IMAGINE - Allen Charlton · IMAGINE: Diana Athill ART/CULTURE BBC1 Nonogenarian editor at Andre...
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Allen Charlton, Editor 020 8892 4154 Mobile 0775 367 2697 [email protected] FiIms I cut air on Storyville, Witness, Timewatch, Dispatches, Imagine, Arena, Omnibus, Equinox, Great Railway Journeys, and PBS Frontline plus twenty series + many single documentaries....across most genre--arts, science, current affairs, observational, history and archaeological films. Awards and nominations include Grierson (2013 + 2014), Emmy, Bafta, Focal, RTS Indy, Rose D’Or, DuPont/ Columbia Broadcast, Montreal FIFA, New York and New Orleans film festivals awards. IMAGINE: Tony Morrison Remembers ART/CULTURE BBC1 Radical publisher turned Nobel-winning novelist reimagines black history through the prism of peoples’ lives; Dir Jill Nicholls 020 8809 3578 Tx 2015 IMAGINE: Frank Gehry—The Architect Asks Why Can’t I? ART/CULTURE BBC1 Australian co-production setting out the maverick architect’s five decades of creating extraordinary buildings. For Dir Luke McMahon 07812 085343 Tx 2015 IMAGINE: Jeff Koons--Diary of a Seducer ART/CULTURE BBC1 His work commands the world's highest prices but his strangeness, subject matter, and language excite bewilderment, even disgust. For Dir Jill Nicholls 020 8809 3578 Tx 2015 IMAGINE: The Art Hitler Hated. ART/CULTURE BBC1 2x 1hr. From a flat full of art unseen since the Third Reich, we trail Gurlitt's hoard back in time to his father, Hitler's art dealer. "Disturbing" Guardian "Elegant" ArtsDesk For Dir Jill Nicholls 020 8809 3578 Tx 2014 TEENAGE TOMMIES HISTORY BBC2 Profiles five under age tommies (14-17 years old) who fought in WWI (with their subscriptions to The Magnet--Billy Bunter's comic paper--forwarded to Ypres and the Somme. "Remarkable" Telegraph "One of the best documentaries…of WW1 programming" Times For Dir Michael Connolly 07730 821731 Tx 2014
Transcript of IMAGINE - Allen Charlton · IMAGINE: Diana Athill ART/CULTURE BBC1 Nonogenarian editor at Andre...
Allen Charlton, Editor 020 8892 4154 Mobile 0775 367 2697 [email protected]
FiIms I cut air on Storyville, Witness, Timewatch, Dispatches, Imagine, Arena, Omnibus, Equinox, Great Railway Journeys, and PBS Frontline plus twenty series + many single documentaries....across most genre--arts, science, current affairs, observational, history and archaeological films. Awards and nominations include Grierson (2013 + 2014), Emmy, Bafta, Focal, RTS Indy, Rose D’Or, DuPont/ Columbia Broadcast, Montreal FIFA, New York and New Orleans film festivals awards.
