At the British Academy of Film and Television Arts [Bafta] in November 2001, Indian Journeys won the Grierson Award for the best documentary series. This film was presented by William Dalrymple (E83) .  Writing in The Daily Telegraph [22 November 2001], the producer Hugh Thompson noted “You might be surprised that a BBC series you probably never saw managed to beat off heavyweights such as David Attenborough”. After receiving the the award from Sir David Frost, Hugh Thompson thanked William and then noted how the BBC schedulers had “buried this evening in an early-evening Monday slot”.

James Honeyborne (B88) BBC film Pelicans: Taking the Plunge was selected as a finalist at the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival of September 2001 under the category of 'Best Cinematography'. James produced and directed this Wildlife On One [BBC 1, broadcast May 2001] and also filmed some of it himself.  Shot on location in Acapulco and Baja, Mexico and also in Florida, this 30 minute documentary features the extraordinary high-diving capabilities of the North American brown pelican.  The text of the commentary was written by James, and is narrated by Sir David Attenborough. The film departs from the conventional 'blue-chip' style of wildlife film making and uses the latest technological advancements to present a more contemporary style to the genre.  James also featured in the lead story on Page 3 of The Sun newspaper, following a pelican's attempt to steal his wedding ring from off his finger! Jackson Hole is the biggest international wildlife film festival in the world. The film was selected from over 650 entries to a shortlist of just three films. Regarding his future projects, he has two films in the series Weird Nature which will be broadcast in Spring 2002 and he also making a BBC 1 wildlife special for Christmas 2002. 

Gavin Constable-Maxwell (E85) recently produced the Predators series which was nominated for an Emmy Award (American TV's Oscars), following its transmission in the States.

In the year 2003, Michael Dunne (A46) will celebrate his fiftieth year as a photographer. He started his career as an apprentice, first to Baron Nahum and then to Cecil Beaton after which he opened up his own studio specializing in portrait photography. (One of his pictures is of Fr Paul Neville, a photograph now owned by many old Amplefordians).  Later, Michael was commissioned by the Royal Opera House to photograph both ballet and opera personalities, the success of which led to his suggestion to editors of fashion magazines that they could use ballet stars as models for their fashion pictures. This idea proved a great success and Michael soon found himself working for leading magazines in London, Paris and New York with New York, in particular, becoming a virtual second home to him.  His work there moved eventually away from fashion and more towards the photography of gardens and the interiors of houses. After all these years Michael is still influenced by the care and enthusiasm that various members of the Community gave him, among them Fr Wilfrid Mackenzie, Fr Terence Wright, his Housemaster, Fr Maurus Green and Fr Barnabas Sandeman. In August 2001 he photographed the monks at Ampleforth.

The photograph shows Michael at Ampleforth in August 2001

Alan Geoghan (T82) makes films. He wrote [7 June 2001], AAfter leaving Ampleforth, I finished one year at the UN International School, in New York, attended the State University in New York at Purchase, graduated there with a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts, with a minor in Communications [1988]. I worked for two years with the World Association for Orphans in New York and Belgium, as an in-house audio-visual producer, visited and worked as a video producer in the Philippines from 1993-1997, relocated back to the US in 1997 and formed Medianetwork, and DCI - Development Communications International.  The former is a production company based in Columbia, South Carolina, specializing in web and video work, the latter is an organization formed to address global cultural and environmental preservation through the use of the media.@ In January 2001 he went to Southern Mindanao, to start a video production about the T'Boli tribe for public television, or non-commercial television and cable in the US.

Alexander Kazimir Fraser (W88) is a commercial diver medic, involved in diving support for films. He is qualified as BBC cameraman   He is in the Territorial Army.

Nick Hornby (J98) has put on his first solo show at the Edinburgh Festival. He writes [30 June 2001], 'I spent a while in Poland singing with a choir in the madly beautiful Catholic churches, and more recently a week in Edinburgh, which was somewhat exciting since I was putting on my first solo show. It was a few months' work'. - http://www.nickhornby.tv.

TJ Sherbrooke (E97) took part in Blind Date [January 2001], filmed in April 2000, while he was a student at Bristol University. Since finishing at Bristol in June 2001, TJ has been resident in Bristol.  

John Doulton (E96) is working in the music business and has his own band.

Tom Walwyn (W95) is currently performing in “Hamlet” and in “Twelth Night”.  Having neglected to apply to drama school, Tom joined one of the last repertory companies in the UK, British Touring Shakespeare, in May 2000. After a successful tour of the UK and Europe performing in 'As You Like It', 'Loves Labours Lost' and 'Twelfth Night', Tom spent the Autumn 2001 playing Trinculo in Puchdrunk Theatre's acclaimed installation production of 'The Tempest'. Just before Christmas 2001 he was involved in the BTS premier of 'Hamlet' out in Dubai, which played to packed audiences and received strongly positive “rave” reviews in “Time Out” and “the Independent”  Tom will be performing in 'Hamlet' (as Rosencrantz) and 'Twelfth Night' (as Sebastian) at the Westminster Theatre (Palace St, Victoria, SW1) throughout January 2002.
For details see www.britishtouringshakespeare.co.uk "

Tom Walwyn (W95) played Pompey in a Catdoghorse production of Measure for Measure in London. He has for the second season toured with the British Touring Shakespeare Company, performing As You Like It, Love’s Labour Lost and Twelfth Night outdoors at various heritage sites in summer 2001.

John Heaton Armstrong (E01), Charles des Forges (W92), Hugh-Guy Lorriman (H92), Gregory Lorriman (H90) and Henry Weston-Davies (JA00) took part in a production of Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde in London in September 2001. The play was produced in aid of the Redemptorist Church of St Mary’s Clapham.