Jenny Barraclough
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Jennifer Ann Barraclough OBE
is a British
film
and television producer
. Much of her work is in television documentaries
. She is also involved in a number of trusts and charities including the Grierson Trust, LEPRA
, and the Razumovsky Ensemble
.
Barraclough was educated at St Brandon's School
(Somerset
), Millfield
(Somerset), and St Hilda's College, Oxford
, where she achieved a BA
Hons
in English
.
Barraclough was one of the first women television producers. Barraclough's film Gale is Dead (1971) was one of the first to draw attention to young homeless and drug addicts and contributed to the establishment of a House of Commons committee. Her film Women in Prison in 1972 (which won a BAFTA
) was the first film to be shot in a women's prison
in the UK. In the 1980s she made two films on Queen Elizabeth II
and two on 10 Downing Street
for BBC One
. Barraclough also produced films on the arts, including one on the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
and a major series on the London Symphony Orchestra
in 1986.
Barraclough's films on AIDS
helped promote understanding of the disease in its early days. Barraclough also produced other series focused on medicine
, including series on transplant surgey
and the history of cancer
. Films for BBC World
have included projects on leprosy
(2001), vaccination
(2004), and international efforts to prevent the spread of avian flu. In 2005 Barraclough produced a widely-distributed film on the MMR vaccine
for the Department of Health
.
She was made a member of two BBC think tanks.
Barraclough was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2009 Birthday Honours.
and Chairman of the Grierson Trust which plays a leading role in supporting the quality documentary in the UK at a time when it is threatened by ratings and other commercial imperatives. As Trustee
she has helped expand the event from a single award to an event with nine categories, and as Chairman she has initiated many new ideas including the specially commissioned films by young 'Newcomers'. She has expanded the Trust's activities into many new areas, like staging the popular National Film Theatre events that highlight ethical and other issues in documentary-making, mounting Master Classes with DocHouse where leading documentary makers share their skills with their audiences, and supporting festivals that honour the documentary. She has helped initiated three new Grierson Sheffield Awards at the Sheffield International Documentary Festival
: the 'most innovative', best 'green' film and a 'youth award' for the film most admired by young audiences.
Jenny Barraclough made the influential programme 'The New Face of Leprosy' in 2001 which was shown to 27 million people on BBC World
and then shown by many individual national networks and also by educational groups throughout the affected countries. As a Member of the Executive Board of LEPRA
she has helped make decisions on the treatment of leprosy
, TB
and AIDS
among thousands of people on three continents, speaking on the organisation's behalf and making fund raising films for them. She became chairman in 2007 and works closely with the CEO in managing a charity with a £12 million annual income and employing over 4,500 world wide.
She is a trustee of the Razumovsky Trust
, which is the trust of the Razumovsky Ensemble and Academy
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
is a British
United Kingdom
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film
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
and television producer
Television producer
The primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...
. Much of her work is in television documentaries
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
. She is also involved in a number of trusts and charities including the Grierson Trust, LEPRA
LEPRA
LEPRA Health in Action is a health and medical development charity fighting diseases of poverty and working towards a world without leprosy...
, and the Razumovsky Ensemble
Razumovsky Ensemble
The Razumovsky Ensemble founded by the award-winning Russian cellist, Oleg Kogan, is a chamber ensemble that features prominent international players, some of whom are soloists, others of whom are orchestral principals...
.
Barraclough was educated at St Brandon's School
St Brandon's School
St Brandon's School was a private infant and junior school, and a senior boarding school for girls located in Clevedon, England, opened in 1831 and closed in 2004.-History:...
(Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
), Millfield
Millfield
Millfield is an independent school in Street in Somerset, in south-west England.The school currently has a roll of 1,260 pupils, of whom 910 are boarders...
(Somerset), and St Hilda's College, Oxford
St Hilda's College, Oxford
St Hilda's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England.The college was founded in 1893 as a hall for women, and remained an all-women's college until 2006....
, where she achieved a BA
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
Hons
British undergraduate degree classification
The British undergraduate degree classification system is a grading scheme for undergraduate degrees in the United Kingdom...
in English
English studies
English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language , English linguistics English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language (including literatures from the U.K., U.S.,...
.
Barraclough was one of the first women television producers. Barraclough's film Gale is Dead (1971) was one of the first to draw attention to young homeless and drug addicts and contributed to the establishment of a House of Commons committee. Her film Women in Prison in 1972 (which won a BAFTA
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is a charity in the United Kingdom that hosts annual awards shows for excellence in film, television, television craft, video games and forms of animation.-Introduction:...
