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Projects In The PortfolioThe Bright Thoughts is working to make our shows available internationally through distribution deals in order to reach fresh audiences with new programme content.
With high on-screen value Bright Thoughts has a portfolio which is effectively new, virgin programme content screened mostly just once. Selected content is now being progressively remastered for distribution to new markets. |
THEATRICAL // STREAMING // DOWNLOAD TO OWN (DTO/EST) // FORMAT LICENSING // INFLIGHT DISTRIBUTION
In The Green Room |
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With Here's A Funny Thing digitised and remastered in 2024, being prepared for re-release. Also in preparation for a different audience Macready! Screeners are available for both shows. Some of our rare jazz programmes have become very much sort after and so we aim to prioritise Crossing Bridges and Hoarded Dreams to make them available once more.
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Celebrating the monologue. Renowned artists performing their favourite theatrical speeches in the format used for the Bright Thoughts comic and dramatic monologues series where star actors 'do a turn', each performing a monologue of their choice to their peers at the after dinner party at an elegant eighteenth century salon-style interior in Bloomsbury, London.
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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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Curator Comments:
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The Green Room Project progressively brings to life effectively new content to distribute to new viewing audiences. We are undertaking more digitisation and remastering projects and seeking new distribution deals. 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.
With over 70 titles under our belt, mostly unseen by generations today and therefore effectively new programme content. It would be true to say that not all our product turned to gold, but some did. 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 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. |
