Outside Broadcast

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Glasgow 2026 with TNT and HBO Max

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This summer I worked on Warner Bros. Discovery’s coverage of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, broadcasting on TNT Sports and HBO Max from the swimming at Tollcross.

It felt like a full-circle moment. Twelve years earlier, I had worked on the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, the first of many large-scale sporting events I’ve been part of, from Baku 2017 through to the Paris Paralympics in 2024.

Based in the mixed zone with presenter Ed Jackson and pundits Ellie Simmonds, Michael Jamieson and Mark Foster, we captured interviews with athletes almost as soon as they stepped away from the pool, having just won a medal, broken a record or produced the best performance of their career.

The scale of both the event and the broadcast production was impressive. Around 3,000 athletes from 74 nations and territories competed across 11 days, while Warner Bros. Discovery produced more than 600 hours of coverage across HBO Max, dedicated TNT Sports channels and the all-day Commonwealth Games 360 programme.

Although we were broadcasting live from Glasgow, the programme was directed remotely from a gallery in London rather than an onsite outside broadcast unit. It is an approach that is becoming increasingly common at major events and relies on a huge team of producers, directors, engineers, sound crews and technical staff working together across different locations.

There was plenty to celebrate in the pool. Scotland won 12 swimming medals, including five golds, with Duncan Scott setting a Games record in the 200m individual medley and Faye Rogers becoming Scotland’s first Commonwealth Games Para swimming champion. There were several more Commonwealth Games records and some incredibly fast performances, including Cameron McEvoy’s winning time in the 50m freestyle, just nine hundredths of a second outside the world record.

The most memorable part was being so close to the athletes at such an important moment, while also seeing the scale of the team and technology needed to bring those moments to viewers at home. Capturing those reactions as part of a major international broadcast, in my home city, made Glasgow 2026 a particularly special event to work on.

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Jamie xx - In Waves Tour

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80Six, one of the UK’s leading live entertainment video providers, hired the Teradek Ranger MK II for Jamie xx’s In Waves European tour.

Running through March, the tour visited 10 arenas and theatres across Europe, including Paris, Brussels, and Amsterdam. Ranger’s zero-delay 4K wireless video system was used to capture both the stage and the crowd, allowing cameras to move freely and keeping the audience visually embedded in the show.

On a touring production, one of Ranger’s biggest strengths is its RF flexibility. Support for both licensed and unlicensed bands up to 6GHz makes it far easier to adapt day to day when moving between venues and countries, each with their own RF environments and licensing rules.

The option to work in the 6GHz (U-NII-5) range was particularly valuable in busy arenas where 5GHz can be heavily congested, opening up cleaner channels and simplifying coordination alongside other wireless systems on the show.

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Paris 2024 Paralympics

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That’s a wrap from La Défense Arena in Paris, home of the Para Swimming competition for the Paris 2024 Paralympics.

Working with Timeline Television, and Whisper Productions I was based at La Défense for two weeks, where we delivered live daily coverage of the Games from the Channel 4 studio, presented by Clare Balding, Rose-Ayling-Ellis and former Team GB Paralympian,, Ellie Simmonds.

Our first broadcast made history as Rose Ayling-Ellis became the first deaf person to present live sports coverage on TV with the assistance of her team of interpreters.

A 200 strong team from Timeline, Whisper and Channel 4 produced extensive coverage of the Paralympics, with more than 1,300 hours of live sport airing for free across Channel 4, More4, Channel 4 Streaming and Channel 4 Sport’s YouTube.

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UCI World Championships

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Behind the scenes: Working across Scotland during 11 days of the UCI World Championships 2023. Providing RF handheld camera coverage at the Downhill Mountain Bike World Cup in Fort William for Cameron, and filming at venues throughout Glasgow for the Women’s Road Race, Flatland, Cycleball and Artistic Cycling World Cup for UCI social channels and broadcasters for Mallard Productions.

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BBC Debate Night

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Behind the scenes: Filming for Cloudbass and Mentorn Media on location in Elgin for BBC Scotland’s weekly political panel show, ‘Debate Night’.

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SPFL for BBC Scotland

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Behind the scenes: Filming Hibs v Motherwell at Easter Road with Cloubass for Nemeton and BBC Scotland

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The Mourning of Queen Elizabeth II

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I was commissioned by Getty Images to capture a moment in history as the nation mourned the death of Queen Elizabeth II at the Palace of Holyrood House in Edinburgh, the Queen’s official residence in Scotland, and the Scottish Parliament.

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My Chemical Romance at the OVO Hydro

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Live, in-person events have been making a welcome comeback in recent months. But it only really hit home from me this week when I was stood in the pit operating cameras at a packed out OVO Hydro for My Chemical Romance.

Great to see live music well and truly back!

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BBC One Show

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Did anyone spot my cameo on The One Show on BBC One last week?

It was working with Mallard Productions and BBC Productions on this One Big Thank You feature for Barry in Paisley, who has done so much to support his local community.

From collecting shopping to cleaning up the local park and raising funds for local food banks, it was great to surprise Barry and give him the recognition he deserves.

Scottish Cup Coverage

Providing single camera coverage of Round 1 of the William Hill Scottish Cup for QTV Sports and the Scottish FA from Edinburgh.

Mànran Live Stream

I recently worked with Todd Weller Films providing equipment and crewing for the live stream of Mànran’s 10 Year Anniversary concert, broadcast live from the Barrowlands Ballroom in Glasgow to an international audience.

The events and music industries have been so hard hit in recent months, and it was a pleasure to see that it is possible to pull off a great live performance like this.

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Baku 2017: Highlights from the Opening Ceremony

The Opening Ceremony of the 4th Islamic Solidarity Games took place in Baku, Azerbaijan on the 12th May 2017.

The spectacular Opening Ceremony, ‘Knowledge’, tells a universal story of peace and hope, and celebrates the enormous contribution Islamic civilisation has made to everything around us.

After relocating to Baku in January 2017 it was a privilege to be part of the Ceremonies team, producing and managing video content for the Launch Ceremony, Regional Events Programme, and the Opening and Closing Ceremonies.

Video content was displayed on an 85x45m projection screen, lit by over 130 projectors, as well as being broadcast live to over 30 nations worldwide.

Find out more about the Baku 2017 Ceremonies

Baku 2017: Launch Ceremony

On 5th April 2017, the Journey from the Caspian Launch Ceremony took place at the Stone Chronicle Museum in Baku.

Ilham Aliyev, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan presented water from the Caspian Sea to children from all over Azerbaijan. They will then take the water back to their regions as part of the Journey from the Caspian. This water represents a memento, from Baku and the Islamic Games to the regions of Azerbaijan.

The Journey will visit 15 more iconic locations throughout Azerbaijan, travelling 3000km over 37 days before returning to the Baku Olympic Stadium for the Opening Ceremony of the 4th Islamic Solidarity Games.

As well as producing video content for the ceremony its self, I also provided quick turnaround highlights and multi-camera edits for distribution to broadcasters and media in over 50 nations worldwide.

Click here to find out more about the Baku 2017 Ceremonies