Rob Farquhar

Series Director / Producer

robfarquhar@me.com (+44)7590 561867

Career Credits

THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JEFF GOLDBLUM

Disney+ – Series Two Director & Producer

SECRETS OF THE MUSEUM

BBC2, 6 X 60 - Series Director for Blast! Films.

Privileged 8 months access inside the V&A following experts who conserve and care for more than two million treasured objects.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000g6sp

NADIYA: ANXIETY & ME

BBC1, 1 x 60 - Director for RAW TV.

Grierson nominated. Nadiya Hussain explores anxiety disorders and undergoes CBT therapy to unlock the root causes of her own condition.

https://www.raw.co.uk/nadiya-anxiety-and-me

“**** The bake off winner’s emotional journey is an inspiration” – The Telegraph

POLITICS FOR BITCHES

BBC3/ BBC1, 4 x 30 – Series Producer/ Director for King Bert Prod.

Luisa Omielan’s hybrid comedy documentary and stand up series. The comedian interrogates social mobility, housing, public spending and inequality. “**** She is hilarious and a joy to watch – A force to be reckoned with in factual and comedy settings” – Lucy Mangan, the Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/oct/24/luisa-omielans-politics-for-bitches-review-a-truly-refreshing-voice

LOUIS THEROUX – LA STORIES

BBC2 3 X 60 - Series Producer/ Director for BBC Docs.

Three films from the award-winning investigator, putting LA under the microscope. Immersive examinations of life in the raw and emotional. Crime, mental illness and death.

“This is one of Louis Theroux’s toughest and most thought-provoking films” – Radio Times

LOUIS THEROUX – MY SCIENTOLOGY MOVIE

Director (Development) for Red Box Films

FLATPACK EMPIRE

BBC2, 3 x 60 - Series Director for RAW TV.

Privileged access inside the eccentric world of IKEA and their global operations.

“...it’s joyous TV, I’m hooked” – Radio Times

COMMERCIALS AND BRAND FILMS

Director - Samsung/ Jacob’s Crackers/ AO.com & Neff/ B&M Christmas campaign/ Philip Mould Galleries

JO BRAND’S HELL OF A WALK

BBC1, 1 X 60 - Director/ Producer for BBC Docs.

Film following the comedian’s efforts to walk from coast to coast in a week for Sport Relief
“Oddly lovely and a little bit inspiring” - The Guardian.“This was a different sort of celebrity suffering, free from vanity and all the more engaging for it... Honest & soul baring” - The Telegraph

SUPER

BBC - Director for Yellow Door Productions.

Comedy scripted drama set in the world of Uber drivers. Written and starring Jason Watkins with Alison Steadman, Rosie Caveliero and Dan Renton Skinner.

CLASS OF ’92: OUT OF THEIR LEAGUE

BBC1, 2 X 60 - Series Director/ Producer for Electric Ray.

Series one follows five famous footballer’s attempts to run a non-league club through a difficult season.
“Unlike most football documentaries, this was not sanitised... it’s a warts and all affair, refreshingly candid” - Daily Mail

AGONY & ECSTASY: A YEAR WITH ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET

BBC4, 3 x 60 - Series Producer/ Director for Tiger Aspect/ Silversun

BAFTA Nominated. Double Grierson Nominated for best documentary series & best arts documentary. Privileged access series.

“This is a f***ing brilliant documentary”, ”A beautifully told and unexpected story” - Caitlan Moran, The Times. “Best programme of the week... riveting” – AA Gill, The Sunday Times.

“Damn good television. gripping stuff... expert storytelling... It lays bare the sheer hard graft involved in the pursuit of not only profit but also artistic excellence. And, unlike Black Swan, it’s for real.” - Donald Hutera, The Times.

“The best arts television of this year - BBC4’s Agony & Ecstasy” (headline) – Rupert Christiansen, The Telegraph

TRUE STORIES – CAPTIVE

Channel 4, 1 x 60 - Producer / Director - Bearkatt

This film reveals how a teenage girl vanished, only to reappear 10 years later, still living within the same community. ‘A story about suspicion, doubt and the mysteries of human behaviour’ - The Guardian

EDDIE IZZARD: MARATHON MAN

BBC3/BBC1, 4 x 60 - Series Producer/ Director for Tiger Aspect.

This series follows Eddie running a marathon a day around the British Isles.

“This new series is so astounding that all you can do is bow down in front of it... It is, quite simply, magnificent” – The Times “If you wanted real, affecting adrenalin this week, a sporting documentary (Eddie Izzard: Marathon Man) pushed every attempt at scripted drama into a skip”,“I’m in tears right now watching it” – Caitlan Moran, The Times

MEET THE IZZARDS

BBC1, 2 X 60 - Series Producer for Western Front Films.

Eddie Izzard traces the migration of his ancestors through his DNA

JOANNA LUMLEY’S GREEK ODYSSEY

ITV1, 2 x 60 - Producer/ Director - Tiger Aspect.

ROSS KEMP: EXTREME WORLD – MARSEILLE

SKY ONE - Producer/ Director for Freshwater

Ross investigates the dangerous world of drugs in Marseilles new French connection

RESTORATION MAN

Channel 4, 4 x 60 - Series Producer/ Director for Tiger Aspect.

Head of Factual & factual entertainment and Executive Producer

Scream Films / Fox TV Studios / Summer Films from 2002 to 2009.

Programmes include: SECRETS AND LIES (Series Title) –DALES WEDDING/ SEX, LIES & MICHAEL ASPEL/ DAVID GINOLA: SECRETS & LIES/ LAURENCE LLEWELYN- BOWEN: POLITICS/ MICHAEL FLATLEY: KING OF CLUBS/ NEIL MORRISSEY: ELIXIR MAN - BBC3/ BBC1, 7 x 60 -
Series Producer/ Director/ Creator of this spoof drama documentary series.

LIVING WITH YOUR IDOL – THE HOFF: WHEN SCOTT CAME TO STAY

LIVING, 4 X 60 - Executive Producer/ Director/ Creator

MY SHOCKING STORY, EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE

Discovery, Five and TLC - 4 series of 6 x 60, Executive Producer/ Director

DANGER HUNTERS

Virgin 1, 6 x 60 Executive Producer/ Director

IN YOUR EAR

Five - Executive Producer

Improvised comedy sitcom

THE BOY WITH EXTRAORDINARY POWERS

Discovery – Director

Science ob-doc investigates a Nepalese boy who never eats or drinks.

HOW NOT TO DIE

Sky One, 6 x 60 - Executive Producer/ Director Apocalyptic drama documentary series.

BEST MAN’S SPEECH

ITV2, 3 x 60 - Executive Producer

MARIO’S RESTAURANT ROOKIES

US Food Network, 2 x 60 - Series producer/ Director For Tiger Aspect Productions

CHRIS MOYLES SHOW

Five, 24 x 60, Producer for UMTV

TOMMY TIERNAN SHOW

BBC 1, 1 X 60 - Director for BBC Comedy

Stand up and Sketch show

THE RICKY GERVAIS SHOW

UK Play, 6 x 60 – Director for BBC comedy. Sketch show

RDA

BBC3, 18 X 60, Director. Topical comedy show.

CHRIS MOYLES SHOW

UK Play, 32 x 60 Series Producer/ Director. Topical comedy show.

1998 – 2003 Red Bee Media/ BBC - Director

1994 – 1998 – Channel V – Producer/ Director