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Mark Hawtin

Mark Hawtin is an accomplished and highly sought editor, with credits on BAFTA and RTS award-winning prime time documentary series.

Art Race (Sky Arts Channel, Friday 4th September '09)

Two artists, Ben Sargent and Kenny Harris, set out to cross America surviving only on their art. Ben attempts a triptych outside the MOCA in Los Angeles, and in front of New York’s Metropolitan Museum, Kenny stoops to pet portraiture. Kenny art-trades his way down the Colorado river and Ben turns to surfboard sculpture in North Carolina. Ben auctions his chainsaw sculpture in Palm Springs and Kenny gets stuck in Pennsylvania. In the final show-down Ben and Kenny prepare their end-of-journey gallery shows and learn which one has traded the most to win Art Race.

Mark edited 6 of the 12 half hour episodes.

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Caribbean Cops (Virgin One / 2 x 1 hour)

On the surface it’s all white sand beaches, street parties and good times on jet skis. But the other Caribbean reality is never far away; murder, aggravated burglary and the high stakes business of the international drug trade. Inevitably these two worlds sometimes collide – tourists get seduced by the drugs; wander into the wrong part of town or find their holiday villas have been ransacked. And when there's trouble in paradise, it's time to call the Caribbean Cops.

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Naked Science: The Grand Canyon (National Geographic Channel / 1 hour)

Learn the answers to pressing questions, examined under a tightly-focused lens. The Grand Canyon is over 6 million years old and is 277 miles long. Nearly two billion years of the Earth's history have been exposed as the Colorado River and its tributaries cut their channels through layer after layer of rock while the Colorado Plateau was uplifted. Naked Science digs beneath the surface of some of the most fascinating scientific subjects and mysteries of our time. With contributions from some of the world’s foremost scientists, the series examines the newest scientific developments and theories and uses moving human-interest stories, personal experiences and the latest computergenerated graphics to bring a range of science subjects vividly to life.

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Ross Kemp: Teenage Gangs of South London (Sky One / 1 hour)

The BAFTA award-winning documentary series turns its focus closer to home for this one-off special, as Ross Kemp uncovers the stark reality of gang violence on the streets of the capital. February 2007 was marred by a spate of fatal shootings in south London. In one two-week period, three boys, aged between 15 and 16, were gunned down in gang-related murders. These tragic deaths have served to highlight growing concerns for the increased gun culture among youth gangs in the capital. The Metropolitan Police have identified as many as 169 gangs in London, a quarter of which have been involved in murder, and with the attraction of gang camaraderie, power and the 'bling' lifestyle, the situation appears to be getting worse.

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The Search: France (Channel 4 / 1 hour)

Screened on Channel 4, Sunday 14 January 2007 21:00. The Search, a new 7-part global treasure hunt series presented by Jamie Theakston follows 10 clever contestants who compete to crack fiendish codes and unravel ancient mysteries around the world. They are battling to win the grand prize at the end of the series: £50,000 in buried treasure! From Renaissance Italy to the jungles of Central America; from the Taj Mahal in India to ancient Egyptian tombs that have never been filmed before, each programme takes viewers to stunning and surprising locations across the world. At the end of each episode, the winning team will survive The Search for another week but the losers must play the Poisoned Chalice and kick one of their team out of the game. Episode 2 opens in France. Monica has been eliminated so the contestants are down to just nine. The search starts outside the beautiful Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.

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Dom Joly's Happy Hour: Eastern Europe (Sky One / 1 hour)

Screened 6 November 2006. DVD released 1 October 2007. Dom Joly and his indomitable partner Pete set off to travel the globe and get intimate with different countries by exploring one aspect of their culture; the alcohol they drink. From the hallucinatory experience of moonshine in the deep south of the USA, to the consumption of extreme alcohol in Russia, a country where more industrial alcohol is consumed for personal use than anywhere else in the world, Dom and Pete stop at nothing to reach the bottom of the cultural barrel! Along the way they meet extraordinary characters – traffic cops in Florida, beer-brewing monks in Germany and mafia in Moscow.

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Urban Outsiders (HGTV / 30 mins)

Ugly outdoor spaces undergo incredible transformations at the hands of England's popular garden guru, Matt James (aka The City Gardener). James brings his creative ideas and inspiration stateside and proves even the smallest and shabbiest of spaces can become something lush and stylish. Urban Outsiders tackles outdoor transformations from New York to Los Angeles, and does it all with energy, personality and modern flair. The concrete jungle has never looked this cool!

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Through Hell and High Water (BBC1 / 30 mins)

Olympic Gold medallist, James Cracknell is a man who likes to win. Television presenter, Ben Fogle, has never set foot in a rowing boat. Through Hell and High Water charts their dramatic attempt to win one of the world's toughest challenges - to race to cross the Atlantic in a tiny rowing boat with only each other for company. The five part series returned to BBC ONE Monday 17 July to Friday 21 July at 7pm.

Winner: Royal Television Society award for best daytime programme.

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Mark's documentary credits 2001-2006

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