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Kate Scholefield

Award-winning documentary producer

& director

AWARDS      

 

BAFTA 

Long Lost Family 

Best Features, 2013

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ROYAL TELEVISION SOCIETY

Long Lost Family 

Best Popular Factual and Features, 2012

 

2021

Series Producer

Anni: The Honeymoon Murder

4 x 1 hrs for Discovery +

2020

Senior Edit Producer 

Madeline McCann: the Hunt for the Prime Suspect

1 x 1 hr for ITV

2019

Series Producer 

What Makes a Murderer

3 x 1 hrs for Channel 4

2018 - 2019

Producer / Director

Unforgotten (pilot)

1 x 1 hr for BBC 2

2017 - 2018

Series Producer / Director

Serial Killer with Piers Morgan 

4 x 1 hrs for ITV

2017

Series Producer / Director 

Killer Women with Piers Morgan

5 x 1 hrs for ITV

2014 - 2016

Series Producer / Series Director

The Big C & Me

3 x 1 hrs for BBC 1

2013 - 2014

Series Producer  / Series Director

Long Lost Family (series 4)

8 x 1 hrs for ITV

Nomination: Best Features, BAFTA 2014

Nomination: Best Popular Features, Broadcast Awards 2013

2012 - 2013

Series Producer  / Series Director

Long Lost Family (series 3)

8 x 1 hrs for ITV

Winner: Best Features, BAFTA 

Nomination: Best Popular Factual & Features, Royal Television Society

Nomination: Best Presenter 2013, Royal Television Society

Nomination: Best Popular Features 2013, Broadcast Awards

Nomination: Grierson Trust, Readers Choice Award

2012

Producer / Director 

Westminster Abbey 

! x 1hr for BBC Religion & Ethics

2011 - 2012

Series Producer / Series Director

Long Lost Family (series 2)

7 x 1 hrs for ITV

Winner: Best Popular Factual & Features, Royal Television Society

Nomination: Broadcast of the Year, Stonewall Awards

2011

Producer / Director

Who Do You Think You Are, Sebastian Coe?

1 x 1 hr for BBC 1

2010 - 2011

Producer / Director

Who Do You Think You Are, Richard Madeley?

1 x 1 hr for BBC 1

2010

Director

The Young Ones

1 x 1 hr for BBC 2

2010

Producer / Director

Who Do You Think You Are, Rupert Penry Jones?

1 x 1 hr for BBC 1

2009 - 2010

Producer / Director

The Bible:  A History 

1 x 1 hr for Channel 4

Winner: Best Religious Series, Sandford St Martin Religious Broadcasting Awards

2009

Producer / Director

Alexander Armstrong's Very British Holiday

1 x 1 hr for BBC 1

2009

Producer / Director

Who Do You Think You Are, Davina McCall?

1 x 1 hr for BBC 1

Nomination: Best Factual Series, BAFTA

2008 - 2009

Producer / Director

The Supersizes Eat...the 1920s

1 x 1 hr for BBC 2

2008

Producer / Director

The Price of Property

1 x 1 hr for Channel 4

2007 - 2008

Series Director 

Sport Portraits for Sport Relief

2 x 1 hrs for BBC 1

2007

Producer / Director

In Living Memory

1 x 1 hr for BBC 1

2007

Series Producer / Director

The British Empire Strikes Back 

3 x 1 hrs for More 4

2006

Producer / Director

Empire's Children: Adrian Lester

1 x 1 hr for More 4

2006

Producer / Director

Family Brat Camp

2 x 1 hrs for Channel 4

2004 - 2005

Producer / Director

Restored to Glory  

2 x 1 hrs for BBC 2

2004

Producer / Director

Restoration 

1 x 1 hr for BBC 2

2002 - 2003

Producer / Director

No Going Back

3 x 1 hrs for Channel 4

2002

Producer / Director

Baring All: The History of Erotic Dance

1 x 90 mins  for Channel 4

2001

Producer / Director

Taboo: Looks That Kill with Joan Bakewell

1 x 1 hr for BBC 2

2001

Producer / Director

Omnibus: Wouldn't it be Loverly 

1 x 1 hr for BBC 2

Selected for the International Festival of Films on Art

2000

Producer / Director

Omnibus: Dame Alicia Markova 

1 x 1 hr for BBC 1

2000

Director

One Foot in the Past 

BBC 2

1999

Producer / Director

Festival of the Future 

1 x 1 hr for BBC 2

1999

Producer / Director

World War II  - One Foot in the Past Special 

BBC 2

1998 - 1999

Director

One Foot in the Past

BBC 2

1996 - 1997

Director

TV Dinners 

Channel 4

2020

Producer/Director

Silenced: the Hidden Story of Disabled Britain

1 x 1 hr for BBC 2

Nomination: Best Historical Documentary, Griersons 2021

Nomination: Best Specialist Factual Documentary, Broadcast Awards 2021

2020

Senior Edit Producer 

Madeline McCann: the Hunt for the Prime Suspect

1 x 1 hr for ITV

2019

Series Producer 

What Makes a Murderer

3 x 1 hrs for Channel 4

2018 - 2019

Producer / Director

Unforgotten (pilot)

