BBC launches online ethical magazine – Thread

As ethical fashion promises to be the next big thing, the BBC has today (16/04) launched Thread – a new online magazine for fashion conscious people who care about where their clothes come from.
New research conducted for Thread among 16 to 30-year-olds suggests that ethical fashion is no longer a fringe movement; almost one in [...]

Soldier – A Treatment

This is the story of two men Ian Thomas and John Wikinson. They are now in their late forties, John being 50 and Ian being 49. In childhood they grew up together, sharing the same group of friends and the same enemies. In class they sat one behind the other, that was how they met with Ian flicking ink all over John’s back by accident whilst trying to replenish his nib from the inkwell during a French lesson. From that moment on they were friends and nothing was going to get in the way of that friendship.

Doctor Who: Sarah Lancashire gets new series off to flying start

Sarah Lancashire, best known for roles in Coronation Street, Clocking Off and Rose 7 Maloney, ensures the new BBC One series of Doctor Who starts with a bang.

Sarah guest stars as Miss Foster, an enigmatic and powerful businesswoman, in episode one of series four of the BAFTA Award-winning drama.

BBC iPlayer makes the unmissable, unmissable

BBC iPlayer launches second phase of marketing campaign to build awareness amongst audiences
Film-maker and writer Terry Jones is the latest star to feature in an ambitious marketing trail for BBC iPlayer.
The 90-second trail shows Terry following a unique colony of Adelie Penguins as they fly thousands of miles across the frozen wasteland of Antarctica to [...]

New Batman Dark Knight Featurette release from Imax

The latest release in the long awaited Batman sequel Dark Knight is now on show on the Imax website, as well as below.

Director Chris Nolan talks about using Imax for the sequel and also describes the difference in experience and challenges of using this format.

 

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New Executive Producer of Doctor Who

BBC Wales has announced that Piers Wenger is to take over the reins as Executive Producer for Doctor Who’s fifth series and will become the new Head of Drama, BBC Wales when Julie Gardner leaves that role in January 2009.

Piers was the producer of the multi-award winning Housewife, 49 with Victoria Wood [...]

Carnegie Mellon Researchers Use Web Images To Add Realism to Edited Photos

System Takes Advantage of Millions of Images on the Internet
Computer graphics researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed systems for editing or altering photographs using segments of the millions of images available on the Web.
Whether adding people or objects to a photo, or filling holes in an edited photo, the systems automatically find images that [...]

Comics Britannia season launches on BBC Four

BBC Four is set to explore the wonderful world of comic books in a new three-part series celebrating one the of most powerful achievements of British popular culture – the classic comic strips generations of us have grown up with over the past 70 years.

From the Beano to Bunty, Commando to Viz, The [...]

“We must put our house in order” demands Director-General in tough response to further disclosures

BBC Director-General Mark Thompson today announced a package of tough measures to address the discovery of further serious breaches of editorial standards across some areas of BBC programmes and content.
The further emerging breaches, revealed following a BBC-wide search of around one million hours of output since January 2005, were reported today by Mr Thompson to [...]

BBC Autumn 2007 Season

Quality, range and talent dominate this autumn on BBC On

Behind closed doors with Her Majesty The Queen, an exclusive set of interviews with Tony Blair as he departs Number 10 and some of the best talent in the business, this is a stellar autumn season of programming on BBC One.
Peter Fincham, Controller, BBC One, [...]