) was the first film to be shot in a women's prison
Prison
A prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime...
in the UK. In the 1980s she made two films on Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Elizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,...
and two on 10 Downing Street
10 Downing Street
10 Downing Street, colloquially known in the United Kingdom as "Number 10", is the headquarters of Her Majesty's Government and the official residence and office of the First Lord of the Treasury, who is now always the Prime Minister....
for BBC One
BBC One
BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
. Barraclough also produced films on the arts, including one on the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
Royal Academy summer exhibition
The Summer Exhibition is an open art exhibition held annually by the Royal Academy in Burlington House, Piccadilly in central London, England, during the summer months of June, July, and August...
and a major series on the London Symphony Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
The London Symphony Orchestra is a major orchestra of the United Kingdom, as well as one of the best-known orchestras in the world. Since 1982, the LSO has been based in London's Barbican Centre.-History:...
in 1986.
Barraclough's films on AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
helped promote understanding of the disease in its early days. Barraclough also produced other series focused on medicine
Medicine
Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
, including series on transplant surgey
Organ transplant
Organ transplantation is the moving of an organ from one body to another or from a donor site on the patient's own body, for the purpose of replacing the recipient's damaged or absent organ. The emerging field of regenerative medicine is allowing scientists and engineers to create organs to be...
and the history of cancer
Cancer
Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
. Films for BBC World
BBC World
BBC World News is the BBC's international news and current affairs television channel. It has the largest audience of any BBC channel in the world...
have included projects on leprosy
Leprosy
Leprosy or Hansen's disease is a chronic disease caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis. Named after physician Gerhard Armauer Hansen, leprosy is primarily a granulomatous disease of the peripheral nerves and mucosa of the upper respiratory tract; skin lesions...
(2001), vaccination
Vaccination
Vaccination is the administration of antigenic material to stimulate the immune system of an individual to develop adaptive immunity to a disease. Vaccines can prevent or ameliorate the effects of infection by many pathogens...
(2004), and international efforts to prevent the spread of avian flu. In 2005 Barraclough produced a widely-distributed film on the MMR vaccine
MMR vaccine
The MMR vaccine is an immunization shot against measles, mumps, and rubella . It was first developed by Maurice Hilleman while at Merck in the late 1960s....
for the Department of Health
Department of Health (United Kingdom)
The Department of Health is a department of the United Kingdom government with responsibility for government policy for health and social care matters and for the National Health Service in England along with a few elements of the same matters which are not otherwise devolved to the Scottish,...
.
She was made a member of two BBC think tanks.
Barraclough was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2009 Birthday Honours.
Professional career
| Dates | Achievement |
|---|---|
| 1963 | TV Reporter in ITV News |
| 1964-66 | Researcher, then Director/Producer World in Action (Granada Television) |
| 1966-66 | Presenter on late night discussion programmes, Director/Producer on This Week (Rediffusion) |
| 1968–1988 | Director/Producer Man Alive series, then many one-off documentaries. Several international awards. |
| 1970s | Member BFI Production Board |
| 1986-88 | Head of BBC1 Documentaries |
| 1988 | Founder and Head of Programmes for multi award-winning independent, Barraclough Carey Productions, with George Carey. |
| 1997 | Merged with Mentorn to become Mentorn Barraclough Carey |
| 1999 | Mentorn Barraclough Carey became part of TV Corporation Group |
| 2000 | Director Barraclough Productions, making major global health programmes for BBC World. |
| 2001 | Member of Executive Board of LEPRA LEPRA LEPRA Health in Action is a health and medical development charity fighting diseases of poverty and working towards a world without leprosy... (International Leprosy Charity) |
