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Ben Southwell
Ben Southwell is a British television producer and director who has worked in prime-time factual programming for nearly three decades. His credits span history, travel, science, g…
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Ben Southwell is a British television producer and director who has worked in prime-time factual programming for nearly three decades. His credits span history, travel, science, genealogy and natural-history television, including Fake or Fortune?, Who Do You Think You Are?, Rick Stein’s Road to Mexico, Last Chance to See, The Real History of Science Fiction and programmes with Ray Mears. He also teaches documentary and unscripted television storytelling.
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2025
Lost In The Desert with Nick Knowles
TV show Director
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2024
Into the Gobi Desert with Nick Knowles
TV show Director
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2015
Hidden India
TV show Director
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2014
The Real History of Science Fiction
TV show Director
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2011
Fake or Fortune?
TV show Producer
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2009
Last Chance to See
TV show Director
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2009
Last Chance to See
Movie Director
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2001
Trips Money Can't Buy with Ewan McGregor
Movie Director
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1994
Eyewitness: Dinosaur
Movie Producer
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Eyewitness: Reptile
Movie Writer
