Secret Compass

This is what it looks like when risk management is delivery infrastructure, not a compliance function.

North Pole. A diver going under the ice in an overhead environment (meaning if something goes wrong, you can't just surface) in extreme cold, in a blizzard, in front of a full production crew.

That moment was possible because of decisions made months earlier. Training parameters defined, feasibility established. The right specialists in place before anyone committed to putting a dive operation at the top of the world.

Pole to Pole took SC across six territories over two and a half years. Antarctica, Ecuador, Bhutan, Botswana, Papua New Guinea, the North Pole. Over the next few weeks we're going to share what that actually involved; the decisions, the operations, and what it takes to make the most ambitious productions on TV happen safely.

Starting here.

Thanks to the brilliant team for trusting us to help make this happen.

Excited to see this one land.

We worked with Lucy on the risk assessment and high risk filming protocol, and connected her with the right fixers on the ground.

The rest was all her.

Saturday 18th April, 7pm, C4.

Some stories are almost impossible to tell. This is one of them.

Hostage; on BBC Two and iPlayer now. A three-part documentary telling the story of photojournalists John Cantlie and James Foley, taken hostage by Islamic State in Syria in 2012.

We believe there's a way to tell every story. For productions working in hostile environments, that means having the right risk framework in place before the team steps foot on the ground.

We were proud to provide hostile environment consultancy to the team at Story Films on this one.

Watch now on BBC iPlayer.