| 2004 | Trustee Razumovsky Trust (inc. Razumovsky Ensemble and Academy) |
| 1996–2006 | Trustee Grierson Trust (Grierson Best Documentary Awards) |
| 2006–2008 | Chairman Grierson Trust |
| 2007 | Chairman LEPRA LEPRA LEPRA Health in Action is a health and medical development charity fighting diseases of poverty and working towards a world without leprosy... |
For the BBC
| Dates | Film |
|---|---|
| 1971 | 'Gale Is Dead' |
| 1972 | 'Women in Prison' Numerous programmes for 'Man Alive' |
| 1972 | 'Its Ours Whatever They Say' |
| 1973 | 'Alright we'll do it ourselves' |
| 1974 | 'The Bomb Disposal Men' |
| 1974 | 'Big Smile Please' |
| 1975 | 'A Day in Hyde Park' |
| 1975 | 'Terrorism' - Parts 1 and 2 |
| 1976 | The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition |
| 1976 | 'Indian Summer' (Ooty) |
| 1977 | 'Bombay Superstar' (The Indian film industry) |
| 1977 | 'Black American Dream' (the legacy of Martin Luther King) |
| 1978 | 'The Diplomatic Style of Andrew Young' |
| 1979 | 'Go Tell It To The Judge' (the legal battle of the Banabans of Ocean Island) |
| 1980 | 'Portrait of a 'Terrorist (Robert Mugabe) |
| 1981 | Repeat of 'Gale is Dead' as one of best BBC docs ever ("Tonight belongs to Jenny Barraclough, a producer whose programmes have been delighting and moving me by turns since I started writing about television", Chris Dunkley Financial Times) |
| 1982 | 'Not in a Thousand Years' (Robert Mugabe) |
| 1982 | 'Mr Gandhi and Mr Attenborough' |
| 1983 | 'Elisabeth - the first 30 years' |
| 1983 | '..and the Queen passed by' |
| 1981 | 'The Royal Wedding' - "Not only Charles and Diana but also..." |
| 1984 | 'John Paul's People' (the British Catholics) |
| 1985 | 'No 10 Downing Street' |
| 1985 | 'Living Above the Shop' (Mrs Thatcher in No 10) |
| 1986 | 'Dancing in the Rain' (Ballroom dancing) |
| 1986 | 'Hang On I'll Just Speak to the World' (Anniversary of World Service) |
| 1986 | 'Happy Birthday Dear Ma'am as in Jam' (Queen's birthday) |
| 1987 | 'Life at Stake' (air crash survival) |
| 1990 | 'Frontiers' - South Africa and Mosambique with Nadine Gordimer |
For various broadcasters
| Dates | Film |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 'Redemption Song' (History of the Caribbean) Producer of 7 part series on the various historical cultural legacies of the Caribbean (BBC and Turner) "An odyssey through the Caribbean directed by that immensely gifted film maker Jenny Barraclough, full of poignant images" (The Independent) |
| 1993 | 'The Plague' (History of AIDS), 4 part series; produced 'Hunting the Virus' and 'The End of the Beginning' (C4 and Discovery) |
| 1994 | 'Lost Children of Angola' (C4) "I found myself transfixed - it was a hard programme to watch but I'm glad I did so" (Daily Mail) |
| 1995 | 'Knife to the Heart' (History of Transplant Surgery) - 4 parts (BBC and WNET) |
| 1997 | Two films in the 'Lost Civilizations' series - Aegean and Greece (Time Life/NBC) |
| 1998 | 'Cancer Wars' (The History of Cancer) 4 part series (C4 and WNET) "a scrapnel-sharp new series... absorbing"(Time Out) "this excellent series" (Sunday Times) |
| 1999 | 'Whatever happened to the Plague?' (C4) - 90 min special |
| 1999 | 'The Real Pinochet' (C4) |
| 2000 | 'Do Bras Cause Cancer?' (C4) |
| 2000 | 'Elephant Hospital' - illegal logging (National Geographic) |
| 2000 | 'Secrets of the Dead' (C4 and WNET) |
| 2001 | 'The Private Life of Guiseppi Verdi' BBC4, AVRO, ARTE, and ZDF |
| 2001 | 'The New Face of Leprosy' (BBC WORLD and numerous local broadcasters) |
| 2004 | 'Fragile Lives - Immunization at Risk' (BBC WORLD and numerous local broadcasters) |
| 2005 | 'MMR - what every mother should know' (for the Ministry of Health) |
| 2007 | 'Calm Before the Storm' (avian flu) (BBCWORLD and numerous local broadcasters) |
Awards
Jenny Barraclough is director of Barraclough Carey (founded in 1988) which has won many international awards for their documentaries, both singles and multi-part.Best documentary awards
| Title | Award |
|---|---|
| Gale Is Dead | 1971 - BAFTA, International Critics Award and Catholic Church's Jury Award |
| Women in Prison | 1972 - BAFTA |
| Its Ours Whatever They Say | 1972 - London Film Festival London Film Festival The BFI London Film Festival is the UK's largest public film event, screening more than 300 features, documentaries and shorts from almost 50 countries. The festival, , currently in its 54th year, is run every year in the second half of October under the umbrella of the British Film Institute... , and Venice Biennale Venice Biennale The Venice Biennale is a major contemporary art exhibition that takes place once every two years in Venice, Italy. The Venice Film Festival is part of it. So too is the Venice Biennale of Architecture, which is held in even years... |
