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Platform Post Production
Platform is a London-based post-production company established in 2001. Starting out as an editing house for children and sports programmes, the Soho-based facility now covers a variety of long-form and short-form projects in broadcast and advertising with its services offering audio, online editing, grading, visual effects and graphics. The creative team at Platform is currently led by managing director Jo Beighton, recently appointed in the summer of 2017 after a period of consultancy, partner and online editor Simon Cruse and partner and lead VFX artist John Cryer, all sharing a third of the company. History At the time of its establishment Platform was founded in 2001 by creative director and graphic designer David Tasker and editor Simon Cruse. Occupying the top 2 floors of no.6 D'Arblay Street in Soho and working with their personal existing client base, Platform established itself as the go to post house for sports programming, with Matchroom being their first client, as wel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
D'Arblay Street
D'Arblay Street is a street in the Soho district of the City of Westminster, London, named after Frances Burney (Madame d'Arblay). It was formerly known as Portland Street and was built on land owned by the Dukes of Portland known as Doghouse Close. D'Arblay Street runs from Poland Street in the west to Wardour Street in the east. It is crossed only by Berwick Street. On its south side are Portland Mews and Wardour Mews. History D'Arblay Street was laid out in 1735 as Portland Street on the site of the former Doghouse Close, the same land on which Noel Street and the north part of Berwick Street were built. The land was in the ownership of the Dukes of Portland, and leases were granted by the Duke, and the Duchess of Portland when the Duke was a minor, to building tradesmen such as masons and bricklayers to enable houses to be erected. The first houses in Portland Street were built in 1737 and the street was completed by around 1744. The earliest buildings in the street are nu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Attack
''Art Attack'' is a British children's television programme revolving around art, currently hosted by Lloyd Warbey on Disney Junior, and originally airing on CITV hosted by Neil Buchanan from 1990 to 2007. The original programme aired on CITV between 15 June 1990 and 19 May 2007, and was presented by one of its creators, Neil Buchanan, throughout. Buchanan also wrote and produced the programme, and came up with a majority of the creative ideas. A new series launched on Disney Junior (UK & Ireland) on 6 June 2011 and was presented by Jassa Ahluwalia. Each show involved Ahluwalia voicing-over footage of an artist producing three works of art, taking the viewer through the various stages of production step by step. Ahluwalia was later replaced with Lloyd Warbey at the start of the British second revived series. History The programme was originally a TVS production, devised by two TVS employees, Neil Buchanan and Tim Edmunds. Buchanan and Edmunds met each other at Southern Tele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chucklevision
''ChuckleVision'' is a British children's comedy television series created by Martin Hughes and the Chuckle Brothers for the BBC. It starred Barry and Paul Elliott as the Chuckle Brothers and occasionally their older brothers, Jimmy, and Brian Elliott (known professionally as the Patton Brothers). It aired to critical acclaim and notoriety becoming widely known among a large span of generations for their Yorkshire humour and catchphrases such as "To me, to you" and "Oh dear, oh dear". It ran for 292 episodes over twenty-two years from 1987 to 2009. In January 2018 it was voted as one of the greatest children's TV Shows of all time by a ''Radio Times'' panel of experts. Further in August 2019, it was voted the best CBBC show of all time by readers of ''Radio Times''. Plot Episodes of ''ChuckleVision'' were usually independent, with the basic plot for each involving the brothers undertaking a job, task or adventure. They were often employed by a character known as "No Slackin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SMart
Smart or SMART may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Smart'' (Hey! Say! JUMP album), 2014 * Smart (Hotels.com), former mascot of Hotels.com * ''Smart'' (Sleeper album), 1995 debut album by Sleeper * ''SMart'', a children's television series about art on CBBC Businesses and brands * S-Mart, a Mexican grocery store chain * SMART (advertising agency), an Australian company * SmartCell, a network operator in Nepal * Smart Communications, a cellular service provider in the Philippines * Smart Technologies, a company providing group collaboration tools * Smart Telecom, a network operator in the Republic of Ireland * Smart (cigarette), an Austrian brand * Smart (drink), a brand of fruit-flavored soda produced by The Coca-Cola Company for Mainland China Computing * Smart device, an electronic device connected to other devices or networks wirelessly * Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.), a standard used in computer storage devices * SMART Inform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas And Friends
''Thomas & Friends'' (originally known as ''Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends'' and later ''Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures!'') is a British children's television series that aired across 24 series from 1984 to 2021. Based on ''The Railway Series'' books by Rev. W. Awdry and his son Christopher, the series was developed for television by Britt Allcroft. The series follows the adventures of Thomas, an anthropomorphised blue steam locomotive on the fictional North Western Railway on the Island of Sodor, and several other anthropomorphised locomotives on the North Western Railway, including Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, and Toby. They work for the Fat Controller, who always wants his engines to be "really useful". In the United States, it was first broadcast along with the spin-off series ''Shining Time Station'' on PBS' PTV Park block in 1989. The rights to the series are currently owned by HIT Entertainment (a subsidiary of Mattel), which acquired Gullane Ent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's A Mystery
''It's a Mystery'' is the fifteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Seger, released in 1995 (see 1995 in music). As with his prior album, it is credited to the Silver Bullet Band, though many of the tracks feature a wide array of session musicians and the members of the Silver Bullet Band itself only make limited contributions to the album. Despite hit singles and fan favorites such as "Lock and Load," "Manhattan," and "Hands in the Air," the album charted at No. 27 on The Billboard charts. This was Seger's lowest chart position since 1976's ''Live Bullet'' which charted at No. 34 on the Billboard 200. ''It's a Mystery'' was Seger's last album before taking a hiatus from the music industry to be with his family. He would return in 2006 with the album ''Face the Promise''. Track listing Personnel As listed in the liner notes. *Bob Seger – synthesizer (1, 8), acoustic guitar (3, 8), guitar (1), piano (9, 11), bass (1), vocals (all tracks), drum machine (1, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horrible Histories
''Horrible Histories'' is an educational entertainment franchise encompassing many media including books, magazines, audio books, stage shows, TV shows, and more. In 2013, Lisa Edwards, UK publishing and commercial director of Scholastic Corporation, described ''Horrible Histories'' as one of the company's "crown jewels", and said it is at an "advanced stage of evolution". She added: "We have covered every possible era that has a commercial outcome...We're now in the era of the box set, annuals, newly presented editions and licensed products". Books Main series ''Horrible Histories'' began as a book series by author Terry Deary. The series began in 1993 with ''The Terrible Tudors'' and ''The Awful Egyptians'', and the following titles continued the trend to describe British history through the context of the ruling dynasties, as well as explore significant worldwide cultures (often within the context of British history such as the Viking and Roman conquests on the British Isles) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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