Charles Furneaux (TV producer)

Charles Furneaux is a British television producer.

Furneaux is a former participant of the Up Series first broadcast in 1964. He also participated in one of the original television series in which a viewer was encouraged to voice their opinions regarding current television programs, Right to Reply in 1998.[1] Furneaux began his career as an assistant producer with the BBC becoming a Commissioning Editor at Channel 4 in 1994. Furneaux then went to Talkback Thames in 2003 as Head of Specialist Factual and Documentaries resigning in 2007 to manage his own production company.[2]

Award-winning productions of Furneaux include The Natural History of the Chicken which won an Emmy Award in the category of 'Outstanding Science and Nature Programming- Long Form' in 2002.[3] Touching the Void won a BAFTA for 'Best British Film' in 2004. [4] [5] The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall, in 2009, won two BAFTA Awards and one Monte Carlo Golden Nymph Award and the documentary Treblinka: Inside Hitler's Secret Death Camp won a CINE Golden Eagle Award in 2014. [6] Diana: In Her Own Words aired on the 6th August 2017 becoming Channel 4's "most-watched documentary since 2014", peaking with 4.1 million viewers, was also produced by Charles Furneaux. [7]

References

  1. ↑ http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b811a9648
  2. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/mar/17/independentproductioncompanies.broadcasting
  3. ↑ http://cdn.emmyonline.org/news_23rd_winners.pdf
  4. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3490323.stm
  5. ↑ http://www.bafta.org/television/awards/television-awards-winners-in-2009
  6. ↑ https://cine.org/2014-recipients/
  7. ↑ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4768092/Princess-Diana-Channel-4-s-biggest-hit-year.html
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