ANNA MANTON

• 'SIR TREVOR MCDONALD: A Life & Legacy' ITV1
• I was honoured to be asked by ITV to produce and direct a 60' tribute documentary for legendary broadcaster Sir Trevor McDonald.
• Presented by Julie Etchingham, the documentary makes excellent use of ITN's rich archive and moving interviews with friends and colleagues to chart Sir Trevor's extraordinary sixty year career.

• Teaching, researching and administrative duties.

TONIGHT Prisons: On The Brink? ITV1

• Secured exclusive filming access in a prison for a special report on the current state of UK prisons.
• Conducted interviews with whistleblowing former prison officer and His Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons.
• Nominated for Royal Television Society North West 2025, Best Current Affairs programme.

TONIGHT Smartphones: Time to give them up for good? ITV1

• Examined smartphone impact on young minds through an innovative device swap experiment.
• Filmed in an innovative school who have found a unique way to remove mobile phones from the school day.

ITV Election Specials ITV1

• Worked across all the Party Leader interview programmes.
• Produced and Directed a special programme featuring an interview with Scotland's First Minister John Swinney by ITV Border Political Editor Peter McMahon.

TONIGHT ‘Murdered at Home’ ITV1

• An analysis of the current law surrounding domestic homicide with a weapon.
• Reporter: Julie Etchingham. Featuring deeply moving interviews with three women whose daughters were all murdered by current or former partners.
• Nominated: Royal Television Society Awards, North West 2024, Best Current Affairs Programme

• ABBEY CLANCY: CELEBRITY HOMES, ITVBe
• 6 X 60'
• Model and interior design enthusiast Abbey Clancy explores beautiful celebrity owned homes.
• Series Producer and I directed three of the sixepisodes.
• Royal Television Society North West, Best Factual Entertainment Series WINNER 2024.

• EXPOSURE 'Women and The Police; The Inside Story' ITV1
• 60' documentary commissioned as part of the BAFTA award winning Exposure strand, featuring first time interviews with former and serving female police officers, examining the misogynistic culture in policing. Reporter: Julie Etchingham.
• Nominated: Best Crime and Legal category, The British Journalism Awards 2023.

• ‘QUEEN ELIZABETH II: A Nation Remembers’ ITV1
• Fast turnaround 90’ special examining the 14 days between Queen Elizabeth II’s death and her funeral and broadcast the evening of Her Majesty’s funeral. Interviewees included Jonathan Dimbleby, Sir Trevor McDonald, Andrew Marr, Katherine Jenkins.

• ‘TONIGHT: Stop and Search’
• An analysis of the disproportionate use of the police tactic of stop and search against members of black and asian communities. Reporter Alex Beresford.

• JUDI LOVE: Black, Female and Invisible, Channel 4
• Single 60’ documentary presented by broadcaster Judi Love, examining (the statistical disadvantages of) the intersection of being black and female.
• Winner: Documentary of the Year, Visionary Arts Awards, 2023.
• Shortlisted: Best Current Affairs Documentary, Grierson Awards 2023.
• Nominated: ‘I Talk Telly’ Best Documentary award 2023.

• 'EMPIRE'S CHILD' ITV1
• Single primetime 60’ documentary with broadcaster Charlene White examining her family’s place within the history of the British Empire. Received a raft of critical praise including a 5* review from the TV Times and a 4* review in the Telegraph
• Shortlisted: Best Authored Documentary: National Television Awards 2022.
• Nominated: ‘I Talk Telly’ Best Documentary award 2022.

• 'TOM WATSON: GIVING UP SUGAR FOR GOOD' ITV1
• Two x 30’ specials for ITV’s flagship current affairs programme 'Tonight'. Lord Watson tells his personal story of extreme weight loss whilst examining the wider issues around obesity in the UK.
• Part two was broadcast on a Friday evening (the first time Tonight had TX’d on a Friday in over a decade) and beat Eastenders in ratings.

• ‘CORONATION STREET; 60 UNFORGETTABLE YEARS’ ITV1
• Single 90’ primetime special commemorating 60 years of the ITV flagship drama Coronation Street. I conducted all the interviews with present and former cast members as well as taking lead in the edit.

• ‘ALISON HAMMOND: BACK TO SCHOOL’ ITV1
• Single 60’ doc commissioned to launch ITV’s first Black History Month. I worked closely with presenter Alison Hammond to tell the stories of hidden figures in Black British history.
• Nominated: Best Documentary Presenter, Grierson Awards 2021.

• A small business providing musical classes to pre-schoolers.

• Maternity leave.

• ‘MAKE ME RICH’ ITV1
• Daytime money saving series presented by Martin Lewis.

• ‘COSMETIC SURGERY LIVE’ Channel 5
• I produced and directed 'World VT’s' in Brazil featuring ground breaking cosmetic surgery procedures.

‘TONIGHT WITH TREVOR MCDONALD’ ITV1

• My personal highlights on Tonight include; a reconstruction in the Australian outback of the disappearance of British tourist Peter Falconio and co-producing the subsequent interview between reporter Martin Bashir and Joanne Lees.
• Co-producing Sir Trevor McDonald’s exclusive interview with pop superstar George Michael.
• Selected as one of a small team to fly out to New York in the aftermath of 9/11 for a series of Tonight specials.
• Securing exclusive access to Angela Cannings in the weeks after her murder conviction was overturned by the Court of Appeal in a landmark legal case.

• PACKAGE HOLIDAY UNDERCOVER ITV1
• A series examining the hidden nasties on package holidays the brochures don't warn holidaymakers about.

• ‘TONIGHT WITH TREVOR MCDONALD’ ITV1
• Flagship current affairs programme for ITV.
• Part of the team who helped the programme win Royal Television Society Programme Of The Year for two consecutive years.

• ‘TONIGHT WITH TREVOR MCDONALD’ ITV1

• ‘MATERNITY HOSPITAL’ BBC1
• Live Daily OB from St Mary’s Hospital, Manchester.

• ‘PURE NAUGHTY’ BBC2
• Music show presented by Spice Girl Mel B.

• ‘MARK AND LARD POP UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS’ UK Play
• Studio music quiz show.

• ‘LIVE LYRICS’ BBC2
• Caribbean Arts review series.

• 'SOUL NIGHT' BBC2
• One night of programming dedicated to the history of soul music.

‘MIXED EMOTIONS’ BBC2

• Documentary series examining mixed race relationships.

• Development