IMAGINE: Tony Morrison Remembers ART/CULTURE BBC1 Radical publisher turned Nobel-winning novelist reimagines black history through the prism of peoples’ lives; Dir Jill Nicholls 020 8809 3578 Tx 2015
IMAGINE: Frank Gehry—The Architect Asks Why Can’t I? ART/CULTURE BBC1 Australian co-production setting out the maverick architect’s five decades of creating extraordinary buildings. For Dir Luke McMahon 07812 085343 Tx 2015
IMAGINE: Jeff Koons--Diary of a Seducer ART/CULTURE BBC1 His work commands the world's highest prices but his strangeness, subject matter, and language excite bewilderment, even disgust. For Dir Jill Nicholls 020 8809 3578 Tx 2015
IMAGINE: The Art Hitler Hated. ART/CULTURE BBC1 2x 1hr. From a flat full of art unseen since the Third Reich, we trail Gurlitt's hoard back in time to his father, Hitler's art dealer. "Disturbing" Guardian "Elegant" ArtsDesk For Dir Jill Nicholls 020 8809 3578 Tx 2014
TEENAGE TOMMIES HISTORY BBC2 Profiles five under age tommies (14-17 years old) who fought in WWI (with their subscriptions to The Magnet--Billy Bunter's comic paper--forwarded to Ypres and the Somme. "Remarkable" Telegraph "One of the best documentaries…of WW1 programming" Times For Dir Michael Connolly 07730 821731 Tx 2014
IMAGINE: Hitler, The Tiger and Me ART/CULTURE BBC1
For Dir Jill Nicholls 020 8809 3578 Tx 2013
IMAGINE: Who Took Nanny's Pictures--Vivian Maier ART/CULTURE BBC1 She captured the mean streets + suburbs where her charges lived but showed work to no one. "Touching, ambiguous...a fine tribute." Independent. GRIERSON 2014 NOMINEE, WINNER MONTREAL FIFA + RTS BEST ARTS FILM 2014 Jill Nicholls 020 8809 3578 Tx2013
IMAGINE: How Music Makes Us Feel ART/CULTURE BBC1 "A film about the link between music and human emotions which does not rely solely on science for its insights." Telegraph's pick of the day. for Jill Nicholls 020 8809 3578. Tx 2012
IMAGINE: FATWA--Salman’s Story ART/CULTURE BBC1 Salman Rushdie talks about his years in hiding. "Following his intellectual battles as much as his physical & psychological ones, it's a hugely insightful and occasionally thrilling examination of one man's struggle, with lashings of dark humour."Time Out "Excellent profile which captures not only the fraught global political climate of the times but the surreal quality of Rushdie's twilight existence." Telegraph's critic's choice WINNER GRIERSON 2013 Dir Jill Nicholls 020 8809 3578 Tx 2012
ADMEN ART/CULTURE SKY ATLANTIC 50 years of British advertising profiled for the launch of 5th season of Madmen. For Dir Mandy Chang--now Commissioning Editor ABC Australia ([email protected]) + RSA/Caspar Delaney Tx 2012
STORY OF IRELAND HISTORY BBC2 A fortnight (each) finecutting and posting episodes 1,2 + 5 Fergal Keane sets out to restore an international dimension to three millennia of Irish history from the Neolithic to today. For series producer Michael Connolly, and producer Steve Chiu and BBC Northern Ireland Mike: 07730 821731 Tx May 2011
IMAGINE: The Lost Musicians of Rajasthan ART/CULTURE BBC1 Follows renowned but low caste musicians from dusty villages to the castle of the Maharajah for the tenth RIFF festival. “A joy of a programme!” Radio Times For Jill Nicholls: 020 8809 3578. Tx 2011
IMAGINE: Iraq in Venice ART/CULTURE BBC1 After 35 yrs of Saddam + war, six artists--exiles all--create an Iraq pavilion for Venice Biennale. Broad- sheets’ Pick of the day. "best of the series so far" Arts Desk For Jill Nicholls: 020 8809 3578 Tx 2011
