TOM STRACHAN
In 2019 Tom was awarded the Royal Television Society Award (North East) for Professional Excellence in Editing. The award was based on three examples including two episodes of The Dumping Ground and one episode of Hollyoaks. One of Tom's Dumping Ground episodes went on to be BAFTA nominated in 2019.
Tom's recent credits include; Waterloo Road, Princess Mirror-Belle, Holby City, Lagging and The Dumping Ground, with all returning shows asking Tom back routinely.
Read Tom's latest blog - VFX: Editing with extra imagination
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WATERLOO ROAD
Series 11
2x60 MIN - BBC
Director - Jesse Quinones
Producer - Cameron Roach
BBC's popular drama being rebooted with many popular figures returning.
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PRINCESS MIRROR-BELLE
Series 1 & 2
11x23 MIN - CBBC
Director - Spencer Campbell
Producer - Gert Thomas
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CBBC drama based on Julia Donaldson's popular books. Lots of VFX and fun!
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LAGGING
Series 2 (Episodes 4 & 9)
2x28 MIN - CBBC
Executive Producer - Jon Rolph
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Picking up the edit on two very complicated and fun episodes of CBBC's 'Lagging', a drama based on children gaming. Packed full of fun and visual effects.
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HOLBY CITY
7x60 MIN - BBC
Directors - Jamie Annett, Steve Brett, Miranda Howard-Williams
Producer - Sandra MacIver, Sean Gleeson, Poz Watson, Yasmin Kallil
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The BBC's long-running and highly regarded hospital drama. Including two of the final four episodes to air. Storylines have included sensitive subjects such as sexual assault and domestic violence.
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THE DUMPING GROUND
Series 6, 8, 9, 10 & 11
17x28 MIN - CBBC
Directors - Jamie Annett, Hildegard Ryan, Di Patrick, Lee Skelly.
Producers - Gert Thomas, Jonathan Wolfman, Emma Bodger
Executive Producers - Jonathan Phillips, Jane Dauncey, Gert Thomas
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CBBC's flagship drama, and where I started my editing career. Included in my time there is a BAFTA-nominated episode, an RTS award for editing and a huge visual FX sequence where a house was swallowed into a sink-hole.
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CASUALTY
2X50 MIN - BBC
Director - Piotr Szkopiak
Executive Producer - Loretta Preece
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Two Christmas specials of the long-running BBC hospital drama.
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HOLLYOAKS
65x25 MIN - E4
Directors - Jamie Annett, Claire Tailyour, Paul Riordan, Sean Glynn, Andrew Gunn, George Siougas, Dirk Campbell, Will Brenton, Amy Coop, Edem Kelman, Duncan Foster, David Crowley, Sean Spencer
Executive Producers - Bryan Kirkwood & Lucy Martin.
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Through many episodes of Hollyoaks I've covered many topics including eating disorders, domestic violence, sexual assault and much more.
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RIVER CITY - SERIES 20
6x60 MIN - BBC ONE (SCOTLAND)
Director - Stuart Davids, Ade Bean.
Producer - Vikki Tennant & Joseph Mclean.
Executive Producer - Kieran Hannigan