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    BFI Exhibition Reveals the Secrets of Alan Whicker’s Archive

    When we first visited the BFI Southbank’s new exhibition, the first quote we heard gasped from the lips of a startled BFI…

    September 20, 2016
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    The 10 Best Documentary Events in the UK and Ireland This September

    September is shaping up to be one of the most eventful months of the year for documentary film and radio…

    August 30, 2016
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    Channel 4 First Cut Filmmaker Ross Bolidai on Bare-knuckle Boxing, Stumbling Across Stories and His £100k Commission

    It’s been quite the year for filmmaker Ross Bolidai. Graduating from the National Film and Television School with a masters in…

    August 22, 2016
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    Documentary Funding Award runner-up Adam James Smith on the enticing fantasy of “Americaville” and how he stumbled upon the town

    Adam James Smith,  director of “Americaville” and runner-up of our 2016 Funding Award, speaks to Megan O’Hara about stumbling across…

    August 5, 2016
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    The Best Documentary Events in the UK This August

    We’re delighted to announce this month’s round up of must-see documentary films and events to make this August as entertaining…

    July 30, 2016
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    10 Unmissable Political Documentaries

    With the UK’s political landscape transforming considerably over the past few months, political discussions have dominated not just the press…

    July 22, 2016
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    The Top 10 Best Sports Documentaries to Watch Today

    It’s safe to say that so far it’s been a summer of great sporting triumphs. With Portugal’s unexpected win against…

    July 15, 2016
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    From Shooting Yoghurt to Filming a Lost Dynasty: An Interview With Our Funding Award Winner 2016

    How was it for you? 2016 Funding Award winner Alex Bescoby speaks to Whicker’s World Foundation’s Artistic Director Jane Ray…

    July 4, 2016
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    We List The Best Documentary Events This July

    We’re back from Sheffield Doc/Fest, our £80k funding award winner has been announced and the Whicker’s World Foundation team are…

    June 30, 2016
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    An Interview With Documentarian Emily James

    Earlier this year Whicker’s World Foundation put out a survey with the aim of learning more about the cost of…

    June 23, 2016
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The Whickers were established in 2015 to fund and recognise original and innovative documentary. We seek to use the generous legacy of our namesake, pioneering broadcaster Alan Whicker, to support emerging film and audio documentary-makers in the funding and production of director led programmes.

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