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David Upshal
Born
United Kingdom
Nationality
British
Occupation
Producer
Years active
1990–present
David Upshal is a British television producer.[1] His work includes Victorian Farm,[2]Victorian Pharmacy,[3][4]Edwardian Farm,[5][6]Wartime Farm,[7][8]Tales from the Green Valley,[9]Tudor Monastery Farm,[10][11]The True Face of War,[12]Days That Shook The World,[13][14]Outbreak Investigation,[15]Tony Benn: Free at Last, Gordon Brown's Missing Billions,[16]Summer of Noise,[17][18]The Gospel of Gospel,[19]Pilgrimage with Simon Reeve,[20]On Tour with the Queen,[21]Lulu: Something to Shout About,[22]Secrets of the Castle,[23]The Hunt for the Arctic Ghost Ship[24][25] and the historical skills game show Escape in Time,[26][27] for which he is also credited as format devisor.[28][29]
He previously directed the Channel 4 series The Hip Hop Years (short-listed for a BAFTA[30]) and the landmark BBC series Windrush[31] (winner of the 1999 Royal Television Society Award for Best Documentary Series[32][33]). He began his television career at the BBC where his credits included The Late Show,[34]Reportage, Reputations,[35]Decisive Weapons[36][37] and Vietnam: The Camera at War.[38]
In 2017, he produced and directed The Seven Ages of Elvis,[39] a 90-minute feature documentary broadcast by Sky Arts to mark the 40th anniversary of Elvis Presley.[40][41][42]
^"Most Voted Titles With David Upshal". Imdb.com. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
^"BBC Two - Victorian Farm, Episode 2". BBC.
^"BBC Two - Victorian Pharmacy, Series 1, Episode 4". BBC.
^"First episode of BBC2 "Victorian pharmacy" attracts over 2.5m viewers". Pharmaceutical Journal.
^"BBC Two - Edwardian Farm, Episode 2". BBC.
^"Taking Edwardian Farm to the next level". broadcastnow.co.uk.
^"BBC Two - Wartime Farm, Episode 6". BBC.
^"Wartime Farm". acorndvd.com.
^"BBC Four - Tales from the Green Valley, September". BBC.
^"BBC2 moves into Tudor Abbey Farm". broadcastnow.co.uk.
^"BBC - BBC Two announces Tudor Monastery Farm - Media Centre". bbc.co.uk.
^"The War We Never Saw: The True Face of War (2003)". BFI. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
^"PRESS RELEASES". ngcipressroom.com. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
^"Dispatches". Channel 4.
^"Lion Television . Summer of Noise". liontv.com. Archived from the original on 12 May 2015.
^""Summer of Noise" (2007)". IMDb.
^"The Gospel of Gospel (2002)". BFI. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014.
^"BBC Two - Pilgrimage with Simon Reeve, Episode 1". Bbc.co.uk. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
^"On Tour with the Queen[10/08/2009] (2009)". BFI. Archived from the original on 28 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
^"BBC Two - Lulu - Something to Shout About". Bbc.co.uk. 15 October 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
^"BBC Two - Secrets of the Castle with Ruth, Peter and Tom - Behind the scenes of an amazing 25-year project". BBC.
^"The Northwest Passage search: behind the scenes of the expedition that found Sir John Franklin's HMS Erebus - History Extra". History Extra.
^"Hunt for the Arctic Ghost Ship". Channel 4.
^"The Acton Scott Estate, Acton Scott, near Church Stretton, Shropshire - New BBC2 TV Series 'Escape in Time' filmed on the Acton Scott Estate". actonscott.com.
^"New Acton Scott BBC2 Television Show –Escape in Time– Expected on Air February 2010". shropshiretourism.co.uk.
^"Escape in Time". ukgameshows.com.
^"The great escape » Shropshire Magazine". shropshiremagazine.com. Archived from the original on 18 January 2010.
^"BAFTA Awards". bafta.org.
^"Arrival | BFI | BFI". Explore.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 18 February 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
^"Programme Awards Winners 1998". rts.org.uk. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
^"Bfi | Film & Tv Database | Windrush Season Windrush". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 4 August 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
^"BBC Two - The Late Show, 17/09/1992". Bbc.co.uk. 17 September 1992. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
^"Reputations". bbc.co.uk.
^"BBC Two - Decisive Weapons, Series 1, The P-51: Cadillac of the Skies". BBC.
^"BBC Two - Decisive Weapons, Series 1, The Harrier - Jumping Jet Flash". Bbc.co.uk. 25 February 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
^The Camera at War: Vietnam Part 1/4. YouTube. 14 April 2012. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021.
^"The Seven Ages of Elvis". c21media.
^"What's on TV Today". The Times.
^"Beam me up, Presley! Elvis was a huge Star Trek fan and even named his horse after the show". The Mirror. 13 August 2017.
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conversations with men and women who remember the time. All were produced by DavidUpshal for Lion Television. Several other shorter series featuring the same...
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Channel 4 television documentary This Is So Solid directed and narrated by DavidUpshal, later released on DVD by Universal along with a live performance. Members...
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black American church tradition on pop music. Produced and directed by DavidUpshal, it featured contributions from Ray Charles, Isaac Hayes, B. B. King...
religious beliefs). On 8 August 2013, the BBC announced the series. DavidUpshal, the executive producer of Lion Television, said: "We are delighted to...
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drummer DavidUpshal, British television producer David Upson (born 1962), British canoeist David Urban (born 1964), American lobbyist David Ure (1749–1798)...
DavidUpshal as himself – David's university friend Hilary Wainwright as Family friend David Quantick, "Miliband of Brothers: David Quantick on David...
Production Executive producer Richard Bradley Producers Peter Sommer DavidUpshal (series producer) Cinematography Peter Harvey Pete Hayns Running time...
"Cadillac of the Skies" – P-51 Mustang at the Battle of Berlin (dir: DavidUpshal) "Cold Steel" – the Bayonet at the Battle of Culloden (dir: Paul Tilzey)...
accompanied by a book and compilation CD. The series was devised by DavidUpshal who produced, directed and narrated the series. The series charts the...
of episodes 30 Production Executive producers DavidUpshal Richard Bradley Chris Kelly Producers David Bartlett Stuart Elliott Running time 60 minutes...
presented by the singer Mica Paris. It was produced and directed by DavidUpshal. The documentary traces the story of how the tradition of Gospel music...
American Journey PBS Avon Kirkland Heroes of Black Comedy Comedy Central DavidUpshal & Ninder Billing Inside TV Land: African-Americans in Television TV Land...
Channel 4 The Abba Story Chris Hunt, Steve Cole ITV The Hip Hop Years DavidUpshal, Stephen Lambert Channel 4 Reputations: Hitchcock/Alfred The Great/Alfred...
http://www.oldschoolhiphop.com/artists/bboys/nycbreakers.htm Ogg, Alex; Upshal, David (2001). The Hip Hop Years:A History of Rap. Fromm International. p. 56...
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