Ed Stradling (born 1972 in

Cardiff, Wales Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ...

), is a TV producer/director, who is best known for producing documentaries accompanying the BBC DVD range in the 2000s.

Documentaries

Stradling produced over 40 documentaries and shorts on DVD releases of various TV shows, most notably ''

Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the u ...

'', also ''

Robin of Sherwood ''Robin of Sherwood'' is a British television series, based on the legend of Robin Hood. Created by Richard Carpenter, it was produced by HTV in association with Goldcrest, and ran from 28 April 1984 to 28 June 1986 on the ITV network. In the ...

'', and with

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on '' Civilisation: A Personal View'' and ''

The Ascent of Man ''The Ascent of Man'' is a 13-part British documentary television series produced by the BBC and Time-Life Films first broadcast in 1973. It was written and presented by British mathematician and historian of science Jacob Bronowski, who als ...

''. In the 2010s he worked on Children's BBC programming, directed ''

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's Christmas Hits'', as well as music documentaries for the

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Channel. He has since worked on political and royal programming for Channel 5 &

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, including General Election specials for ITV's

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programme. He is also a television archivist and runs The TV Museum youtube channel.

References

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BBC Doctor Who Website
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