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TWO innovates in verse this Winter
An
innovative visual anthology of poetry, together with a competition
to find Britain's best new poet, headline a broad ranging 拢100
million Winter season on 大象传媒 TWO.
Over 35 actors and celebrities, including Damian Lewis, Christopher
Lee, Amanda Holden, Lesley Manville, Jimi Mistry, Prunella Scales
and Ioan Gruffudd act out some of the world's most memorable love
poetry in Essential Poems (To Fall In Love With).
The
poems include Andrew Marvell's To His Coy Mistress, Sonnet 129 by
William Shakespeare and Bloody Men by Wendy Cope.
All
on the theme of love, Essential Poems celebrates St Valentine's
Day on 大象传媒 TWO.
Writer
Daisy Goodwin leads viewers through a week-long poetic journey with
poems surprising viewers as they turn up throughout the schedule.
There
will also be an online poetry competition to find Britain's best
new poet. The winning poem will get the same Essential Poems treatment
later in the year.
Later
in the season, a drama documentary Love Again will
focus on poet Philip Larkin's complex relationships with women,
starring Hugh Bonneville with Tara Fitzgerald and Eileen Atkins.
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TWO is also aiming to direct some of the passion and energy of Great
Britons into a big arts initiative, launching this winter and culminating
in the autumn.
The
Big Read will be Britain's biggest ever celebration
of the joy and magic of reading literature.
In
an exciting new initiative spanning television, radio, online and
interactive services, The Big Read goes in search of Britain's best-loved
book.
During
the year the campaign, fronted by well known public figures, will
be encouraging readers around the country to read, talk about and
vote for their all-time favourite works of fiction.
They
will be supported by special reading groups, and will work with
schools and colleges throughout Britain.
From
old favourites to modern classics, a unique opportunity for readers
everywhere to share their appreciation of, and love for, some of
the world's greatest literature.
Says
Jane Root, Controller of 大象传媒 TWO: "Great Britons has shown
us that viewers can be just as passionate about, and get just as
involved in, big scale factual events, as they can be about entertainment
formats.
"Over
1.6 million people voted for their greatest Briton and many more
watched, enjoyed, debated and learnt from the series.
"I
think viewers will be just as enthused by a programme about literature,
as books have a very personal effect on their readers and mean something
different to each person.
"We
want to give everybody the opportunity to be passionately involved
in the pleasure that books can bring. The possibilities for breathing
life into books in classrooms and homes across the nation are endless."
Powerful
drama
 Drama
tackles a difficult subject that often creates a passionate response.
Real
Men is a powerful drama about sexual manipulation, the
betrayal of trust and the loss of innocence, by acclaimed writer
Frank Deasy (Looking After Jo Jo).
This
disturbing landscape is visited through the eyes of Detective Inspector
Matthew Fenton, played by Ben Daniels (Cutting It, Conspiracy),
as he pursues a missing child investigation and uncovers a web of
deep-rooted abuse within his community.
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TWO has a powerful drama line-up this winter, including the British
premiere of two of the most eagerly awaited series.
Currently
taking the States by storm is Steven Spielberg's Taken,
a sweeping saga that weaves together the stories of three families
and the crucial roles they played in the history of alien abductions.
Plus,
the clock keeps ticking for Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) in the
second series of 24, as terrorists threaten to
detonate a nuclear bomb in Los Angeles. Could this be the second
longest day of his life?
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Other
drama highlights from award-winning teams include The Key,
by writer Donna Franceschild and director David Blair, and Rehab
from director Antonia Bird, who also co-produces with Ruth Caleb.
The
Key tells the stories of three generations of the same Glasgow Clydeside
family in fractured time, starring Ronni Ancona, Dawn Steele and
Ken Stott.
This
compelling drama series looks back at Britain's political and social
history from the perspective of those who lived it at the sharp
end.
Rehab
takes a hard-hitting look at one of today's most pressing social
issues - the rehabilitation of drug users.
It
is a moving story of people struggling to become clean, told with
verve and humour, and was created during a series of improvisation
workshops.
Award-winning
comedy
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TWO brings the best comedy to British television and this season
is no exception.
DoubleTake,
winner of a Bafta for Most Innovative Programme for its pilot episode,
returns as a full-length series.
