Ellie Harrison
Nature. Outdoorsman. Communal song. Sharp edge sculpture. Reminder art. Collective love. Geography field trips.
Along with the lessons, there are many things I’ll miss. Full permission to sit in the outdoors all day, for the woods will always be my cathedrals and the trees my counsel. I’ll miss the steady beat of working one logical step at a time as well as moments of total stillness while we record audio wild track. It was an honour to be in a position of trust with the people we met, to hear always fascinating stories, often spilling off-topic and off-camera, and I thank them all for their confidence in me. And I’ll miss laughing about daft things with the crew between takes and knowing we bolstered each other as a group as we headed off into new situations each day.
I’ve come to realise that I don’t need to navigate to a whole new ocean or even a new sea, but to chart a new course somewhere in these waters, raising my three wonderful children, growing our family business and following my own creative calling to produce art of my own making. The winds of change are blowing, my hands turn the tiller and I close my eyes to take comfort from Invictus I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul. I’ll see you again someday.
Education
1989 - 1994
Comprehensive secondary school, Tetbury
1994 - 1996
Sixth form college, Cirencester
1997 - 2000
Kings College, University of London
TV
2005 - 2006
Wild Challenge | Channel 5 | 26 x 30'
2007 - 2008
The ONE Show | BBC1 | 65 x 10'
2008
Daily Planet | Discovery Canada | 10 x 60' as-live
2009
The World Without Sunlight | Discovery | 1 x 60'
2008 - 2009
Wild About Your Garden | BBC1 | 6 x 60'
2010 - 2011
Country Tracks | BBC2 | 31 x 60'
2011
World Sheepdog Trials | More4 | 5 x 60' live
2013
Midsummer Live | BBC Scotland | summer solstice stripped live
2013
Britain's Big Wildlife Revival | BBC1 | 6 x 60'
2013
The Great British Winter | BBC1 | 5 x 60'
2014
Nature's Miracle Orphans | BBC2 | 2 x 60'
2014
The Treasure Hunters | BBC1 | 1 x 60'
2015
Dinosaur Britain | ITV | 2 x 60'
2016
Britain's Whales | ITV | 1 x 60'
2016
Britain's Sharks | ITV | 1 x 60'
2017
Children in Need | BBC1 | live
2018
Sport Relief | BBC1 |
2020
Springwatch 2020 | BBC2 | 5 x 60' live
2021
A Very Country Christmas | BBC1 | 3 x 60'
2010 - 2023
Countryfile | BBC1 | Weekly x 60'
Awards
1999
King's College London | Scholarship for research in Zimbabwe on elephant conservation
2006
BAFTA Children's Factual | Wild Challenge
2014
Royal Television Society, West | Female On-Screen
2020
BAFTA Live Event | Springwatch 2020
Exhibitions
Contact
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