Good luck to Sean and Kate in the BAFTA Craft Awards this weekend!

Good luck to TCR Consultants Kate Spankie and Sean Mackenzie in the BAFTA Awards for Best Editing Factual! Kate Spankie cut Hoyo Films’ Ukraine: Enemy in the Woods. This is Kate’s first time to be nominated. Sean Mackenzie edited Swan Films’ Miners’ Strike 1984: The Battle for Britain. This is Sean’s fifth nomination ( he

RTS Awards News!

Two of The Cutting Room’s editors’ work has been nominated for the RTS Awards! For best Arts Film, In my own words: Alison Lapper was edited by Kate Spankie. And for Best History Series Miners’ Strike 1984: The Battle for Britain was partly edited by Sean Mackenzie. The Cutting Room consulted on Feature Documentary Undercover:

Good luck Kate and Sean in the BFE Cut Above Awards!

Good luck to all the nominees in the BFE Cut Above Awards Especially TCR Consultant Editors Kate Spankie and Sean Mackenzie nominated for: Best Edited Current Affairs: Ukraine: Enemy in the Woods Editor Kate Spankie Best Edited Series: Documentary or Non-Fiction Programme: Miners Strike 1984: The Battle For Britain Editors Sean Mackenzie BFE, Chris Nicholls

Broadcast 2025 Awards nominees

Congratulations to all finalists in tonight’s Broadcast TV Awards!   Especially good luck to FOUR members of The Cutting Room team:  Good luck Kate Spankie for Ukraine: Enemy in the Woods, nominated for Best Documentary Programme. Good luck to Zeb Achonu for White Nanny Black Child nominated for Best Specialist Factual Programme. Good luck to

Ukraine: Enemy in the Woods Shortlisted for 2025 Broadcast Awards

Editor Kate Spankie’s ‘Ukraine: Enemy in the Woods’ was shortlisted in the 2025 Broadcast Awards for Best Documentary Programme! The Broadcast Awards is one of the most anticipated event in the television industry calendar, celebrating the very best in British programming and channels. The awards recognise and reward the UK’s most ground-breaking content, creators and

White Nanny Black Child Shortlisted in 2025 Broadcast Awards

Editor Zeb Achonu’s ‘White Nanny Black Child’ was shortlisted in the 2025 Broadcast Awards for Best Specialist Factual Programme! The Broadcast Awards is one of the most anticipated event in the television industry calendar, celebrating the very best in British programming and channels. The awards recognise and reward the UK’s most ground-breaking content, creators and

Defiance: Fighting the Far Right Shortlisted in 2025 Broadcast Awards

Editors Brett Irwin’s and Sean Mackenzie’s ‘Defiance: Fighting the Far Right’ was shortlisted in the 2025 Broadcast Awards for Best Documentary Series! The Broadcast Awards is one of the most anticipated event in the television industry calendar, celebrating the very best in British programming and channels. The awards recognise and reward the UK’s most ground-breaking

Miners’ Strike 1984: The Battle for Britain Shortlisted in 2025 Broadcast Awards

Editor Sean Mackenzie’s ‘Miners’ Strike 1984: The Battle for Britain’ was shortlisted in the 2025 Broadcast Awards for Best Specialist Factual Programme! The Broadcast Awards is one of the most anticipated event in the television industry calendar, celebrating the very best in British programming and channels. The awards recognise and reward the UK’s most ground-breaking

Zeb Achonu’s Christmas at Lapland UK is Out Now!

Zeb Achonu’s ‘Christmas at Lapland UK’ had its broadcast debut on Channel 4 on 23rd December! This documentary follows the Battle family in Royal Berkshire as they recreate Lapland with their vast team of helpers; conjuring a vivid realm of elves, toys, snow, reindeer, and the big man himself – Santa. Delve behind the family-run enterprise