Derry- and London-based 360Production, part of the Impossible Pictures group of companies, has announced the appointment of Edward Hart as producer for the forthcoming Titanic and Me, a three-part series for BBC One, which will be presented by Strictly Come Dancing’s Len Goodman Previously, Hart produced and directed investigations on Watchdog… (more)
Impossible Pictures has announced the casting and start of principle photography of SINBAD, an epic fantasy drama about the iconic mythological character. The 13-hour series, which is currently filming in Malta, will premiere on the UK’s Sky 1 HD channel in 2012. Leading the cast of this high-octane adventure as… (more)
Impossible Pictures has appointed Karl Woolley to head up its children’s production division, Impossible Kids. Woolley, who has worked in children’s television as a presenter, writer, producer and director, was previously managing director of Tell-Tale Productions in which time the company created and produced Tweenies, Boo, BB3B, Fun Song Factory and a number of live children’s arena tours including Tweenies and Thomas the Tank Engine. (more)
The UK’s Channel 4 and History Television, Canada have commissioned Impossible Pictures to make a 6×60 minutes series titled The Last War Heroes (tbc). Says Impossible Pictures Executive Producer Paul Wooding: “This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to hear from the unexpected heroes of our time, the men… (more)
UK children’s network CITV will be the broadcast home for new animated series Fleabag Monkeyface. This is the first new animation to be commissioned from CITV since 2005. (more)
After almost eight months of filming in and around Dublin, Impossible Pictures has finally wrapped shooting on the latest series of Primeval. Series four and five were filmed concurrently – 13 hour-long episodes in total – for co-production partners ITV, ProSieben, BBC Worldwide, BBC America and UKTV. Series four – which comprises seven episodes – will premiere on ITV early in the new year, while UKTV’s Watch will transmit the fifth series (six episodes) in mid-2011. (more)
Impossible Kids (an arm of Impossible Pictures) has teamed up with Singapore’s Sparky Animation along with Walker Productions (the production arm of children’s publishers Walker Books) and CITV to bring the successful book franchise, Fleabag Monkeyface, to international television screens. (more)
Fresh from its success with the landmark history series, Digging for Britain for BBC2, 360Production, has delivered its new show - Making History - to the National Geographic Channel (more)
Sky1 has announced the commission of SINBAD (13 X 60’) from the Emmy® and BAFTA® winning Impossible Pictures (Primeval). The new production promises a 21st century take on the classic 8th century iconic hero, SINBAD, reinvigorating the hero’s adventures for a contemporary audience. (more)
360Production, an Impossible Pictures company, has wrapped production on a new, landmark history series for BBC Two called Digging For Britain. Executive produced by John Farren, the 4×60’ series will be presented by Dr Alice Roberts and will transmit on BBC Two in August. “It’s an archaeology series, but it’s not just… (more)
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