Our Team

Lee Sorrell

Director - Lee Sorrell Media
Coco Mocha Films

Lee has an extensive background in television documentary filmmaking and has produced and directed films in Britain and abroad during a career spanning some 30 years.

He specialises in producing and managing high-risk and challenging investigations for broadcasters. His credits include award-winning programmes such as Fashion Factories Undercover for ITV, which exposed child beatings and shocking safety conditions in Bangladesh sweatshops, and a two-part investigation for Al Jazeera into a violent far-right group in France, revealing its links to Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party.

Prior to setting up Lee Sorrell Media in 2009, Lee was Head of Investigations for ITV’s flagship current affairs series Tonight with Trevor McDonald, where he was responsible for a string of high-profile investigations. Among his notable credits were Terror in the Skies – which exposed major security lapses at Birmingham International Airport and the Real Dad’s Army – a two-part undercover investigation into the controversial campaign group Fathers 4 Justice.

Lee was previously Head of Investigations at London Weekend Television, where he produced an array of notable programmes for ITV and other broadcasters. He has also worked as a reporter for Channel 4’s Dispatches – uncovering abuses in the arms trade and going undercover to expose a sex trafficking ring in Thailand.

His work has led him to winning a number of industry awards – including an Amnesty International Media Award, Sue Lloyd Roberts Media Award and twice winner of the prestigious Wincott Foundation Award for Television Journalism. He has also been nominated for a number of RTS and Broadcast awards.

Simon Lennon

Director
Coco Mocha Films

Simon is an investigative journalist who has worked on numerous programmes for a number of major television broadcasters, including Channel 4, ITV, Al Jazeera, Sky, BBC and Channel 5.

A former national newspaper northern editor and correspondent, Simon has also produced reports for all the major national newspapers in a career spanning more than 20 years.

He specialises in investigative journalism and has produced reports on a range of important issues, including going undercover to infiltrate the illegal meat trade as well as exposing gangs of foreign criminals stealing from UK charities.

Simon worked as sole investigative researcher on the acclaimed BAFTA-nominated ‘Wall of Silence’ documentary for Channel 4’s Dispatches and Al Jazeera, which uncovered systemic abuse by former Manchester City football coach Barry Bennell.

For the past decade, he has also been working with Lee Sorrell Media and has helped to develop and produce a number of investigations for the company – including a project currently being produced for BBC Africa Eye.

Simon is now a director of Coco Mocha Films, a media company recently formed to specialise in making innovative films for television and online.