Blog posts by year and monthMay 2012
Posts (7)
Punk Britannia: Do you remember 1976?
June 2012, the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, a heatwave in the headlines and a double-dip recession well underway. What better time for BBC Four's Britannia strand to tackle the story of British punk? My sister was born slap bang in the middle of the summer of 1976, my all-time favourite film...
The Great British Story: A People's History
I'm writing this blog post in London remembering the last time I was in such warm sunshine. It was during a break in filming and I was enjoying a coffee in the Luv Café in Govan Road, Glasgow last September! Outside sunlit rows of brown sandstone tenements stretch away to the BAE shipyard and...
Silk: Maxine Peake on playing Martha
Series two of Silk opens on BBC One tonight, with Martha Costello now a QC. Actress Maxine Peake answered our questions about the return of the courtroom drama. How has Martha's character developed in series two? I don't know whether Martha has developed much as a character as we seem to ...
BBC Young Musician: A music prize like no other
There's often this moment backstage at BBC Young Musician when a competitor is about to walk on stage and I wish them luck and my voice cracks and suddenly we both realise, in that same instant, that I'm probably more nervous than they are. Clemency Burton-Hill on the set of BBC Young Musi...
Britain's Biggest Hoarders: Lifting the stigma for mum
My mum's house had become so full of clutter that she couldn't get through the front door without a struggle. She was sleeping on a scrap of floor in the hall as each of her five bedrooms were inaccessible.
Planet Earth Live - Presenting a wildlife soap opera
Planet Earth Live is a project of a lifetime. A globally live wildlife series! Julia filming in Monterey Bay, California I'll be on location with the black bears in the Northwoods of Minnesota for the whole of May when we go live on BBC One. Richard Hammond will be in Kenya...
Presenting Indian Ocean: From curried fruit bat to armoured underwear
We covered a vast area and huge distances while filming Indian Ocean. Starting in South Africa we travelled up the east coast of the continent, then around India and back down through Indonesia to finish in south-west Australia. Simon Reeve in Indian Ocean We visited 16 countries ...
