PPM Production Limited - Peter Price directs live events and television programmes - BBC Click: Can Technology Save The World?

A special edition of BBC Click directed by Peter Price at the COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland.

Presenters Spencer Kelly and Lara Lewington check out the latest innovations focused on the climate crisis, showcasing solutions that you can embrace, including some serious food for thought. Featuring live demos, a studio audience and Magenta the cow! Click here to watch the show on YouTube.

Lara Lewington and Spencer Kelly, presenters of BBC Click.

An overview of the studio, packed with live technology demonstrations

Photographs courtesy of Chris Watt/BBC

Peter Price, Director

It was a pleasure to direct this special edition of BBC Click at the studios of BBC Scotland in Glasgow.

I was leading a team of 80 to achieve this highly-ambitious show full of live technology demonstrations. Featuring six cameras, a studio audience and even a live dairy cow!

Peter Price (l), director of BBC Click at COP26 with producer Nick Kwek (r)

Balancing the needs of a huge team of producers, technicians and contributors is never straightforward, but I love feeding off the teamwork and dedication that only a show of this ambition can produce.

Peter Price (centre) directing BBC Click at COP26 in Glagsow

Peter Price (left) directing BBC Click at COP26 in Glagsow

Although directing during the studio days is important, my role on the production goes much deeper. Working together with producer Nick Kwek, I oversaw all technical aspects of the production including set design, lighting, sound, finance and production management.

As with all my work, I collaborated closely with the senior BBC Click editorial team to make sure that we got the maximum on-screen impact from our budget and studio time.

This edition was broadcast during the COP26 season of programmes to more than 350 million viewers on BBC World News and the BBC News Channel in the UK.

Live demo of an home-insulation robot

Demonstrating a new portable battery for electric cars

Demonstrating a new solar water heater

Interview with Microsoft

I am extremely proud of my work with BBC Click - not least because it combines my love of live performance with technology. Many of our demonstrations are at the cutting edge and I particuarly like the challenge of brining complex science to a wide audience - both in the room and on television.