EATING WITH… - BBC2 - OPTOMEN
EDIT PRODUCER - 3 x 29’
Biographical documentaries told through the protagonist’s lifelong relationship with food. Cut biographies of Nigel Slater (which was later remade into the film Toast with Helen Bonham Carter), plus Malcolm McLaren and Ronnie Corbett.
“Every now and then… somebody drills an exploratory borehole and finds that they have tapped into a reservoir of common experience… Eating With looks as if it might pull it off.” INDEPENDENT 13/4/06
“This one shows how the format can really sing with the right subject… as tasty and moreish as one of Slater’s favourite chocolate sandwiches.” EVENING STANDARD 12/4/06
“This programme gained an emotional depth by featuring someone for whom food is part of his very being.” THE TIMES 13/04/06