Alan Harris
Alan is a highly experienced and versatile Editor whose work spans documentary, drama, factual and entertainment for UK and US broadcasters and streaming platforms. Equally adept at scripted and unscripted storytelling, he combines strong editorial instincts and visual flair with extensive offline and online experience.
His work on Arrow Media’s Abandoned reflects the evolving breadth of his skills, with credits as Editor, Edit Producer, AI Writer and Director on the archive-led YouTube series, which uses AI-generated visual sequences to bring the stories of forgotten and derelict places to life. Alan has also worked with extensive and previously unseen archive on Only Fools and Horses: The Lost Archive, celebrating 45 years of one of Britain’s best-loved sitcoms.
Alan’s wider credits demonstrate his range across both drama and documentary. He edited six episodes of BBC One’s Call the Midwife across Series 8–10, alongside documentary work including Netflix’s Vendetta: Truth, Lies and the Mafia, American Monster for Investigation Discovery and Genghis Khan’s Mongolia for Smithsonian.
Welcoming, collaborative and calm under pressure, Alan brings creativity, technical confidence and a keen eye for detail to the cutting room, always focused on finding the strongest way to tell the story.
Work by Alan
Jonathan Ross Haunted Homecoming
Private: America, A Journey of the Brave – PHO DO NGUYEN
American Monster – Friend is Dead
Call the Midwife – Just Climb In
Call the Midwife – Staring You in the Face
Capital Crimes
Crime Queens
Motorway Map of Britain
Obssessive Compulsive Cleaners USA – Cutlery
Yianni: Supercar Customiser
Jonathan Ross Haunted Homecoming
Much-loved TV star, Jonathan Ross returns to the scenes of his youth for a chilling trip down memory lane, accompanied by Psychic Medium Ian Lawman and Paranormal Investigator Dr Kate Cherrell. Jonathan has long been known for his fascination with horror and the macabre, but when he revisits his old stomping ground in the East End, exploring its darker real-life secrets and looking for evidence of the paranormal, he finds himself in his very own scary movie…
In the very house where he grew up, he recalls a terrifying childhood incident down in the cellar, before heading to nearby Epping Forest, where events take a sinister, unexpected turn in the darkness. At the famed Hitchcock Hotel on Wanstead Flats, things get more tense as a malign presence enters its most foreboding room and they unlock ghostly secrets of one of his old local pubs.
Private: America, A Journey of the Brave – PHO DO NGUYEN
American Monster – Friend is Dead
Exploring the hidden lives of serial killers, this drama documentary combines dramatic reconstructions with personal footage and interviews from loved ones and neighbours.
Call the Midwife – Just Climb In
Call the Midwife – Staring You in the Face
Capital Crimes
An investigation into a single crime from history, that uniquely reveals the history of a particular place and time. Each crime is the key to unlocking the secrets of an entire city, and its place in our wider history. This clip is from the episode ‘He did it for the Money’. Shown on the Smithsonian channel.
Crime Queens
A gripping drama-doc chronicles Thelma Wright’s rise as a key drug trafficker in 1980s America, seizing control of an empire after her husband’s brutal murder. Through interviews and dramatic reenactments, she unveils her journey into crime and path to redemption.
Motorway Map of Britain
This documentary series explores how the UK was built from the ground up – by filling in a map of Britain’s transport networks through the ages, and focusing on the UK’s love-hate relationship with motorways.
Obssessive Compulsive Cleaners USA – Cutlery
Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners follows people who cannot stop cleaning and carefully matches them with someone whose home is in dire need of a spring clean.
Yianni: Supercar Customiser
Reality series following the car customiser to the stars, Yianni Charalambous, the man the rich and famous trust with their precious rides.