Some films 2012

31st December 2012

At the end of each year our friend and colleague Michael Jackson - formerly Chief Executive of Channel 4 and now living in the United States - compiles a list of films he has discovered and appreciated in the previous more

12 blogs from 2012

30th December 2012

The most popular strand of this blog is the 'Links for the week' feature that I aim to post each Sunday. Although I pick up my recommendations from Twitter and Facebook as well as my general reading around the web, more

2012 top ten, 6: John Wyver

29th December 2012

Following is my contribution to the week of top tens, and the last of this half-dozen offerings. Again - apart from the first - this in no particular order. Many thanks to Keith, Linda, Todd, Simon and Louise for the more

2012 top ten, 5: Louise Machin

28th December 2012

Our top tens of the year continue with the selection of our head of business development, Louise Machin. The final choice follows tomorrow. Louise: In no particular order, this is my top ten list of things I enjoyed especially more

2012 top ten, 4: Simon Field

27th December 2012

Our cultural top tens for the year continue with this selection by our colleague at Illuminations Films, producer Simon Field. Simon: This is not so much a top ten, but more a selection of memorable events and experiences over more

2012 top ten, 3: Todd MacDonald

26th December 2012

Boxing Day sees the continuation of our lists of 2012 top ten cultural experiences. Today's contribution is from our colleague Todd MacDonald. Todd: I started trying to rank these in order but it started to strike me as being more

2012 top ten, 2: Linda Zuck

25th December 2012

After the pleasingly popular post yesterday, our end-of-year cultural top tens continue with Linda's choice. Happy Christmas, everyone. Linda: These are in no particular order, though my list is somewhat skewed by a three week trip to Uganda this more

2012 top ten, 1: Keith Griffiths

24th December 2012

Each year each of us at Illuminations and at our sister company Illuminations Films contributes a top ten of cultural highlights of the year (although we missed this in 2011), We are running these daily through this holiday week, with more

A pantomime of errors (in 1947)

21st December 2012

This seasonal post is an edited version of one that I wrote last year for the blog of the research project about theatre plays on British television, Screen Plays. I hope it is sufficiently entertaining to bear repeating here. What more