British television producer and director
Barbie MacLaurin (born 1964) is a British television producer and director.[1]
Director
MacLaurin started directing on the BBC's Holiday and Airport television series'. Thereafter, she filmed several documentaries including Final Chance to Save Tigers.[2] In 2008 MacLaurin was nominated for two awards for her work on Paul Merton in China.[3] Her most recent work includes Richard E. Grant's Hotel Secrets for Sky Atlantic, The Drug Trial: Emergency at the Hospital for the BBC which was nominated for a Grierson and won Feature of the Year at the Medical Journalist Awards 2017, and The Abused, a critically acclaimed feature-length documentary for Channel 5 which was nominated for a BAFTA and won Best Documentary at the Edinburgh TV Festival 2019.
Filmography
Year
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Film/Programme
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Credit
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1998-2004
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Holiday
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Director - Numerous
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2001-2002
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Airport
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Director - 3 episodes
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2002
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SAS: Are You Tough Enough? Series one
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Director - 3 episodes
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2003
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No Going Back
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Director - 2 episodes
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2005
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Peaches Geldof: Teenage Mind
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Director
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2006
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Final Chance to Save: Tigers with Sanjeev Bhaskar
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Writer and Director
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2007
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Paul Merton in China
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Director
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2008
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Dangerous Jobs for Girls
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Producer and Director - 1 episode
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2008
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Transvestite Wives
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Director
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2009-2011
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Banged Up Abroad
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Director - 3 episodes
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2010
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Martin Clunes:Islands of Britain - The North
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Producer and Director - Episode 2
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2011
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Taking On Tyson
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Director - 2 episodes
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2012
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Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways
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Director - 1 episode
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2012
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Married to the Moonies
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Producer and Director
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2014
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Richard E. Grant's Hotel Secrets
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Producer and Director - 3 episodes
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2014
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The Gift
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Director - 2 episodes
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2016
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Women in Prison
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Director - 2 episodes
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2017
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The Drug Trial: Emergency at the Hospital
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Writer, Director and Producer
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2018
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Breaking Bad in Britain
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Writer and Director
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2019
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The Abused
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Director and Producer
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Awards and nominations
- 2008: Nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Factual Series or Strand with Paul Sommers, Mark Chapman and Paul Merton for Paul Merton in China.[3]
- 2008: Nominated for a Broadcast Award for Paul Merton in China.
- 2017: Winner Feature of the Year, Medical Journalist Awards for The Drug Trial: Emergency at the Hospital
- 2017: Nominated Best Science Documentary, Grierson Awards for The Drug Trial: Emergency at the Hospital
- 2018: Winner Best Science Program, Banff Awards for The Drug Trial: Emergency at the Hospital
- 2018: Nominated Best Documentary, Broadcast Awards for The Drug Trial: Emergency at the Hospital
- 2019: Winner Best Documentary, Edinburgh Festival TV Awards for The Abused
- 2019: Winner Best Domestic Affairs, International Broadcasters Awards for The Abused
- 2020: Nominated Best Documentary, Broadcast Awards for The Abused
- 2020: Nominated Best Single Documentary, BAFTA for The Abused
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