Ed Stradling

Ed Stradling (born 1972), is a television producer and director, who is best known for producing documentaries accompanying the BBC DVD range in the 2000s. Stradling produced over 40 documentaries and shorts on DVD releases of various TV shows, most notably Doctor Who, also Robin of Sherwood, and with Sir David Attenborough on Civilisation: A Personal View and The Ascent of Man. In the 2010s he worked on Children's BBC programming, directed Danny Baker's Christmas Hits, as well as music documentaries for the Sky Arts Channel. He has since worked on political and royal programming for Channel 5 and ITV, including General Election specials for ITV's Tonight programme in 2017, 2019 and 2024. He is also a television archivist and runs The TV Museum YouTube channel.

On screen

  • Rediscovering the Urge to Live

Behind the camera

  • Doctor Who and the Third Man
  • Scotch Mist in Sussex
  • Remembering Douglas Camfield
  • Second Time Around: The Troughton Years
  • Rediscovering the Urge to Live
  • The Nightmare of TV Centre
  • The Doctor's Moriarty
  • Come in Number Five
  • The End of the Line?
  • Life on Earth
  • Driven to Distractation
  • Snake Charmer: The Making of 'Snakedance'
  • Cheques, Lies and Videotape
  • The Seven Year Hitch
  • The Tin Men and the Witch
  • Into the Unknown
  • The Last Chance Saloon
  • Daleks! Beyond the Screen
  • The Thrill of The Chase
  • Daleks! Conquer and Destroy
  • The Name'sh McCoy Shylveshter McCoy
  • Trials and Tribulations
  • A Darker Side: The Making of Planet of Evil
  • A Matter of Time
  • The Ribos File
  • Getting Blood from the Stones
  • The Humans of Tara
  • Defining Shadows
  • Directing Who: Michael Hayes
  • Love Off-Air
  • Paris in the Springtime
  • Serial Thrillers
  • A New Beginning

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