David Potter

In February 2014, letter bombs were sent to nine British Military recruitment offices over the course of three days. Londonderry postmarks, a coded message sent to a Northern Irish newspaper, and security forces at Downing Street all pointed to the New IRA as the main suspects.
In “Free Derry: The IRA Drug War”, VICE unmask the farcical veneer of the UK’s ‘City of Culture’ 2013.

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African Masters: Rising Stars seeks out the emerging talent of some the region’s burgeoning art scenes across four countries; Angola, Ivory Coast, Tanzania and Ethiopia. Each 30 minute episode contains intimate interviews and revealing stories around emerging artists; reflecting on their art, inspiration and methods – blowing away preconceptions. This visually stunning exploration of Africa’s art scene includes its latest success story, Angola’s 2013 triumph at the Venice Biennale where it won the Golden Lion award; the art world’s highest international accolade.

Sparsh is 14 years old and has broken 120 bones in his body (so far). He’s also an extraordinarily talented rapper. He has big dreams of becoming the next Eminem – that’s what inspires him to transcend his condition and inspire the world. He’s about to give the biggest performance of his life, but first comes the biggest operation…

Aired on Telesur.

“Life in the Jungle” tells the true human story of refugees in the Calais ‘jungle’ camp. Filming with art therapy charity, Art Refuge UK, we hear personal stories of people’s experiences, their journeys over to Calais and their life in the camp.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn received the backing of dozens of Grime and Hip Hop artists in the recent UK elections. London-based rapper Awate met with other artists just weeks after the election, to ask their reasons for getting involved in mainstream politics this time round.

Social media campaign for the launch of the Sky Sports series Mission Mudder, comprising of a episodic trailers at varying lengths for different platforms and branded daily blogs featuring the Olympians..
The series covered six British Olympic Athletes take on three Tough Mudder courses, culminating in an attempt to run as many miles as possible for charity at the first ever Europe’s Toughest Mudder.
Think Tough Mudder would be a walk in the park for an Olympian? Think again. Although these young sportsmen and women dominate in their individual fields their incredibly specialised training hasn’t prepared them for the mental strength, physical determination and teamwork required to complete a Tough Mudder challenge.

Social media campaign comprising of 4 x 30 seconds episodic promos for ‘Chasing The Dream’, a series following the fortunes of Joshua Buatsi, Lawrence Okolie, and Anthony Fowler as they target title glory as professional boxers.

1 minute un-branded video, part of a multi platform viral campaign Iceland launched to create awareness around ‘fresh’ fish. Different lengths of video created for different platform specifications.

Virtual reality video gaming has been a dream of the industry for decades. And, after several false starts such as Nintendo’s Virtual Boy and the SEGA VR, in 2016 it’s finally happening, and in a big way.

Book launch promotional campaign. 1 of 5 edits.
Melissa Hemsley teaches us how to make her quick and easy leftover bowl from her new cookbook, Eat Happy, that’s great for using up ingredients and keeping an eye on those pennies.

Since the age of five, Zimbabwean teenager Tanya has been training to become the first African female to win an international motocross race. She has just a few months to prepare for the ride of her life at the MXGP Championships. We follow her journey to the UK as she realizes her dream.

A variety of social media content featuring 5 different influencers. Plus youtube pre-roll and instagram ads. Instagram views currently standing at 1.5 million.

Branded idents for Sky Sports Mix documentary – Chasing the Dream.
Package comprised of 1 x15 sec show opening ident and 5 x 5sec ad break idents.

1 of 10 – Glossy hair and fashion online campaign, promoting Schwarzkopf’s new range.

Porter Magazine. Yves Saint Laurent’s muse, Betty Catroux, reveals her rules for successful living: from ‘Stay True To Yourself’ to ‘Embrace Your Inner Rebel’.

Net-a-Porter TV.

Net-a-Porter TV.

12 x 30min for Russia Today

Aired on BBC4. Painting at night is difficult and problematic, so why have so many great artists taken on the challenge? Waldemar Januszczak gives a hint of what’s to come with various artworks inspired by or painted in the night.

Aired on BBC2. Art writer Waldemar Januszczak explores the revolutionary achievements of the Impressionists. In this episode, Waldemar delves into the back stories of four of the most influential Impressionists – Pissarro, Monet, Renoir and Bazille – who together laid the foundations of the artistic movement. He finds out what social and cultural influences drove them to their style of painting, how they were united and how ultimately they challenged and changed art forever.

Aired on BBC4. Waldemar Januszczak demonstrates the simple way Celts did their magnificent and complicated interlacing used on Celtic crosses.