David Upshal is an Executive Producer for Lion Television,[1] one of Britain's largest independent television companies.
His work includes Victorian Farm, Victorian Pharmacy (as Executive Producer), Edwardian Farm (BBC Two), Tales from the Green Valley (BBC Two), The True Face of War (Channel 4), Days That Shook The World (BBC Two), Gordon Brown's Missing Billions (Channel 4), Tony Benn: Free At Last (BBC Four), Summer Of Noise (ITV), On Tour With The Queen (Channel 4) and the historical skills game show Escape in Time (BBC Two), for which he is also credited as format devisor.
Prior to joining Lion he was best known for directing the Channel 4 series The Hip Hop Years (short-listed for a BAFTA) and the landmark BBC series Windrush (winner of the 1999 Royal Television Society Award for Best Documentary Series). He began his television career at the BBC where his credits included The Late Show, Reportage, Reputations, Decisive Weapons and Vietnam: The Camera At War.