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JACQUI HARPER MBE JONATHAN CAPLAN ALINE PERRY JANE MURCH EVANGELIA PERISTIANI PETER KINDERSLEY JULIE MANN PONTI LAMBROS SAMANTHA NICHOLS FRANCESCA O'BRIEN SALLYANN KEIZER
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Crosthwaite Securities) reveal- ingly interviewed Singer about his management techniques and his visions for the future. It was one of the most interesting, information-rich masterclasses to date as the strand grows from strength to strength. The audi-
for content developers on other platforms. The session was aimed at content developers in film, TV, games and the web and attendees had the opportunity to view the winning works of the BAFTA/BBC Knowledge competi- tion, run to give students the
ducer Michael Wearing dis- cussed the joys and headaches of the way from concept to screen. Most recently, Kenneth Branagh introduced a screening of his latest Shakespeare film adaptation, a 30s-style musical comedy version of Love’s Labour’s Lost, and was also interviewed on stage at the Princess Anne Theatre by ACADEMY editor Quentin Falk in the main theatre.
SIXTH TAPS WRITER AWARDS
Presented at BAFTA on December 3 by Richard Eyre, chief executive of the ITV Network, the sixth TAPS Writer Of The Year Awards cele- brated the 100th writer show- cased by the unique scheme.
Winner of the top award was Clive Bradley for his screenplay Ink, a dark drama set in the inner-city and featuring a Neo- Nazi group. The hard-hitting piece was described by the judges as having “muscular ele- gance” and was “disturbing yet compelling.” Bradley also won the award for Best Full Length Script, collecting £1,500 in prize
year’s membership of the Writers’ Guild Of Great Britain.
Presenting the awards, Richard Eyre commented: “It is vitally important to encourage new writers for television. TAPS is a unique and valuable provider of that new talent.” In all, 105 writers have been show- cased in a studio environment while more than 200 writers have received intensive work- shop training. Over 85% of the writers showcased have gained television commissions during the past six years. In excess of
£1 million has been raised in sponsorship ro run the scheme.
Added TAPS project director, Jill James: “With the expansion of programming on the new channels, more and more writ- ers will be required. Broadcasters need to recognise
ence benefited from Singer’s candid and frank assessment of the television industry and Flextech’s place within it. He predicted that soon all media, including TV, would be a subset of the internet and the most suc- cessful organisations would straddle the different media forms with employees applying transference of skills to the vari- ous opportunities available.
GOLDEN REELS
In the year of its 50th anniversary, Carol Reed’s The ThirdMan cametopinthe British Film Institute’s poll of film-connected folk to determine the “favourite British films” of the 20th Century. In November BAFTA hosted a special presen- tation of The Third Man that was preceded by a champagne reception sponsored by the BFI, and introduced by Charles Drazin, author of In Search of The Third Man, a new book about the making of the film.
The Future of Online in December asked to what extent the broadband will change the way people will use PCs in their homes for entertainment and leisure activities, and how this contrasts with the opportunities
opportunity to work on a real life project for fashion design- ers. Speakers from BT, BBC Education, Illumina Ltd and Turner Broadcasting instigated a lively Q&A that continued in the bar afterwards.
Also in December BAFTA members had the opportunity to view the work of BAFTA Member Charlotte Fawley at the Expression of Dance exhi- bition in the David Lean Room. Charlotte has drawn for many years at the Royal Ballet and other major companies like the Kirov, Bolshoi and English National Ballet and has had many major exhibitions in London and beyond. Darcey Bussell, principal dancer of
the Royal Ballet was the guest of honour at this event. In addition to Charlotte’s work, Diana Peyton, potter and sculptor, exhibited some of her ceramic sculptures, which complement the theme of movement and dance.
PREVIEWS VARIOUS
Our final event before we closed for the festive sea- son was a special preview of The Strangerers. Shot entirely on film by Taken For Granted
Productions, with cutting edge special effects from London’s Moving Picture Company, The Strangerers is Sky One’s first original comedy series. The series was created and written by Rob Grant, half of the leg- endary writing team that sired Red Dwarf. This special preview at BAFTA of episodes 2, 3 and 4 was followed by a Q&A with Rob Grant and actors Sarah Alexander and Mark Williams, chaired by Diane Glynn, Events
Officer.
It seems only right that the
first BAFTA event of the new mil- lennium should be something extra special and that’s what we got with a very special preview of Gormenghast, BBC Television’s new fantasy drama adapted from Mervyn Peake’s classic trilogy. Following our spe- cial pre-transmission screening of episodes one and two, pro- ducer Estelle Daniel, director Andy Wilson and executive pro-
money, two bronze awards and a year’s membership to BAFTA.
Other awards went to Richard Brown for Tense Nervous Headache (Best Comedy/Sitcom) and Philip Afshar for It’s Just A Teapot (Short category). The winners and runners-up received cash prizes donated by the Peggy Ramsay Foundation and one
their responsibility to help new talent and the TAPS scheme needs their continued support as it is the only independent scheme of its kind in this coun- try. Without it, the scheme will havBeAFtTAoLcOlNoDOsNe.w”w■w.bafta.org
FOR BAFTA MEMBERSHIP
Please call Jo Douglas on 020 7734 0022 e-mail jdouglas@bafta.org
Photos opposite page from left to right: Diane Glynn, Events Officer BAFTA London; Keith Allen, Michael Barrymore and Dennis Lawson in Bob Martin; Michael Attwell, Chairman Television BAFTA; Hilary Bevan-Jones of the BAFTA Crafts Awards Committee
Photos this page from top left to right: BAFTA member Charlotte Fawley at the Expression of Dance Exhibition; BBC Television’s Gormenghast; Quentin Falk interviewing Kenneth Branagh; TAPS Writers Award winner,
Tense Nervous Headache (Best Comedy/Sitcom) and Richard Eyre with the winners line-up
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