Helen Bart brings a wealth of talent and experience to the projects she manages. Her background in BBC journalism, documentary-making and drama has allowed her to collaborate with those pushing the boundaries of program-making and creativity.
Bart has been the Senior Producer across three separate documentaries which portray and highlight forgotten periods in modern British social history relating to the UK’s Black communities. This series overs Black Power, Education and Identity and is co-produced by Rogan Productions, Lammas Park and Turbine Studios. The documentaries are the factual counterparts to Sir Steve McQueen’s Small Axe Amazon Original series, on which Bart was the Associate Producer and consultant in charge of the research and development for nearly seven years.
Helen Bart brings a wealth of talent and experience to the projects she manages. Her background in BBC journalism, documentary-making and drama has allowed her to collaborate with those pushing the boundaries of program-making and creativity.
Bart has been the Senior Producer across three separate documentaries which portray and highlight forgotten periods in modern British social history relating to the UK’s Black communities. This series overs Black Power, Education and Identity and is co-produced by Rogan Productions, Lammas Park and Turbine Studios. The documentaries are the factual counterparts to Sir Steve McQueen’s Small Axe Amazon Original series, on which Bart was the Associate Producer and consultant in charge of the research and development for nearly seven years.
The series had a long period of development as Bart undertook around 150 interviews for the project, seeking out incredible stories. Using her journalistic experience, she took the testimony she collected and developed it using in-depth archive research to convey precise period detail, historical commentary and records of key public events. Small Axe has recently been nominated for several awards, including two Golden Globes.
Prior to Small Axe, Bart was the Legal Lead Producer on the ground-breaking BBC documentary, Stephen: The Murder That Changed A Nation, about the killing of Stephen Lawrence. The documentary went on to win several prestigious awards.
From documentaries to drama and her early career as the senior community affairs reporter for BBC English Regions, producer at the World Service and Newsnight, a number of threads link her work. Bart is inspired by the world around her and the stories within it, by the characters and what they tell us about how we got here and where we are going.
