
Ben Southwell
Directing
Ben Southwell is a British television producer and director who has worked in prime-time factual programming for nearly three decades. His credits span history, travel, science, genealogy and natural-history television, including Fake or Fortune?, Who Do You Think You Are?, Rick Stein’s Road to Mexico, Last Chance to See, The Real History of Science Fiction and programmes with Ray Mears. He also teaches documentary and unscripted television storytelling.
Known For
6.8The Real History of Science Fiction
2014
7.3Last Chance to See
2009
9.3Trips Money Can't Buy with Ewan McGregor
2001
5.5Lost In The Desert with Nick Knowles
2025
6.0Eyewitness: Dinosaur
1994

Into the Gobi Desert with Nick Knowles
2024
From Nerdspin
Filmography
- 2025★ 5.5
- 2024
- 2015★ 8.2
- 2014★ 6.8
- 2011★ 8.6
- 2009★ 7.3
- 2009★ 7.2
- 2001★ 9.3









