Monday, April 22, 2013 at 1:22PM Hopscotch production, Enlighten Up, has featured in the Scotsman arts section, published on Thursday 18th and featured on the arts blog online. Journalist, Jay Richardson, interviews Robert and Iain on the challenges of writing educational comedy for kids.
For full article click here.
Photograph by Helen Jones.
Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at 2:59PM We've teamed up with Burnistoun stars Robert Florence and Iain Connell to discover what philosophical thinking is all about. Enlighten Up takes some of the major ideas of the Scottish Enlightenment and explores them in comedy sketch form. From the big questions like 'how can we know the world exists?' to moral quandary 'why should I care about you?' Florence and Connell are here to give you the philosophical know-how with the stars of Scottish philosophy; David Hume, Thomas Reid and Adam Smith.
Here are some exclusive pics of the boys in action!
All photographs by Helen Jones
Enlighten Up is a commission for BBC Learning Scotland
Friday, January 11, 2013 at 3:21PM Watching Ourselves celebrates 60 years of Robert Burns on the box this January 25th.The programme looks at the weird and wonderful ways television has celebrated the life and works of our most cherished national hero. From the kitsch to the clever, the far-out to the fabled, Burns has been a staple of Scottish television since the formative years. We see how different genres have embraced Burns. Variety, documentary, comedy, animation and live transmissions have all done their bit to keep the bard on the box, and in the brains of successive generations.
Featuring interviews with John Cairney, Kirsteen McCue, Janice Forsyth, Andrew O'Hagan, William McIlvanney
Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 1:29PM Greg Hemphill returns to celebrate more of Scottish television with a festive season of swashbuckling action, hogmanay celebrations and the best of the art and music scenes.
Starting on 23rd December with Swashbucklers, Greg looks into the well remembered and best forgotten from the BBC and STV archives. There's also plenty of stars to give their inside perspective, including Michael Gambon, Billy Connolly, Alex Norton, Iain Glen, Eileen McCallum and many more.
We hope you'll get yourself a mince pie and enjoy the show!
Friday, November 16, 2012 at 10:55AM BBC Radio is celebrating 90 years of broadcasting this week, and we can't think of a better way to showcase the relevance of radio than exciting radio drama Enquirer! Based on the recent scandals that rocked the newspaper industry, Enquirer is based on real interviews with over 40 journalists. Get the insider's perspective, tune into Radio 4 at 9pm!
Edited and directed by Vicky Featherstone and John Tiffany, co-edited by Andrew O'Hagan, the Enquirer cast includes Maureen Beattie, John Bett, James Anthony Pearson, Gabriel Quigley and Billy Riddoch. Produced for Hopscotch Films by Clara Glynn and Carolynne Sinclair Kidd.
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