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How Am I Different - Caring for Mum
Phil Beadle's Masterclass - Limbo and Night of the Scorpion
Ten Alps
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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
Hunting the Edge of Space – NOVA/PBS, April 6 and 13, 8pm EST USA
On the 20th anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, this two-hour special for NOVA/PBS examines how a simple instrument, the telescope, has fundamentally changed our understanding of our place in the universe. What began as a curiosity—two spectacle lenses held a foot apart—ultimately revolutionised human thought across science, philosophy and religion.
Governing Away - BBC Radio 4, 11am Monday 22nd February
Clive Anderson examines one of the strangest corners of international politics: governments and rulers in exile - a paradoxical area of international relations and international law. The programme takes examples from the entire world map, from the serious to the apparently ridiculous and tackles them with political sensitivity, a dash of legal rigor and some philosophical playfulness.
Skippy - Australia's First Superstar, BBC4 16 February
The story of Australia’s most cherished TV star, Skippy the bush kangaroo: the crime-busting marsupial who conquered the world in the late 60s and early 70s. Fast, fun, entertaining, and nostalgic, Skippy is everything you always wanted to know about crime- fighting kangaroos.
Iran & The West wins award at History Makers New York
Brian and Norma presented a Master Class at the History Makers International Summit of History and Current Affairs Producers in New York on Friday 29 January where Iran & The West won History Makers' award for the Best Current Affairs Production. The trophy was presented by Ann Julienne of France Télévisions.
Norma Percy and Iran & The West win Grierson Awards
Norma Percy has won the Grierson Trust’s highest accolade - The Trustee’s Award - in recognition of her outstanding achievement and contribution to the art of documentary filmmaking during a career spanning more than 30 years. She then went on to win the 2009 Envy Best Documentary Series prize - along with her Brook Lapping colleagues Brian Lapping, Dai Richards, Delphine Jaudeau and Paul Mitchell. The judges described the series saying: “With its extraordinary access, Iran and the West told a gripping story with a consistent and clear narrative, often revealing new material and throwing a timely light on events today. An important historical record, which never faltered.”
