In 1997 Illuminations produced the live show, Is Painting Dead? Chaired by Tim Marlow, it featured Norman Rosenthal, Tracey Emin, Matthew Collings, Richard Cork, Jane Harris, Waldemar Januszczak, Martin Maloney, and Roger Scruton to discuss the titular question.The show itself more
John Wyver writes: Remarkably, Illuminations was incorporated forty years ago today, 15 June 1982. Which makes this our Ruby anniversary. Five months before Channel 4 went on air, co-founder Geoff Dunlop and I bought the defunct Chromeland
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Even if our initial instinct is to wish fervently to forget the year that's passing, we want to take just a moment to recall below the productions that we've worked on with wonderful collaborators over the past 12 months. Meanwhile, more
Our Christmas treat for you is our co-production with New Adventures of Matthew Bourne's The Red Shoes screened on BBC Two on Christmas Day and now on BBC iPlayer for a year. Filmed more
John Wyver writes: I'm cautious about writing this post, which I intend - for the moment at least - to be the last in a series that has reflected on the production process of Drama Out more
John Wyver writes: I'm keen to use this post to draw together the features, previews and reviews for our documentary Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today, first shown on BBC Four more
John Wyver writes: With transmission on Monday evening (9pm, BBC Four, in case you're in any doubt) hurtling towards us I'm returning to this series of posts reflecting on the production process of our documentary about Play for Today, Drama more
John Wyver writes: with Monday 12 October now confirmed for BBC Four's initial transmission of Drama out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today, I'm going to continue my series of posts about the making of the documentary. more
John Wyver writes: this is the second of a series of posts, which began here, in which I am chronicling the making of our BBC Four documentary, Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play more
John Wyver writes: Illuminations has delivered to the BBC our 90-minute documentary Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today which marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the Play for Today more