Norma Percy is an American-born, documentary film maker and producer. The documentaries she has produced in collaboration with Brian Lapping have covered many of the crises of the 20th century. In 2010, she was awarded the Orwell Prize "Special Prize for Lifetime Achievement".
World in Action was Granada Television’s flagship ITV current affairs series, running from 7 Jan 1963 to 7 Dec 1998, and built a reputation for film-led investigative reporting and a forceful editorial stance. Its journalism produced major public and political repercussions—including investigations associated with miscarriages of justice such as the Birmingham Six—and it also served as a platform for landmark documentary projects, including the first broadcast of “Seven Up!” as part of the strand in 1964.
Release Date1963-01-01
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JobProducer
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Episode Count40
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Award-winning film-maker Norma Percy looks back on her acclaimed 1998 documentary series The Fifty Years War: Israel and the Arabs.
Release Date2023-11-13
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A look at the legacy of Band Aid, Live Aid and Live 8 in reshaping global charity and politics. Featuring interviews with Bob Geldof, Bono, Sting, and African and western leaders of the time.
Release Date2025-07-06
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Episode Count3
Vote Count5
After one of the most shocking presidencies in history, Donald Trump's top advisers and the leaders who clashed with him lift the lid on the critical moments of his foreign policy.
Release Date2021-02-10
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Episode Count3
Vote Count3
Militant Islam enjoyed its first modern triumph with the arrival in power of Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran in 1979. In this series of three programmes, key figures tell the inside story.
Release Date2009-02-07
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Episode Count3
Vote Count4
Putin, Russia and the West is a four-part British documentary television series first shown in January and February 2012 on BBC Two about the relationship between Vladimir Putin's Russia and the West. The series is produced by Norma Percy, whose previous series include The Death of Yugoslavia, Israel and the Arabs: Elusive Peace, and Iran and the West. The documentary was criticized by some dissidents for being an apology for Putin's regime.
Release Date2012-01-19
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Episode Count4
Vote Count2
Israel and the Arabs: Elusive Peace is the name of a three-part British documentary series shown in October 2005 on BBC Two about the attempts to settle the Israeli–Palestinian conflict after the 2000 Camp David Summit. The series was produced by Norma Percy, who had produced The Death of Yugoslavia before. Like her previous series, Israel and the Arabs: Elusive Peace relies extensively on in-depth interviews with key players involved in this issue, such as Ehud Barak, Bill Clinton, and Colin Powell.
Release Date2005-10-10
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Episode Count3
For millions, the election of Barack Obama marked a new era of hope. This four-part series tells the story of how he tried to reshape America as told by his inner circle - and the president himself.
Release Date2016-03-15
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count4
Vote Count5
A new documentary series chronicling the decisions that have shaped Israeli-Palestinian conflict over the past two decades.
Release Date2025-02-26
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Episode Count3
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The acclaimed documentary series from 1991 that examined political in-fighting in the Soviet Union and the battle for perestroika.
Release Date1991-05-31
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Episode Count8
The inside story of how, since Donald Trump first took office, America and China have become locked in a battle for global power and influence.
Release Date2026-03-23
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Episode Count2
The Death of Yugoslavia is a BAFTA-award winning BBC documentary series first broadcast in 1995. It covers the collapse of the former Yugoslavia. It is notable in its combination of never-before-seen archive footage interspersed with interviews of most of the main players in the conflict, including Slobodan Milošević, the then President of Serbia. Norma Percy won the 1996 BAFTA TV Award for 'Best Factual Series' for the documentary. However, it has been argued that it presents a potentially slightly biased point-of-view; for instance during the trial of Milošević before the ICTY in The Hague, Judge Bonomy called the nature of much of the commentary "tendentious" (partisan).
Release Date1995-09-03
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Episode Count6
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Decision-makers from Israel, the Arab states, Russia, and the U.S. tell the inside story of the Arab-Israel conflict. Charts the evolution of tensions, violence, and peace efforts from 1948 to 1998.
Release Date1998-05-10
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Episode Count6
Vote Count2
This Mini series gives insight on Richard M. Nixon and the scandal he was involved in that eventually led to his resignation as America's president.
Release Date1994-05-08
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Episode Count5
Vote Count5
The BBC documentary made as a sequel to the series "The Death Of Yugoslavia" focusing on the Kosovo crisis and the collapse of the Milosevic regime.
Release Date2001-01-01
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Episode Count3
Vote Count2
Release Date2024-09-03
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