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ALICE MAYHALL

Summary

I am a multiple award winning (BAFTA and Broadcast) Series and Senior Producer who has, until now, specialised in creating and working on highly acclaimed, hard-to-reach access Documentaries. Often working in sensitive and challenging environments, managing external stakeholders’ expectations alongside vulnerable contributors I know how to fuse journalistic integrity with authentic human storytelling (with heart) to the mainstream audiences. I run happy teams across production and in the edit and pride myself on collaborating with the best talent in the business.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work history

CONSULTANT - PAROLE 2 4x60' BBC2

RAW TV
05.2024 - 06.2024

Series 2 of the highly successful hybrid True Crime Documentary series, behind the scenes of Parole Board hearings.

  • After Series Producing Series 1, I came on-board in a consulting capacity to ensure compliance protocols and systems were in place.
  • Directed complex crew shoot.

EP LIESEL EVANS/ GEORGE WALDRUM


SERIES PRODUCER - PAROLE 4x60' BBC2

RAW TV
04.2019 - 04.2023

GRIERSON NOMINATION BEST DOCUMENTARY SERIES 2023

Ground breaking True Crime Documentary series following the high stakes drama of Parole Board hearings, uniquely combining retrospective stories interwoven with Present tense Observational Documentary and Drama Recon

  • Co-developed the format from the outset
  • Solely working with the MoJ I gained access to 12 prisons, the National Probation Service and Victim Service
  • Responsible for all legals, compliance and access
  • Managed team of 5, working closely with the Series Director and Executive Producer I helped shape the format of the series during challenging times of covid which had multiple impacts on the production
  • Oversaw running of 4 edits, helping shape, script and delivering to time
  • Working with Archive
  • Series was met to critical acclaim and was recommissioned

EP LIESEL EVANS

*****..the excellent new series….is nothing short of spellbinding.. The Independent


SERIES PRODUCER - KIDS ON THE EDGE 4x60' C4

CENTURY FILMS
06.2014 - 01.2016

BAFTA NOMINATION BEST DOCUMENTARY SERIES 2017

With unprecedented access to the Tavistock and Portman Trust, including the renowned Gender Identity Clinic, this series explores the ongoing Children’s Mental Health Crisis in the UK

  • Working on the project from the outset I secured never seen before access to the Tavistock and Portman Trusts working with vulnerable children and young adults as they navigated through complex mental health crisis'
  • Across all compliance, oversaw team in casting contributors and helped shape the series
  • Worked closely with Series Director, Peter Beard
  • Maintained tricky and sensitive relationships with patients, families and therapists

EP LIESEL EVANS


Insightful, sensitive..new docuseries The Guardian

SENIOR DEVELOPMENT PRODUCER

SHIVER/ ITV
09.2018 - 03.2019

Brought in to develop on a True Crime slate

  • Secured access to a woman on death row in Texas which was immediately commissioned by ITV
  • Developed access to West Midlands Police, researched with the Serious Crimes Unit to develop a possible series
  • Developed access with Kings College Hospital Intensive Care Unit and filmed and edited taster tapes

PD - BRITAIN'S BIGGEST PRIMARY SCHOOL 4x60' C5

CENTURY FILMS
01.2014 - 11.2014

Combining humour and poignant storytelling, this Observational Documentary series follows the lives of children and staff at a ‘super’ school in one of Britain's most deprived areas.

  • Filmed, directed and edited the first episode
  • Oversaw the edit of a second episode

EP LIESEL EVANS


****Next to C4’s Educating series, BBPS is as small as the school it records is large. It could teach bigger, flashier documentaries a lesson or two. The Times

SENIOR PRODUCER - BEDLAM 4x60' C4

THE GARDEN PRODUCTIONS
01.2012 - 12.2013

BAFTA AWARD BEST FACTUAL SERIES 2014

BROADCAST AWARD BEST DOCUMENTARY SERIES 2014

GRIERSON NOMINATION BEST DOCUMENTARY SERIES

Groundbreaking Observational Series with unprecedented access inside the world’s oldest psychiatric institution

  • I produced across the series for two years, developing and securing early access across the Trust, developing protocols, and casting key contributors, then working through the edit on compliance.
  • Developed and maintained delicate relationships with vulnerable contributors and staff
  • Working closely with award winning SD David Nath and Director Paddy Wivell.

