Biography
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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Roles across career
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8
Directing
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Writing
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21 votesThe Real History of Science Fiction
2014 · tv
- 2
12 votesFake or Fortune?
2011 · tv
- 3
7 votesLast Chance to See
2009 · movie
- 4
6 votesHidden India
2015 · tv
- 5
3 votesLast Chance to See
2009 · tv
- 6
3 votesTrips Money Can't Buy with Ewan McGregor
2001 · movie
- 7
2 votesLost In The Desert with Nick Knowles
2025 · tv
- 8
1 votesEyewitness: Dinosaur
1994 · movie
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