OTHER ASSIGNMENTS

OVER 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE - DOCUMENTARIES / ENTERTAINMENT

Film & Mountain work with helicopters to get film crews to dramatic locations. In Chamonix they have a high level of expertise and this production required a drop off on the very top of the Grepon with 500 m drops on all sides!

1999

"Coronation Street" - Granada. The street goes river crossing in the Peak District

"IMAX Rheged film" - Westmorland Films Cliff climbing sequence

"Wild Climbs" BBC2 -
Award winning 6 part series
Colorado Ice climbing
The Totem Pole Tasmania with Paul Pritchard
Saxony Sandstone towers, Czech Republic
Ski Touring, St Elias, Yukon, Canada
California granite, Yosemite, USA
Lofoten Island, Norway
"Jungle Run" - Yorkshire TV Indoor children's fantasy game series
"Grimleys" - Granada Antics with Noddy Holder in precipitous park, Manchester
"Don't Try this at Home" -
LWT Climb impressive sea stack Old Man of Stoer, Scotland
Rope tricks, climbs and action in Vivian Quarry, N. Wales
London Dockland crane climb
London lift shaft abseil
"Twister" - Scottish TV Indoor children's game with climbing in Glasgow


It's a crazy world! Not only is it a challenge to climb the Sandstone towers in the Czech Republic but also to jump between them. Extreme sports filmed for "Wild Climbs".


"Wild Climbs" involved the most extreme climbing in the sexy locations and took over 6 months to plan and shoot. Film & Mountain found the locations and climbers, rigged and provided the safety and shot second camera in difficult cliff locations.


We have had a long association with LWT's "Don't try this at home". Helping to devise challenges, rig and organise safety. Here a network of rope challenges including a 150 m "death slide" are rigged in Vivian slate quarry, N Wales.

   1998

"The Abyss" - Ch4/Cicada Films Month long expedition to descend Lowes Gully, Borneo
"Don't Try This At Home" -
LWT Emotional girl's ascent of Kilimanjaro
Impressive climb up Emosson dam wall, France
Base jump with bicycle from Beachy Head
"Wilderness Walks 2" -
Triple Echo for BBC2 Second series of 6
Red Cuillin, Skye, Scotland
Ordesa Gorge, Pyrenees, Spain
Cranstackie, Sutherland, Scotland
Atlas Mountains, Morocco
Sheeffry Hills, Co Mayo, Ireland
Three Sisters, Oregon, USA
"Gladiators" - LWT Long running battle game show. Film & Mountain worked on every series!

Famous for the near death epic of an army group, Lowe's Gully remained one of the few remaining unexplored parts of the world. Deep in the Borneo jungle it took a crack caving and climbing team to descend the canyon over 6 days filmed by a 3 man crew (Mark Diggins and Brian Hall from Film & Mountain and Duncan McCallum on camera).


Film & Mountain worked on every series of LWT's "Gladiators". Testing games, training and providing safety on the climbing wall and other aerial games.



   1997

"The Face" -
BBC 2 Award winning 6 part climbing series
Canada, NWT, Cirque of the Unclimbables
Vietnam, sea towers in Ha Long Bay
USA, Utah desert towers and ice falls
Scotland Pabbay Outer Hebrides giant sea cliffs
Jordan, Wadi Rum - climbing with Bedouin
South Africa, Cederberg mountains
"Brookside" - Soap action at the top of a Lakeland cliff

Climbers had never visited Ha Long Bay in Vietnam but it's limestone towers rising straight out the sea provided great images for "The Face" series on BBC2


Joe Simpson powers up the final part of a challenging climb in the Cederberg mountains of South Africa as part of "The Face" series.


Canada has some of the remotest locations on the planet and the huge rock wall of "The cirque of the unclimbables" was only accessible by a difficult float plane and helicopter journey. A base camp was built and the crew had to be self sufficient for the 3 week stay. Filmed as part of "The Face".



   1996

"Widerness Walks 1" - Triple Echo for BBC 2 Popular 6 part walking series.
  Winter crossing of Baffin Is, Canada on dog sleds

Crossing Baffin Island on dog sled in winter is a big challenge, filming it an even bigger one! Minus 40 C and the super 16 film and Aarton were having trouble but so were the team. Any skin exposed would get frostbite and hypothermia was a real danger. Filmed for "Wilderness Walks".

 

   1995

"Inside Story - Mountain Rescue" - BBC Scottish rescue team in action during a traumatic week in February.
 
"Pennine Rock" - Chameleon for YTV Yorkshire rock climbing series
 
"Great Railway Journeys" - BBC Chris Bonington crosses Canada and climbs in the Rockies
 
"Dangerfield" - Popular TV drama series. Episode on a Mountain Rescue in Snowdonia.
 
"You Bet" - LWT Balloon stunt
 

High standard rock climbing provides a great image for TV. Jerry Moffat is one of the worlds best. He is seen here climbing in the English Peak District as part of the series "Pennine Rock"




   1994

"The Edge" - by Triple Echo for BBC2 Six part series celebrating 100 years of Scottish Climbing - winner of a Scottish BAFTA
"Scavengers" - Carlton - Fantasy game show shot indoors at Pinewood Studios


   1993 & before

"The Climbers" BBC 1992 6 part series covers the history of mountaineering,
"Duncan Dares" BBC Climbing the Old Man of Stoer and ice climbing in the Lake District
"Everest in winter" Chameleon Productions 1980/1 Winter attempt on world highest
"The Bat and the wicked" 1978 Climbing cult classic on video, filmed on Ben Nevis
"The Fragile Earth" BBC Julian Pettifer in Scotland Hills
"North East Ridge of Everest" Himalayan Expedition in Tibet
"Eiger solo" - Leo Dickenson films this famous climb

"The Climbers" traced the history of mountaineering and was fronted by Sir Chris Bonington, seen here descending from the Grepon, high above Chamonix, France. The day had been spent recreating a Victorian ascent in replica gear. Access was by helicopter but it did not come to pick us up due to bad weather so had to implement the emergency back-up plan and we spent the night getting down!