Speakers at Sheffield panel discuss boosting inclusivity in creative industries.
A panel of broadcasters, filmmakers and other industry experts debated the need for fresh thinking on diversity at Sheffield Doc/Fest.
Speaking on the New Leaders panel were Fraser Ayre (TriForce Creative Network), Lyle Ashun (BBC), Bob Clarke (Mama Youth Project), Cat Lewis (Nine Lives) and Jacqueline Shepherd (What’s Up TV).
Clarke, founder and CEO of media training organisation Mama Youth Project, said that words such as ‘diversity’ are patronising, and that it’s time people of all ages and backgrounds take action and create their own content.
“I don’t want to be sitting here in ten years talking about the same thing,” said Clarke.
He used Mama Youth Project and his television show What’s Up TV as examples of “tangible outcomes” where young people from under-represented backgrounds are given media training and employment opportunities.
27-year-old Ashun, a researcher...
A panel of broadcasters, filmmakers and other industry experts debated the need for fresh thinking on diversity at Sheffield Doc/Fest.
Speaking on the New Leaders panel were Fraser Ayre (TriForce Creative Network), Lyle Ashun (BBC), Bob Clarke (Mama Youth Project), Cat Lewis (Nine Lives) and Jacqueline Shepherd (What’s Up TV).
Clarke, founder and CEO of media training organisation Mama Youth Project, said that words such as ‘diversity’ are patronising, and that it’s time people of all ages and backgrounds take action and create their own content.
“I don’t want to be sitting here in ten years talking about the same thing,” said Clarke.
He used Mama Youth Project and his television show What’s Up TV as examples of “tangible outcomes” where young people from under-represented backgrounds are given media training and employment opportunities.
27-year-old Ashun, a researcher...
- 6/12/2017
- ScreenDaily
Matchbox Pictures. Nowhere Boys has scored its first nomination for the British Academy Children.s Awards presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
The ABC3 teen drama created by Tony Ayres and produced by Beth Frey is in the running for the international award along with Cartoon Network's Clarence and Adventure Time and Disney Xd's Gravity Falls. BBC2/Lion TV.s gruesomely entertaining history show Horrible Histories leads the nominations with nods for comedy and writing for the Magna Carta episode and for Jessica Ransom's portrayal of Mary, Queen of Scots. Peppa Pig received its ninth nomination for pre-school: animation and its fourth in the writer category.
The nominees for best feature are Big Hero 6, Inside Out, Paddington and Shaun the Sheep: The Movie. The awards will be handed out at the Roundhouse, London, on November 22, hosted by actor/comedian/screenwriter Doc Brown. Earlier...
The ABC3 teen drama created by Tony Ayres and produced by Beth Frey is in the running for the international award along with Cartoon Network's Clarence and Adventure Time and Disney Xd's Gravity Falls. BBC2/Lion TV.s gruesomely entertaining history show Horrible Histories leads the nominations with nods for comedy and writing for the Magna Carta episode and for Jessica Ransom's portrayal of Mary, Queen of Scots. Peppa Pig received its ninth nomination for pre-school: animation and its fourth in the writer category.
The nominees for best feature are Big Hero 6, Inside Out, Paddington and Shaun the Sheep: The Movie. The awards will be handed out at the Roundhouse, London, on November 22, hosted by actor/comedian/screenwriter Doc Brown. Earlier...
- 10/22/2015
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
Horrible Histories could be heading to success at this year's British Academy Children's Awards after being nominated in three categories.
The programme leads the nominations with nods in the Comedy and Writing categories, while Jessica Ransom is also nominated in the performer category for her turn as Mary, Queen of Scots.
Elsewhere, The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm is nominated in the Comedy category, while star Harry Hill is also a contender.
Meanwhile, Peppa Pig is up for awards in the Preschool: Animation and Writer categories, while Operation Ouch! is in the running for a Factual award.
Operation Ouch! hosts Drs Alexander and Chris van Tulleken are nominated for Presenter awards, as are Sam Nixon and Mark Rhodes of Sam & Mark's Big Friday Wind-Up.
