from February 2025
Does TV need fixing?
UK TV is facing a 'perfect storm' according to recent articles about the industry in crisis over budgets and viewing figures.
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The beauty perhaps of being an independent producer is being able to think and operate outside of the box, so to speak.
We believe that British talent is the solution not the problem as the prolonged crisis continues to sweep through the TV world. To all our fans of 'Top Cs & Tiaras' who continually express their support for a comeback, it will likely survive the storm currently being faced by British producers and will be remade. In today's market it is excellent content for global platforms using British talent, set in the UK and Europe and therefore primed to attract funding from partners from the industry who are not UK broadcasters. To our followers who ask "why can't we see more classic gems such as the monologues and why do they remain such a rare find?" It is also highly likely there will soon be a revival. |
There is indeed new interest in a remake, but what makes it so attractive to UK producers in the current climate?
It is an ideal format for today's TV industry. It is literally 'conversations in a room' (as Peter Kosminksky, director of Wolf Hall describes the budget constraints) and therefore with the right casting of top actors, it has high onscreen value and falls easily within the budget parameters of productions made primarily for the local UK market.
It is an ideal format for today's TV industry. It is literally 'conversations in a room' (as Peter Kosminksky, director of Wolf Hall describes the budget constraints) and therefore with the right casting of top actors, it has high onscreen value and falls easily within the budget parameters of productions made primarily for the local UK market.
Neil Anthony, 22 March 2025
BTC Catalogue - new rights agreement
The Bright Thoughts Company Ltd Catalogue - agreement with Channel 4
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The Bright Thoughts Company is pleased to announce that we have now come to a comprehensive agreement with Channel 4 to market our entire back catalogue of programming.
Bright Thoughts made some of C4's very first entertainment and music programmes, and were in at the birth of the UK's disruptor fourth channel, in fact our first commissions came even before it was built when they were still in temporary offices. A great deal has changed in the last four decades. Archive TV content is now actively being sought out by discerning audiences, and on a variety of emerging new platforms. Simultaneously the technology to remaster programmes we made in the 1980s, to the very best HD quality, means our shows are now looking better than was ever dreamed possible when we were making them. |
As part of our remastering project, Digital Cinema Packages (DCPs) have been created for cinema screenings, the first of which we expect to announce very shortly. It is also intended to make Bright Thoughts programmes available for on select streaming services; for the in-flight market; and on a Download-to-Own basis.
A whole raft of other projects are now in the pipeline, including a "making of" documentary for broadcast; new pilot shows based on formats owned and created by Bright Thoughts; and coming to new distribution agreements with partner companies.
Back in business, a lot to look forward to in 2025 and onwards!
A whole raft of other projects are now in the pipeline, including a "making of" documentary for broadcast; new pilot shows based on formats owned and created by Bright Thoughts; and coming to new distribution agreements with partner companies.
Back in business, a lot to look forward to in 2025 and onwards!
20 February 2025
