BFI events

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October at the BFI

28 August 2009 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Time for our regular look at what TV’s on at the South Bank in London in October. Not a lot at all this month, but a couple of things at least, including a day looking at future trends in TV production.

  • 2nd: 360° TV and multi-platform production
    A panel of commissioners and new media producers discuss the process of 360° commissioning, its impact on programme genres and what the future holds.
  • 2nd: Online-only TV and the democratisation of TV production
    Using clips of shows created specifically for online consumption, this will examine how companies such as Current TV, Bebo and YouTube are showcasing the work of the public.
  • 4th: Preview: Murderland + Q&A
    A showing of episode 1 of ITV1’s three-part Rashomon-esque Murderland, starring Robbie Coltrane. Followed by a panel discussion and Q&A with writer David Pirie, director Catherine Morshead, producer Kate Croft and members of the cast.

Champions’ priority booking (I have no idea what that is) by phone: August 31
Members’ priority booking opens: 11.30am September 1
Public booking opens: 11.30am September 8

Prices
£7.60 (members)
£5.25 (member concs)
£9.00 (non-members)
£6.65 (non-members concs)
Under 16s £5.

All shows are £5 on Tuesdays. Conc prices are available to senior citizens, students, unwaged and disability visitors. Proof of eligibility may be required.

As always, visit the BFI web site for more details

September at the BFI

27 July 2009 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Time for our regular look at what TV’s on at the South Bank in London in September. Most of it is going to be taken up with a Coal season (oh joy) and part two of the Stage to Screen season. BUT there is going to be a preview of the new series of Merlin.

  • 3rd: Richard II: Live From The Globe
    The first live broadcast of a theatre production in over 30 years
  • 4th: A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
    Starring Eddie Izzard, Peter Nichols’ play recorded on stage in front of a live audience
  • 6th: Merlin + Q&A
    The first episode of the new series of BBC1’s Merlin, together with a panel discussion involving cast and crew.
  • 8th: Vincent in Brixton
    A play about Vincent Van Gogh’s stay in Brixton
  • 13th/21st: The Price of Coal: Meet the People
    Ken Loach and Tony Garnett’s play about a royal visit to Milton Colliery
  • 17th: Changing Stages + Panel Discussion
    The first episode of the series dicussing the development of British theatre, followed by a panel discussion with Mark Lawson, Richard Eyre and Ben Stephenson, BBC controller of drama
  • 19th/20th: The Wars of the Roses
    All 11 parts of John Barton’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s history cycle from Henry VI to Richard III
  • 21st/29th: Which Side Are You On? + The Miners’ Film
    Two documentaries, one by Ken Loach and another made in 1975 but updated during the miners’ strike 10 years later
  • 26th: Theatre Night: Miss Julie
    Janet McTeer and Patrick Malahide star in Strindberg’s play

On at the Mediatheque: The Miners’ Picnic (Ken Russell BBC Documentary about a colliery band competition) and Ken Loach’s Meet the People.

Members’ priority booking opens: 11.30am August 4

Public booking opens: 11.30am August 11

Prices
£7.60 (members)
£5.25 (member concs)
£9.00 (non-members)
£6.65 (non-members concs)
Under 16s £5.

All shows are £5 on Tuesdays. Conc prices are available to senior citizens, students, unwaged and disability visitors. Proof of eligibility may be required.

As always, visit the BFI web site for more details

August at the BFI

29 June 2009 Rob Buckley 4 Comments

Time for our regular look at what’s on at the South Bank in London in August. Everyone’s probably going to be on holiday, but c’est la vie.

Most of the TV-related material is part of the “From Stage to TV Screen” season, which is probably self-explanatory, but there’s also an afternoon run: Missing Believed Wiped Special: The Lost Cartiers, looking at the work of legendary 1950s/60s director Rudolph Cartier.

