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April 2008
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April is upon us and as the days grow longer,
UK production companies are gearing up with their summer shoots.
Starting with features, Paul is the latest comedy from Nick Frost
and Simon Pegg, this time leaving behind US parodies for a very British road
movie. Staying with the British theme, Carry On London may have finally died
a death but rising like a phoenix, is yet another stab at relaunching the comedy
franchise with an as yet untitled Carry On feature.
Comedy and Light entertainment include a second series of the web-dullard
Lilly Allen And Friends even though hardly anybody watches it. The Old Guys is a new
comedy about two pensioners who compete to win the affections of a glamorous neighbour,
Clone set in a military research facility that produces a super-solder who defies
expectation and not in a good way and Life Of Riley sees Caroline Quentin on familiar
territory as a recently remarried woman trying to pull her new family together. Speak
Up is a new twist on the reality talent show in which young people showcase their public
speaking talent and Heston Blumenthl attempts to reverse the fortunes of the roadside
restaurant chain in Big Chef – Little Chef.
Factual and documentary sees the return of the excellent time-shift series The Coal House.
The new series will examine the struggles and pressures of a small mining community during the
darkest days of the Second World War. British Style Genius attempts to discover the next crop of
celebrity stylists, Grand Designs Live is a week-long event following the construction of someone’s
dream home and Would Like To Meet Again returns to the singletons of the series at the start of the
decade to see if they have found love.
Drama sees lots of returning shows. The Commander, Ashes To Ashes and Shameless are all back for more,
as it Cranford which will return for a one-off edition next Christmas. Clash Of The Santas revisits the
comedy-drama-franchise of Mark Benton and Robson Greene as the ever competitive brothers desperate
to outdo each other. Strike Back is a new drama based on the book by Chris Ryan and Raw is a new
drama set in a restaurant kitchen shooting in Ireland. Other dramas for April include Trinity,
Mr. Eleven, Apparitions and Going Postal, the latest Terry Pratchett adaptation though without
the benefit of David Jason leading the cast.
Finally an intriguing new series Man V’s Cartoon aims to recreate some of the stunts and escapades
of some classic cartoon characters.
Martin Brand
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Crimson Date Book APRIL 2008 |
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PLEASE NOTE WE HAVE CHANGED ADDRESS and phone number to . Agamemnon House 144 Greenwich High Road London SE10 8NN 020-8293 5015 As summer approaches, the festival season is getting into full swing. Beverly Hills, Belfast, London’s East End and Paris all have film festivals this month. The Locations Trade Show takes place in Santa Monica looking at some of the best places to shoot across the world, The Media Society holds its annual awards dinner mid-month and the International Film Festival Summit Europe will be held in London on the 15th of April.
Outside the industry we have the London Marathon, The Newspaper
Awards and the Cheltenham Jazz Festival on the horizon, while the glitzy
BAFTA Television Awards at the Grosvenor House is just the excuse you need to
get that Dickey bow or Tiara out.
If you have an event you would like listed in the
Crimson Datebook, please email details to Alan@crimsonuk.com.
Joyette Jones |
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Crimson Communications Phone/fax: 020-8293 5015 Alan
Williams: Group editor The World According To
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