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Alex Thomas - Director

October 27, 2026 · 43 min

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For episode two, season two of The Doc Makers podcast, I’m delighted to be talking to the multi award winning director, Alex Thomas.


Alex’s projects include 'Erased: World War Twos Heroes of Colour' and 'Yorkshire Cop: Police Racism and Me', a film made about his Father.


We discuss how he navigated his way from a small mining town in the north of England to becoming a globetrotting filmmaker, before landing back in the UK creating touchstone films like 'Bibaa & Nicole: Murder in the Park' and his most recent film, released earlier this month, 'Damilola: The Untold Story', which the Guardian selected as one of its “50 shows to watch this autumn”.


A genuine creative force and a bloody nice guy to boot.


Show notes:

Alex Thomas

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm16254630/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

https://www.sternwild.com/film-makers/alex-thomas


Bibaa & Nicole: Murder in the Park

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt37542405/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk


Damilola: The Untold Story

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0032lg7/damilola-the-untold-story


True Vision

https://www.truevisiontv.com/


Stacey Dooley

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4099152/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk


Unreported World

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0477545/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk


Bruce Parry

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1942896/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk


Mike Lewis

https://www.ninelivesmedia.co.uk/mike


Becky Cadman

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11063116/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk


Yorkshire Cop: Police, Racism and Me

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/yorkshire-cop-police-racism-and-me


John Boyega

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3915784/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk


Steve McQueen

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2588606/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk


Small Axe

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3464896/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk


Nelson Adeosun

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5144648/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

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