THE PRICE OF BIOFUELS  

The West is investing heavily in bio-fuels, despite mounting evidence that what was once seen as the answer to global warming and dwindling oil stocks is now playing a negative role in the world food crisis.

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IRAQ’S FORGOTTEN CONFLICT

Untold until now is the story of a campaign of liquidation against Iraq’s religious minorities who, post invasion, have faced extinction via persecution, exile, murder.

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Peter Weil joined CTVC as its new CEO in May 2009.  He started his broadcast career in 1973 in Manchester as a Granada Television production trainee and went on to work as a researcher on World In Action, University Challenge and Granada Report.  Four years later he moved to the BBC where he produced and directed programmes for Panorama, Newsnight and Nationwide. In 1984 Peter returned to his native Belfast where he both set up the BBC's first youth department and became the acting head of BBC Radio Ulster.

Between 1986 and 1992 Peter launched the BBC's first daytime programme, Open Air, a daily live interactive programme from Manchester where viewers could challenge programme makers, edited Wogan for BBC1 and ran Topical Features where he was responsible for That's Life!, Watchdog, Video Diaries and Children In Need. 

Peter moved into the Indie Sector in 1992, joining Barraclough Carey, and a year later set up Barraclough Carey North in Manchester where he introduced Channel Four's People's Parliament, BBC-2's Pound for Pound and Radio Four's Times Past..Times Future with Jeremy Paxman.

In 1998, Peter joined Discovery as Vice President, Programming and Production for the UK and Europe. He was promoted to Discovery's corporate headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA four years later as General Manager, Animal Planet International. In 2005 Peter he became Senior Vice President, Content for Discovery Latin America's nine networks.

Peter returned to the UK in 2007 and joined the Media Trust charity with responsibility for both the Community Channel and all Media Trust productions. Trustees of the Media Trust include Andy Duncan, Chief Executive of Channel Four, Mark Thompson, BBC Director General and Dawn Airey, Chair and Chief Executive, Five.

tel: 0207 940 8480
email peter.weil@ctvc.co.uk

Ray Bruce joined CTVC in 1989 after successful careers as a teacher, lecturer, and writer in religion and multi-cultural education. At CTVC he has over 35 producer credits for the major UK networks and specialises in religion, history, archaeology and the politics of the Middle East. His particular passion is unraveling the true story of Christian origins and exploring religion in the modern world.

Recent and current productions for C4 include the critically acclaimed 2 hour documentary, Battle For The Holy Land - Jerusalem, four series of the groundbreaking Muslim debate programme Sharia TV where young Muslims explore issues of their faith (the last series was produced from a rooftop in the Old City of Jerusalem), Opus Dei- The Truth Behind the Da Vinci Code and The Secret Family of Jesus. For ITV, Victim 001, the award winning story of Father Mychal Judge, the first victim of 9/11, 7/7 Remembered, The Real Mary Magdalene, Little Town of Bethlehem and Flight of Faith– an aerial journey over the Holy Land. For Five and National Geographic International, a 4 part series Secrets of the Cross looking at tantalizing Bible mysteries. He has just completed two films for the National Geographic Channel, Writing The Dead Sea Scrolls and Re-making the Turin Shroud. Current work includes projects with the Vatican and a landmark project on Jesus.

tel: 0207 940 8488
email ray.bruce@ctvc.co.uk

Prior to joining CTVC, David was an Executive in BBC Religion, responsible for long-running strands, major docs, on Radios 2, 3, 4 – and producer of the live and provocative Moral Maze.

tel: 0207 940 8482
email david.coomes@ctvc.co.uk

Wendy Robbins joined CTVC from the BBC and is an experienced broadcast journalist who has worked on numerous current affairs programmes including Panorama, Newsnight, Public Eye, Watchdog and Here and Now. She presents the critically-acclaimed The House I Grew Up In for BBC Radio 4 (curerntly in its fourth series). She has also reported on BBC Radio 4’s From Our Own Correspondent; File On Four, and presented on Five Live’s Breakfast Show.
Her achievements in investigative journalism include an innocent man being released from death row and the closure of an old age home in South London for inadequate care of the elderly. Her early career as a Sunday Timesresearcher was immortalised on screen in 2007 by Celia Meiras in BBC 2’s Nuclear Secrets - the story of Mordechai Vanunu, the Israeli technician who was kidnapped by Mossad for revealing Israel’s nuclear secrets to the press.
Her work with the BBC Current Affairs Development team led to 3 major seasons for BBC 3, and the 6 part Backlash series for BBC 2 which introduced celebrity presenters with something to say on current issues. Following this Wendy set up a new development team in factual to co-ordinate and develop major Cross-Platform/ Cross Genre ideas for BBC 1, 2 3 after which she went on to executive produce high profile series such as Fat Teens Can’t Hunt, Everest ER and Casualty 1907

Recent projects for CTVC include Executive Producer Too Old to be a Mum? For CTVC/BBC1 which aired in January 2010, and Presenter on Bosnia’s War Babies (CTVC/BBC World Service).

tel: 0207 940 8492
email wendy.robbins@ctvc.co.uk

Clare Hocter [Head of HR]

After working for a number of years as Administrator at Webber Douglas Drama School running student resources and welfare, Clare moved into Television in 1998 when she began working for the  leading independent company, Optomen initially as PA to the MD and shortly afterwards combining the role with that of HR Manager.  She joined CTVC in 2005 and became Head of HR in December 2009.

tel: 0207 940 8496
email clare.hocter@ctvc.co.uk

Rachael has worked in the not for profit sector for 15 years. This has included project management for the think tank the New Economics Foundation, freelancing for social enterprises delivering PR and events management and consulting for a private family Trust.  She also set up and managed a charity working with young people in the arts. She is passionate about supporting young people to reach their full potential. She loves travelling, will watch any muder mystery no matter how bad and her favourite actress is Bette Davies.

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With a career spanning Children’s TV, Factual and Drama, Stuart joined CTVC in 2007 as a production co-ordinator for TrueTube.  As the site developed he became Project Manager, and is now in charge of the Education remit of the project as well as running EU research projects.

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