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Other Projects In DevelopmentWith high on-screen value Bright Thoughts is working to make our shows available internationally, on both streaming and download-to-own platforms and for our formats, brands and IP to reach fresh audiences.
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More In The Green Room |
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Current projects being prepared for re-release Here's A Funny Thing and Macready! each for a different audience. Screeners are available for both.
Some of our rare jazz programmes have become very much sort after and so we aim to prioritise Crossing Bridges and Hoarded Dreams both for specialist audiences to make them available once more. |
Theatre-On-Demand - full length theatrical plays with a small cast, adapted for television and typically truncated into the one-hour transmission slot. Plays referred to as the one-man shows because they are typically about a single actor or famous performer and usually are biographical. They may have comedic elements but not to be confused with stand-up comedy.
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A remake of the monologues, a series of talking heads where star actors 'do a turn', each performing a comic or dramatic monologue to their peers at an after dinner celebrity party. The new series recorded in the same unique location as the original series, an eighteenth century interior in Bloomsbury London address and possibly to include some of the original clips.
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Curator Comments:
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With over 70 titles under our belt, it would be true to say that not all our product turned to gold, but some did and some have been lost or simply forgotten.
It would be also true to say the early Bright Thoughts worked tirelessly to help kick-start the entertainment and music output when Channel 4 first came to air. Most commissions had a specific brief for a particular slot, not always for a popular audience, some for minority specialist groups in a way which would not likely happen today. However, all commissions demanded innovation of some kind, that was the vibe for the 'new indies'. The early C4 contracts were for two UK screenings only. What then survived was later parked in the BFI Archive and has remained largely unseen. Therefore, unless viewers alive 'back in the day' set their video recorder, the rest of the potential audiences alive today would simply not know they exist. The Green Room project brings an order of preference. We aim to undertake more digitisation and remastering projects. Some of our IP which remains strong - proven yet not used to their potential - we aim to repurpose with new partners for new markets and to reach new audiences. |
