HAYDEN MATTHEWS

A BBC four part crime drama series created by Cat Jones and directed by Marialy Rivas.

Jenna Coleman stars as police detective Ember Manning who investigates an arson attack in her tranquil lakeside home town.

One of the challenges for the art department was building a working jetty at a disused sailing centre and then restoring the centre to accommodate the two time lines in the story.

Second series of Joe Barton scripted time travel action thriller.

Filming took place on four stages with rotating set builds, locations in France, Morocco and across South Wales.

The scale of the ‘Time Break Initiative’ set meant it had to be created as a c.g.i. model with part set builds against green screen.

The art department facilitated three directors, two main units and at times a third ‘stunt’ unit.

The Guardian :

‘The series takes us across the globe into chic labs and Alpine retreats, extending the grasp of the Project. Part of this seems to be down to expanding the narrative scope, but, after the first series’ success, there appears to have been a subsequent loosening of the purse strings in its production budget, and the show feels significantly more lavish – with action set pieces bordering on Bond levels of spectacle.’

Six part romantic comedy for Paramount + directed by Peter Cattaneo and Chloe Wicks. Set in London and filmed in Bristol / London.

Stephen Merchant’s Bristol based comedy / thriller drama. Two seasons filmed back to back through the covid / lock down period.

A second series of the Welsh based drama Hidden from Severn Screen. Set in the North Wales working town of Blaenau Ffestiniog with most of the interiors cheated in South Wales.

An ITV three part drama production about bullying and harassment in the work place directed by Julia Ford.

The popular Manchester based series returns.

A new eight part police series for BBC 1 that was filmed in and around Brighton. Produced by Trevor Hopkins for Tiger Aspect.

The BBC 1, six part drama ' Our Girl ' was filmed in the UK. and South Africa. Lacey Turner ( Eastenders ) stars as Molly Dawes, a girl who joins the army, trains as a medic and is then posted to Afghanistan on one of the last tours of duty before the pull out. The directors Anthony Philipson and Richard Senior shared shooting schedule time on the three main sets which were the Forward operating base, the mountain check point and Camp Bastion.

All three main locations were visually stunning  but brought their own unique problems to the production. The building of the Forward Operating base became fraught with problems when localised winds reached force 8+ and threatened to demolish the compound walls. The walls had to be stabilised with ground bolts and orange straps which could be taken out in post production. The mountain pass location had lots of restrictions on the s.f.x. as it was a protected valley of international environmental importance. All the special effects were created with compressed air on location and then recreated with real explosives on a controlled site and then the two were composited together. To recreate the scale of camp bastion within the budget constraints we had to find a location that would give us some existing structures which we could build around and enhance. All the possible locations had trees around them so all the wide shots within camp bastion had an element of cgi. to remove the tree tops. The design of the camp had to cover as much surrounding woodland as possible and give the visual effects department flat roof lines to cut the tree tops out easily.

Golden Globe nominee Hayley Atwell (The Duchess, Any Human Heart, Pillars of the Earth, Captain America) leads the cast as risk-taking policewoman Denise Woods.

Life of Crime explores Denise’s career over three decades as she progresses through the Metropolitan Police Force and how choices she makes as a rookie officer have long lasting and explosive repercussions on both her professional and personal life. 

Life of Crime is the examination of one woman’s personal and professional life over three decades. Set against the backdrop of iconic moments in British history, the drama unfolds over three decades. We meet her first against the backdrop of the Brixton riots in 1985, and then in 1997 as she rises through the ranks and again in 2013 when she is a senior officer with everything to lose.   

The three-part drama was written by Declan Croghan. (Waking the Dead, Ripper Street, Taggart) and was produced by Emma Kingsman-Lloyd. Executive produced by Douglas Rae and Michael Parke for Ecosse Films and co-produced and co-created by Oliver Frampton.

It was directed by Jim Loach (DCI Banks, Oranges & Sunshine).