| The Bomb Disposal Men | 1974 - BAFTA nomination |
| A Day in Hyde Park | 1975 - Venice Biennale Gold |
| Mr Gandhi and Mr Attenborough | 1982 - US Television Academy Awards |
| Not in a Thousand Years | 1983 - International. Black Programming Consortium in US |
| Frontiers (series) | 1989 - ACE (National Academy of Cable Programmes) award in US. |
| The Plague (series on AIDS) | 1993 - Royal Television Society and EMMY nomination. |
| Lost Civilisations (The Aegean) | 1995 - EMMY and GOLDEN EAGLE awards in US |
| Lost Civilisations (C5th BC Athens) | 1995 - EMMY and GOLDEN EAGLE awards |
| Fragile Lives - Immunization at Risk | 2005 - Denver International World Cinema Award |
Trusts and charity
Barraclough is TrusteeTrustee
Trustee is a legal term which, in its broadest sense, can refer to any person who holds property, authority, or a position of trust or responsibility for the benefit of another...
and Chairman of the Grierson Trust which plays a leading role in supporting the quality documentary in the UK at a time when it is threatened by ratings and other commercial imperatives. As Trustee
Trustee
Trustee is a legal term which, in its broadest sense, can refer to any person who holds property, authority, or a position of trust or responsibility for the benefit of another...
she has helped expand the event from a single award to an event with nine categories, and as Chairman she has initiated many new ideas including the specially commissioned films by young 'Newcomers'. She has expanded the Trust's activities into many new areas, like staging the popular National Film Theatre events that highlight ethical and other issues in documentary-making, mounting Master Classes with DocHouse where leading documentary makers share their skills with their audiences, and supporting festivals that honour the documentary. She has helped initiated three new Grierson Sheffield Awards at the Sheffield International Documentary Festival
Sheffield International Documentary Festival
The Sheffield Doc/Fest, short for Sheffield International Documentary Festival , is an annual documentary and digital media event that is held in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England at the Showroom Workstation and other venues around Sheffield...
: the 'most innovative', best 'green' film and a 'youth award' for the film most admired by young audiences.
Jenny Barraclough made the influential programme 'The New Face of Leprosy' in 2001 which was shown to 27 million people on BBC World
BBC World
BBC World News is the BBC's international news and current affairs television channel. It has the largest audience of any BBC channel in the world...
and then shown by many individual national networks and also by educational groups throughout the affected countries. As a Member of the Executive Board of LEPRA
LEPRA
LEPRA Health in Action is a health and medical development charity fighting diseases of poverty and working towards a world without leprosy...
she has helped make decisions on the treatment of leprosy
Leprosy
Leprosy or Hansen's disease is a chronic disease caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis. Named after physician Gerhard Armauer Hansen, leprosy is primarily a granulomatous disease of the peripheral nerves and mucosa of the upper respiratory tract; skin lesions...
, TB
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, MTB, or TB is a common, and in many cases lethal, infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs but can also affect other parts of the body...
and AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
among thousands of people on three continents, speaking on the organisation's behalf and making fund raising films for them. She became chairman in 2007 and works closely with the CEO in managing a charity with a £12 million annual income and employing over 4,500 world wide.
She is a trustee of the Razumovsky Trust
Razumovsky Ensemble
The Razumovsky Ensemble founded by the award-winning Russian cellist, Oleg Kogan, is a chamber ensemble that features prominent international players, some of whom are soloists, others of whom are orchestral principals...
, which is the trust of the Razumovsky Ensemble and Academy
Razumovsky Ensemble
The Razumovsky Ensemble founded by the award-winning Russian cellist, Oleg Kogan, is a chamber ensemble that features prominent international players, some of whom are soloists, others of whom are orchestral principals...
External links
- Jenny Barraclough at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...
- Grierson Trust
- Razumovsky Ensemble
- DocHouse