1 x 1 hr for BBC 2

2017 - 2018

Series Producer / Director

Serial Killer with Piers Morgan 

4 x 1 hrs for ITV

2017

Series Producer / Director 

Killer Women with Piers Morgan

5 x 1 hrs for ITV

2014 - 2016

Series Producer / Series Director

The Big C & Me

3 x 1 hrs for BBC 1

2013 - 2014

Series Producer  / Series Director

Long Lost Family (series 4)

8 x 1 hrs for ITV

Nomination: Best Features, BAFTA 2014

Nomination: Best Popular Features, Broadcast Awards 2013

2012 - 2013

Series Producer  / Series Director

Long Lost Family (series 3)

8 x 1 hrs for ITV

Winner: Best Features, BAFTA 

Nomination: Best Popular Factual & Features, Royal Television Society

Nomination: Best Presenter 2013, Royal Television Society

Nomination: Best Popular Features 2013, Broadcast Awards

Nomination: Grierson Trust, Readers Choice Award

2012

Producer / Director 

Westminster Abbey 

! x 1hr for BBC Religion & Ethics

2011 - 2012

Series Producer / Series Director

Long Lost Family (series 2)

7 x 1 hrs for ITV

Winner: Best Popular Factual & Features, Royal Television Society

Nomination: Broadcast of the Year, Stonewall Awards

2011

Producer / Director

Who Do You Think You Are, Sebastian Coe?

1 x 1 hr for BBC 1

2010 - 2011

Producer / Director

Who Do You Think You Are, Richard Madeley?

1 x 1 hr for BBC 1

2010

Director

The Young Ones

1 x 1 hr for BBC 2

2010

Producer / Director

Who Do You Think You Are, Rupert Penry Jones?

1 x 1 hr for BBC 1

2009 - 2010

Producer / Director

The Bible:  A History 

1 x 1 hr for Channel 4

Winner: Best Religious Series, Sandford St Martin Religious Broadcasting Awards

2009

Producer / Director

Alexander Armstrong's Very British Holiday

1 x 1 hr for BBC 1

2009

Producer / Director

Who Do You Think You Are, Davina McCall?

1 x 1 hr for BBC 1

Nomination: Best Factual Series, BAFTA

2008 - 2009

Producer / Director

The Supersizes Eat...the 1920s

1 x 1 hr for BBC 2

2008

Producer / Director

The Price of Property

1 x 1 hr for Channel 4

2007 - 2008

Series Director 

Sport Portraits for Sport Relief

2 x 1 hrs for BBC 1

2007

Producer / Director

In Living Memory

1 x 1 hr for BBC 1

2007

Series Producer / Director

The British Empire Strikes Back 

3 x 1 hrs for More 4

2006

Producer / Director

Empire's Children: Adrian Lester

1 x 1 hr for More 4

2006

Producer / Director

Family Brat Camp

2 x 1 hrs for Channel 4

2004 - 2005

Producer / Director

Restored to Glory  

2 x 1 hrs for BBC 2

2004

Producer / Director

Restoration 

1 x 1 hr for BBC 2

2002 - 2003

Producer / Director

No Going Back

3 x 1 hrs for Channel 4

2002

Producer / Director

Baring All: The History of Erotic Dance

1 x 90 mins  for Channel 4

2001

Producer / Director

Taboo: Looks That Kill with Joan Bakewell

1 x 1 hr for BBC 2

2001

Producer / Director

Omnibus: Wouldn't it be Loverly 

1 x 1 hr for BBC 2

Selected for the International Festival of Films on Art

2000

Producer / Director

Omnibus: Dame Alicia Markova 

1 x 1 hr for BBC 1

2000

Director

One Foot in the Past 

BBC 2

1999

Producer / Director

Festival of the Future 

1 x 1 hr for BBC 2

1999

Producer / Director

World War II  - One Foot in the Past Special 

BBC 2

1998 - 1999

Director

One Foot in the Past

BBC 2

1996 - 1997

Director

TV Dinners 

Channel 4

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