| Purple Secret Channel 4 in the Secret History series |
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| Two geneticists and an historian set out on a gruesome journey to extract DNA samples from the buried remains of Queen Victoria's great grandchildren. Their aim is to prove that for the last four and a half centuries selected members of the royal family have inherited an incurable, potentially fatal, disease called Porphyria. From Mary Queen of Scots, and James I, through “mad” King George III, and into the present century the film reveals unknown private correspondence describing the torments of the royal victims of this tragic disease that can paralyse, kill, or make its victims mad. We reveal who in the royal family of the 20th century may be suffering from the fatal gene. Back to Films |
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| The Whitechapel Murders Channel 4 in the Secret History series |
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| Highly acclaimed and much-repeated, this drama-documentary about Jack the Ripper was scripted and directed by Stephen White. It revealed for the first time the identity of the man the Victorian police were convinced was the prime suspect in the Whitechapel Murders of 1888. It has been shown many times in the UK and abroad. Back to Films |
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| The Windsors ITV & WGBH Boston: A four part series |
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| Stephen White made Brothers at War on the difficult, often poignant relationship between Edward VIII and his brother, George VI who succeeded to the throne after the “abdication crisis” which followed Edward's love affair with the divorced Wallace Simpson. Both controversial and well-reviewed this was one of the first television histories of the Royal Family to deal with the subject objectively with neither sycophancy nor sensationalism. Back to Films |
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| Fuhrer - Seduction of a Nation ITV |
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| A special to mark the centenary of Hitler's birth. This psychological study reveals the dangerous lure of Hitler and of the German Nazi Party. Packed with previously unseen colour archive and remarkably frank testimonies from Hitler's former secretary, Traudl Junger (who provided much of the research behind the recent feature film Downfall) and other close associates, this film created a view from the inside. The film analyses the mind and techniques of a man who became one of the 20th century's greatest media superstars. Repeatedly sold and watched all over the world this was a land-mark historical biography of its kind. Back to Films |
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| Days in the Life A series for BBC 2 |
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| An affectionate look back at Britain's own “Woodstock”. We explore the strange day in 1970, when the Isle of Wight was flooded with “hippies” who took off their clothes and danced to the music while the retired inhabitants looked on in horror, amusement and disbelief.
“A poignant & frequently hilarious reappraisal of a key moment in counter-culture history” - The Guardian Back to Films |
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| A Matter of Life and Debt A three-part series for Channel 4 on the Third World Debt Crisis |
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| Stephen White series-produced and directed The Banker's Casino, and Endgame which won the One World Award for best TV documentary. The films highlight the crazy lending spree by the world's banks in the 1970's, which almost caused the collapse of the global banking system in the 1980's. Focusing on the ensuing economic, social and political chaos in Latin America, Africa and elsewhere, the films outline the grim future for the northern industrial countries. Despite its harsh criticism of the banks, the Chairman of Lloyds Bank at that time, Sir Jeremy Morse, praised the series as the best exposition of the crisis he had seen anywhere. Back to Films |
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| All the Prime Minister's Men A three-part series for Channel 4 on Prime Ministerial manipulation of the cabinet |
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| Stephen White produced and directed Conviction Cabinet, on Mrs Thatcher's special style of hand-bagging. Reviewers praised the surprising candour of the contributors' comments on their leader. Back to Films |
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