Martin Durkin (director)

Martin Richard Durkin (born 23 January 1962, in South Shields)[citation needed] is an English television producer and director who has been commissioned by Britain's Channel 4. He is best known for directing The Great Global Warming Swindle (2007), which promotes climate change denial, and Brexit: The Movie (2016), which advocates for the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union.

He has produced, directed and executive-produced programmes covering the arts, science, history, entertainment, features and social documentaries. He is a libertarian and was formerly connected to the now defunct Revolutionary Communist Party[citation needed], and a number of his documentaries have caused controversies, including those critical of state spending[1] and environmentalism.[2] He has been described as "the scourge of the greens"[3] and "one of the environmentalists' favourite hate figures".[4]

  1. ^ Harrison, Mr (3 January 2011). "Britain's Trillion Pound Horror Story". Retrieved 9 August 2019 – via Vimeo.
  2. ^ Lynas, Mark (11 May 2007). "The great Channel 4 swindle". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  3. ^ Walker, Tim (12 October 2008). "The climate change unbelievers". The Independent. Archived from the original on 11 December 2008. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
  4. ^ Lean, Geoffrey (4 March 2007). "Global warming: An inconvenient truth or hot air?". The Independent. Archived from the original on 15 May 2009. Retrieved 11 May 2009.