Manners McDade's Stuart Hancock Scores New BBC Doc 'John Curry: The Ice King'

John Curry: The Ice King documentary airs tonight at 10pm on BBC Four, with music by Manners McDade artist Stuart Hancock.

The documentary follows ice skating legend John Curry’s highly successful career and how he changed perceptions of the sport into an art form. Director James Erskine includes unseen footage of Curry’s performances and archived interviews. 

Stuart Hancock is an award-winning composer, sound designer and orchestrator. Stuart’s extensive work in advertisement and film includes working on campaigns with brands such as Burberry New York and the BBFC and films such as the World Cup football drama-documentary One Night In Turin. Stuart also scored the short fantasy film Hawk which premiered at BAFTA in 2011 and won Best Original Music Score at the Idyllwild Cinema Festival, California (2013).

His most recent work includes scoring C4’s TV adaption of Michael Rosen’s children’s book We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, which attracted an audience of over 8 million when it aired on Christmas Eve. His music on this show was awarded the 2017 Music & Sound Award for Best Original Composition in Short Film Score.