All Features articles – Page 181
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FeaturesCradle to Grave
Provide visual effect support for comedy series Cradle To Grave, which stars Peter Kay. Set in 1974, it follows the early life of Danny Baker and his family.
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FeaturesFootball League Tonight
Create the full visual identity for Channel 5’s new Football League highlights show.
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FeaturesToronto 2015: TV at film festivals
TV pilots, premieres and catch-ups are becoming must-haves for film festivals. Andreas Wiseman reports on a rapidly expanding trend.
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FeaturesA Brief History of Graffiti
Grading and sound design for documentary with art historian Richard Clay on the history of graffiti.
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FeaturesDanny and the Human Zoo
Picture and audio post for the 90-minute drama written by Lenny Henry and inspired by his early life and career.
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FeaturesPacked to the rafters
From Surrey to Scotland, the growth of high-end TV production is driving demand for UK studio space. Adrian Pennington looks at the new space coming on stream
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FeaturesDamian Kavanagh, BBC3
BBC3 digital controller Damian Kavanagh talks to Hannah Gannagé-Stewart about his ambitions for the channel and the challenges ahead as it moves online this autumn
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FeaturesJekyll & Hyde, ITV
Talk of budgets often put a damper on your imagination when writing. On our ITV drama, that talk never happened, says Charlie Higson
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FeaturesTim Davie, UKTI Sector Advisory Group co-chair
The BBC Worldwide chief executive and co-chair of UKTI’s sector advisory group reveals the global opportunities that exist for producers.
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FeaturesHurricane secures project funding with UKTI support
Grants and support from UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) have enabled Hurricane Films to attend several industry events.
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FeaturesUKTI backs Mammoth’s overseas expansion
UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) continues to support Mammoth Graphics as it leverages its experience at the London Olympic and Paralympic Games and expands into new markets.
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FeaturesJenny Mooney, international trade advisor
UKTI’s London-based advisor Jenny Mooney reveals how she can help local indies grow into China and beyond.
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FeaturesThe Word: the genesis
Oxford-educated Charlie Parsons started his career as a reporter on local newspaper the Ealing Gazette before becoming a researcher at LWT, and then series editor of Channel 4’s groundbreaking factual show Network 7 and arts magazine show Club X.
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FeaturesThe Word: the launch
The show launched on 17 August 1990 with guests including Brookside actor Bill Dean, Bond girl Maryam D’Abo and music acts The Farm and Adamski. It ran for 11 episodes at 6pm, playing host to LL Cool J, Pixies and The Charlatans, before it was switched to 11pm on 9 ...
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FeaturesThe Word gets serious
In series one, items included a piece on ex-criminals in the evangelical Christian ministry Power Team. The storytelling side was important to Parsons.
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FeaturesThe Word: series two
Sebastian Scott became the series editor for the second series, having worked with Parsons on Network 7. Scott came from Janet Street Porter’s BBC2 youth strand Def II and worked alongside series producers Boland, Lux and Richard Godfrey.
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FeaturesThe Word: creation of Planet 24
After series two, Parsons was offered the opportunity to pitch for The Big Breakfast. He and Alli partnered with Bob Geldof and Tony Boland, father of Murray Boland, to create Planet 24 and the new company beat a host of rivals to win the five-day live breakfast show.
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FeaturesThe Word: the controversy
Series three’s eclectic guests included Peter Stringfellow, Bill Hicks, Pamela Anderson and the Marquis of Blandford.