Ten Alps
Brook Lapping is part of the Ten Alps group.
Ten Alps makes and sells great factual media – TV, online and print.
Annual Report 2012
Brook Lapping is an internationally acclaimed independent documentary production company.
We specialise in landmark television series - including THE SECOND RUSSIAN REVOLUTION, WATERGATE, THE DEATH OF YUGOSLAVIA, ISRAEL AND THE ARABS: ELUSIVE PEACE and IRAN AND THE WEST - where participants such as Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Slobodan Milosevic, Tony Blair, Ariel Sharon, Vladimir Putin, Francois Mitterrand, Boris Yeltsin, Mikhail Gorbachev and Henry Kissinger reveal what really happened behind closed doors.
News
Putin, Russia & The West wins Peabody Award
20 May 2013, Putin, Russia & The West received a George Foster Peabody Award at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia. The citation read "How a former KGB spy made himself the Czar in the Grey Flannet Suit - and what his reign has meant for the United States and Europe - is detailed in this monumental four-part documentary".
Black is a Country – BBC Radio 4
Brook Lapping Radio won a Sony Radio Academy Award, taking Silver in the ‘Best Music Feature or Documentary’ category for ‘Black is a Country’. The series, which chronicled the music and politics of the Black Power movement in America, was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2012. The judges commented: "..a powerful and moving documentary, its seductive narration perfectly complements the music tapestry. An unforgettable programme. " The ceremony was held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on May 13th.
Margaret Thatcher Obituary
Sky Atlantic screened Brook Lapping's hour-long obituary for Margaret Thatcher on Monday 8th April at 8pm.
Destination Freedom - BBC Radio 4 - Thursday 21st March at 11.30am
It's often assumed that the drive for black emancipation in America began with Martin Luther King and the civil rights movement. This feature challenges that perception, taking us back years earlier to the arts broadcasting of Chicago radio's 'Destination Freedom'.
Making News - BBC Radio 4 - A three part series Tuesday mornings at 9am - 2nd, 9th and 16th April
Journalist and broadcaster Steve Richards presents a new, three part series examining the News: from bulletins to rolling news and ‘citizen’ journalism; what News was, what it is now and what it will become.
