David Coleman

I joined the BBC as an electrical engineer after studying at UMIST, Manchester and spending 2 years as a truck driver. Following a stint as a RADIO 4 ANNOUNCER I became a director with BBC TELEVISION NEWS. Since then I have directed a wide variety of programmes from children's TV to game shows to BBC PROM. CONCERTS and in 2011WILLIAM & KATE'S WEDDING at WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
POLITICAL PROGRAMMING includes 7 series of QUESTION TIME (for which I was also  the audience warm-up), THE [very] FIRST LEADERS' DEBATE on ITV in 2010, CHANNEL 4's ALTERNATIVE ELECTION in 2015 & 2017 and many more debates and results programmes for all the UK networks for many UK Elections.
I have experience of producing documentary series including THE BIG RACE for ITV. It was the story, in 8 episodes, of the journey of 6 cars and their drivers from London to New York - the long way round - through Europe and Russia.
My experience of science & technology TV includes 6 series of the BBC's TOMORROW'S WORLD, and most recently TOMORROW'S WORLD LIVE (a 1.5 hour live TW re-union), 15 series of THE ROYAL INSTITUTION XMAS LECTURES, a live birth and several anatomy series and films. ANATOMY FOR BEGINNERS with Gunther von Hagens and  DON'T PANIC  - the story of our population growth with Prof. Hans Rosling both won RTS AWARDS.

I have made films and directed studios and outside broadcasts in 30 countries and through the BBC have run production training courses at the NFTS and through the BBC run courses in Bangladesh, Kenya, Tunisia and Jordan.

I also direct some modest theatre productions and have written two musical parodies, one of which has been performed in the UK, South Africa, Australia and the USA and is doing better than I expected on YouTube.