BBC4
Greenlit: The Rest is Noise, BBC4
The Rest is Noise – A landmark television series about 20th century classical music that accompanies a year-long music festival on London’s South Bank. Inspired by Alex Ross’ award-winning accessible book about 20th century classical music, Southbank Centre’s festival will feature nearly 100 events, including talks, films, performances, participation events, and concerts, with the London [...]
Greenlit: Nina & Monkey’s Search for Enlightenment, BBC4
Nina & Monkey’s Search For Enlightenment (1 x 60′) – Ventriloquist Nina Conti travels the world in search of unusual lifestyles, accompanied by her puppet Monkey. Channel: BBC4 Producer: Alaska TX: May 2012 Source: Broadcast
Greenlit: Delius, BBC4
Delius w/t (1 x 90′) – Award-winning film-maker John Bridcut presents an authored musical profile of Frederick Delius, the composer of On Hearing The First Cuckoo In Spring and La Calinda, as part of the BBC’s celebration of the composer’s birth 150 years ago. The film focuses on Delius’ early life and how it shaped [...]
Greenlit: Punk Britannia, BBC4
Punk Britannia (3 x 60′) – Explores the British musical landscape of the mid to late Seventies, from early pub rock and the first stirrings of a new immediacy on the British music scene to the advent of punk rock with The Damned, The Sex Pistols and The Clash in 1976. The punk rock scene [...]
Greenlit: A Tale of Two Cities, BBC4
A Tale of Two Cities – Dan Cruikshank follows in the footsteps of two of London’s greatest chroniclers to explore one of the most dramatic centuries in the history of the British capital. The 17th century saw London plunged into a series of devastating disasters. The Civil War, a murderous plague and the destruction that [...]
Greenlit: The Toilet: An Unspoken History, BBC4 / S4C
The Toilet: An Unspoken History / Tai Bach Y Byd (4 x 30′) – Ifor ap Glyn presents a series that explores the history and design of toilets around the world. Channel: BBC 4 / S4C (Wales) Producer: Cwmni Da / Western Front Films TX: May 2012 Source: Broadcast
Greenlit: Handmade in Britain, BBC4
Handmade In Britain - a year-long season of programming that will be the most wide-ranging and ambitious exploration of decorative arts ever to be undertaken on British television. Ceramics, metalwork, stained glass, textiles and woodwork are some of the most beautiful and treasured objects with pride of place in British palaces, churches, stately houses and [...]
Greenlit: Madness on Wheels, BBC4
Madness on Wheels (1 x 60′) -Documentary about motorsports in the 1980s, when the rules governing the sport were relaxed. Channel: BBC4 Producer: Bigger Picture TX: 2012 Source: Broadcast
Greenlit: The Private Lives of the Medieval Kings, BBC4
The Private Lives Of The Medieval Kings (3 x 60′) – The story of the world of the medieval monarchy presented by Art Historian, Dr Janina Ramirez. Many important illuminated Royal manuscripts will be captured on film for the first time, through exclusive access agreed as part of the BBC’s ongoing collaboration with the British [...]
Greenlit: Art Nouveau, BBC4
Art Nouveau (3 x 60′) - Documentary series that looks at how the art nouveau movement flourished in the burgeoning cities of Europe at the end of the 19th century, reflecting an explosion of new ideas about nature, sex, the city and God. Its artists and designers fed on the frentic energy of the streets. [...]
