Every Wednesday on BBC1 Scotland at 19:30 between March 28- May 9 2012
'Watching Ourselves' launched on BBC Website
A new website has been launched on the BBC to coincide with the sixtieth anniversary of broadcasting in Scotland. Hopscotch Films' production Watching Ourselves is a seven part series due to begin 28 March on BBC One Scotland. Greg Hemphill is our guide to the groundbreaking moments of Scottish television; the great stories, drama, laughs and sporting moments over the years.
As the countdown to broadcast begins the BBC website page will host exclusive clips of the series and information on some of the heroes who have made such an impact on our lives. Explore for yourself here.
New Talent Bafta Nomination
Good news for Hopscotch's recent BBC project 1911: Review of the Year! Individual short, The Theft of the Mona Lisa, has been nominated for best factual short at the BAFTA New Talent awards. The ceremony takes place on March 22 and team Hopscotch has its collective fingers crossed for the director Dhivya Chetty. For full list of nominees check the Bafta Scotland website.
The films within the film
The Berlinale Film Festival is over and another group of completists stayed the 15 hour course.
Many have been in touch on our Facebook page to ask about the films included in the Odyssey. So if you're planning your own film marathons you may find this download useful. (Just to warn you, it's quite long)
Click to download.
Berlinale Festival 2012
Exciting news: Mark Cousins has been invited to screen the full 900 minutes of The Story of Film at this year's International Film festival Berlinale. It will be screened as part of the Berlinale Special programme which features 'new and extraordinary productions'. The festival states the programme's role is to 'to honour great cinema personalities by showing their films and to immerse audiences in cinematic history by screening film classics.' We think Mark is an excellent addition to the selection! See more on the festival website here.
The Festival is on between the 9th and 19th of February with the Story of Film on the 16th/17th.
1911 on BBC iplayer
Now on the BBC iplayer for seven days. Click here.
Review of 1911 Broadcast
Hopscotch are proud to announce the broadcast of their BBC Learning commission Review of 1911 in words and pictures.
The hour long programme will be transimitted in the Learning Zone, BBC2 on Friday 13th January at 4am and will available on the BBC iplayer for seven days.
Six individual films can be seen online here with full credit information.
Best of 2011...
The Story of Film has been picked by Time Out magazine as the TV highlight of the year. TV editor Gabriel Tate made Mark Cousin's epic journey across cinema history his number one pick. Read the article here.
Mark Cousins’s monumental undertaking was simply magnificent, keynote television to rank alongside ‘Civilisation’ or ‘The Ascent of Man’. It looked like our dreams, indeed.
Exclusive pics of 1911 shoot: Siege of Sidney Street
photograph by Robin Mitchell
Three armed jewel thieves are cornered in a house in Sidney Street, in the East End of London. They hold off the police with gunfire, and Home Secretary Winston Churchill asks the army to intervene. Mrs Fleishman (Lauren Socha) is informed the criminals are hiding in her house.
Commissioned for BBC Learning.
Exclusive pics of 1911 shoot: Suffragettes
photograph by Robin Mitchell
In 1911 the Suffragette movement is gaining momentum. The moderates, advocating persuasion, are getting nowhere and direct, sometimes violent action is increasing. In November 1911 the suffragettes storm parliament and, armed with hammers and bricks, break windows in government buildings, gentleman’s clubs and newspaper offices. One suffragette, Maggie (Hannah Donaldson), is caught in the midst.
Commissioned by BBC Learning
Exclusive pics of 1911 shoot: Singer Factory Strike
photograph by Robin Mitchell
There's a walk out at the Singer Factory, Clydebank. One of the biggest multinational factories in Europe is brought to a stand still when ten thousand workers go on strike. The factory women play a major role in leading the strike and Jane Rae (Pauline Goldsmith) is brought before the bosses to face the consequences.
Commissioned by BBC Learning
Exclusive pics of 1911 shoot: South Pole
photograph by Robin Mitchell
The race to the South Pole began when both the British and the Norwegian expeditions reach Antarctica in January 1911. Amundsun and Scott spend much of the year training and preparing for their attempts on the Pole. Here, Amundsun (Brian McCardie) tells his story of his victorious and treacherous journey.
Commissioned by BBC Learning.