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Giovanni Ulleri is an Emmy-nominated, award-winning investigative journalist, documentary filmmaker and campaigner whose work spans more than two decades across the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Al Jazeera, National Geographic and international broadcasters. Renowned for securing rare access, exposing wrongdoing and telling difficult stories with depth and humanity, he has produced and directed major investigations on organised crime, corruption, policing, social justice and international conflict. His portfolio includes critically acclaimed films such as Drugs Inc., the Emmy-nominated Huesos que Hablan/The Bones That Talk, BBC current-affairs investigations, and high-impact documentaries across the UK, US, Europe, Latin America and Africa. A committed campaigner for truth, accountability and public-interest journalism, Ulleri’s reporting has contributed to policy debates, legal scrutiny and real-world change. He is also a mentor with the John Schofield Trust and a judge for the RTS Journalism Awards 2026, supporting the next generation of investigative storytellers.
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Portfolio
Africa Investigates – Lighting Up
An investigation into how Big Tobacco is moving into Africa and trying to block anti-tobacco control legislation through bribery, intimidation, and political interference. Tobacco is a billion-dollar industry, but it has a big problem. In most parts of the world, its market is shrinking, restricted by health concerns. Africa is its only growing market. In Kenya, the Government Health Ministers have been trying to introduce anti smoking regulations common in more developed countries. But former British American Tobacco security adviser and now turned Whistle-blower Paul Hopkins exclusively reveals that BAT have been bribing some Government politicians for years to block tobacco controls. In this film we expose how this multinational billion-dollar company operates in Kenya and the rest of Africa.
The OBE is not for me
The OBE is Not for Me tells the story of why poet and activist Benjamin Zephaniah famously rejected the Queen’s offer of an OBE. For Zephaniah, the word “Empire” was inseparable from slavery, colonial violence and racism — histories that shaped his family’s experience and still scar Britain today. His decision became a powerful act of resistance against establishment recognition and a call for justice for the marginalised.
