RECENT
FOCUS PRODUCTIONS
2007: The Two Dereks - IN PRODUCTION for ITV - this is a film follows the extraordinary life of the blind and severely learning impaired pianist Derek Paravicini, a rare musical savant who has the ability to play any piece of music after hearing it just once.
2007: Ms Dynamite in search of Nanny Maroon, BBC 2 transmitted as part of the 200th Anniversary of the Bill to Abolish Slavery.
2007: Ready or Not - interactive DVD Bristol University's Graduate School of Education, shows how drama, supplied by Cardiff-based Theatre Iolo, can be used to support the transfer from primary to secondary school.
2006 Dispatches - The Drug Trial that Went Wrong an investigation film for Channel 4. Nominated for a Royal Television Society Award.
2006 The Real Rainman on the life of super-savant Kim Peek, the inspiration for the movie Rainman.
2006 Painting the Mind explores where art originates in the brain, looking at stroke artists and savant artists from around the world.
Brainman / The Boy with the Incredible Brain
(Director Steve Gooder) produced for Discovery Science
USA/FIVE TV (Distributed by Channel 4 International)
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"a beautiful film about a beautiful mind" US TV review in Newsday.
"This is a mind boggling show. A must see show for any age".
Internet review on Painfully Cool.
To read other reviews of Brainman go to our Reviews Section
This stunning film explores an unusual form of human intelligence which
still baffles scientists: the autistic savant, ie people who have phenomenal
and inexplicable mental gifts, whilst often suffering from mental retardation
and autism. Classically portrayed in the Oscar-winning film Rainman by
Dustin Hoffman, this film explores the extraordinary mental talents of
British savant Daniel Tammet (pictured above).
US Transmission: The first American screenings of Brainman took place on Wednesday February 23rd at 8.00pm on the Discovery Science Network, there will be a repeat screening on April 29th , for exact times check with The Science Channel
This is how the bloggers website Painfully Cool
described the film:
"Good God he is amazing! Savant Daniel Tammet is just 'not human'. He knows 9 languages and can learn a new one in one week. He says his mind doesn't do complex math computations it just gives him the answers through imagery. This is a mind boggling, show. A must see show for any age."
UK Transmission: The first UK transmission is currently scheduled on Five TV on May 16th 2005 at 9.00pm
Mother Teresa - The Saint Making Business
(Director
David Malone) - produced for Channel 4
(Distributed by Channel 4 International)
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Investigates why the Pope is so enthusiastic about making more saints than all previous Popes combined. Focusing on the strange case of the beatification of Mother Teresa and the miracle she is said to have performed on a “dying” woman in India.
Bras – The Bare Facts produced for Channel 4
(Distributed by Mentorn)
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The story of what happened when two leading British cancer specialists carried out double blind control trials to test the claim that bras might cause breast cancer. Dr Sydney Singer had put forward the view that the tightness of a bra might impede the body’s natural lymphatic flow which is used to rid the body of toxins. This film presents the disturbing results which most people have ignored.
The Pharaoh’s Holy Treasure
(Director James Hawes) produced for BBC2
(Distributed by Electric Sky)
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A film that has forced arcaeologists to re-think the origins of
the Dead Sea Scrolls.
An examination of the remarkable discoveries, concerning the Copper Scroll, the only Dead Sea Scroll inscribed onto metal, made by professional metallurgist and amateur archaeologist, Robert Feather. His brilliant detective work at the archaeological sites of Qumran by the Dead Sea and at The Temple of Amarna in Egypt have forced leading academics to re-think the origins of Western religion.
John Mayall –the Godfather of British Blues
(Director Peter Gibson) produced for BBC4 and BBC 2
(Distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment)
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A look at the extraordinarily colourful life of British blues legend John Mayall and how he managed to attract so many world-famous rock stars into his Bluesbreakers band. Contributions from Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac’s John McVie and Mick Fleetwood, Rolling Stone Mick Taylor and many more.