Nigel and Television

Nigel’s award-winning TV documentaries have been screened around the world. After his early "IRAS: The Infra-Red Eye" for the BBC Horizon series and consultancy work on astronomy series, he co-founded Pioneer Productions with Stuart Carter and Heather Couper in 1988

His screen credits - Executive Producer, Producer or Scriptwriter - appear on the following documentaries:

• How the Universe Works 2010 (Discovery)
• Journey to the Edge of the Universe 2009 (National Geographic/ Discovery Canada/ France 5)
  
• Hindenburg 2007 (Channel 4/ National Geographic)
• Challenger: Countdown to Disaster 2006 (Channel 4/ National Geographic)
• Origins 2004 (series, PBS/WGBH)
• Space Shuttle: Human Time Bomb? 2003 (Channel 4)
• The Day the Earth Was Born 2002 (series, Channel 4)
• Edge of the Universe 2002 (series, Channel 4)
• Universe 1999 (series, TLC/Channel 4)
  - winner of the 2000 Glaxo-Wellcome/ABSW Science Writer award
• Black Holes 1997 (Discovery/Channel 4/ABC Australia)
  - winner of the 1998 Gold Medal, New York Festivals
• On Jupiter 1995 (Discovery)
  - winner of the 1996 Gold Medal & Grand Award, New York Festivals
• Electric Skies 1994 (Channel 4)
  - winner of the 1995 Banff Rockie Award for popular science programmes
  - winner of the 1995 Gold Medal, New York Festivals
• Body Atlas 1994 (series, TLC)
  
• Space Shuttle Discovery 1993 (Channel 4)
  
• ET: Please Phone Earth 1992 (Channel 4/ABC Australia)
  - winner of the 1993 Gold Medal, New York Festivals