Vic James

Author, presenter, tv director.

Now a Series Producer/Director, I began working in TV in 2005, covering the General Election at BBC South. The same year I joined Channel 4 News, where I became Investigations Producer. Moving into long-form in 2012, I produced several current affairs series for BBC2 before debuting as a PD in 2015.

I have been a a finalist for the Grierson Award for Best History Documentary (2022) and a finalist for the Wincott Awards (2022) both for The Decade The Rich Won, which has now become a recurring format for BBC2.

I’m also thrilled to be Executive Producer on the AMC streaming adapation of my Sanctuary universe books, Sanctuary: A Witch’s Tale, which is available globally.

  • Britain’s Housing Crisis: What Went Wrong

    BBC2 2×60’ 9pm (2023)

    “This rage-fuelled chronicle of mismanagement, corruption and greed … will leave you incredulous. It is fine, anger-powered work”
    The Guardian

  • Billion Dollar Downfall: The Dealmaker

    BBC2 1×60’ 9pm (2023)

    “A titillating glimpse into a world we normally only see in fictional shows like Succession”
    The Spectator

  • Michael Mosley: Who Made Britain Fat?

    Avalon / C4 2×60’ 9pm (2022)

    “Absorbing and provocative … gripping but never preachy”
    iNews

  • The Decade The Rich Won

    BBC Current Affairs / BBC2 2×60’ 9pm (2020-21)

    “Lethal”
    iNews

    “Punchy”
    Telegraph

    “A manifesto for anti-capitalist tub-thumping”
    Daily Mail

  • The Purpose of Capitalism

    Connected Pictures / CNBC, 1×60’ global timeslots (2020)

  • This World: Vaccine Wars

    BBC Current Affairs / BBC2, 1×60’ 9pm (2018-19)

    “Victoria James’s excellent film … was as important as it was troubling”
    Telegraph

  • Paxman on Why Are Our Politicians So Crap?

    Brook Lapping / C5, 1×60’ 9pm

  • Paxman on The Queen’s Children

    Spun Gold / C5, 2×60’ 9pm

    “The most entertaining thing on Channel 5 in years”
    The Times

    “Fascinating”
    Daily Mail

    “Impressively assembled”
    The Guardian

    “5/5 – vim and bite and intellectual vigour”
    The Independent

  • EVITA: Making of a Superstar

    Brook Lapping / BBC2, 1×60’ 9pm 92017-18)

  • Trump’s First 100 Days

    Brook Lapping / BBC1, 1×60’ 9pm (2016-17)

  • Paxman on Trump v. Clinton: Divided America

    Brook Lapping / BBC1, 1×60’ 9pm (2016-17)

  • Paxman on Brussels: Who Really Rules Us?

    Brook Lapping / BBC1, 1×60’ 9pm (2016-17)

  • Britain’s Trillion-Pound Island: Inside Cayman

    Chalkboard / BBC2, 1×60’ 9pm (2015)