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Dreaming in Mono

TV Mole — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:59:09 +0000

McDonald’s has launched a novel new advertising campaign in Northern Europe, which looks more like a TV miniseries (McDonad’s doesn’t feature in the episodes). It consists of a series of seven episodes of a story about Nordic dreams and rivalries and stereotypes of the Danes, Finns, Swedes and Norwegians who are attempting to break the [...]

Tokyo Sky Drive

TV Mole — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:49:04 +0000

Tokyo Sky Drive is a beautiful and hypnotic ride through the Tokyo night scape, set to a sound track of A Furrow Plant by Sugar Dub. It’s shot in HD on Sony XR500V, and there are also daytime versions. Read more and see the reaction on Kitsune Noir. Watch the video:

Meet the Factual Commissioner: Simon Bohrsmann, Nat Geo UK

TV Mole — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:12:14 +0000

Simon Bohrsmann, General Manager National Geographic UK recently outlined his commissioning needs to attendees of the Broadcast Factual Forum (March 2010). Simon commissions across Nat Geo UK and Nat Geo Wild (natural history). Simon's view on Nat Geo UK: The audience is male-skewing and older He gets a fair amount of his programming from Nat Geo’s international channels The [...]

Greenlit: Private Life of an Easter Masterpiece, BBC2

TV Mole — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:26:33 +0000

Private Life Of An Easter Masterpiece - explores The Descent From The Cross by Rogier van der Weyden, which has been delighting art lovers for hundreds of years. Susie Nash, Head of the Renaissance Section of the Courtauld Institute Of Art in London, describes it as “the greatest work of northern art of the 15th [...]

Greenlit: Holly’s World, E1

TV Mole — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:25:02 +0000

Holly’s World ( x30′) Reality series following Holly Madison (ex-The Girls Next Door) as she moves to Las Vegas to star in a stage show. Channel: E! Producer: Prometheus Entertainment / Alta Loma Entertainment / Fox Television Studios. Source: Cynopsis

Greenlit: The First Easter: A Songs of Praise Special, BBC2

TV Mole — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:24:12 +0000

The First Easter: A Songs Of Praise Special (1x ) - Aled Jones travels to the Holy Land to discover what life was like for those who witnessed the first Easter Day. There’s festive music from Tel Aviv choir Sirenot and vocalist Riki Neeb who works as a gardener at the Garden Tomb in Jerusalem. [...]

Lewis’s Fifth Floor: A Department Story

TV Mole — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:21:26 +0000

Lewis’s fifth floor: a department story is a photography exhibition running at the National Museum Liverpool until 30th August, 2010. It is the first solo exhibition by Liverpool photographer Stephen King and it reflects his visits to the ‘lost’ fifth floor of Liverpool’s iconic Lewis’s department store, which has been closed to the public since the [...]

Greenlit: The Day That Jesus Died, BBC2

TV Mole — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:21:08 +0000

The Day That Jesus Died – Documentary that asks what is the meaning of Christ’s death on the cross? In Judaism, death by crucifixion is seen as a defeat; in Islam it is seen as a humiliation. So why in Christianity is it seen as a victory? Featuring a series of interviews with leading Christian [...]

Greenlit: Are Christians Being Persecuted? BBC2

TV Mole — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:15:38 +0000

Are Christians Being Persecuted? – A documentary that asks some searching questions about the changing nature of how Christianity and Christians are viewed in our society. Nicky Campbell investigates what it means to be a Christian in Britain today by going behind the headlines to explore a number of high-profile legal cases. Channel: BBC2 TX: Easter [...]

Terry Fator: Singing Ventriloquist

TV Mole — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:08:09 +0000

Singing ventriloquist Terry Fator won the second season of America’s Got Talent and now headlines at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas in a five-year $100m deal (with an option to renew on the same deal). But like most overnight successes, it took a while to find success – the 44 yr-old has been honing [...]