Documentary Producer/Director
Greenwich, London
Joined November 2009
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Worthing FC player @GeorgeDowell was 17 when his career was ended after a car accident left him paralysed. Five years later he used a portion of his compensation to buy the cash-strapped club.
He tells Football Weekly about his new documentary, The Club that George Built
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In few places has the contribution of the Windrush generation been more visible than in football 🙌
🎥 Benjamin Zephaniah's 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐦: 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥’𝐬 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 airs again this evening ⚽️
📺 9.45pm | @tntsports & @discoveryplusUK
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Thanks @BrianODriscoll for talking openly about mental health affecting so many retired sportsmen, his pre-emptive visit to a psychiatrist, the ongoing crisis facing rugby as brain injuries increase & meeting @AP_McCoy @AnthonyOgogo for his new documentary theguardian.com/sport/2022/s…
Theo Lee Ray retweeted
'@btsport is to premier #documentary After The Roar, co-produced by BT Sport Films and @3RockProduction. The film sees @BrianODriscoll investigate the #mentalhealth struggles he – and other former elite #sportsmen – face when #retiring. bit.ly/3cf39Lq
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Standing Firm: Football’s Windrush Story review – a damning history lesson with Benjamin Zephaniah theguardian.com/tv-and-radio…
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Good news people. You can watch my latest documentary on the Windrush Generation's impact on football for free.
Dedicated to those who came from afar.
To those who made us who we are.
bt.com/sport/watch/video/cli…
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"They changed the way we play the game." 👊
𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗺: 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹'𝘀 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗵 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 explores the impact the Windrush generation had on our @England teams and beyond.
Tonight on BT Sport 3 at 10.30pm 📺
Standing Firm: Football’s Windrush Story | Coming soon to BT Sport
Standing Firm will celebrate the legacy of the Windrush generation and examine the impact they, their descendants and continued Caribbean migration to the UK, had on English football.
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Standing Firm: Football’s Windrush Story about the impact of Caribbean migration on the national game.
A powerful documentary premiering tonight at 10.30pm on BT Sport. Watch the trailer here: bt.com/sport/football/featur…
#BlackHistoryMonth
A great @BZephaniah interview, full of hope, with @donaldgmcrae 👏
Benjamin narrates Standing Firm: Football’s Windrush Story – celebrating the influence descendants of the Windrush Generation have on the English game – tonight, BT Sport 3, 10.30pm 📺
theguardian.com/football/202…
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Such a privilege and a pleasure to interview @BZephaniah and here is a lovely little poetic indication of why his film, about football and race, in the wake of the Windrush Generation, should be watched widely tonight on BT Sport. It is worth your time.
bt.com/sport/watch/video/cli…
Theo Lee Ray retweeted
Thanks to the mighty @BZephaniah for such an interesting and hopeful interview about football & race, falling in & out of love with the game, Clyde Best, his mum, supporting Villa as a black kid, racism, his new film and liking this admirable England team
theguardian.com/football/202…
Theo Lee Ray retweeted
Football in England would look very different today without the Windrush generation 🌍
🎥 Standing Firm: Football’s Windrush Story
🎞 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓!
📺 BT Sport 3 HD, 10.30pm
Theo Lee Ray retweeted
New film 'Standing Firm: Football’s Windrush Story' is extraordinary to watch. It is an emotive and lyrical film presented by the poet Benjamin Zephaniah, charting how Caribbean emigration to England transformed its national sport. | @JNorthcroft thetimes.co.uk/article/if-yo…
Theo Lee Ray retweeted
“If we develop a culture that's accepting, a culture that allows difference, people will embrace that and become better people."
❤️ An inspiration, @lilkeets is determined to push society forward.
🎥 Standing Firm: Football’s Windrush Story
📺 Tuesday, BT Sport 3 HD, 10.30pm
Standing Firm: Football’s Windrush Story | September 28th on BT Sport
Standing Firm celebrates the legacy of the Windrush generation and examines the impact they, their descendants and continued Caribbean migration to the UK, had on English football.
Theo Lee Ray retweeted
"Upon great shoulders we all stand!"
This @England team could look very different if it wasn't for the Windrush generation...
🎥 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙁𝙞𝙧𝙢: 𝙁𝙤𝙤𝙩𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙡’𝙨 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙝 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 premieres on Tuesday 28th September at 10.30pm.
📝 @BZephaniah
Standing Firm: Football’s Windrush Story | Coming soon to BT Sport
Standing Firm will celebrate the legacy of the Windrush generation and examine the impact they, their descendants and continued Caribbean migration to the UK, had on English football.
Theo Lee Ray retweeted
"Upon great shoulders we all stand!"
This @England team could look very different without the Windrush generation.
To celebrate #WindrushDay, we're announcing our latest film, Standing Firm: Football’s Windrush Story 🎥
Presented by @BZephaniah! 🔜
Standing Firm: Football’s Windrush Story | Coming soon to BT Sport
Standing Firm will celebrate the legacy of the Windrush generation and examine the impact they, their descendants and continued Caribbean migration to the UK, had on English football.
Amazing to see Stop the Tour win documentary of the year at the International Sports Press Association Awards!!! An important story to tell and a brilliant project to work on.
Congrats to @louismyles and the rest of our team @btsport 🥳🥳🥳
The winner of #VideoDocumentary category is @louismyles from UK with 'Stop the Tour' published on @btsport: you can enjoy a short trailer of this great production here! #aipsawards #sportmediaexcellence
Theo Lee Ray retweeted
A film dedicated to the fans, whose passion underpins the future of our beautiful game.
𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙊𝙪𝙧𝙨.
🎬 March 2nd | 10.30pm | BT Sport 1 HD
Ours: The latest BT Sport film | 2nd March
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The rise, fall and re-birth of one of England’s greatest sporting icons...
'𝙂𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙨𝙞𝙚' has been shortlisted in the @SportSJA Television/Digital Documentary category! 🙌
Greavsie - the latest BT Sport film - premieres Tues 18th Feb
Greavsie, the latest in the acclaimed BT Sport Films series, charts the rise, fall and re-birth of one of England’s greatest sporting icons Jimmy Greaves, as he celebrates his 80th birthday.
Theo Lee Ray retweeted
It's almost time to make more history 👊
#UFCLondon beckons 🇬🇧
🎥 London Calling
📆 Thursday
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Watch UFC London live on BT Sport
British stars Darren Till, Leon Edwards and Nathaniel Wood are all in action on a stacked UFC London card on Saturday night.