IMAGINE: The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge ART/CULTURE BBC1 "Eadweard Muybridge...promised to be a treat. And it was....Imagine did everything a good arts program should" Guardian For Jill Nicholls: 020 8809 3578. Tx 2010
IMAGINE: Diana Athill ART/CULTURE BBC1 Nonogenarian editor at Andre Deutsch & memoirist of half a century, an ice crystal in her honest heart. "Hilarious" "invigorating" Guardian. "This is a wonderful programme about an amazing woman." Times. Radio Times' Documentary of the Week For Jill Nicholls: 020 8809 3578. Tx 2010
A Kick In the Head: The Lure of Las Vegas ART/CULTURE BBC2 Yentob surveys cityʼs history + influence on art, music and writing. "Engaging" The Scotsman; “Brings history to life” Telegraph "a terrific portrait” Guardian. For Jill Nicholls: 020 8809 3578. Tx 2010
IMAGINE: Art in Troubled Times ART/CULTURE BBC1 2x1hr How arts survived beyond the age of patronage in UK/US. “…makes an important contribution to the debate over what and who the arts are for” Scotsman For Jill Nicholls: 020 8809 3578 Tx 2009
FOLK AMERICA MUSIC/ARCHIVE BBC4/BBC2 Two of 3x1hr films on the evolution of American folk music from the1920s through the 1960s. NOMINEE, FOCAL AWARD (Best Archive Film) 2010 For Jill Nicholls: 020 8809 3578 Tx 2009
Godʼs Soldier: A Chaplain in Iraq OBSERVATIONAL Discovery Two hour observational documentary. Shepherd of his flock, he witnesses its and Iraqʼs destruction in the darkest days of the war. For Tiger Aspect/Jason Massot: 0794 900 9585
IMAGINE: The Hostess and The Alien ART/CULTURE BBC1 Unusual interview/profile of Nobel Laureate Doris Lessing. "Bliss spread across her vivid face once more. You could almost see the child again." Guardian. For Jill Nicholls: 020 8809 3578. Tx 2008
IMAGINE: Louise Bourgeois--Spiderwoman ART/CULTURE BBC1 Profiles late French/US artist, familiar of Duchamp/Leger; her spiders took over the new TATE MODERN. "Imagine gets into its stride with this excellent doc" TimeOut For Jill Nicholls: 020 8809 3578 Tx 2007
ATHENS: The Truth About Democracy HISTORY C4/PBS 2x1hr Bettany Hughes on Westʼs political touchstone. “Excellent” Guardian, “Superior series” Times For Lion Television/Tim Copestake: 0117 946 6974. Tx 2007
JIHAD: The Men + Ideas Behind Al Qaeda CURRENT AFFAIRS PBS/More4 Alfred Dupont-Columbia Broadcast News Award, 2008. PITV/Bill Cran: 0797 964 7641 Tx 2006/7
The Allen Toussaint Touch ART/CULTURE BBC4 Portrait of US singer/songwriter/producer and his five decades as Americaʼs “Mr Music.” Winner, New Orleans Film Festival For Jill Nichols: 020 8809 3578. Tx 2006&07
IMAGINE: Sweet Home New Orleans ART/CULTURE BBC1 Post Katrina,Yentob looks at the flooded cityʼs 20c musical journey from jazz/blues through rockʻn roll. “Rewarding” Observer: “The editing is faultless & the impact irresistible.” Sidney Gillett Radio London. Nominated, Rose D'Or, Best Arts Film 2007 For Jill Nicholls: 020 8809 3578. Tx 2005
When The Moors Ruled in Europe HISTORY Channel 4 2hr film. Rise + fall of Islam at the heart of post-Roman Europe. “Thought provoking…persuasive” Times. For Wildfire/Tim Copestake on 0117 946 6974 Tx 2005
Queens of Country ART/CULTURE BBC1 Profiles six women who transformed country music from the 1950s to today. “Fascinating” Sunday Times, “Well edited...” Observer. For Jill Nichols: 020 8809 3578. Tx 2005
BRITAIN AD ARCHAEOLOGY Channel 4 3x1hr Francis Pryor on Roman Britain + the “dark” ages that followed. "It's extremely
