Archive for March, 2009
Greenlit: Garbage Moguls, Nat Geo
Garbage Moguls (1x pilot) – follows green entrepreneurs as they try to make mainstream consumer products out of garbage – such as messenger bags out of seatbelts and billboard material and kites out of biscuit wrappers. Channel: National Geographic TX: 22 April 09 Source: Variety
Greenlit: Inside the Iraq War, Nat Geo
Inside the Iraq War w/t (1×120′) – documentary from producers of Inside 9/11, which was Nat Geo’s highest rated programme ever. Channel: National Geographic Producer: Towers Productions Source: Variety
Greenlit: Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer’s Cut), IFC
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer’s Cut) – (6×60′ stripped) – Surviving Pythons mark their 40th anniversary with a doc series looking back at the classic series. Features interviews with John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin and the late Graham Chapman will be seen in archive footage. Channel: IFC [...]
Smashing Telly
Smashing Telly is a website that has collected the best factual TV programmes and clips available on the web together in one place. The video blog is run by David Galbraith who is an architect and co-founder of Yelp. You can find amongst other things: Lives Less Ordinary: Ian Shaw – the story of a [...]
Oh What a Tangled Web
A German judge has been asked to adjudicate in the case of a man whose neighbour was sleeping with his wife. Twist No. 1: The man had hired his neighbour to impregnate his wife after finding out he was sterile. After 6 months of concerted effort, the neighbour still hadn’t impregnated the ex-beauty queen. At [...]
Greenlit: Twins, BBC1
Twins (2×60′) – Landmark science series that explores how scientists study twins in order to understand how nature and nurture affect everyone. The series features the reunion of 6-year-old twin girls who have been raised apart in California, and explores everything from musical ability, sexuality and body odour. It will also feature the reunion of [...]
Greenlit: The Genius of Design, BBC2
The Genius of Design w/t (5×60′) – A follow up to BBC4′s The Genius of Photography , this series examines the history of design, focusing on inventions – such as the ring pull and the fitted kitchen – that have transformed modern life. Channel: BBC2 Producer: Wall to Wall TX: 2010 Source: Broadcast
Greenlit: Gutted, Home
Gutted (10×60′) – Mark Durden-Smith launches the new Home channel with a show that empties hoarders’ homes and loads all their belongings on a truck. They then choose whether to claim their possessions back or take some cash instead. If they want their stuff back they have to answer a question about each item. If [...]
Greenlit: Fast and Dangerous, Fox Reality
Fast and Dangerous (10×30′) – High-adrenaline ob doc series featuring high-speed police car chases. Channel: Fox Reality Channel Producer: Mentorn USA Source: Broadcast
The Psychology of Colour
Publicolor is a not-for-profit organization that revitalizes the environment in under-performing public schools in the US. The pupils are involved in choosing the colours and then work on Saturdays to paint their school classrooms and hallways to a professional standard. The aim is to engage disaffected and underachieving pupils, introduce them to teamwork for the [...]