Harriet's Army has nominations for Drama and Writer, while The Dumping Ground, Wolfblood and Katie Morag are all up for Drama awards.
All At Sea...
The programme leads the nominations with nods in the Comedy and Writing categories, while Jessica Ransom is also nominated in the performer category for her turn as Mary, Queen of Scots.
Elsewhere, The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm is nominated in the Comedy category, while star Harry Hill is also a contender.
Meanwhile, Peppa Pig is up for awards in the Preschool: Animation and Writer categories, while Operation Ouch! is in the running for a Factual award.
Operation Ouch! hosts Drs Alexander and Chris van Tulleken are nominated for Presenter awards, as are Sam Nixon and Mark Rhodes of Sam & Mark's Big Friday Wind-Up.
Harriet's Army has nominations for Drama and Writer, while The Dumping Ground, Wolfblood and Katie Morag are all up for Drama awards.
All At Sea...
- 10/22/2015
- Digital Spy
Former FremantleMedia UK chief executive Sara Geater has won the race to become chair of Pact council in the organisation’s first contested election in at least 14 years.
Geater secured the most votes from Pact members who are qualifying indies, beating Nine Lives Media boss Cat Lewis and Outline Productions managing director Laura Mansfield to the role. Both will remain council members.
Geater left Fremantle in May and is now executive chair of fledgling drama producer Emerald Films, which is run by Carol Ann and Aileen Docherty.
In her manifesto, Geater said she would use her experience at C4, ITV, the BBC and Fremantle to help Pact “face some very big issues in 2015/16”, including charter renewal and terms of trade negotiations.
In January she will replace Keo Films managing director Debbie Manners, who stepped down after five years as chair of the council having served her term.
Serving a two-year term, Geater will be...
Geater secured the most votes from Pact members who are qualifying indies, beating Nine Lives Media boss Cat Lewis and Outline Productions managing director Laura Mansfield to the role. Both will remain council members.
Geater left Fremantle in May and is now executive chair of fledgling drama producer Emerald Films, which is run by Carol Ann and Aileen Docherty.
In her manifesto, Geater said she would use her experience at C4, ITV, the BBC and Fremantle to help Pact “face some very big issues in 2015/16”, including charter renewal and terms of trade negotiations.
In January she will replace Keo Films managing director Debbie Manners, who stepped down after five years as chair of the council having served her term.
Serving a two-year term, Geater will be...
- 12/10/2014
- ScreenDaily
Channel 5 has recommissioned Age Gap Love, as well as five other documentaries.
Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away, The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door, Countdown To Murder and Autopsy: The Last Hours Of are all to return later this year, after successful debut outings.
She's 78, He's 39: Age Gap Love - review: Did you watch?
Age Gap Love follows the lives of couples separated by large age differences. The last series featured the relationship of 78-year-old Edna and 39-year-old Simon.
The show's executive producers are Nine Lives Media's Cat Lewis, plus GroupM Entertainment's Abigail Adams and Tony Moulsdale.
The second series of Autopsy: The Last Hours Of will look into the sudden deaths of Karen Carpenter, Brittany Murphy and Michael Hutchence. The Potato Productions series is fronted by forensic pathologist Dr Richard Shepherd.
Also returning are Touch Productions' Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away, which explored families struggling with debt, and...
Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away, The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door, Countdown To Murder and Autopsy: The Last Hours Of are all to return later this year, after successful debut outings.
She's 78, He's 39: Age Gap Love - review: Did you watch?
Age Gap Love follows the lives of couples separated by large age differences. The last series featured the relationship of 78-year-old Edna and 39-year-old Simon.
The show's executive producers are Nine Lives Media's Cat Lewis, plus GroupM Entertainment's Abigail Adams and Tony Moulsdale.
The second series of Autopsy: The Last Hours Of will look into the sudden deaths of Karen Carpenter, Brittany Murphy and Michael Hutchence. The Potato Productions series is fronted by forensic pathologist Dr Richard Shepherd.
Also returning are Touch Productions' Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away, which explored families struggling with debt, and...
- 7/4/2014
- Digital Spy
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