Jobs, kit, and the occasional look back

Last week I was on a test shoot down in Bournemouth — using the sound stage in the Poole Gateway Building at Bournemouth University — working with some new technology I’m sworn to secrecy about and can’t share here. Someone on the crew looked familiar. It was the shoot’s university liaison who turned out to […]

Now that the final episode has aired, I can tell this one properly. Last November I packed the jib away at Longcross for the last time. I joined Call the Midwife on series eleven, back in 2021 — five series and four years of days and nights on the Poplar backlot for Neal Street Productions. […]

This stunningly beautiful short film was something I was lucky enough to be a part of making a little while ago. It follows the fragile existence of Hélène, a seven-year-old Roma girl, during the horrific period of Jew and Romani ‘cleansing’ by Hitler prior to the Olympics in Berlin 1936. Hélène hides in a decaying old […]

A great new drama series that me and the fabulous Ben Reason were involved with has just started on ITV, starring Dawn French and written by Mark Brotherhood (Benidorm/Shameless). It was a real pleasure to work on, giving me the chance to catch up with an old mate DOP Andy Hollis (Under Milk Wood/The Office) […]

MAINS & 12 VOLT POWER MOD Had a lovely modification done to my control box by electronics wiz Gordon Richardson to eliminate the chance of being caught out by faulty jib cells ever again while on location.   The new system comes in two parts. First, Gordon has made me a mains power supply that […]

After it’s a successful pilot which we made back in 2018, this hilarious sitcom starring Tom Davis has at last hit prime time BBC One this January.   Absolutely fantastic cast and crew with endless laughs both on and off-screen. Enjoy!   KING GARY – FRIDAYS 9.30pm – BBC ONE A Shiny Button Production for […]

This bespoke dolly, engineered for Mike Drury Jibs by Chris Evans at DEB Engineering in Bristol and Sunray Inc. in North Carolina, USA, offers unrivalled flexibility and efficiency for any shoot in any environment. AMAZING OFF-ROAD ABILITY is provided by the robust 18” pneumatic wheels, allowing a fully rigged jib of any size to be […]