EP AMY FLANAGAN


Just because something is about mental health, and fundamentally sad, doesn't mean it needs to be a humour-free zone; you can cry and laugh at the same time. Brilliant TV The Guardian

DV DIRECTOR - KEEPING BRITAIN ALIVE 8x60' BBC2

THE GARDEN
12.2012 - 12.2012

BAFTA NOMINATION BEST FACTUAL SERIES

Landmark and highly ambitious Observational series filming multiple NHS Trusts on one day

  • Filming multiple births at Birmingham Maternity Unit with staff and families
  • Sensitive complex access and set up, negotiated on the ground access as events were unfolding

EP AMY FLANAGAN


PRODUCER - A YEAR AT ENB 3x60' BBC4

TIGER ASPECT
01.2010 - 01.2011

BAFTA CRAFT NOMINATION

Playful and humorous Observational documentary series following English National Ballet over three productions

  • Produced across the series and edited alongside the Series Director
  • Recorded sound with mixer

EP CLIVE TULLOH


SHOOTING PRODUCER - GRANDPARENT DIARIES 3x60' BBC4

BLAST FILMS
01.2009 - 07.2009

Observational series looking at the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren

  • Filmed and produced one of the films

SHOOTING PD - LIVING WITH HIV 1x30' for C4

RICOCHET TV
01.2007 - 08.2007

Observational Documentary following an HIV positive teenager as they came to terms with their diagnosis

  • Filmed, directed and edited one film as part of a series

PD - RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES REVISIT 1x60' C4

OPTOMEN TV
01.2006 - 08.2006

BAFTA NOMINATION BEST FEATURE

  • Directed and edited film

EP BECKY CLARKE


SHOOTING PRODUCER & AP VARIOUS PRODUCTIONS

BLAST FILMS/ RDF TV/ ITV
01.2004 - 01.2008

Factual Entertainment credits include:

Faking It, C4

Holiday Showdown, ITV

Celebrities Behaving Badly, ITV


Education

Bachelor of Arts - DRAMA, FILM AND TV

BRISTOL UNIVERSITY
BRISTOL
/1996 - /1999

Skills

  • Thorough industry knowledge - 25 years in industry
  • 15 years filming experience
  • Completed Screen Skills Edit Producer Course
  • Proficient at most editing software including Adobe

VOLUNTEERING

BRIGHTON UNEMPLOYED FAMILIES PROJECT WELFARE RIGHTS ADVISOR 2023-Present

I work with people who are homeless or in temporary accommodation offering them benefits advice and help them liaise with services including DWP, Probation and housing.

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

CONSULTANT - PAROLE 2 4x60' BBC2

RAW TV
05.2024 - 06.2024

SERIES PRODUCER - PAROLE 4x60' BBC2

RAW TV
04.2019 - 04.2023

SENIOR DEVELOPMENT PRODUCER

SHIVER/ ITV
09.2018 - 03.2019

SERIES PRODUCER - KIDS ON THE EDGE 4x60' C4

CENTURY FILMS
06.2014 - 01.2016

PD - BRITAIN'S BIGGEST PRIMARY SCHOOL 4x60' C5

CENTURY FILMS
01.2014 - 11.2014

DV DIRECTOR - KEEPING BRITAIN ALIVE 8x60' BBC2

THE GARDEN
12.2012 - 12.2012

SENIOR PRODUCER - BEDLAM 4x60' C4

THE GARDEN PRODUCTIONS
01.2012 - 12.2013

PRODUCER - A YEAR AT ENB 3x60' BBC4

TIGER ASPECT
01.2010 - 01.2011

SHOOTING PRODUCER - GRANDPARENT DIARIES 3x60' BBC4

BLAST FILMS
01.2009 - 07.2009

SHOOTING PD - LIVING WITH HIV 1x30' for C4

RICOCHET TV
01.2007 - 08.2007

PD - RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES REVISIT 1x60' C4

OPTOMEN TV
01.2006 - 08.2006

SHOOTING PRODUCER & AP VARIOUS PRODUCTIONS

BLAST FILMS/ RDF TV/ ITV
01.2004 - 01.2008

Bachelor of Arts - DRAMA, FILM AND TV

BRISTOL UNIVERSITY
/1996 - /1999
ALICE MAYHALL