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The series centres on the fortunes of Martin Hurdle, an everyday maintenance man with an uncanny ability to mimic voices and stars Terry Mynott in the lead role.

Jack Bayles produced the Channel 4 commissioned series for Running Bare Pictures and it was directed by Kieron Hawkes. ( Cuffs, Ripper Street. )

DCI Banks Series 3. Produced by award-winning indie Left Bank Pictures, the series of 6 x 60′ episodes based on three of the internationally successful novels from the pen of author and Banks creator Peter Robinson.

Series 3 was produced by Emma Kingsman-Lloyd (Life of Crime, Lip Service), who was also responsible for the last series. Left Bank Pictures Chief Executive Andy Harries, Gabriel Silver and Robert Murphy executive produced the drama.

The series was commissioned for ITV by Director of Drama Commissioning, Steve November.

In three new adaptations, Detective Inspector Banks must come to terms with dramatic changes to his team, as DS Annie Cabbot’s impending maternity leave leads to the arrival of DI Helen Morton as a brilliant, accomplished, but socially inept addition to the Yorkshire Major Crimes Unit.

The second series brought a new set of challenges to the art department. A new location for the police station build, which needed to look as if it was within the same original building. The images in this portfolio show the house of Roy, Alan Bank's brother who we only see briefly. A very prosperous dot.com company office. A young funky actress' apartment. The bedroom of a very rich girl and the living room of an ex- theatre director turned drama teacher, which is wrecked by a lynch mob when he is wrongly accused of a perverted crime.
 

The first full series of DCI Banks consisted of three two-part dramas based on three novels by Peter Robinson. The first episode Playing with Fire, directed by Paul Whittington, was an ambitious script for the art department with a fire on a canal boat which enveloped a stunt performer. The burnt-out boat then needed to be searched by the major crimes unit while it was still afloat on location. The final sequence involved a fire in a an apartment which contained a drugged DS Annie Cabbot who is then rescued by Alan Banks.

Two " Christmas Crackers" each written and directed by both John Bishop and Jonny Vegas and produced by Baby Cow Productions for Sky TV.

Each short depicted a simple story of Christmas from John and Jonny's childhoods. The design challenge was to achieve period shows with a limited budget.

The fifth series of Skins on E4 saw the introduction of a new cast,  the third generation of characters and with them a whole new range of sets.

After the success of the series Casualty 1907 the BBC commissioned Stone City Films to make a new six part drama based on the same Whitechapel hospital two years later.

Casualty 1909 was a very different production for the art department as the hospital location that had been used in the previous series was unavailable and the long term plan was to build sets that would sustain another four series, taking the story up to the outbreak of the first world war.

We constructed a period ward, offices, corridors, operating theatre, receiving room and examination rooms in a large warehouse near Manchester that would eventually become a busy studio complex.

A few key locations were sourced before the set build began and I used details from these locations in the designs to create one coherent look for the hospital.

Directed by Peter Kosminsky, Britz was a two part drama commissioned by Channel 4 about the different paths taken by two muslim siblings in modern Britain. Hayden was the supervising art director working with a talented team for Pat Campbell production designer.

Einstein & Eddington directed by Philip Martin was shot in England, Hungary and Croatia. A story about the proving of the theory of relativity based on the true life relationship between  Albert Einstein ( Andy Circus ) and Arthur Eddington ( David Tenant ).

Hayden was responsible for the detailed research and subsequent creation of the scientific instruments used on the original expedition as well as the creation of the camp and its canvas structures on the top of a remote island in Croatia.

The adaptation of D. H. Lawrence's Sons and Lovers was directed by Stephen Whittaker for Company Pictures. As well as constructing and dressing the interior of the Morel's terrace house in a stage at Shepperton studios the art department rebuilt a semi- habited street in Derby as the exterior.

Hayden was the art director of the award winning first series of Teachers. He was responsible for the creation of the " days of the week " visual punctuations giving the show its very distinct look.