Vaughan Matthews' Documentary credits

“The Bedouin” Vision 2030 Archeology 2022

I was DOP for this film that studies the Bedouin culture through their poetry, archeolology and astonishing way of life through the ages.

Director: David Wilson Exec Charlie Smith OR Media UK

“How Green is the Government” DispatchesTx C4 December 2021 UK

Travelling the length and breadth of the UK by the greenest means available with a 3 man team we put together this state of the nation green energy report which surprises and informs. I was DOP and flew the drone shots.

Director: Callum McCrae , Producer: Mark Williams Outsider Television Productions

“Summer on the Farm: an extraordinary year” Tx ITV. October 2020 UK

I flew drone shots from the final filming session in September 2020 I was delighted to find on transmission that I had the first and last shot of the film, the title shot and also the first flying piece to camera I have done.

Producer: Page Shepherd , Exec: Rebecca Templar Wonderhood Studios

Filmproduktion with Anita Lasker Wallfisch

I filmed this astonishing set of lectures with Anita Lasker Wallfisch, renowned cello player, singer and former Jewish prisoner in Auschwitz who saved herself by playing for the Nazi military commanders. Filmed under lockdown conditions. I also edited the piece in 4K.

Director:Paul Paragon, Producer: Manuela Reichert at Philharmonie Salzburg

Drain the Oceans, "Killer U-Boats" Tx National Geographic July 2019 UK

Marine archaeologists and historians go in search of Hitler's secrets, hidden deep underwater, revealing how the Nazis waged a secret war across the world's oceans. This documentary uses CGI graphics to drain the oceans and investigate the lost wrecks of the Second World War..

Producer Jan Euden Director: Alex West Mallinson Sadler

Drain the Oceans, "Ultimate Battleships" Tx National Geographic August 2018 UK

The Battle of Jutland was the most violent sea battle in history, fought in 1916 between the mighty battle fleets of Britain and Germany. After a day of carnage, both sides claimed victory. So who really won? Maritime archaeologists and historians go in search of Jutland's secrets, hidden deep underwater. Scientific data combines with computer graphics to drain the North Sea, investigating the mega battleships of World War One and asks what happened to them once the firing was over.

Producer Jan Euden Director: Alex West Mallinson Sadler

"Charles at 70", Tx BBC1 2018

An observational documentary by John Bridcut about the the Prince of Wales on his 70th birthday. My role was the observational work behind the scenes at Buckingham Palace as the Queen opened the Commonwealth Heads of Government conference and Prince William and Harry talking about the Prince of Wales.

Shared credit with Jonathan Partridge

Producer/Director: John Bridcut, Crux Pictures BBC

“Gone to Pot” iTV

A team of celebrities travel the Western United States checking out what its like to have legal marijuana. Additional Photography.

Senior Producer: Cassie Bennitt, Betty Television

Jonas Kaufmann, Tenor for the Ages Tx BBC4 2017

A feature-length observational documentary by John Bridcut about the greatest tenor of our times, his comeback from illness, and the challenges of singing Verdi’s Otello..

Shared credit with Jonathan Partridge

Producer/Director: John Bridcut, Crux Pictures BBC

“ The Great British Skinny Dip” Cutting Edge C4

Can British Naturism sell social nudity to a younger generation by launching a weekend of nude swims over one weekend in September?

Director: Victoria Silver, ZZK Television

Elizabeth at 90” BBC1

A celebration of the Queen’s 90th birthday, featuring cine films and photographs from the private collection of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. Including the shots of the Queen, Prince of Wales, Princess Anne and Princes William and Harry from the cinema sequences at Windsor and Buckingham Palace. Shared credit with Jonathan Partridge

Producer/Director: John Bridcut, Crux Pictures BBC

“Schumpeter” TBC

The story of Schumpeter, a virtually unknown German economist from the early 20th Century who’s “creative destruction” theory has striking parallels with our 21st century web economy. Detlef Siebert reveals the prescient nature of his ideas.

Producer/Director: Detlef Siebert, Plotpoint Productions

“Karajan’s Magic and Myth” BBC4

25 years after his death the controversial Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan remains an enigma. He was famous not only for his astonishing music but for his glittering off duty moments on the ski slopes, piloting his own jet, sailing his yacht and driving sports cars. Featuring the testimony of some collaborators Placido Domingo and Jessye Norman

Producer/Director: John Bridcut, 1212 Productions

“Where is Flight MH370? ” Horizon BBC2

Horizon tells the inside story of the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. The film reveals how MH370 disappeared in a radar blind spot; what investigators believe happened to the aircraft in its last minutes; and how the area in which it could be found is still to be searched.

Director: Tristan Quinn, BBC Horizon

“ Working Elephants in Laos” Operation Wild BBC1

I filmed the section of Programme 1 which follows the plight of a working elephant in the Laos highlands that had a bullet lodged in its foot and the struggle to find and remove it by supervet Will Thomas.

