Films
I’ve been making documentaries now for a couple of decades. What started out as a simple desire for adventure developed into a deep love for humanity and nature, and the kind of response that comes with having seen first-hand what our way of life is doing in the world.
Most of them are here to watch, free.
Tribe with Bruce ParryTawai: A Voice From the ForestArctic with Bruce ParryAmazon with Bruce ParryTribeBlizzard: Race to the PoleSerious DesertSerious JungleCannibals & CramponsTrekforceDVDs, books and musicAwards
Tribe with Bruce Parry
BBC Two and iPlayer, 2025
My return to the BBC after more than a decade, living with three communities: the Waimaha of the Colombian Amazon, the Mucubal of Angola and the Marapu of Sumba.
Tawai: A Voice From the Forest
Feature documentary, 2017
Tawai took seven years to make and was an attempt to go a little deeper into the areas which affected me deeply on my previous travels.
Arctic with Bruce Parry
BBC Two, 2011
The last series I did with the BBC was a trip around the Arctic, looking at the problems local people were having to deal with as a result of climate change. Although it was not planned that way, each episode had at its heart a strong message about the healing power of nature.
Amazon with Bruce Parry
BBC Two, 2008
After years of making the Tribe documentaries, our Amazon series was an opportunity to show what we had seen on our journeys around the world. In an eight month trip down the largest river on earth we set out to highlight the impacts of globalised trade and consumption.
Tribe
BBC Two, 2005 to 2007
In each episode of the BBC series Tribe I went to visit a different Indigenous group somewhere in the world.
Blizzard: Race to the Pole
BBC, 2006
I played the role of Captain Scott in this BBC re-enactment of his fateful journey to the South Pole. Due to restrictions on dogs in Antarctica we made our journey on Greenland, but it was pretty exciting nonetheless.
Serious Desert
CBBC, 2003
Emma Jay and I led eight young adventurers to Namibia to help save the endangered black rhino, building a camel enclosure and trekking across the dunes to the Skeleton Coast.
Serious Jungle
CBBC, 2002
Emma Jay and I led eight young adventurers into the Borneo jungle to build a feeding platform for orangutans being returned to the wild.
Cannibals & Crampons
BBC One, 2002
My first foray into filmmaking, with my good friend Mark Anstice. We went off to climb a very remote and little known mountain in West Papua, the Indonesian half of New Guinea. Read Mark’s book.
Trekforce
Before television
Before television I worked as an expedition leader for Trekforce. These are two promotional films from that time.
DVDs, books and music
Tribe, Amazon, Arctic, Blizzard and Tawai on DVD, the books that went with the series, and two albums: one raising money for Survival International and Nick Barber’s soundtrack for Tawai.
Awards
- 2026Wildscreen Panda Award, On-Screen Talent, for Tribe with Bruce Parry (The Waimaha)
- 2009BAFTA Television Award, Factual Series, for Amazon with Bruce Parry
- 2009Royal Television Society Award, Presenter, for Amazon with Bruce Parry
- 2008BAFTA Cymru, On-Screen Presenter, for Tribe (the Penan)
- 2007Royal Television Society Award, Presenter, for Tribe
- 2006BAFTA Cymru, On-Screen Presenter, for Tribe (the Kombai)
- 2004BAFTA Children's Award, Factual, won by Serious Desert (CBBC)
- 2003Royal Television Society Award, Children's Factual, won by Serious Jungle (CBBC)
- 2002Kendal Mountain Film Festival, Grand Prize and the People's Choice Award, for Cannibals and Crampons
- 2002Banff Mountain Film Festival, Best Film on Mountain Environment and the People's Choice Award, for Cannibals and Crampons
Nominations
- 2026RTS West of England Awards, Factual, for Tribe with Bruce Parry
- 2009BAFTA Cymru, On-Screen Presenter, for Amazon
- 2007, 2008BAFTA Television Award, Factual Series, for Tribe
- 2006Royal Television Society Awards, Presenter and Breakthrough (On Screen), for Tribe