London-based indie Firecracker Films has received its first order, a film called Backyard Fightingfor Channel 4. The 50-minute piece, ordered by C4 editor, independent film and video Jess Search, looks at the growing phenomenon of backyard wrestling in the UK. The 'sport', which has already taken off in the US, involves teenagers using weapons such as barbed wire and light tubes in their wrestling bouts. The matches are then filmed and shown on the internet. Due for delivery in mid-September, Ben Chanan directs and produces, with Gill Brown as the executive producer.

London-based indie Firecracker Films has received its first order, a film called Backyard Fightingfor Channel 4. The 50-minute piece, ordered by C4 editor, independent film and video Jess Search, looks at the growing phenomenon of backyard wrestling in the UK. The "sport", which has already taken off in the US, involves teenagers using weapons such as barbed wire and light tubes in their wrestling bouts. The matches are then filmed and shown on the internet. Due for delivery in mid-September, Ben Chanan directs and produces, with Gill Brown as the executive producer.