Documentaries
FEB - APRIL 2020
PD/DoP China Undercover PBS Frontline (Hardcash Productions)
Winner: Peabody Awards, News, 2021
Nominated: One World Media Awards, Television Documentary, 2021
July 2019 - Feb 2020
PD/DoP The Battle for Hong Kong Channel 4 and PSB Frontline (Hardcash Productions)
Filmed over eight months on the violent frontline of Hong Kong’s street protests, this is the compelling and emotional story of how the lives of five young activists were changed for ever.
Nominated: BAFTA TV Awards, Current Affairs, 2021
Nominated: Peabody Awards, News, 2021
Rory Peck Awards Finalist: Sony Impact Award for Current Affairs, 2020
Fai Wan and Robin Barnwell
British Journalism Awards: Foreign Affairs - Shortlist, 2020
PD/DoP Undercover: Inside China’s Digital Gulag ITV (Hardcash Productions)
Imagine a place where technology is used to control an entire ethnic population with a million or more estimated to be held in re-education camps. Those not in detention are being experimented on to advance Chinese technology that will change our world. A groundbreaking investigation for ITV.
Winner: Current Affairs, BAFTA TV Awards, 2020
Nominee: Director - Factual, BAFTA Craft Awards, 2020
Winner: Foreign Affairs Journalism, British Journalism Awards, 2019
Highly commended: Investigation of the Year, British Journalism Awards, 2019
Winner: International Emmy, Current Affairs, 2020
Winner: Prix Italia, Best Documentary and Signis Special Prize, 2020
Winner: Venice TV Award: Best Documentary, 2020
Winner: Amnesty Media Awards: Investigation, 2020
Winner: Grierson Awards, Current Affairs, 2020
Nominated: Best Single Documentary, RTS Programme Awards, 2020
Nominated: Current Affairs, Broadcast Awards, 2020
Nominated: Current Affairs - International, RTS Journalism Awards, 2020
Nominated: Documentary and Factual: Social and Current Affairs, BANFF - Rockie Awards, 2020
Nominated: Technology Journalism, British Journalism Awards, 2019
nov 2018 - June 2019
Mar – Oct 2018
PD/DoP Iran Unveiled: Taking on the Ayatollahs ITV (Hardcash Productions)
The political and social upheaval in Iran seen through the eyes of four women ‘The Girls of Revolution Street’
Nominated: Current Affairs, BAFTA TV Awards, 2019
Nominated: Current Affairs, International Emmy Awards, 2019
Shortlisted: Best Documentary - International , The Grierson Awards, 2019
Feb – Sep 2017
PD/DoP Germany’s New Nazis BBC1 (Ronachan Films)
The story of a group of Germans that formed a neo-Nazi terrorist group and attacked migrants and those that supported them
May – Sep 2016
PD/DoP The Forgotten Children ITV (Wild Pictures)
Observational documentary following the heart-breaking stories of refugee orphans stranded in Europe
Winner: Documentaries (TV and film), Amnesty International Media Awards, 2018
Nominated: Best Single Documentary, RTS Programme Awards, 2017
Nominated: Best Current Affairs Programme, Broadcast Awards, 2018
Directed and filmed parts of Exodus: Our Journey to Europe BBC2 (Keo Films)
Three-part documentary series following the journeys of migrants from their home countries to the UK. Filmed in Ethiopia, Afghanistan and the UK
Winner: Best Documentary Series, BAFTA TV Awards, 2017 + Grierson, Broadcast, International Emmy and RTS Programme Awards, 2017
Sep – Nov 2015
PD/DoP Kill the Christians BBC2
Documentary on the decline of Christianity in the Middle East
Jan – Apr 2015
Series Producer/DoP BBC at War BBC2 (Fresh One Productions)
Documentary series charting the BBC’s transformation in World War II
Aug – Dec 2014
Jan – Jun 2014
PD/DoP Children of Syria BBC2
Observational documentary, following the lives of six Syrian children living through the war
Nominated: Best Single Documentary, BAFTA TV Awards, 2015
PD/DoP An Island Parish – Falklands BBC2 (Tiger Aspect)
Observational documentary series about the Falkland Islanders
Oct 2013 – Jan 2014
PD/DoP Dan Snow’s History of Congo BBC2
Apr – Sep 2013
PD/DoP Churchill’s Desert War: The Road to El Alamein BBC2 (Fresh One Productions)
90-minute documentary examining the war in the Western desert
Feb – Jul 2012
PD/DoP Fighting on the Frontline: War Wagons Channel4 (Minnow Films)
Observational documentary following the tour of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards in Helmand
Nominated: Best Documentary Series, RTS Programme Awards, 2012
Apr – Sep 2011
PD Fighting Gadaffi BBC1
Documentary investigating crimes against humanity committed against civilians in Benghazi, Libya
Winner: Association of International Broadcasting Award, 2012
Feb – Mar 2011
PD/DoP Africa’s Last Taboo Channel4 (Insight Television)
Documentary exploring attitudes to homosexuality in Africa
Apr – Jul 2010
PD Gaza: Out of the Ruins
Documentary investigating alleged war crimes in the aftermath of the Israeli Defence Forces’ operation in Gaza
Winner: Grand Format Television Category, Bayeux War Reporting Awards, 2010
Jan – Feb 2009
PD/DoP Taking on the Taliban – The Soldiers’ Story
Groundbreaking observational documentary, following the Grenadier Guards first tour in Helmand, Afghanistan
Nominated: Best Observational Documentary, RTS Programme Awards
Nominated: International Category, RTS Journalism Awards, 2008
May 2007 – Nov 2007
Mar – Jul 2008
PD/DoP China’s Secret War BBC1
Documentary investigating a breach of the UN arms embargo in Darfur
Nominated: Best Television Documentary and DocuDrama, Amnesty International Media Awards
January 2006 - April 2007
PD - six documentaries
Unreported World Channel 4 (Quicksilver)
Non-television work
Robin served as a UN diplomat for four years in the Department of Political Affairs (DPA) and the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), working at the heart of the UN’s missions in Afghanistan and Southern Sudan on complex peace and nation building processes. He took a special interest in Security Sector Reform.
Civil Affairs Officer, United Nations Mission to the Sudan (UNMIS)
Jul 2005 – Jan 2006
Special Assistant to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan (United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan – UNAMA)
Jan – Dec 2004
Apr 2002 – Dec 2003
Special Assistant to the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan (United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan – UNAMA)
Army Officer (UK) 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Green Jackets (probationary commission)
Sep 1991 – Oct 1992
Technical skills and training
2008, 2011, 2014 & 2018 (BBC)
Hostile Environments Refresher
BBC Risk: Management of Production Course Parts 1 & 2
Feb 2010
Refresher First Aid
Feb 2006 & 2011 (AKE)
Hostile Environments
1998 (BBC)
Battlefield First Aid
1998 (BBC)
Off-road 4x4 driving
1998 & 2013 (BBC)
Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced Location shooting courses
1999 & 2000 (BBC Wood Norton)
Education
Trinity College, Cambridge, UK: History, M.A Honours (First Class) Senior Scholarship
Associate and News Editor, ‘Varsity’ – Cambridge University newspaper
1991 – 1994
1984 – 1991
Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys, Canterbury, Kent, UK