Directing

Stephen Finnigan

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Directing

Credits

21 titles

Known for

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The story of how IRA terrorists murdered five people in 1984 when they planted a bomb at Brighton's Grand Hotel in an attempt to assassinate British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

Brighton Bomb

2003

Hawking poster
7.6

The extraordinary story of the planet’s most famous contemporary scientist, told in his own words and by those closest to him. Made with unique access to Hawking’s private life, this is an intimate and moving journey into Stephen's world, both past and present.

Hawking

2013

Saddam Goes to Hollywood poster
8.0

The extraordinary true story of Saddam Hussein's farcical venture into the movie business: a story involving Oliver Reed, big budgets, war, debauchery and a film lost in a Surrey garage for 35 years

Saddam Goes to Hollywood

2016

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2.0

With access to the real players, and using extensive, dramatic reconstruction Supergrass illuminates twelve crime ridden years in a world that seems far off Britain now, but is actually near-history. A world where the policing rules were very different, it explores the strangely ordered rules of the underworld where Supergrasses were the only way to crack the gangs, who were causing havoc in seventies ‘Sweeney’ London. A London where guns were used in armed robberies every week, and the city felt like the Wild West. The film tells the stories of dramatic crimes and outrageous criminal characters. People like London’s biggest bank robber and the first supergrass in 1972, Bertie Smalls, and Maurice O Mahoney, armed robber and hard man who shopped hundreds of associates in 1976.

Supergrass

2007

Whitney & Bobby: Addicted to Love poster
NR

A detailed account into the troubled and inevitably doomed marriage between the golden girl Whitney Houston, and the R&B bad boy Bobby Brown.

Whitney & Bobby: Addicted to Love

2015

9/11: The Longest War poster
NR

In honour of the 15th Anniversary of 9/11, National Geographic Channel is looking back at the very best reporting we have done since this world-changing tragedy first happened using extended excerpts from past specials that relate directly to events leading up to and following the attacks on New York City and Washington DC.

9/11: The Longest War

2016

Behind the camera

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The story of how IRA terrorists murdered five people in 1984 when they planted a bomb at Brighton's Grand Hotel in an attempt to assassinate British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

Brighton Bomb

2003

No artwork available
NR

The story of how IRA terrorists murdered five people in 1984 when they planted a bomb at Brighton's Grand Hotel in an attempt to assassinate British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

Brighton Bomb

2003

Hawking poster
7.6

The extraordinary story of the planet’s most famous contemporary scientist, told in his own words and by those closest to him. Made with unique access to Hawking’s private life, this is an intimate and moving journey into Stephen's world, both past and present.

Hawking

2013

Hawking poster
7.6

The extraordinary story of the planet’s most famous contemporary scientist, told in his own words and by those closest to him. Made with unique access to Hawking’s private life, this is an intimate and moving journey into Stephen's world, both past and present.

Hawking

2013

Saddam Goes to Hollywood poster
8.0

The extraordinary true story of Saddam Hussein's farcical venture into the movie business: a story involving Oliver Reed, big budgets, war, debauchery and a film lost in a Surrey garage for 35 years

Saddam Goes to Hollywood

2016

No artwork available
2.0

With access to the real players, and using extensive, dramatic reconstruction Supergrass illuminates twelve crime ridden years in a world that seems far off Britain now, but is actually near-history. A world where the policing rules were very different, it explores the strangely ordered rules of the underworld where Supergrasses were the only way to crack the gangs, who were causing havoc in seventies ‘Sweeney’ London. A London where guns were used in armed robberies every week, and the city felt like the Wild West. The film tells the stories of dramatic crimes and outrageous criminal characters. People like London’s biggest bank robber and the first supergrass in 1972, Bertie Smalls, and Maurice O Mahoney, armed robber and hard man who shopped hundreds of associates in 1976.

Supergrass

2007

Whitney & Bobby: Addicted to Love poster
NR

A detailed account into the troubled and inevitably doomed marriage between the golden girl Whitney Houston, and the R&B bad boy Bobby Brown.

Whitney & Bobby: Addicted to Love

2015

9/11: The Longest War poster
NR

In honour of the 15th Anniversary of 9/11, National Geographic Channel is looking back at the very best reporting we have done since this world-changing tragedy first happened using extended excerpts from past specials that relate directly to events leading up to and following the attacks on New York City and Washington DC.