  • 2nd/4th: Play of the Month: Look Back In Anger
    John Osborne’s play, shot for the BBC1 on the 20th anniversary of its first Royal Court performance. Stars James Hazeldine
  • 10th/14th: Theatre 625: Chicken Soup With Barley
    The first play of Arnold Wesker’s trilogy concerns the history of a communist working class family
  • 12th: Rat in the Skull + Panel discussion
    Brian Cox and Gary Oldman star in an examination of Irsih sectarian psychology. The panel interview with Max Stafford-Clark and Simon Curtis discuss the influence of Royal Court productions on TV drama.
  • 19th/25th: Performance: Top Girls
    Caryl Churchill’s fantasy dinner party, starring Lesley Sharp among others
  • 20th/29th: Performance: Suddenly, Last Summer
    A production of Tennessee William’s play starring Maggie Smith, Natasha Richardson, Rob Lowe and Richard E Grant
  • 22nd: It is Midnight, Dr Schweitzer
    Part of the Missing Believed Wiped Special: The Lost Cartiers season, this in the earliest surviving complete UK TV drama, and stars André Morrell
  • 22nd: The Wednesday Play: The July Plot + Out of the Unknown: Level Seven
    Part of the Missing Believed Wiped Special: The Lost Cartiers season, The July Plot is based on the ‘Valkyrie’ plot to assassinate Hitler, and was directed by Rudolph Cartier. Level Seven is a ‘chilling instalment about nuclear war’
  • 27th/30th: Performance: Six Characters in Search of An Author
    Starring John Hurt, Brian Cox and Tara Fitzgerald

Members’ priority booking opens: 11.30am July 7
Public booking opens: 11.30am July 14

Prices
£7.60 (members)
£5.25 (member concs)
£9.00 (non-members)
£6.65 (non-members concs)
Under 16s £5.

All shows are £5 on Tuesdays. Conc prices are available to senior citizens, students, unwaged and disability visitors. Proof of eligibility may be required.

As always, visit the BFI web site for more details

PS Cy Young’s standing for the board of governors. Vote for Cy Young everyone!

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July at the BFI

27 May 2009 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Psychoville

Time for our regular look at what’s on at the South Bank in London in July. First though, just a mention that there’s been an addition to the BFI May programme – they’re showing a preview of Psychoville tonight, followed by a Q&A with Reece Shearsmith, cast member Daisy Haggard and producer Justin Davies. It’s on at 6.15pm, so get your skates on.

There’s going to be quite a lot of TV fun at the BFI in July, thanks to a moon season in particular, but also a large number of previews of forthcoming TV shows:

  • 1st: Canada Day TV Special – Bernard Braden
    Episodes of On the Braden Beat and Now and Then
  • 3rd: Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 + Q&A
    ITV ‘Docu-fiction’ about the the moon landing, starring James Marsters and Andrew Lincoln
  • 3rd: Doctor Who – The Moonbase + Moonbase 3 – Departure and Arrival
    The two surviving episodes of Patrick Troughton Cyberman story The Moonbase followed by the opening episode of futuristic sci-fi soap The Moonbase, written by famed Who writers Terrance Dicks and Barry Letts back in 1973
  • 6th: The Planets – Moon + Stranger than Fiction – The Truth Behind the Moon Landings
    Documentaries about the origin of the moon (BBC) and the possibility the moon landings were staged (Five).
  • 14th: Desperate Romantics + Q&A
    Preview of the first episode of the BBC1 drama about the 19th century Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, based on Franny Moyle’s book. Q&A with writer Peter Bowker, producer Ben Evans and co-exec Franny Moyle.
  • 21st: Charles Dickens’ England + Q&A
    A Sky Arts documentary featuring Derek Jacobi and various Dickens experts as they look at the various towns and villages that feature in Dickens’ work. Q&A afterwards with Derek Jacobi and Film London CEO Adrian Wootton.
  • 21st: Everyone’s Going to the Moon + Horizon – Beyond the Moon
    ITV documentary about the training of astronauts followed by James Burke on BBC’s Horizon discussing the US space programme
  • 31st: UFO – Survival + Space: 1999 – Breakaway
    A lone alien attacks SHADO’s moonbase in the Gerry Anderson show, plus the first episode of the sequel show which saw the moon escape the earth’s orbit

Members’ priority booking opens: 11.30am June 2
Public booking opens: 11.30am June 9

As always, visit the BFI web site for more details

UPDATE: The BFI tells me that Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 will now include a Q&A with Richard Dale, head of research Dan Parry and (hopefully) cast members.