David Upshal

David Upshal is a British television producer.^[1] His work includes Victorian Farm,^[2] Victorian Pharmacy,^[3][4] Edwardian Farm,^[5][6] Wartime Farm,^[7][8] Tales from the Green Valley,^[9] Tudor Monastery Farm,^[10][11] The True Face of War,^[12] Days That Shook The World,^[13][14] Outbreak Investigation,^[15] Tony Benn: Free at Last, Gordon Brown's Missing Billions,^[16] Summer of Noise,^[17][18] The Gospel of Gospel,^[19] Pilgrimage with Simon Reeve,^[20] On Tour with the Queen,^[21] Lulu: Something to Shout About,^[22] Secrets of the Castle,^[23] The Hunt for the Arctic Ghost Ship^[24][25] and the historical skills game show Escape in Time,^[26][27] for which he is also credited as format devisor.^[28][29]

David Upshal
Born	United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Occupation	Producer
Years active	1990–present

He previously directed the Channel 4 series The Hip Hop Years (short-listed for a BAFTA^[30]) and the landmark BBC series Windrush^[31] (winner of the 1999 Royal Television Society Award for Best Documentary Series^[32][33]). He began his television career at the BBC where his credits included The Late Show,^[34] Reportage, Reputations,^[35] Decisive Weapons^[36][37] and Vietnam: The Camera at War.^[38]

In 2017, he produced and directed The Seven Ages of Elvis,^[39] a 90-minute feature documentary broadcast by Sky Arts to mark the 40th anniversary of Elvis Presley.^[40][41][42]