Minnow Films | Million Dollar Pigeon

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Before setting up Minnow Films, Morgan directed many critically acclaimed films whilst working
at two of the UK's most respected independent companies for documentaries - Blast! Films and Century Films.

Million Dollar Pigeon 2007

1 x 60 minutes
Blast! Films for BBC2

From Cardiff to Las Vegas and on to South Africa, Million Dollar Pigeon follows three British hopefuls to the most lucrative pigeon race in the world. Matthews explores the at times obsessive world of modern fancying where birds can sell for over £100,000 and grown men become possessed by the power of the pigeon.

“A splendid documentary that treats its subjects as lovingly as they treated the contents of their own pigeon lofts”
Daily Express

“Another terrific observational documentary
from Morgan Matthews”

Daily Mail

“This is an absorbing programme which takes you into the passionate, guano-festooned world of Britain’s pigeon fancy and beyond. A television jewel”
The Observer

Filmed and Directed by
Morgan Matthews
Editor
Ben Chanan
Music
Sam Hooper
Associate Producer
David Brindley
Production Manager
Clare Voyce
Executive Producers
Edmund Coulthard / Grant McKee

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