William Roche
In The Blink Of An Eye was the book that ignited Will’s lifelong passion for the craft of editing, and storytelling has remained at the heart of his work ever since. An experienced documentary Editor, he brings strong narrative instincts and scriptwriting skills to the edit, alongside a keen eye for the visual and an extensive understanding of sound and music.
Will edited L.S. Lowry: The Unheard Tapes for Wall to Wall and BBC Two, a fascinating and intimate portrait of one of Britain’s most celebrated artists, built around previously unheard recordings from the final years of his life. The film brought Lowry’s own voice and character vividly to the fore and was longlisted for Best Single Documentary – Domestic at the 2026 Grierson Awards.
Will’s work ranges from true crime and authored documentary to history and high-stakes adventure. His credits include A&E’s Accused: Guilty or Innocent? and National Geographic’s Banged Up Abroad, alongside adventure series Gold Rush and In the Eye of the Storm: Chasers for Discovery. Calm and collaborative in the edit, Will combines creative storytelling with a meticulous eye for detail.
Work by William
L.S. Lowry: The Unheard Tapes
My Wife My Killer & The Secret Footage
Accused: Did I Do It?
Locked Up Abroad
Locked Up Abroad
Valley of the Kings: The Lost Tombs
Valley of the Kings: The Lost Tombs
Accused: Guilty or Innocent?
Accused: Guilty or Innocent?
All on the Line
Gold Rush: White Water
Victorian Bakers
Gold Rush: White Water
Catastrophe
Victorian Bakers At Christmas
L.S. Lowry: The Unheard Tapes
An insight into the secretive ‘matchstick men’ painter as he guides us through his revealing life story in unheard interviews from the end of his life, lip-synced by Ian McKellen.
My Wife My Killer & The Secret Footage
The documentary explores the murder of Jamie Faith, who was shot dead outside his Dallas home.
Initially portrayed as a tragic random crime, surveillance—including doorbell camera footage—gradually reveals a chilling truth: his wife, Jennifer Faith, orchestrated the killing
Accused: Did I Do It?
A high-stakes true crime anthology that reconstructs real cases from the accused’s perspective, layering testimonies, evidence, and personal accounts to pose the pressing question: Did they do it?
Locked Up Abroad
Long running documentary series for National Geographic following the worlds most daring and dangerous criminals as they fall spectacularly into the hands of the law, losing their freedom and learning the
true cost of a life of crime along the way.
Locked Up Abroad
Long running documentary series for National Geographic following the worlds most daring and dangerous criminals as they fall spectacularly into the hands of the law, losing their freedom and learning the
true cost of a life of crime along the way.
Valley of the Kings: The Lost Tombs
Feature length special for Discovery channel about the search for an undiscovered tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. The series follows a team of archaeologists led by Zahi Hawass.
Valley of the Kings: The Lost Tombs
Feature length special for Discovery channel about the search for an undiscovered tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. The series follows a team of archaeologists led by Zahi Hawass.
Accused: Guilty or Innocent?
Rated the #1 Crime and Justice series on A&E Networks, this highly acclaimed series follows the dramatic stories of people charged with serious crimes and facing prison.
Accused: Guilty or Innocent?
Rated the #1 Crime and Justice series on A&E, this highly acclaimed series follows the dramatic stories of people charged with serious crimes and facing prison.
All on the Line
It’s all hands-on deck on the Discovery channel as we follow brave fishing crews in Massachusetts as they search for one of the world’s biggest fish.
Gold Rush: White Water
Edge-of-your-seat observational documentary for Discovery following miners who put their lives on the line as they mine for gold under the white waters of the Alaskan mountains.
Victorian Bakers
Professional bakers leave their modern businesses behind to bake their way through the Victorian era in this BBC Two Observational series. They set up shop in 1837, when their trade was vital to the survival of the nation.
Gold Rush: White Water
Edge-of-your-seat observational documentary for Discovery following miners who put their lives on the line as they mine for gold under the white waters of the Alaskan mountains.
Catastrophe
Presented by Tony Robinson, this is a clip from a cutting edge five-part science documentary series that examines the theory that a series of violent, planetary catastrophes in our solar system are in fact responsible for creating the harmonious conditions here on Earth that have given rise to life. Aired on Channel 4
Victorian Bakers At Christmas
One-off special for BBC2 where the four professional bakers discover the role their trade played in creating Christmas as we know it today.