Photographer Keith Dotson featured on 'Griff's Great American South,' travel show on British TV Channel 4

Filmed at an abandoned location in the Mississippi Delta, the episode focuses on Memphis and the region's musical heritage

Fine art photographer Keith Dotson appears in a new television travel series starring Welsh comedian and television personality Griff Rhys Jones, O.B.E. (Order of the British Empire). The show called "Griff's Great American South," premiered on British Channel 4 on August 23, 2025, and on ABC Australia a few weeks earlier.

For the new series, Rhys Jones traveled the American South from Charleston to New Orleans, with stops along the way to feature various experiences and locations that are quintessentially southern.

Griff headed a crew of four Australians who recorded the video and audio for the series.

Watch our behind-the-scenes video here

Teena graciously came along to Mississippi to document our experience with Griff and the crew. You can watch our full behind-the-scenes video below. NOTE: We misremembered some of the film crew member's names. We sincerely apologize.

A segment on abandoned places photography in Mississippi

Keith was contacted about a month prior to the November 2024 filming by a Sydney-based researcher asking if he would be willing to travel to Mississippi to record the segment with Griff. While temperatures in the deep South in November are somewhat mild, humidity was still high and mosquitoes were a real nuisance to everyone on the crew.

Behind-the-scenes photos from the filming in Mississippi

Keith on location in the ghost town prior to filming for the episode.

Fine art photographer Keith Dotson on location with Griff Rhys Jones (in the red jacket) and the Australian film crew.

The cameras pointed at the photographer.

Keith explains some of the history of the Mississippi ghost town where the episode was filmed.

A member of the Aussie crew films b-roll while on location.

A friendly local wandered over to see what all the ruckus was about.

Host Griff Rhys Jones records the final piece to camera, concluding the day's filming.

Fine art photographer Keith Dotson pictured with television host Griff Rhys Jones in a ghost town in the Mississippi Delta

Portrait of Keith Dotson on location in the Mississippi Delta ghost town where the episode was filmed

All behind the scenes photographs were provided by Teena Young, copyright 2024.