Chris Chapman (producer)

In 2005, whilst still studying at Newcastle University, Chapman was hired as a junior researcher at Granada Factual North. His first project was Channel 4's 'The 100 Greatest Family Films'.^{[citation needed]}

In 2007, with the closure of Granada's Newcastle base, Chapman took up the role of assistant producer with Dene Films. His script work on short film The Conkerers earned him a Royal Television Society Award.^{[citation needed]} Chapman was promoted to producerdDirector in 2008, and directed Meningitis Matters for Newcastle University. Chapman was awarded 'Best Newcomer' by the RTS,^{[citation needed]} and went on to write and produce the films Ghost Street, Help Yourself and Edge of Empire: The Eagle's Eye. Chapman directed the film, Stammer School in 2010, featuring Michael Palin, which earned a Children's BAFTA nomination for Best Factual.^{[citation needed]} He followed this with The Last Cast for BBC1 and I Am Ethan for CBBC. Chapman won the RTS production craft award in 2013, the same year that he decided to leave Dene Films and go freelance.^[1][2][3]

During his time at Dene Films, Chapman started making documentaries for the Doctor Who DVD range. Between 2009 and 2014, nearly 40 of Chapman's productions were released,^{[citation needed]} including Looking for Peter, presented by Toby Hadoke - as well as the follow-up films Living with Levene and Hadoke Vs HAVOC. Along with Niel Bushnell, Chapman produced the animated reconstructions of The Ice Warriors episodes 2 and 3 for their DVD release, and appears on the making-of documentary that accompanies them.

Chapman left Dene Films and turned freelance in 2013. His first project was One Way Ticket for CBBC, followed by mini-series The Duke & I for ITV1. Chapman then worked as a producer-director for the 15-part CBBC series Our School.^{[citation needed]} Chapman's other work during this time included the BBC1 series Paul O'Grady: The Sally Army & Me, Sky Living's Who'd Be a Billionaire, ITV1's What Would Be Your Miracle?^{[citation needed]} and BBC3's Doctor Who: The Afterparty. ^{[4] [5]}

In February 2016, Chapman was commissioned by Big Finish to write the Doctor Who story 'The Memory Bank' for their release 'The Memory Bank & Other Stories' The story was recorded on Wednesday 27 April, and released in October 2016.^[6] In January 2017, Chapman was commissioned to write the four-part Doctor Who story The Middle starring Colin Baker's 6th Doctor. The story was recorded in June and released in November 2017.^[7] In August 2017, Chapman was commissioned to write the four-part Doctor Who story 'Iron Bright', starring Colin Baker, for release in June 2018.^[8] In December 2017, Chapman was commissioned to write the 2-part UNIT story Hosts of the Wirrn for the Revisitations box set.^[9]

In 2018 and 2019, Chapman completed several stints with the Development team at the BBC's Natural History Unit in Bristol. From 2019, Chapman became a regular director with BBC1's Countryfile.^{[citation needed]} In 2021, Chapman was one of the directors on the BBC2 series Our Wild Adventures. In 2021, Chapman directed the BBC1 documentary Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History presented by Stephen Fry.^{[citation needed]}

In May 2018, it was announced that Chapman would produce new documentary content for the BBC's Doctor Who blu-ray box set releases under the banner of his own company, Moon Balloon Productions.^{[citation needed]}

Chapman wrote the Big Finish Tom Baker story 'The Friendly Invasion' which was released in 2023. That year also saw the release of 'Dark Season: Legacy Rising', which included Chapman's story 'Summer'.^{[citation needed]}