Highlights
Callan completes one of his first "jobs"; Marker leaves
Brighton for the heady heights of Windsor; Sally James in a mini-skirt;
Crane's sidekick gets his own show; Terrahawks are go! And Frankie Howerd
joins Cilla Black for a lorra lorra laughs...
New Found Land
KALEIDOSCOPE is delighted to announce the regional premiere of New Found Land, playing for the first time to audiences in England.
New Found Land, now in its third year, was devised to enable emergent film-makers to make the transition from short form drama to longer length - using digital technology - suitable for cinema exhibition and television transmission.
The project, the only one of its kind in Scotland, is vital to the development of the indigenous screen industry and to the use of new technology. Where it differs from its contemporaries - other than in the use of new technologies - is the finished length, in this case 24 minutes instead of the usual 8 or 10 minutes. This allows the producers, writers and directors to fully explore their projects.
New Found Land is a co-venture between Scottish Television, Grampian Television and Scottish Screen.
"Lost"
New Found Land 2001
A Halloween Special
"Lost" is a darkly atmospheric ghost story about a family who have begun to lose their way in life. Everyday pressures of work and children have started to swamp Emma and Paul, a situation made worse by Emma's recurring nightmare.
The scene is set when Emma (played by Martha Leishman) awakes from a nightmare, and is sure that there is someone in the room. Comforted by her husband Paul (played by Neil McKinven), Emma soon realises that they are alone. Still, she checks on the children - Adam, Sam and Caitlin.
Throughout the drama Caitlin is not alone. She has a friend, an invisible friend. But who or what is it?
Any little thing sets off massive arguments between Emma and Paul. He is oblivious to her pain and cannot understand what is wrong. In an attempt to rekindle some romance in their relationship, Paul suggests a trip to Dunnotar Castle one of "their" places. Reluctantly, she agrees.
As soon as they arrive, she knows they were wrong to come. What they had then could never be reawakened.
As they lay out the picnic, the children run off to play in the castle. Emma convinces Paul that they should just eat and go. As Paul tries to round up the children, a storm breaks.
Something is wrong, something is very, very wrong. Paul can only find Adam, Sam and their friend James. So where's Caitlin?
"Sniper 470"
Scottish TV and Scottish Screen are delighted to announce that Billy Boyd, star of stage and screen, is to appear in this science fiction film, part of the New Found Land initiative, 2002.
Billy Boyd, who shot to fame in 2001 starring in The Lord of the Rings - "The Fellowship of the Ring", will play the part of the Gunner. After completing "Sniper 470", Billy will fly out to Mexico for twenty weeks to star alongside Russell Crowe in a new Peter Weir film, Master and Commander.
The Gunner sits in his pod and waits, millions of miles away from Earth. This is Sniper 470. His task is to destroy convoys of ships that cross the Trojan Asteroid Belt, and, with a little luck, survive.
"Love is a Four Letter Word"
"It's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it. Besides, the money's not bad either."
"Love is a Four Letter Word" is brought to the screen by much of the same team which gave us "Blackout", part of New Found Land 2001.
"Love Unrequited provides a service for people who, for one reason or another, find themselves in a relationship they're unable to end." So explains Adam Love, as he briefs a designer on what he wants his agency's new logo to convey.
A dreamer who sees himself as the hero of a Raymond Chandler novel, Adam's own relationship is in worse shape than those of most of his clients. His live-in girlfriend, Carol, is the ex of one of his first clients, but is blissfully unaware of Adam's role in their break up.
In a quirk of fate, Carol spots Adam in the company of an attractive woman. Assuming Adam is cheating on her, Carol looks for further evidence of his infidelity, and comes across her ex's phone number in Adam's personal organiser, along with a number of his new business cards.
In an act of poetic revenge, Carol hires Adam's one and only business rival to mastermind the comeuppance Adam so richly deserves.
Can you afford to miss any of these superb new dramas?
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