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Narrations and Voiceovers

Over the years, Philip has provided narration and voice-overs for a number of TV documentaries. His voice over agent describes his narration voice as "gritty, authoritative and reassuring". This page details all the projects he has provided narration for.
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Adrift in the Pacific Ocean, nine men (led by Anthony Middleton of SAS: Who Dares Wins fame) set out to recreate one of the greatest feats ever: the 4000-mile trip of Captain Bligh in a tiny wooden boat after the mutiny on the Bounty~
First broadcast: 6th May 2017
Number of episodes: 5
​Network: Channel Four

Full Steam Ahead

Historians Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn bring back to life the golden age of steam and explore how Victorian railways created modern Britain.
First broadcast: 21st July 2016
Number of episodes: 6
Network: BBC Two

Jumbo: The Plane that Changed the World

Documentary about the development of the Boeing 747 jumbo jet. The 747 was a game changer, the airliner that revolutionised mass, cheap air travel. But the first wide-bodied plane was originally intended as astopgap to Boeing's now-abandoned supersonic jet. This is the remarkable untold story of the jumbo, a billion-dollar gamble that pushed 1960s technology to the limits to create one of the world's most recognisable planes.
First broadcast: 27th February 2014
Number of episodes: 1
Network: BBC Two

The Naked Rambler 

Documentary following 'Naked Rambler, Stephen Gough as he attempts to walk home to his family in Eastleigh, Hampshire fro Scotland. Walking over 400 miles naked is fraught with difficulties. It is a four-month quest beset by arrests, police cells, court appearances, releases, rearrests and prison.
First broadcast: 21st January 2014
Number of episodes: 1
Network: BBC Two

​Spying on Hitler's Army: Secret Recordings

This powerful docu-drama tells the story of one of World War Two's last secrets - an audacious British intelligence operation to listen in on the private conversations of 10,000 German POWs without their ever knowing they were being overheard. Now dramatized - word for word from the original transcripts - the film tells how this vast operation captured not only vital military intelligence but kept secret shocking accounts of war crimes - letting the guilty walk free.
​First broadcast: 2nd June 2013
Number of episodes: 1
Network: Channel Four

When I Get Older

John Simpson, Gloria Hunniford, Lesley Joseph and Tony Robinson leave their wealth, comfort and busy lives to move in with a pensioner experiencing one of the toughest problems facing old people in the UK. How does John cope with the harsh realities of loneliness when he spends time with an isolated pensioner? Can Lesley help an elderly couple struggling with the impact of ill-health? What can consumer champion Gloria come up with to help a grandmother dealing with the grind of poverty? Can Tony help a pensioner overcome the anguish of a pensioner's bereavement? How will the four cope with moving into a care home?
​First broadcast: 4th July 2012
Number of episodes: 2
Network: BBC One

The Royal History of Pop

A look at pop music's relationship with the royal family over the past 60 years.
​First broadcast: 10th June 2012
Number of episodes: 1
Network: Channel Four

City Beneath the Waves: Pavlopetri

Just off the southern coast of mainland Greece lies the oldest submerged city in the world. It thrived for 2,000 years during the time that saw the birth of western civilisation.​ This documentary follows an international team of experts as they attempt an excavation.
First broadcast: 9th October 2011
Number of episodes: 1
Network: BBC Two

Crimewatch: Catch Me if You Can

With exclusive access to some of the UK's top detectives and security experts, this programme reveals how police track down some of Britain's most audacious murderers and armed robbers
First broadcast: 17th May 2011
Number of episodes: 2
Network: BBC One

Legends: Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation

Affectionate but honest portrait of Thin Lizzy, arguably the best hard rock band to come out of Ireland. Starting with the remix of the classic album Jailbreak by Scott Gorham and Brian Downey, the film takes us through the rollercoaster ride that is the story of Thin Lizzy. From early footage of singer Phil Lynott in Ireland in his pre-Lizzy bands the Black Eagles and Orphanage, it follows his progress as he, guitarist Eric Bell and drummer Brian Downey form the basic three-piece that was to become Thin Lizzy - a name taken from the Beano.
First broadcast: 21st January 2011
Number of episodes: 2
Network: BBC Four

The Secret Life of the National Grid

At the heart of Britain sits something so all pervasive we don't even notice it's there - the national electricity grid. This three-part series charts how our lives got wired and the impact electrification has had.
First broadcast: 26th  October 2010
Number of episodes: 3
​Network: BBC Four

Eyewitness

Series examining how the police investigate crimes and the techniques they use to find their way through the complex web of memory. IIn an extraordinary experiment with the Greater Manchester Police, the problem of eyewitness recollection is dramatically brought into focus, as are the remarkable techniques used by the modern police to counter our unreliable memories. 
First broadcast: 18th April 2010
Number of episodes: 3
​Network: BBC Two

Lost Land of the Volcano

Series combining stunning wildlife with high-octane adventure, as a team of scientists and wildlife filmmakers from the BBC's Natural History Unit explores one of the last great unspoilt jungle wildernesses on earth.
First broadcast: 8th September 2009
Number of episodes: 3
​Network: BBC One

The Secret Life of the Airport

Travel in time from the heady glamour of Britain's first terminal at Croydon to the signs and squiggles that direct pilots, as well as passengers, in today's airports. This series reveals how rivalry,skulduggery and sheer passion for flight gave birth to our airports, turning muddy airfields into the 24-hour mini-cities we know today. In the process, they've transformed Britain - giving us the freedom to travel anywhere we want and inspiring fear about our borders.
First broadcast: 10th April 2009
Number of episodes: 1
​Network: ITV

Top of the Cops

A countdown of the 50 greatest police shows television ever made.
First broadcast: 10th April 2009
Number of episodes: 1
​Network: ITV

Secret Life of the Motorway

Three-part documentary which celebrates the birth of motorways and hails the achievements of those behind the 'road revolution'. With amazing archive and often hilarious public information films, we take a trip back to a time when not only were motorways exciting and new, but there was also no speed limit. Interviews with the engineers who designed them, the navvies who built them and the people who drove on them bring to life and celebrate an achievement that we now take so much for granted.
First broadcast: 21st  August 2007
Number of episodes: 3
​Network: BBC Four

Timeshift: Switch Off Something

Documentary about Britain and the Three Day Week. In the winter of 1973-74, a confrontation between the big unions and the government took the country to the brink - and the government lost. 
First broadcast: 14th February 2007
Number of episodes: 1
​Network: BBC Four

Jamie's Chef

Reality cooking show where celebrity chef, Jamie Oliver, aims to help the winning trainee establish their own restaurant at The Cock, a pub near Braintree in Essex.
First broadcast: 31st January 2007
Number of episodes: 4
​Network: Channel Four

Anatomy of Crime: Conspiracy to Murder

A documentary series that uses unique access to the criminal justice system to comprehensively tell the stories of crimes from the first 999 call to beyond the jury's verdict. 
First broadcast: 20th September 2006
Number of episodes: 4
​Network: BBC Two