Grey Lantern · documentary team
We're ten days back from the final shoot of The Returning Tide, a 62-minute feature documentary we've been making since 2024. This issue of the journal covers the whole production — the early access conversations, the two long shoots, the cut in progress, and the things we got wrong along the way.
Four families, one stretch of Northumbrian coast, one year of weather. The Returning Tide follows a fishing village through the winter that was supposed to break it, and the year after it didn't. Currently in picture lock; broadcast spring 2027.
→ Read the production journalA twenty-four minute documentary on the closing of Britain's last working deep-coal mine, commissioned by BBC Storyville. A single family; three generations; the last day above and below the ground.
→ Read the director's noteSeven musicians, seven tracks, seven cities — a single film in seven parts, shot across Europe over a summer. Commissioned by Channel 4's short documentary strand.
→ Read the field notesBAFTA-nominated (demo). Long-form documentary specialism, broadcast and festival.
Arts, music and culture documentary. Thirteen years; prior agency background.
Cinematographer across all four directors' projects. Shoots both digital and film.
Lead editor on feature-length work. DaVinci-certified colour; formerly at a London post house.