We all know that the TV remote control is the sacred object of the male. This revered tool seems permanently fixed in hand as they are transfixed to the TV screen and if taken away a look of despair and horror ensues. But how did this male ‘must have’ object evolve?
As part of BBC Two’s second series of Great British Railway Journeys, Michael Portillo, traveller and narrator for the programme, stayed at the Quorn Country House Hotel.
Produced by APV Films Artworks is a high quality thirteen-part art TV series coming to The Country Channel at www.countrychannel.tv and Sky 171. The series consists of a wide range of professionally made art films that instruct, inspire and fascinate in equal measures.
From some of the highest points on the planet to some of the lowest, from the coldest to the hottest, real life action hero Bear Grylls has seen and conquered it all.
Following the phenomenal success of Wainwright Walks, Acorn Media is delighted to announce the return of Julia Bradbury (Watchdog, The Rough Guide To…) who once again dons her walking boots to explore railway lines, many of which have become the legacy of ‘The Beeching Axe’.
The motorcycle journey of a l i fetime reached its epic conclusion 4 August as television adventurers Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman were greeted by champagne, media and roaring motorbikes as they cruised into Cape Town to complete the final leg of their 3 month, 15,000 mile journey from the nort