In 1972 he planned to produce a documentary for the BBC about the vanishing of Royal Navy frogman Lionel Crabb.
This led to a conflict with the British Ministry of Defence and ultimately the BBC abandoned the project.
[1] Darlow also directed some productions such as the documentary The Sword of Islam (1987)[2][3] or the TV movie Coded Hostile (1989).
In June 2002 Smithson acquired full control and bought out Darlow's 50 % stake.
In the previous year he was nominated for the same award in the category Outstanding Investigative Journalism – Programs for an episode of Survival in the Sky.