Liz Tucker

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Liz Tucker is an award winning British documentary producer and director. She joined the BBC in the early nineties, working initially as a radio producer before moving into television. She started her career on screen working on the iconic show Tomorrow’s World, where she discovered Trevor Baylis, inventor of the Clockwork Radio. Following the publicity surrounding the film, Trevor shortly afterwards signed a deal resulting in the worldwide launch of his radio^[1]. While at the BBC, Liz also worked on a range of documentary programmes/series including QED, Horizon and Life Before Birth. Her films have been shown in over 40 countries. After leaving the BBC and working as a freelance director, Liz launched her own production company Verve Productions in 2007.

1 Awards
2 Films
3 Articles
4 References

[edit] Awards

In 1998, her film Sudden Death won the RTS award for best documentary series. In 2003, the Blood of the Vikings^[2] series in which she made two of the programmes was nominated for a RTS award, her first film in the series won the Palmares Award 2004. It also won a Certificate of Merit at the San Francisco Film Festival. A year later, her film Archimedes’ Secret^[3] ^[4]won the Glaxo/ABSW Science Writer’s Award for best science documentary^[5]. It also won a BAFTA for best documentary series.

In 2005, she was again shortlisted for the Glaxo/ABSW Science Writers’ Award for best science documentary for the film God on the Brain^[6].

[edit] Films

The Man Who Faked His Life (C4) ^[7]
The Indians (BBC TWO) part of the What the Ancients Did For Us series^[8]
In Search of Genius (BBC TWO)
Life Before Birth (BBC FOUR)^[9]
The Great Sperm Race (BBC TWO/FOUR)
God on the Brain (BBC TWO)^[10]
Archimedes’ Secret (BBC TWO)
Viking Raids and The Sea Road (BBC TWO) part of the Blood of the Vikings series
Giving Up For Good (BBC ONE)
Born Twice (BBC ONE)^[11]
Sudden Death (BBC TWO)
Tomorrow’s World Roadshow (BBC ONE)
Tomorrow’s World (BBC ONE)
The Limits to Birth (BBC TWO)
Nerve Transplant (BBC ONE)^[12]
Superspecs (BBC ONE)^[13]^[14]