Archive for July, 2009
Murder Most Foul
US officials who visited a house to evict the tenants in Washington, DC, discovered the decomposing bodies of four children, aged 5-17 years old; their mother had been living with their bodies for months. Benita Jacks said that her daughters had been possessed by demons and that they had died in their sleep one-by-one. Forensics [...]
Free Camera For Tourists
Omni Hotels in the US are offering families who book their Omni Flips weekend package the free use of a Flip Video camera to record their holiday. A concierge will help them plan their stay and then up load their footage and email it to them at home. Guests can enter a competition, and if [...]
Social Media is the New Punk
Social Media is the New Punk by Lachlan Williams suggests that social media such as You Tube, MySpace and Facebook has a punk aesthetic in that it allows people to create whatever their level of skill – the quality of the outcome is less important than the enthusiasm of the participation. It also says that, [...]
Greenlit: Revealed Strand, Five
Revealed (6×60′) – A factual history strand that has films from different filmmakers. Jack the Ripper: Tabloid Killer – Former tabloid editor Kelvin McKenzie looks at the relationship between the press and Jack the Ripper (Lion Television) The Real Goldfinger – Investigates whether the Bond film was based on a real-life plot by the Germans [...]
Greenlit: Landscape Man, Ch4
Landscape Man – Series billed as “Grand Designs for gardens”. Channel: Ch4 Producer: Red House TV TX: 6th January 2010 Source: Broadcast
Greenlit: Modern Masters, BBC1
Modern Masters (4×60′) – Documentary series that looks at some of the most notable and influential artists of our time and makes the claim that Picasso, Dali, Matisse and Warhol are ‘Modern Masters’. Hugely-talented artists with intriguing life stories, millionaires in their own lifetimes, it is small wonder that Picasso, Dali, Matisse, and Warhol have [...]
Wanted: What the UK Digital Channels Want
At the Intelligent Factual Festival last week a number of commissioning execs outlined their channel brands and where they’ve still got gaps. Click through to see what ITV3, ITV4 and Discovery UK want. (Photo by rightee – CC BY 2.0)
Creators Inn, Stockholm
If you fancy a free stay in Stockholm, Sweden apply to the Creators Inn, which is offering free rooms for creative types from 1 August to 13 September, 2009. You need to offer a reason for your creative stay and tell them why you want to stay there. Hat tip to PSFK
Offal Food
Food Tease is a gorgeous looking blog that features scary-looking food from a cute young Canadian couple, David and Nicole, who now live in Texas. Their lives revolve around food, and they love finding new things to cook, which they share in short videos. The site features such delicacies as: Pickled pigs feet tostadas Chicken [...]
Greenlit: Outbreak, ITV1 / History
Outbreak (1×60′) – One-off documentary charting the first 24 hours of WWII, to commemorate the 70th anniversary. It is co-funded by ITV1 and History Channel UK in a bid to maximise the channels’ resources. ITV gets the benefit of the premiere, but History Channel expect to pick up viewers who missed the first transmission. Channel: [...]
