TV presenter
Sadie launched her TV career presenting children’s programs – including Beezwacks for Hong Kong’s TVB Pearl network, Breakfast Club Live for Disney Channel in Paris, & Eat Your Words for GMTV on ITV1 in London. She progressed to co-presenting RTHK Metro Radio station’s Breakfast Show, assuming various roving reporter roles on MTV & co-presenting Pump TV with Sacha Baron Cohen.
Sadie devised, wrote & presented multi-media drama series Dinner Party TV for Channel4.com. The production earned her a UK Broadcast Award for innovation & the coveted E-Rose for her performance at the International Rose D’Or Television Festival.
Sadie’s eccentric approach to tackling serious social issues was illustrated in her Hug A Hoodie quest to ‘Fix Broken Britain’, broadcast on Sky News. She was subsequently profiled on primetime Channel 4 series The New Entrepreneurs, before hosting another documentary series for Channel 4 reviewing the impact of Iain Duncan Smith‘s Centre For Social Justice & joining the presenting team for ITV Fixers.
In her acclaimed debut feature documentary, Sailing Miss Sadie, which screen premiered at the Gate Cinema in 2010, Sadie mentors three persistent young offenders, re-igniting their passion for living sailing a 60 ft yacht to Venezuela. After visiting inmates inside anarchic El Rodeo Jail, they coerce violent teenage street gangs in the slums of Caracas to disarm. The film’s TV premiere on Sky Real Lives & the Community Channel (UK) preceded worldwide distribution on the Discovery Channel.
Sadie’s documentary Tucker’s Luck, charting the global adventures of a teenage horse whisperer, TV premiered April 2011 & is currently showing on Sky/ H&C, crowned Best Specialist Channel at the 2011 Broadcast Awards. In 2008 Sadie presented Wild Horses, the inspirational story of ten disadvantaged teenagers who tame wild horses while riding them across France to London to raise money for disabled charities. The film was screened at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival & showcased on France 3.
As the face of a Channel 4 campaign to get more people volunteering, Sadie appeared on its flagship philanthropy series The Secret Millionaire. She has more intriguing documentaries in pre-production for 2012, including The Men Who Speak To Zebra for Animal Planet and The Good, The Bad & The Badlands for Sky/ H&C. Sadie will also be documented competing in the Patrouille des Glaciers by Diverse Television for the BBC & present Trailerville & Prince Charlie’s Angels for Greenhouse Films.
Praise for Sailing Miss Sadie
“One of the most moving, powerful and entertaining documentaries I’ve seen.”
- Danny Cohen, Controller of BBC One
“What you are doing is both challenging and exciting… you are truly inspirational and will do great things…”
- Paul Jackson, former ITV1 Controller, Owner of Eyeworks
“I really enjoyed your film. You have an amazing drive to get projects like this off the ground and to see them all the way through to completion. Proper respect to you! I thought all three of the guys you took were interesting characters, and there was a real authenticity to them and their backgrounds – they didn’t come across as the stereotypes that young offenders sometimes can. Great locations, and some interesting narratives within the film.”
- Jim Sayer, Managing Director, Maverick TV
“I greatly enjoyed the film and admired what you set out to do. It’s a warm and lively documentary and you certainly care a lot about the characters.”
- David Flynn, MD of Brighter Pictures, Endemol UK
“I was deeply moved… Magical”
- Robert Young, Film Director
“I loved the film. It has a lot of heart. A massive achievement and a bold statement.”
- James Collier, Head of Acquisitions, Current TV
“What a beautiful and emotive portrait of a modern epic pursuit!!! … your bold love took me on an emotional roller coaster. I think Sailing Miss Sadie must be shown in Venezuela. The documentary would cause a real stir here and in neighboring countries as far as Mexico. I am already working on the Spanish translation!!”
- Angel Rizo, Venezuelan Filmmaker and contributor
“YOU ARE A STAR!!!!! We loved the film and feel so proud of the invaluable work you are doing with our young people. I think you really bring out the best in the young people and the viewer can see what the Trust is all about.”
- Annie Lycett, Head of Ambassadors, The Prince’s Trust
“I just want to say how very grateful I am to you for taking the trouble to send me a DVD of your film. It was marvelously encouraging to learn about how generous you have been with your time and money in helping young people from my Prince’s Trust and even more heartening to know what a difference you have managed to make to their lives through continuing to mentor them. I really don’t know what I would do without such incredibly special, warm-hearted people such as yourself… What you said about stereotypes and giving young people confidence through challenging activities is so true… This comes with my warmest good wishes and boundless thanks for your kindness and generosity as an ambassador of my Trust and to young people in general.”
- HRH Prince Charles
