Paul Honey

“I worked with Paul recently on a BBC/BFI 90 documentary, and what a pleasure it was. Paul was full of ideas and an absolute joy to collaborate with. He didn’t just understand what the scene was about—he understood what it was really about.”

—Chris Durlacher, Director, The People’s Piazza: A History of Covent Garden

Paul Honey is a Royal Television Society and Music + Sound Awards–nominated composer.

After studying music at Southampton University, Paul began his career as a pianist and keyboard player, performing across the UK, Europe, North America, Japan and Australia. Over time, his passion for composition became his main focus, and today he works exclusively as a composer for television and film.

His credits include acclaimed programmes such as A House Through Time (BBC) and the double BAFTA-winning Old Jack’s Boat. He has scored factual and natural history documentaries including Andrew Marr: My Brain and Me (BBC2) and Dogs: The Untold Story (Discovery).

Paul’s versatility is evident in his work on the BAFTA-nominated animation Children of the Holocaust, the beloved Badjelly the Witch by Spike Milligan, and the TV adaptation of Blandings starring Timothy Spall and Jennifer Saunders.

As a prolific composer of production music, Paul’s work has been featured in campaigns for Mazda, Pampers, Bertolli, and Reserved, as well as across numerous TV productions (A History of Scottish Art, Queen Victoria’s Children, The Somme 1916) and trailers (Channel 4’s The Romanians Are Coming, BBC1’s Roadkill).

Recent commissions include David Olusoga’s BBC feature documentary The People’s Piazza, series 5 of Molly and Mack (BBC Children’s), and the forthcoming series 6 of A House Through Time (BBC Two).