refreshing to find a series as intelligent + perceptive as this one" Guardian Diverse / Tim Copestake 0117 946 6974 Tx 2004
1421: THE YEAR CHINA DISCOVERED AMERICA? HISTORY/DOCDRAMA PBS 2x1hr Follows the fortunes of largest fleet ever to set sail in the medieval world; but did its admiral
discover the new world? For PITV / Bill Cran 0797 964 7641, David Wallace 020 8567 4155 Tx 2003/4
STORYVILLE: The Curse of Oil CURRENT AFFAIRS BBC2 Conspiracy & violence along the route of the Westʼs new pipeline from Central Asia. “Challenging” NYT. For PITV / Bill Cran 0797 964 7641 and D.Allan [email protected] Tx 2003/4
TIMEWATCH : Supersonic Dream CULTURE/HISTORY BBC2 The Concorde. “Gripping” Times “charming elegy” Telegraph Principle/A.Amirani 020 7328 1119 Tx2003
SEVEN WONDERS OF THE INDUSTRIAL WORLD DRAMADOC BBC2 Two railroad companies span America & conquer the West. For Paul Bryers: 020 8675 3735 Tx 2003
BRITAIN BC ARCHAEOLOGY Channel 4 2x 1hrs Francis Pryor on pre-Roman Britain For Diverse/Tim Copestake: 0117 946 6974. Tx 2003/4
UNDERWORLD Flooded Kingdoms of the Ice Age ARCHAEOLOGY Channel 4 3x1hrs A search for the built remains of inundated civilisations “Bold enlightening series” Independent “Thought provoking” Observer. For Diverse/Tim Copestake 0117 946 6974. Tx 2002
THE COMMANDING HEIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS PBS Ep2 20th century battles for the world economy “Staggers us with the unrealized possibilities of television ...stunningly ambitious, brilliantly successful” Washington Post PITV/Bill Cran 0797 964 7641 Tx 2001
WITNESS: Surrendered Wives OBSERVATIONAL Channel 4 California couple prescribes for the modern marriage..."An often funny, very moving, and ultimately quite dangerous programme" RadioTimes "A gleefully appalled examination of a Californian movement...beau- tifully edited...it possesses a kind of sunlit threat" IOS For Lion/Katinka Newman 0788 5153 049 Tx 2000
A VERY BRITISH MURDER “Killing Christine” HISTORY Channel 4 Returns to scene of 80s crime of passion. For Soul Purpose/Ursula McFarlane 020 8964 9088 Tx2000
THE SCIENCE OF SECRECY “Hieroglyphs” HISTORY Channel 4 Champollion + Rosetta Stone in Simon Singh series. For Diverse/Tim Copestake 0117 946 6974 Tx 2000
“APOCALYPSE” HISTORY Channel 4/PBS On western notions of worldʼs end from Rome to now. For PITV/Bill Cran/N Fraser 0797 964 7641 Tx1999
“1900” SOCIAL HISTORY Channel 4 Snapshot of Britain 100 years ago, centenarians + sentiment. For Tim Copestake 0117 916 6974 Tx 1999
THE LONG WALK OF NELSON MANDELA POLITICAL PBS/FRONTLINE Mandelaʼs life. Nominee EMMY 2000 News/Documentary. For Cliff Bestall (27) 21 461 2892. Tx 1999
ARENA "Che" ART/HISTORY BBC2 On media's posthumous treatment of Che for “Cuba Night” For Leslie Woodhead 0162 586 1513 Tx 1999
STAGESTRUCK ARTS/CULTURE Channel 4 20thCentury gay playwrights + portrayals. 3x1hr For MentornBCP/David Jeffcock 020 8995 2260 Tx 1998
HEAVENʼS MIRROR: Quest for the Lost Civilisation SCIENCE/HISTORY Channel 4 Graham Hancockʼs Archaeo-astronomy writ across the globe. 3x1hr T Copestake 0117 946 6974 Tx1998
ROYALS & REPTILES CURRENT AFFAIRS Channel 4 3x1hr On media + the royals. Nominee BAFTA Best Factual Series/ Winner RTS INDIES Best Archive Film For Blakeway/Leonie Jamieson 020 7603 4567 Tx 1997
TIMEWATCH “Boer War: The First Media War” HISTORY BBC1 Early film and journalistsʼ recollections of the first guerilla war. For Bill Cran 0797 964 7641. Tx 1997
FALLEN ANGEL DOC/DRAMA Channel 4 Short interval film for Gounodʼs Faust. For Landseer Films/David Jeffcock 020 8995 2260. Tx 1996
