Film & Television

Filming The Great British Dig at Maxstoke Castle, 2022 (Picture Source: Chris Scott)

James Wright of Triskele Heritage has worked on a number of film and television broadcasts including projects which have aired on platforms such as the BBC, Channel 4 and the Discovery Channel. His credits include programmes such as Time Team, The Great British Dig and Mystic Britain.

To book James for filming, please contact to discuss a casting.

Please follow the links below for more information…

Channel 4 / Strawberry Blond TV
‘The Great British Dig’

Programme Link: Series 4: Episode 4 – Strelley Hall, Nottinghamshire
Role: Consultant & Contributor
Subject: Mediaeval castles
Broadcast Date: July 2023

NottsTV

Programme: Notts Today (Section commences at c 25.30 mins)
Role: Contributor
Subject: Historic pubs
Broadcast Date: September 2022

National Trust / Labyrinth Mini Movies

Programme: Reinterpreting Tattershall Castle
Role: Contributor
Subject: Mediaeval castles
Broadcast Date: August 2022

Channel 4 / Strawberry Blond TV
‘The Great British Dig’

Programme Link: Series 3: Episode 10 – Biggin Hall, Coventry
Role: Consultant & Contributor
Subject: Mediaeval architecture & historic brickwork
Broadcast Date:May 2022

SPAB / Daniel Bridge

Programme: Historic graffiti at Kibworth Harcourt Mill
Role: Contributor
Subject: Historic graffiti
Broadcast Date: September 2021

SBS / Zona Mixta
‘Castles: Secrets, Mysteries and Legends’

Programme Link: Season One: Episode 1 – United Kingdom
Role: Contributor
Subject: Mediaeval castles
Broadcast Date: August 2021

Warwick Castle

Channel 4 / Strawberry Blond TV
‘The Great British Dig’

Programme Link: Series 2: Episode 3 – Lenton, Nottingham
Role: Consultant & Contributor
Subject: Mediaeval architecture & historic stonework
Broadcast Date: March 2021

Still image from The Great British Dig (Image: Strawberry Blond TV)

Sustained by the pleasant bathos of millennia being peeled back from someone’s garden while they looked on… explained in an accessible, bitesize way, both for the residents and for viewers.” – iNews

A lovely reminder of the history beneath our feet.” – The Daily Telegraph

National Trust Midlands

Programme: National Trust Archaeology in the Midlands
Role: Contributor
Subject: Researching castles
Broadcast Date: February 2020

Discovery Science / Windfall Films
‘Unearthed’

Programme Link: Unearthed – Series 8, Episode 5
Role: Contributor
Subject: Historic graffiti
Broadcast Date: December 2020

Recording historic graffiti at the Tower of London (Image: MOLA / Andy Chopping)

Smithsonian Channel / Blink Films
‘Mystic Britain’

Programme Link: Series 1: Episode 1 – Witches & Demons
Role: Contributor
Subject: Historic graffiti
Broadcast Date: April 2019

With Mary-Ann Ochota on set at Knole for Mystic Britain (Picture Source: Blink Films)

Good, informative fun.” – The Guardian

“…grimly fascinating trot through superstitions in medieval Britain.” – Radio Times

NottsTV
‘Rediscovering Notts’

Programme Link: Series 2: The Lost Castles of Nottinghamshire
Role: Consultant archaeologist / Contributor
Subject: Mediaeval castles
Broadcast Date: May 2019

On set with Martyn Bennett and the CGI of Laxton Castle. Image: NottsTV.

BBC Kent

Programme Link: Historic graffiti at Knole
Role: Contributor
Subject: Historic graffiti, Knole (Kent)
Broadcast date: November 2014

Recording historic graffiti at Knole

Channel 4 / Videotext Communications
‘Time Team’

Programme Link: Series 19: Episode 11 – King John’s Lost Palace
Role: Consultant archaeologist
Subject: Mediaeval royal palaces
Broadcast Date: April 2012

King John’s Palace, Kings Clipstone, Nottinghamshire