Studio picks up new programming at Mipcom
Australia’s pay TV arts channel Studio has picked up more than 40 hours of programming at the Mipcom TV festival in France.
Studio is run by SBS.
The programming includes four new series.
“We focused on securing Australian TV premieres of both documentaries and performances, to give viewers a meaningful and distinctive experience of arts and culture in all its forms,” SBS Subscription TV GM Sandra Bender said.
Highlights listed by Studio include:
- In Confidence (24 x 60’)
Creative spirits such as Will Self, Dr Jonathan Miller, Christopher Hitchens and Stephen Fry face sociology professor Laurie Taylor in probing interviews about the defining elements of their lives.
(Associated-Rediffusion Television 2010/2011, distributed by DRG)
- Auction (10 x 30’)
As all manner of art treasures go under the hammer in the world’s greatest auction houses, the cameras are on standby in London, Paris and New York.
(Colonial Pictures 2011, distributed by DRG)
- Treasure Houses of Great Britain (5 x 60’)
Centuries’ worth of priceless treasures and intriguing stories are concealed behind the closed doors of some of Britain’s stately mansions.
(Colonial Pictures 2011, distributed by DRG)
- Tim Marlow at… the Courtauld (3 x 24’)
The Courtauld Institute and Gallery is one of the world’s finest small museums and Tim Marlow examines its collection, stretching from the early Renaissance into the 20th century.
(Seventh Art Productions Productions 2010, distributed by Seventh Art Productions)
- The Endellion String Quartet Plays Beethoven (1 x 106’)
Three outstanding performances of Beethoven quartets are captured for posterity.
(Seventh Art Productions Productions 2010, distributed by Seventh Art Productions)
- Richard Durrant: The Guitar Whisperer (1 x 143’)
A complete live film of Richard Durrant’s touring performance “The Guitar Whisperer” from a sellout performance.
(Seventh Art Productions Productions 2010, distributed by Seventh Art Productions)
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