Christopher Bruce directs Wogan's return to Ireland

Christopher Bruce has directed both episodes of Terry Wogan's Ireland, which begins on Sun 23rd January at 9pm on BBC1.



It's been 40 years since Sir Terry Wogan decided to leave Ireland and to seek his fortune in England. In that time Ireland has changed out of all recognition. And so has Terry. Now, in the wake of his retirement from Radio 2, Terry’s going ‘home’ to make the autobiographical journey of a lifetime...

Kristiene Clarke directs films on HIV for UN

Kristiene Clarke has just completed a 90 second commercial, Criminalize Hate Not HIV, for the United Nations and International Planned Parenthood Federation. The film was produced in 18 languages, and can be viewed here). It's to be shown theatrically and on television in 62 countries on World Aids Day.

She also made Give Stigma the Index Finger for the UN/IPPF, a 52 minute film about the illness, featuring Annie Lennox. It had its world premiere at the World Aids Conference in Vienna, and since then has been screening at film festivals around the world. She is currently making Verdict On a Virus, an accompanying documentary about the same subject.

Mike Christie directs a "Little Cracker"

Mike Christie directed Jo Brand's episode of Sky's anthology of short films Little Crackers, entitled "Goodbye Fluff".

Watch it on Sky 1 and Sky 1 HD, Wednesday Dec 22nd at 9pm.

Hunt down Mark Radice's WW2 doc this Saturday

Mark Radice's film Headhunters of World War II is showing on Channel 4 on Saturday 09 October at 8:15pm.

In 1945, as war rages across the world, an incredible drama is unfolding in the remote jungles of Borneo. It involves a group of stranded US airmen, the local tribe of Dayaks and Major Tom Harrisson – one of the most eccentric officers in the British Army, who revives the ancient custom of headhunting against the Japanese. What follows is a gripping and improbable tale of cat and mouse – as World War Two crashes headfirst into the isolated world of Borneo’s interior, where tribespeople still hunt with blowpipes and poison made from tree bark.

Thrown together in extraordinary circumstances, these ordinary people from diverse cultures will all be tested: the airmen – who must survive in dense inhospitable jungle for months; the Dayaks, who risk their lives to help and protect the airmen; and Harrisson – the anthropologist living out his fantasies, who commits what many consider to be a war crime but is decorated as a hero on his return to Britain.

An Idiot Abroad on Thursday 23rd September

An Idiot Abroad premieres on Sky1 HD on Thursday 23rd September at 9.30pm.

Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant send their mate Karl Pilkington to see the Seven Wonders of the World. Krishnendu Majumdar is the series director and has directed episodes 1,5,6 and 8 (China, Egypt, Brazil and London). Richard Yee is the series producer and has directed episode 7 (Peru). Luke Campbell has directed episodes 2 and 3 (India and Jordan). Jamie Jay Johnson has directed episode 4 (Mexico). Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant are executive producers on the series.

Ricky Gervais described it as "the funniest documentary I've ever seen". View the trailer here.

Dancing with the Devil to screen at Riverside Studios

Jon Blair's Grierson short-listed feature documentary Dancing with the Devil will get a special screening at the Riverside in Hammersmith at 7pm on October 5th, as part of More4's fifth anniversary celebrations.

The filmmakers had unprecedented access to both Rio de Janeiro's heavily armed gangsters as well as the specialist police units that hunt down and kill them, offering an intimate look at one of the bloodiest urban conflicts on earth.

The Guardian called it "a harrowing documentary, filled with harrowing, unforgettable images", whilst the Times said it was "exceptional" and The Telegraph called it "a fine cinematic documentary".

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London Film Festival unveils line-up for 2010

The BFI London Film Festival has announced details of its programme for this year’s festival, with 11 world premieres and a host of hotly-anticipated pictures amongst its 197 films.

Opening with Mark Romanek’s Never Let Me Go, a European premiere, and closing with 127 Hours, Danny Boyle’s follow-up to the Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire, the festival will showcase movies from a multitude of genres, nations and eras from October 13-28th.

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