
Russell Barnes has been producing factual television for 30 years, working with presenters including Richard Dawkins, David Reynolds, Harry Hill and Afua Hirsch. His directing credits include the Broadcast Award-winning Genius of Charles Darwin and Grierson-nominated history films Armistice and 1941 and the Man of Steel and he produced the Digital BAFTA and Emmy award-winning series The Virtual Revolution for BBC2.

World War Two: 1941 and the Man of Steel

Long Shadow

Meet the Roman Emperor with Mary Beard

The Enemies of Reason

The Genius of Charles Darwin

The Genius of Charles Darwin

Root of All Evil?

World War Two: 1942 and Hitler's Soft Underbelly

Armistice

Art That Made Us

1945 and the Wheelchair President

Hackers in Wonderland

Nixon in the Den

Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World