Charlie Thomas (director)

Charlie Thomas is a filmmaker and former sports presenter who has produced documentaries on rock bands including 10cc, UB40, XTC and the Kinks.

Sports presenting

Prior to becoming a documentary maker, Thomas was a sports presenter for Sky News and Sky Sports. He broadcast live from a variety of events, including the London Olympics in 2012, as well as The Ashes series of 2005, 2009 and 2013. Before that, he was Sky Sports' cricket reporter, covering the domestic game, the World Cup in 1999, alongside England’s series at home and abroad, including Australia (94/5), South Africa (95), Zimbabwe (96) and two in the West Indies (94 and 98). He was also among the first football reporters for Sky Sports in 1992, covering the first two seasons of the Premier League. Before joining Sky he was sports reporter for Capital Radio and IRN, and tennis and rugby union commentator for Screensport, including the 1991 rugby union World Cup. He began his career as a journalist on the Hounslow Informer in 1985.[1]

Filmmaking

In 2015, Thomas produced and directed the music documentary I'm Not In Love - The Story of 10cc which was broadcast on the BBC,[2] to critical acclaim [3][4] The following year he produced and directed Promises and Lies - The Story of UB40[5] also to favourable reviews,.[6][7] In 2017 he produced and directed XTC: This Is Pop,[8] which won the gold award for general documentary at the 2018 Telly Awards in the United States.[9] The same year he produced and directed Fairport Convention - Folk Heroes for Sky Arts.[10]

In 2018, Thomas produced and directed Come Together - The Rise of the Festival, a documentary examining the evolution of the music festival, from Newport, Monterey Pop, Woodstock and the Isle of Wight in the 60s to modern events such as Glastonbury and Coachella, and featuring interviews with Pete Townshend, Ian Anderson, Nick Mason, Michael Eavis, Michael Lang, Bob Harris, Bob Geldof and Noel Gallagher.[11] And the same year he also directed The Kinks - Echoes of a World, about the making of The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society album, which was first broadcast on Sky Arts and featured Ray Davies and Dave Davies, Noel Gallagher, Paul Weller, Suggs, Graham Coxon, Natalie Merchant, Andy Partridge, and Greg Kurstin, with actor Danny Horn portraying a young Ray Davies.[12]

References
  1. "Charlie Thomas - Biography & Images". www.tvnewsroom.co.uk.
  2. "BBC Four - I'm Not In Love: The Story of 10cc". BBC.
  3. Wollaston, Sam (December 5, 2015). "I'm Not in Love: The Story of 10cc review – they weren't just a silly phase" – via www.theguardian.com.
  4. "I'm Not in Love: The Story of 10cc" – via www.imdb.com.
  5. "BBC Four - Promises & Lies: The Story of UB40". BBC.
  6. Wollaston, Sam (December 3, 2016). "Promises and Lies: The Story of UB40 review – how this band of brothers went to war" – via www.theguardian.com.
  7. Young, Graham (December 1, 2016). "Explosive UB40 film finally features all four brothers – but outbursts reveal they are still at war". birminghammail.
  8. Rock, Paul Moody 2017-10-09T06:25:00 281Z Classic. "XTC - This Is Pop review". Classic Rock Magazine.
  9. "Winners". Telly Awards. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
  10. Prog, Rob Hughes 2017-11-15T12:00:00 318Z. "Fairport Convention - Folk Heroes documentary review". Prog Magazine.
  11. "Come Together: The Rise Of The Festival". Sky.
  12. "The Kinks: Echoes Of A World". Sky.
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