Television

Crossing the Line Productions 2010-2017

‘Wild Ireland – The Edge of the World’ – Two-part series for BBC & ‘Éire Fhiain’ – TG4 – Researcher/Production Manager
(BBC, Grierson Award 2017)

Showcasing the wildlife and transcendent beauty of Ireland’s Atlantic coast, the series has already won some of the UK’s most prestigious documentary prizes – a Grierson Award and a Royal Television Society NI Award. In Ireland the TG4 version Éire Fhiáin also won An tOireachtas 2017 Award. Director of Photography Domenico Pontillo won the Best Camera awards at the 2018 IFTAs for his work on the project.

‘Wild Cities’​ for RTE, 2016 – Researcher
Four-hour series exploring the urban wildlife of Galway, Cork, Dublin and Belfast. (RTE, Irish Film & Television Award, 2016).

Filmed in four of Ireland’s cities, this series follows the lives and adventures of a very different cast of city slickers – the wild animals that have moved in from the country and are making these cities their own.

From the mesmerising aerobatics of Starlings over a Belfast bridge to the urban Foxes enjoying the delights of Montenotte to the Salmon gliding past Galway’s midnight revelers, Ireland’s Wild Cities will go behind the scenes, to the highest rooftops, underground and underwater to reveal an extraordinary world of wildlife activity that goes largely unseen in Ireland’s great cities.

‘The Secret Life of the Shannon’​, RTE/ ‘On a River in Ireland’​ – Researcher
PBS, winner of three Wildscreen Awards 2014; Emmy-nominated; ‘Ireland’s Wild River: The Mighty Shannon’​ BBC Natural World, 2015. (PBS, Winner of Best of Festival Grand Teton Award, Jackson Hole 2013)

The Shannon is the longest river in these islands. For 340 kms the river carves its way south through the heart of the country almost splitting Ireland in two. It is both a barrier and highway – a silver ribbon holding back the rugged landscapes of the west from the gentler plains to the east. On its journey, the Shannon passes through a huge palette of rural landscapes; where on little known backwaters, Ireland’s wild animals and plants still thrive as almost nowhere else.

For a year, wildlife cameraman and presenter Colin Stafford Johnson lives on the river – camping on its banks, living on a barge, exploring its tributaries in a traditional canoe – on a quest to reveal the natural history and wonderful wildlife of the greatest river in these islands.

‘Bioblitz 2013’​, RTE TV, Researcher
Ireland’s first live wildlife television show, covering the BioBlitz annual recording event run by the National Biodiversity Data Centre.

‘Wild Things’ – Producer/Script Writer
9x3min Series for RTÉ Jr
Wild Things is a series exploring Ireland’s native wildlife for a pre-school audience. This beautiful series is narrated by young children. Episodes include Owls, Common Frog, Grey Heron, Grey Seal, Kingfisher, Peregrine Falcon, Fallow Deer, Mute Swan, and Gannet.
Script writer, Recording, Directing

‘Shutterbugs’​, RTE television. Researcher.
Shutterbugs is a series for RTÉjr combining wildlife, wild places, photography and adventure! In each episode a team of young people head into the countryside to learn about and photograph Irish wildlife.