
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