who were abducting children in all of the surrounding villages here." Find out how the sisters' lives have changed since those dramatic days. The producer is Miles Warde. Nick Danziger travels to Uganda to find three orphan sisters he photographed in 2005. Miles Warde presents an insight into the work of professional photographers.