VGOW Code of Silence

Guest editors Agnieszka Liggett, Ana Mlynarska, Raphaella Randall, Naomi Smallwood, Mark Thornton, Mark Trend, join host Aideen Johnston BFE, for a conversation on editing the series Code of Silence.

Agnieszka Liggett

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Agnieszka Liggett is an editor known for 'Mr Bates vs. The Post Office', 'Funny Woman', 'Doctor Who', 'The Killing Kind', films 'Obey', 'Scarborough', 'Last train to Christmas', 'Crowhurst' and 'Howl'. Agnieszka also edited documentaries 'Death Without Mercy', 'Ukraine: Life under attack' and 'Jill Dando: The 20 Year Mystery'.

Ana Mlynarska

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Warsaw native and Polish Film School alumna Ana Mlynarska is currently editing the highly anticipated ITV drama Adultery. Since moving to the UK, she has worked on smash hits including The Crown for Netflix and Code of Silence for ITV. Ana’s varied credits also include the BAFTA-winning The Jury for Channel 4, Unforgotten for ITV, and the lavish period drama The Forsytes for PBS. She is an active member of BAFTA Connect and the BFE.

Raphi Randall

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Raphi has been in cutting rooms for nearly 20 years, assisting on shows such as Generation Kill and Game Of Thrones for HBO, Taboo and A Christmas Carol for Scott Free andSay Nothing for FX, amongst others.She is now editing shows such as The Forsytes S1 and S2, and Code Of Silence.

Naomi Smallwood

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Naomi started in television drama as a runner, moving into assistant editing on shows such as Humans, Chimerica and Man in an Orange Shirt. Her editing break came with Endeavour in 2022, and her other editing credits include Death In Paradise, and of course, Code of Silence.

Mark Thornton
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Mark has been editing TV and Film for over 25 years, and in that time covered a wide range of genres, tones, budgets, ambition and quality! Code of Silence is the fourth time he has collaborated with the director, Diarmuid. He lives in Hertfordshire with his wife and several children. His hobbies include lino printing, pinhole photography, watching live music and basic sewing.

Mark Trend

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Mark Trend is a Film and TV Editor with over 15 years of experience.Code of Silence was Mark’s 6th collaboration with director Chanya Button, across 2 features and various TV projects, including World On Fire, Doctor Who: The Giggle and features Vita & Virginia and Burn, Burn, Burn. He is currently editing the Amazon feature Our Fault: London, again with Chanya Button as director.Other recent work includes Truelove for Channel 4, The Dream Lands for BBC, The Devil’s Hour for Amazon, and Criminal Record for Apple TV.Mark lives in London with his partner and their twin girls.

HOST: Aideen Johnston BFE

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Aideen Johnston is known for The Spin (2025), Love Without Walls (2023) and Britannia (2017).