NUREYEV UNZIPPED ARTS/CULTURE BBC2 A fellow dancerʼs critical appraisal. For Landseer Films/Ross MacGibbon 020 7485 7333. Tx 1996
SECRET LIVES: Jeremy Thorpe HISTORY Channel 4 New revelations on downfall of Liberal leader. For Diverse TV/Roy Ackerman 020 7603 4567 Tx 1996
AMERICA FLIES HISTORY Discovery Aviationʼs first years after WWI. For PITV/Liz Dobson 077 1858 5895 Greg Barker 079 5685 6233 Tx 1996
EQUINOX: Staying Alive SCIENCE Channel 4 On the science of surviving disasters. For October Films/Denman Rooke 020 7692 9345. Tx 1996
FALSE ECONOMY: The Failure of Success CURRENT AFFAIRS Channel 4 2nd of 3x1hrs Will Hutton on British economy. For October Films/Tim Copestake 0117 946 6974. Tx1996
KOROWAI OBSERVATIONAL Discovery 1hr IrianJayaʼs cannibal treehouse-dwellers. For Essential Pictures/Colin Clarke 020 8876 4451. Tx 1996
GREAT RAILWAY JOURNEYS: High Andes to Patagonia HISTORY BBC1 Buck Henry with gags and gauchos. For PITV/Bill Cran 020 7348 1950. Tx 1995
OMNIBUS Enigma--The Making of a Hardback Hero ARTS/CULTURE BBC1 Robert Harrisʼ nail biting + writing of codebreaker novel. For Diverse/R Ackerman 020 7603 4567 Tx1995
PHARAOHS AND KINGS ARCHEOLOGICAL Channel 4 3 x 1hr Ancient Egypt/Palestine chronology. For Soul Purpose/Tim Copestake 0117 946 6974. Tx 1995
THE NEW JERUSALEM: A Home of Their Own HISTORY/POLITICS BBC2 Two of 4x1hrs (on postwar housing + NHS) For BCP/Denman Rooke 020 7284 6868 Tx 1995
ASSIGNMENT: Cracks in the Armour CURRENT AFFAIRS BBC2 Nightmarish film on the Bosnian Serb "Corridor". For Soul Purpose/Belinda Giles 020 7625 1625 Tx 1994
AFRICAN FOOTSTEPS ART/CULTURE BBC2 Paul Bowles + 20c literary Tangiers. For Steven White + Roy Ackerman/Diverse 020 7603 4567 Tx 1994
TRAVELS WITH MY CAMERA--Outback of Beyond OBSERVATIONAL Channel 4 Irma Kurtz bus-bound in Oz. For Marilyn Gaunt 020 8442 0671.
Tx 1994
EQUINOX: The Higher the Hubble SCIENCE Channel 4 Universe-defining Hubble Constant. For Union Pics/Storm Thorgeson/Jeff Deehan 020 7287 5110 Tx1994
AFRICA EXPRESS CULTURE Channel 4 6 x 9ʼ films in brisk magazine series on Africa. For MentornBCP/Denman Rooke 020 7284 6868 Tx 1994
OMNIBUS : Mr Abbottʼs Broadway ARTS/CULTURE BBC1 107yr old Broadway writer, producer, director For Ken Howard /Landseer Films 020 7485 7333. Tx 1994
DISPATCHES: Operation Domino CURRENT AFFAIRS Channel 4 F Marcos looted gold to Swiss Banks. For Independent Image/Tim Copestake 0117 946 6974. Tx 1993
What My Mother Told Me DRAMA Channel 4 Three scenes from C4 drama. For Frances Anne Soloman + Leda Serene 020 8493 0405. Tx 1993
OMNIBUS: Who killed Tchaikovsky HISTORY BBC1 Murderous accounts of composerʼs death probed. For John Purdie/Union Pictures 020 7287 5110 Tx1993
BIRTHRIGHTS: Reunion HISTORY BBC2 Carribean women in WW2 UK Forces meet again. For Frances Soloman 020 7733 2861 Tx1993
Are You There Martinus? DRAMA Drama on Luthers wife with Eleanor Bron. For Stuart Burge/Burgeon Films 020 8748 1325
I Is A Long Memoried Woman DANCE/DRAMA Slavery + redemption. Gold Award, TV Performance, ʻ91 NY International Film/Television Festival
For Frances Soloman + Ingrid Lewis/LedaSerene +416 598-1410 (1990)
BANDUNG FILE: Children of the Intifada CURRENT AFFAIRS Channel 4
Report on the then raging Palestinian Intifada. For BandungProductions/Tariq Ali Tx 1989
SIGNALS :New Opera "Who Pays the Piper" ART/CULTURE Channel 4
Funding + lack of it in the Arts. For Dancelines/Holmes Assoc/Emma Burge 020 7727 1346(agent) Tx1989