9/11: The Longest War

2016

No artwork available
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Channel 4 documentary Britain's Racist Election follows the controversial 1964 Smethwick election battle between Peter Griffiths and Gordon Walker, fought on grounds of racial denomination

Britain's Racist Election

2015

The Girls Who Were Found Alive poster
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The two 10-year-olds, Charlene Lunnon and Lisa Hoodless, were abducted as they made the short walk to school from their homes in an unnamed seaside town on January 19, 1999. A convicted paedophile drew up in a car, grabbed them, covering their mouths as they screamed, and bundled them into the vehicle's boot. Child protection officers called at Alan Hopkinson's home on a hunch, and found the girls "distressed" but safe, sitting together on a bed. Hopkinson, 45, from Eastbourne, East Sussex, pleaded guilty at Lewes Crown Court to two charges of kidnap, two of false imprisonment and nine assaults. The unemployed computer programmer also admitted 11 counts of assault against two other girls aged 10 and 11 in 1998. Ten other charges of assault would lie on the file, the court was told.

The Girls Who Were Found Alive

2008

The Girls Who Were Found Alive poster
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The two 10-year-olds, Charlene Lunnon and Lisa Hoodless, were abducted as they made the short walk to school from their homes in an unnamed seaside town on January 19, 1999. A convicted paedophile drew up in a car, grabbed them, covering their mouths as they screamed, and bundled them into the vehicle's boot. Child protection officers called at Alan Hopkinson's home on a hunch, and found the girls "distressed" but safe, sitting together on a bed. Hopkinson, 45, from Eastbourne, East Sussex, pleaded guilty at Lewes Crown Court to two charges of kidnap, two of false imprisonment and nine assaults. The unemployed computer programmer also admitted 11 counts of assault against two other girls aged 10 and 11 in 1998. Ten other charges of assault would lie on the file, the court was told.

The Girls Who Were Found Alive

2008

Henry VIII & Trump: History Repeating? poster
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Documentary offering a fresh perspective on the question of how history will judge Donald Trump, by setting his life next to that of a controversial leader from our own past.

Henry VIII & Trump: History Repeating?

2020

Henry VIII & Trump: History Repeating? poster
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Documentary offering a fresh perspective on the question of how history will judge Donald Trump, by setting his life next to that of a controversial leader from our own past.

Henry VIII & Trump: History Repeating?

2020

Queen Camilla: the Wicked Stepmother? poster
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The inside story on how Camilla transformed her image from hated royal mistress to much-loved monarch. In this new film, friends, allies and journalists reveal Camilla's route from debutant in the sixties, through scandals of the nineties, to the triumph of the Coronation, revealing what her ascendency means for the monarchy, and examining claims that her transformation destroyed her relationship with her stepson, Prince Harry. In his controversial autobiography, Prince Harry accused Camilla of sacrificing him to a vicious PR campaign to clean up her own image. He's described her as his “wicked stepmother”, claiming she is "dangerous”. This revealing film questions whether these shocking accusations could possibly be true.

Queen Camilla: the Wicked Stepmother?

2024

Queen Camilla: the Wicked Stepmother? poster
NR

The inside story on how Camilla transformed her image from hated royal mistress to much-loved monarch. In this new film, friends, allies and journalists reveal Camilla's route from debutant in the sixties, through scandals of the nineties, to the triumph of the Coronation, revealing what her ascendency means for the monarchy, and examining claims that her transformation destroyed her relationship with her stepson, Prince Harry. In his controversial autobiography, Prince Harry accused Camilla of sacrificing him to a vicious PR campaign to clean up her own image. He's described her as his “wicked stepmother”, claiming she is "dangerous”. This revealing film questions whether these shocking accusations could possibly be true.

Queen Camilla: the Wicked Stepmother?

2024

9/11: Voices From the Air poster
2.0

Recall 9/11 via radio transmissions between the cockpit and the control tower, and through cellphone calls between passengers and their loved ones.

9/11: Voices From the Air

2012

Princess Diana's 'Wicked' Stepmother poster
6.7

An insight into the turbulent relationship between Princess Diana and her formidable stepmother Raine Spencer.

Princess Diana's 'Wicked' Stepmother

2017

Oligart: The Great Russian Art Boom poster
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Marcel Theroux investigates the Russian art scene and the multi-millionaires who are acquiring the works of art.

Oligart: The Great Russian Art Boom

2008

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Providing unique insight into the private world of Clarence House, this documentary follows the rise and fall of William Tallon - a devoted servant, friend and butler to the Queen Mother.

Backstairs Billy: The Queen Mum's Butler

2009

China's Emperor of Evil poster
10.0

In China's Valley of the Kings, there stands a tall, carved stone. It honors the resting place of a woman named Wu Zetian, who rose from concubine to become China's only female emperor. For more than a millennia, history claimed she killed her own children, held power through a ruthless rule of terror, and brought China to the edge of ruin. But are any of these claims true? Join the investigation as we revisit old evidence and reveal new truths, using artifacts and forensic tools to tell the true story of China's Emperor of Evil.

China's Emperor of Evil

2016

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6.0

Adrian Chiles looks into an extraordinary game of professional football that took place in May 1979, where an all-white team took on a side comprised solely of black players.

Whites vs Blacks: How Football Changed a Nation

2016