Original Broadcast: Thought for the Week
With the '50% matured' stage for Child Trust Funds being reached at the end of October, The Share Foundation hopes the Chancellor will announce introduction of its 'Default Withdrawal at 21' plan in the Budget. This would immediately release c. £250 million of accounts to low-income young adults. Meanwhile The Share Foundation's pre-launch announcement of its forthcoming 'Stepping Forward — Performing Arts for Life' course also caught the eye of BBC news with their webpage article of this major life skills initiative for young people in care, building on the success of its Stepladder Plus course. Background music: 'Hopeful Freedom' by Asher Fulero Image source: Particle6
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Original Broadcast: The Business Of Film
James Cameron-Wilson is joined by guest interrogator Chad Kennerk to discuss the UK box-office, which has dipped 3% from the previous weekend. Sadly, he was not a fan of any of the three new releases in the marketplace: he found 'It Ends With Us' implausible and ridiculous, M. Night Shyamalan’s psycho-thriller 'Trap' contrived and inexplicable and the video game adaptation 'Borderlands' (with Cate Blanchett, of all people) derivative and chaotic.
Guests: James Cameron Wilson,Chad Kennerk
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Original Broadcast: The Business Of Film
Vicky Sayers is joined by film critic and broadcaster, James Cameron-Wilson, to take a trip down memory lane as they discuss some of the most formative children’s films in cinematic history. In this episode: The Wizard of Oz (1939), Miracle on 34th Street (1947), Mary Poppins (1964), The Railway Children (1970), Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971), E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), The Goonies (1985), Home Alone (1990), Babe (1995), Millions (2004). Replay from 2020.
Guests: James Cameron Wilson
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Original Broadcast: Motley Fool Show
In 2018, the U.S. box office grossed almost $12 billion. This year, it’s expected to bring in closer to $8 billion. What’s eating the silver screen? Catie Peiper, the Fool’s resident entertainment expert, joins Ricky Mulvey for a look at the state of the movie industry. They discuss the relationship between streamers, studios, and theatres. and how losing China as a distributor changes the dynamics of business – and creativity. Where movie-making goes from here .. Companies discussed: DIS. Host - Ricky Mulvey; Guest - Catie Peiper
Guests: Catie Peiper
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Original Broadcast: The Business Of Film
Actor Natalie Grady explores the ingredients that make a good story become a timeless classic with David Ricardo Pearce, who is now on stage in the West End as Harry Potter. This programme was originally broadcast on 12 February 2015.
Guests: Natalie Grady
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Original Broadcast: The Business Of Film
We revisit an episode of Share Drama from 8th January 2015, when David Ricardo Pearce spoke with actor Sirine Saba about David Eldridge's play 'Holy Warriors' at The Globe, growing up in the Middle East and of the time she had to play Cleopatra with 2 hours notice.
Guests: Sirine Saba
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Original Broadcast: The Business Of Film
David Ricardo Pearce talks with Director Blanche Mcintyre. They take a deep look into her sterling career in theatre, her work at the company "Out of Joint" and how to include an octopus in a Shakespearian production. This episode of Share Drama was first broadcast on 12th March 2015.
Guests: Blanche Mcintyre
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Original Broadcast: The Business Of Film
Everybody knows that the name of the Scottish Play must not be pronounced in the theatre, but do you know the origin of this superstition? Geoff Lumb reveals it in this episode of Share Drama, first broadcast on 9th April 2015.
Guests: Geoff Lumb
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Original Broadcast: The Business Of Film
David Ricardo Pearce talks to the actor Saskia Portway about touring the world with a theatre show, the years she spent at Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory in Bristol, working with Nick Hyntner at the National Theatre and the hard economic realities of Shakespeare's best loved comedy. originally recorded on 20 November 2014 - but note that A Midsummer Night's Dream is currently on stage at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London
Guests: Saskia Portway
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Original Broadcast: The Business Of Film
In a replay from November 2019, Vicky Sayers is joined by film critic and broadcaster, James Cameron-Wilson, to discuss some of the most influential musicals of all time. They explore the recent return to popularity of the “musical movie”, and whether some stage musicals adapted to film have ended up becoming lost in translation.
Guests: James Cameron-Wilson
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