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2026 AWARD WINNING FILM & DIRECTOR
The Director
The Director
The Director
Tom Cholmondeley
Director Description:
Last Gasp is Tom’s debut drama after more than 25 years making documentaries.
Across his career he has moved from news (Sunday Times, BBC Newsnight) to science (Horizon, BAFTA nominated Chemistry – A Volatile History) to BBC Arts (Paul Merton’s Silent Clowns) and finally history. (Charles I – Dow
Tom Cholmondeley
Director Description:
Last Gasp is Tom’s debut drama after more than 25 years making documentaries.
Across his career he has moved from news (Sunday Times, BBC Newsnight) to science (Horizon, BAFTA nominated Chemistry – A Volatile History) to BBC Arts (Paul Merton’s Silent Clowns) and finally history. (Charles I – Downfall of a King)
He has interviewed Mikhail Gorbachev on communism, flown in a helicopter with Sir Tony Robinson, carried Lucy Worsley through Oxford in a bath chair and set fire to diamonds with Professor Jim Al-Khalili.
His shows have won great press acclaim – ‘an exemplary hour’ (Daily Telegraph), ‘Intelligent, coherent and enthralling’ (Sunday Times), ‘a thrilling, not to be missed opportunity’ (Radio Times), ‘this is just beautiful television.’ (The Scotsman)
The Film
The Director
The Director
Film Title: Last Gasp
Powerful shareholder Robert Harper (David Suchet) and his teenage daughter Julianna have never faced the truth about his investments until Raad Karim arrives. Karim blames Harper’s oil company for poisoning his community in Iraq and giving his daughter leukaemia. As tensions rise and painful family secrets come
Film Title: Last Gasp
Powerful shareholder Robert Harper (David Suchet) and his teenage daughter Julianna have never faced the truth about his investments until Raad Karim arrives. Karim blames Harper’s oil company for poisoning his community in Iraq and giving his daughter leukaemia. As tensions rise and painful family secrets come to light, Robert is forced to choose between protecting his business empire and finally doing what is right.