Director: Jeff Wilkinson, BBC Television

“ The Normans in Pembrokeshire” Walking through History C4

Tony Robinson crosses Pembrokeshire finding evidence of the Normans’ “Velvet” conquest of this end of Wales.

Director: James Buchanan, Wildfire Television

“Requiem” BBC4

From plainsong to Penderecki: how music has shaped the Requiem over 500 years. A film for Remembrance Sunday. I was DOP on the orchestral and choral shoot in Swansea.

Producer/Director: John Bridcut, Crux Pictures Bulb Films

“The Frost Interview” Series 2 Al Jazeera English

Sir David Frost talks to the world, from Buzz Aldrin to Isabel Allende.

Series Producer: Richard Brock AJE

“The Frost Interview” Series 1 Al Jazeera English

Sir David Frost talks to the world, from Paul McCartney to Shimon Peres.

Producer Jon Blair, Director: Richard Brock AJE

“Hayek” Masters of Money (BBC2) BBC2

BBC Economics Editor Stephanie Flanders walks us through the ideas of 3 giants of the “science” of economics. Marx, Hayek and Keynes.

Producer/Director: Tristan Quinn, BBC Masters of Money

“A Jubilee Tribute to the Queen by the Prince of Wales” BBC1

A personal tribute, featuring previously unseen cine films and photographs from the private collection of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. Including the shots of the Prince of Wales from the cinema sequences at Highgrove and Balmoral. Shared credit with Jonathan Partridge

Producer/Director: John Bridcut, Crux Pictures BBC

“Ceramics: How they Work” BBC2 (1 of 3)

Professor Mark Miodownik traces the story of ceramics. He looks at how we started with simple clay, sand and rock and changed them into material that would change the world

Producer: Ishbel Hall BBC Scotland

“Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields” C4

Jon Snow presents a forensic investigation into the final weeks of the quarter-century-long civil war between the government of Sri Lanka and the secessionist rebels, the Tamil Tigers. HDCAM

Producer/Director: Callum Macrae Outsider ITN

Winner RTS Current Affairs International Award

Programme and its makers nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.

Nominated for an Emmy Best International documentary

“Rostropovich: The Genius of the Cello” BBC4

Rostropovich was undoubtedly one of the greatest cello players of all time inspiring many composers including Britten and Shostakovich to write music for him that took the cello to new heights as a solo instrument. That would be enough, one would think but his bravery, harbouring Solzhenitsyn in defiance of the Soviet state, meant he was also an extraordinary political animal. HDCAM

Producer/Director: John Bridcut, Crux Pictures ITN

Dagmar and Vaclav Havel Foundation Award at the Golden Prague TV Festival.

“Guilty Pleasures” BBC4

Our attitude to Luxury and privilege tells us a lot about what we think of ourselves in any society. These two programmes examine ancient Greece and England in the middle ages to see how luxury influenced and effected them. Presented by Michael C Scott. HDCAM

Director: David Wilson, Tern TV

“Wootton Bassett: The Town that Remembers” BBC1

The behind-the-scenes story of the town of Wootton Bassett, whose tributes to fallen soldiers have earned the community the first royal title awarded in over 100 years.I shot 2 days of the runup to “repatriation day” and was one of 9 cameramen shooting on the day itself HDCAM

Director: Henry Singer, BBC Bristol

“The Beauty of Books” BBC4

This series which I shared a credit with Mike Robinson on, looks at the wonder of books. It includes groundbreaking access to the British Library where I filmed the Codex Sinaticus, the oldest edition of the New Testament. HDCAM

Director: Micheal Waterhouse, Tern TV

“Oil” Horizon BBC2

April 20 2010, a volcano of oil erupts under the Gulf of Mexico. 87 days later it was finally plugged, but what was the science of that journey and what happened to all that crude?

Director: Tristan Quinn, BBC Horizon

“Delphi: The bellybutton of the ancient world” BBC4

Delphi is certainly an extraordinary place, with unique landscape, geology and the remains of an architecture that defies belief with its complexity and grandeur. This film presented by Michael C Scott tries to unpick why it was also the Oracle of knowledge for over a thousand years. HDCAM

Director: David Wilson, Tern TV

“Elgar: The Man behind the Mask” Tx BBC4 YouTube

Those who see Elgar as only the creator of “Land of Hope and Glory” will be amazed by this study of his work. Includes performances of his work played by the BBC symphony orchestra and an 80 piece choir, never filmed before. HDCAM

Producer/Director: John Bridcut, Prospect Pictures

Gold Prize Best Documentary at Prague Film Festival

BAFTA Best Documentary Sound

‘Lost Kingdoms of Africa” Tx BBC4 (2 of 4)

Gus Casely-Hayford rediscovers some of the ancient sophisticated societies of Africa that much of the world has forgotten. EX3 with Letus DOF converter

Producers: Ishbel Hall , David Wilson, IWC Productions