London, 4th June 2010 - The launch of the Red Planet Prize, the third annual search for new writing talent was announced today by Tony Jordan, who also announced that this year the Red Planet competition will be held in partnership with Kudos Film and Television in a drive to discover the best of Britains unsigned writers. First launched in 2007 the competition has already ...
Telegraph - "And yet, such was the sheer sofa-chewing, nuclear bomb-defusing vividness of last Decembers season-ending cliff-hanger to the BBC One spy drama Spooks, that when the show blazed back onto our screens last night after a gap of almost a year it was as if time itself had stood still." Telegraph - "...Spooks still delivers high class escapism at its ...
Occupation, the BBC Iraq war drama produced by Kudos, has won the Prix Europa for the best episode of a drama series or serial. It was the only UK entry to scoop an award at the ceremony in Berlin on Saturday night, although Ruby Films co-pro Five Minutes of Heaven and Panorama: Britains Homecare Scandal both won special commendations. The Prix Europa has been running for 23 ...
In a remote and forgotten wilderness one of nature's last great mysteries unfolds: the birth, life and death of a million crimson-winged flamingos. Against a dramatic backdrop of never-before filmed landscapes, these secretive birds struggle to survive and prevail over danger and fate. Filmed over two years by filmmakers Matthew Aeberhard and Leander Ward, every moment ...
“Thank heaven for Occupation...the TV highlight of the week by a mile.” Sam Wollaston, Guardian “There is a lot of quite good televisionaround. And then there’s Occupation. You can tell in the opening seconds that Peter Bowker’s drama is something out of the ordinary...This is powerful, intelligent writing, with direction and performances to ...
Following the highly successful launch of Law & Order: UK, ITV has commissioned another 13 episodes to go into production later this year. Law & Order: UK is based on Dick Wolf's groundbreaking US format which remains one of NBC's top-rated, dramatic series. Commissioned for the UK by Peter Fincham, ITV's Director of Television, Channels and Online and Laura Mackie, ITV's ...