http://www.silverriver.tv Independent UK Television Productions Fri, 18 May 2012 08:44:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.silverriver.tv/2012/05/charming-lucy-worsley-will-make-a-big-impression-in-new-antiques-uncovered-series/ http://www.silverriver.tv/2012/05/charming-lucy-worsley-will-make-a-big-impression-in-new-antiques-uncovered-series/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 16:48:41 +0000 admin http://www.silverriver.tv/?p=2258 by Jane Simon, 2 May 2012, Mirror BBC LUCY Worsley’s new series is utterly charming as it explains the history of antiques, BEFORE they were antiques and were still wonderfully modern. She and co-presenter Mark Hill look like gorgeous little figures in a dolls’ house as they take tea in Woburn Abbey. In the first show tonight we learn about porcelain and the origin of the debate about whether it’s milk or tea first. We also discover how lead crystal was made and hear all about a racy new invention called the sofa. Worsley with her soft Rs makes a bigger impression than the story of soft furnishings.]]> http://www.silverriver.tv/2012/05/charming-lucy-worsley-will-make-a-big-impression-in-new-antiques-uncovered-series/feed/ 0 http://www.silverriver.tv/2012/04/hidden-talent/ http://www.silverriver.tv/2012/04/hidden-talent/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:49:02 +0000 admin http://www.silverriver.tv/?p=2224 Hidden Talent reveals the pure joy of watching people be good at things By Zoe Williams, The Guardian, 24 April 2012 Preternaturally good at weird things … Maggie Reenan goes rock climbing in Hidden Talent. I think Hidden Talent (Channel 4) may turn out to be a rare – possibly unique – instance in which a programme started out as a high concept in a meeting room, and then ended up being much much better than the idea. Enter (presenter)Richard Bacon, who is quietly charismatic, with his solemn manners, salt-and-pepper hair and whatever the opposite is of a poker face There is in human nature this unshakeable joy in watching other people be good at things...]]> http://www.silverriver.tv/2012/04/hidden-talent/feed/ 1 http://www.silverriver.tv/2012/04/elizabeth-taylor-the-auction-of-a-lifetime/ http://www.silverriver.tv/2012/04/elizabeth-taylor-the-auction-of-a-lifetime/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:48:57 +0000 admin http://www.silverriver.tv/?p=2221 The story of Elizabeth Taylor's jewellery was disgustingly decadent, absurd – and thrilling. By Lucy Mangan, Guardian 18 April 1012 I couldn't have been happier last night, luxuriating in Elizabeth Taylor: The Auction of a Lifetime. The programme, the jewels, the story were altogether – as Richard Burton, notoriously Taylor's fifth and sixth husband, once said of his ungovernable inamorata – too bloody much, which was just as it should be. The collection sold for $135m in the end. It was all disgustingly decadent, entirely morally unconscionable and the most fun I've had in ages.]]> http://www.silverriver.tv/2012/04/elizabeth-taylor-the-auction-of-a-lifetime/feed/ 0 http://www.silverriver.tv/2012/04/sony-snaps-up-silver-river-and-eyes-more-uk-indies/ http://www.silverriver.tv/2012/04/sony-snaps-up-silver-river-and-eyes-more-uk-indies/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:21:07 +0000 admin http://www.silverriver.tv/?p=2216 BROADCAST 1st March 2012, by Chris Curtis Sony Pictures Television is planning an indie spending spree after agreeing to buy Daisy Goodwin’s Silver River Productions. SPT president of international production Andrea Wong is spearheading the strategy after sealing the deal for a majority stake in the Supersizers producer. Wong said Silver River’s Silver River chief executive Daisy Goodwin was a “unique creative talent”. Goodwin said that although Silver River would continue to make distinctive British ideas like BBC2’s Off By Heart Shakespeare, it was “time to scale up”.“When you’re a medium-sized indie, you think about how to move forward, and creativity is my primary motivation,” she said.]]> http://www.silverriver.tv/2012/04/sony-snaps-up-silver-river-and-eyes-more-uk-indies/feed/ 0 http://www.silverriver.tv/2012/03/diamond-diva-c4-documentary-to-tell-liz-taylors-life-through-jewellery/ http://www.silverriver.tv/2012/03/diamond-diva-c4-documentary-to-tell-liz-taylors-life-through-jewellery/#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:42:48 +0000 admin http://www.silverriver.tv/?p=2152 [Continue Reading]]]> http://www.silverriver.tv/2012/03/diamond-diva-c4-documentary-to-tell-liz-taylors-life-through-jewellery/feed/ 0 http://www.silverriver.tv/2012/03/sony-pictures-television-buys-u-k-tv-banner-silver-river-productions/ http://www.silverriver.tv/2012/03/sony-pictures-television-buys-u-k-tv-banner-silver-river-productions/#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:41:12 +0000 admin http://www.silverriver.tv/?p=2158 [Continue Reading]]]> http://www.silverriver.tv/2012/03/sony-pictures-television-buys-u-k-tv-banner-silver-river-productions/feed/ 0 http://www.silverriver.tv/2012/02/american-express-backs-channel-4-hidden-talent-documentary-series/ http://www.silverriver.tv/2012/02/american-express-backs-channel-4-hidden-talent-documentary-series/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:52:17 +0000 admin http://www.silverriver.tv/?p=2145 Marketing 28 February 2012, by Alex Brownsell

The ‘Hidden Talent’ documentary series, which will air in the coming weeks on Channel 4, was co-created by Amex and production company Silver River. Hosted by Richard Bacon, it will explore the hidden talents of ordinary people, including language learning, opera singing and free diving. Viewers will also be able to take part in a series of interactive tasks and Amex will run bumpers around the episodes, featuring a series of ‘quirky animated animal adventures’]]> http://www.silverriver.tv/2012/02/american-express-backs-channel-4-hidden-talent-documentary-series/feed/ 0 http://www.silverriver.tv/2012/02/restoration-women-at-court-at-home-and-at-large/ http://www.silverriver.tv/2012/02/restoration-women-at-court-at-home-and-at-large/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:21:48 +0000 admin http://www.silverriver.tv/?p=2128 [Continue Reading]]]> http://www.silverriver.tv/2012/02/restoration-women-at-court-at-home-and-at-large/feed/ 0 http://www.silverriver.tv/2012/02/antiques-uncovered/ http://www.silverriver.tv/2012/02/antiques-uncovered/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:59:57 +0000 admin http://www.silverriver.tv/?p=2105 [Continue Reading]]]> http://www.silverriver.tv/2012/02/antiques-uncovered/feed/ 0 http://www.silverriver.tv/2012/01/itv-commissions-second-perspectives-run/ http://www.silverriver.tv/2012/01/itv-commissions-second-perspectives-run/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:30:23 +0000 admin http://www.silverriver.tv/?p=2040 [Continue Reading]]]> http://www.silverriver.tv/2012/01/itv-commissions-second-perspectives-run/feed/ 0