Our
television programmes include news features,
general features and documentaries.
THE
BATTLE FOR FLAVIA'S FUTURE
16 year old Ugandan schoolgirl Flavia, is getting interested
in sex. But how will she protect herself and deal with the
pressures in a poor country where the risk of infection from
sexual diseases and HIV/AIDS are high? We show how Uganda's
controversial sex education programme ABC (Abstinence, Be
Faithful & Condoms) works with young girls, who are most
vulnerable.
FILMING
IN RIO
for Channel 4 News
Channel 4 News (UK) commissioned two stories shot on location
in Brazil. One focused on plans for a new Guggenheim Museum
in Rio, and we also filmed a profile of Oscar Niemeyer, the
legendary Brazilian architect.
Living
on the Edge
(1x30)
This film shows the dilemmas
faced by a Armenia, a poor country, in starting- up Metzamor,
it’s ageing unsafe Soviet style nuclear power plant
to meet electricity demands.
Water
Wars
Struggle in the Holy Land
(2x30)
This
film explores the Israeli/Palestinian conflict over the underground
aquifers beneath the West Bank and Gaza. The film shows how
water is the new battleground.
Polar
Bears: The PBDE story
(1x12)
This
feature shows how a new group of chemicals called PBDE’s,
which are used, in products like computers and carpets, threaten
wildlife and people. Filmed in Northern Norway, Sweden and
the UK.
Chernobyl
the Crisis Continues
(1x10)
This
story is about a unique and dangerous repair job - the roof
of the Chernobyl sarcophagus. Filmed at Chernobyl, the film
contains unique footage of men welding on roof beams to the
burnt out reactor building.
Central
Asia / Kyrgyzstan stories
(2x10)
We follow a group of mountain people as they struggle to adapt
in post Soviet Central Asia– harvesting walnuts is their
only cash income. In another story we discover how drug use
is at the root of an HIV/AIDS crisis threatening millions
along the old Silk Route.
London
Stories:
Vindy’s Mission/Club Asia/
Borough Market
(3 x 10)
Three
features about London. In Vindy's Mission we follow a transplant
nurse among London's Asian community where there is a desperate
shortage of kidney donors. In another we discover the appeal
of Club Asia, a pioneering radio station, which is attracting
new audiences of second generation Asians, and in Borough
Market we show how market traders and local residents are
affected by the gentrification of London's oldest fruit and
vegetable market.
