ALEX MATTHOLIE Documentary Director & Producer

Troublemakers: Drugged, Framed & Detained (2025), BBC Eye/World Service (50 mins) 

Producer/Director. BBC Eye investigation into claims that protestors in China are being detained in psychiatric hospitals. Long listed for a One World Media Award 2025.

Panorama: My Teacher the Abuser - Fighting for Justice (2023), BBC1 (60 mins) 

Producer. Testimony-driven, current affairs film about sex abuse at prestigious UK boarding schools. Location PD for ob doc-style, courtroom filming in South Africa.

Panorama: Is China Watching You? (2023), BBC1 (30 mins) 

    Producer. Secured exclusive interview with Japan’s Ministry of Defense about spy balloons.

      Panorama: Aftershock - The Turkey-Syria Earthquake (2023), BBC1 (30 mins) 

      Producer. Fast turnaround film made in 1 week by the Panorama team.

      China’s World (2022), Al Arabiya (2x 45 mins) 

      Shooting/Edit Producer. Produced character-led stories in a DRC cobalt mine & Ethiopian textile factory. 

      This World: AstraZeneca (2022), BBC2 (60 mins)

      Producer. Research into case studies of AstraZeneca’s rollout in Africa.

      Panorama: Wild Weather - Our World Under Threat (2021), BBC1 (60 mins)

      Producer. Researched and remote produced two stories about the impact of extreme weather, including sequence with a family in India affected by cyclones and separated by climate migration. 

      This World: China’s Magic Weapon (2021), BBC2 (60 mins)

      Producer. Jane Corbin film investigating China’s global influence. Secured interview with retired Communist Party cadre. 

      Panorama: Are You Scared Yet Human? (2021), BBC1 (60 mins)

      Producer. Film about artificial intelligence and US-China tech competition. Secured interviews with senior policy advisor to Chinese government; anonymous whistle-blower from Xinjiang; and journalist living under digital surveillance in Chongqing. Investigative research of Chinese-language materials.

      54 Days: China and the Pandemic (2021), BBC2 (75 mins)

      Producer. Negotiated and secured exclusive, anonymous interview with medical worker on the frontline of the first ever covid outbreak in Wuhan.

      Panorama: China’s Coronavirus Cover-up (2020), BBC1 (30 mins)

      Producer. Carrie Gracie film on the first few weeks of the covid outbreak in Wuhan. Secured interviews with relative of one of the first victims of covid, as well as, a Hong Kong expert who was part of the Chinese government team that confirmed human-to-human transmission. 

      Unearthed 4 (2019), Windfall Films, Discovery (45 mins)

      Producer. Specialist factual film about the Dead Sea scrolls. Set up and scheduled 10-day shoot in Israel and the West Bank including drone filming and drama recon.

      Reggie in China (2019), 72 Films, BBC2, (3x 60 mins)

      Producer. Presenter-led travelogue. Recced and produced Beijing episode featuring millennials striving for their ‘Chinese Dream’, from bike couriers to the ‘fuerdai’ mega rich. Worked to tight deadlines for CARFTE filming approval.

      We Are British Jews (2018), Lion TV, BBC2 (2x 60 mins)

      Assistant Producer. Observational travelogue exploring what it means to be Jewish in the UK today and British Jews relationship with Israel. UK and Israel filming.

      Secrets of the Forbidden City (2017), Lion TV, Channel 4, (45 mins)

      Assistant Producer. Arranged behind-the-scenes access to architecture restoration projects in the Forbidden City. Edit produced Arte version. Filming in China.