Barbie MacLaurin
# Barbie MacLaurin

Barbie MacLaurin (born 1964) is a BAFTA and GRIERSON nominated producer and director.

## Director

MacLaurin started directing on the BBC's Holiday and Airport television series'. Thereafter, she filmed several documentaries including Final Chance to Save Tigers. In 2008 MacLaurin was nominated for two awards for her work on Paul Merton in China. Her most recent work includes Richard E. Grant's Hotel Secrets for Sky Atlantic, The Drug Trial: Emergency at the Hospital for the BBC which was nominated for a Grierson and won Feature of the Year at the Medical Journalist Awards 2017, and The Abused, a critically acclaimed feature-length documentary for Channel 5 which was nominated for a BAFTA and won Best Documentary at the Edinburgh TV Festival 2019.

## Filmography

| Year | Film/Programme | Credit |
| - | - | - |
| 1998-2004 | Holiday | Director - Numerous |
| 2001-2002 | Airport | Director - 3 episodes |
| 2002 | SAS: Are You Tough Enough? Series one | Director - 3 episodes |
| 2003 | No Going Back | Director - 2 episodes |
| 2005 | Peaches Geldof: Teenage Mind | Director |
| 2006 | Final Chance to Save: Tigers with Sanjeev Bhaskar | Writer and Director |
| 2007 | Paul Merton in China | Director |
| 2008 | Dangerous Jobs for Girls | Producer and Director - 1 episode |
| 2008 | Transvestite Wives | Director |
| 2009-2011 | Banged Up Abroad | Director - 3 episodes |
| 2010 | Martin Clunes:Islands of Britain - The North | Producer and Director - Episode 2 |
| 2011 | Taking on Tyson | Director - 2 episodes |
| 2012 | Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways | Director - 1 episode |
| 2012 | Married to the Moonies | Producer and Director |
| 2014 | Richard E. Grant's Hotel Secrets | Producer and Director - 3 episodes |
| 2014 | The Gift | Director - 2 episodes |
| 2016 | Women in Prison | Director - 2 episodes |
| 2017 | The Drug Trial: Emergency at the Hospital | Writer, Director and Producer |
| 2018 | Breaking Bad in Britain | Writer and Director |
| 2019 | The Abused | Director and Producer |

## Awards and nominations

* 2008: Nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Factual Series or Strand with Paul Sommers, Mark Chapman and Paul Merton for Paul Merton in China.
* 2008: Nominated for a Broadcast Award for Paul Merton in China.
* 2017: Winner Feature of the Year, Medical Journalist Awards for The Drug Trial: Emergency at the Hospital
* 2017: Nominated Best Science Documentary, Grierson Awards for The Drug Trial: Emergency at the Hospital
* 2018: Winner Best Science Program, Banff Awards for The Drug Trial: Emergency at the Hospital
* 2018: Nominated Best Documentary, Broadcast Awards for The Drug Trial: Emergency at the Hospital
* 2019: Winner Best Documentary, Edinburgh Festival TV Awards for The Abused
* 2019: Winner Best Domestic Affairs, International Broadcasters Awards for The Abused
* 2020: Nominated Best Documentary, Broadcast Awards for The Abused
* 2020: Nominated Best Single Documentary, BAFTA for The Abused
