THE F WORD - CHANNEL 4 - OPTOMEN
BAFTA NOMINEE - Best Features Series 2007
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR - 10 x 45’
Directed the memorable series strand of Ramsay and his family rearing two Berkshire pigs in their garden, told in instalments over ten weeks.
“RAMSAY REDUCED TO TEARS AS PIGS GO UNDER KNIFE… The decision to screen graphic footage of the slaughter process has met with the approval of the animal rights group People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals… ‘These animal’s deaths will not have been in vain, since they will turn many compassionate people into vegetarians’.” The Times 09/08/06
“PICK OF THE DAY: The best thing about having pigs is that when they grow up we can ride them,’ says Gordon’s son, Jack, who’s going to be gutted when they go for slaughter in five weeks and he realises he’ll have to settle for a bike. So out comes the masking tape as Gordon tries to show his kids where all the cuts of pork come from by marking them out – on himself. You can practically see the child psychiatrists queuing up outside the Ramsay’s front door.” Daily Mirror 05/06/06
“PICK OF THE DAY: The big emotional wallop this week comes from Trinny and Susannah …it’s time for them to make that big mid-career leap from piggies to food.” Heat 05/08/06
“When Trinny and Susannah are taken off to the slaughterhouse, expect a few tears.” Evening Standard 09/08/06
“Four million watched Gordon take the two porkers to the abattoir.” The Sun 09/04/06