It's
the satirical programme that captures famous people in the kind
of amusing and often shocking scenarios that the tabloids would
die for - but are they the real thing?
As
the title suggests, viewers may do a double take until they realise
that they are being fooled by look-a-likes.
The popular cult comedy drama, Marion & Geoff
- formerly 10 minute programmes - has been developed into full 30
minute programmes and Keith Barrat (Rob Brydon) is no longer a mini-cab
driver, he is chauffeur to a lonely heiress and dysfunctional child.
Paul
Whitehouse returns as Danny, still striving to find a meaning to
his life and a cure for baldness, in Happiness.
The new series also stars Johnny Vegas, with guest appearances from
Kathy Burke, Ricky Gervais, Donna Air and Tony Parsons.
There's
also an insightful new entertainment show, Five Things I
Hate About You, which sees couples competing against each
other in a bid to expose their partner's most irritating habits
and foibles.
The
couples set out five things they hate about each other and, armed
with digital video cameras, they have just two weeks to gather the
evidence which will be used to confront their partner.
In-depth
factual
Factual
programming on 大象传媒 TWO this season is groundbreaking, incisive and
on a big scale.
 The
Secrets Of Leadership explores the different leadership
techniques of four hugely influential 20th century figures - Adolf
Hitler, JF Kennedy, Martin Luther King and Winston Churchill.
Historian
Andrew Roberts draws parallels with contemporary leaders of politics,
business and the military and - through uncovering insights into
the reality of their leadership styles - reveals how much can still
be learned today from the past.
From
the makers of the multi-award-winning The Death Of Yugoslavia comes
a powerful new series charting Milosevic's downfall, The
Fall Of Milosevic.
From
the height of his power after the Dayton peace talks to his trial
for war crimes, this gripping and definitive account of the recent
war in former Yugoslavia includes interviews with Tony Blair, Bill
Clinton and Jacques Chirac.
The
season also features explorations of two other dictators, Hitler
and Stalin.
Astonishing
revelations about the Allies plan for Killing Hitler
are exposed and the practicalities of such a mission are discussed.
Plus,
there's an insightful portrait of one of the greatest monsters of
the 20th century, Stalin The Terrible.
Collision
Course looks at how crashes occur, the impact they have
on the victims and, through real-life stories, illustrates how minute
details can change the course of people's lives.
In
the last 80 years, more British people have been killed in transit
than the number who died in the Second World War.
This
series presents a journey through the everyday decisions everyone
makes when travelling from A to B and questions how far they are
in control of their lives.
 A
series of programmes on Buddhism will explore the history of this
Eastern religion and its role in contemporary Western life on a
big scale.
The
season features an exclusive in-depth interview with Richard
Gere - Celebrity Buddhist, the most high-profile convert
to this increasingly popular religion.
Life
Of The Buddha uses recent archaeological discoveries, aided
by computer-generated images and dramatised episodes, to recreate
the man who became known as "the Buddha's path to Enlightenment
and beyond."
Country
music is also enjoying an increase in popularity and a remarkable
renaissance.
Lost
Highway is a major heritage music series charting the history
of country music, which appears to flourish at times of uncertainty
and change because it offers a deep sense of rootedness.
The
series makes sense of the people and the landscapes of country music,
and the amazing variety and depth of the genre and its performers.
Other
new factual programmes to look out for in the winter season include:
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A major series on Heresy in the 16th and 17th centuries.
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Illicit operations under investigation in Crooked Britain.
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A recreation of The Artist's Studio - Titian, which
explores the engine room of creativity.
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The Secret Lives Of The Artists - Constable, Vermeer
and Caravaggio.
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Designing The Decades, revisiting the nation's
design heritage.
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Five families who are cutting lose and starting again in Living
The Dream.
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Spend, Spend, Spend, which puts Britain's addiction
to spending money in the dock.
Jane
Root says: "I'm very proud of this season - it's programming
on a big scale and I think the ideas and impact will be very powerful."
Notes
to Editors
Special
issue photographs from the Christmas schedules, for media use only,
are available on the 大象传媒 digital picture service Programme and Publicity
Specials folder.
The
大象传媒 TWO Winter press pack is available here, in , as a complete pack or by genres. You may require Adobe
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Full
大象传媒 TWO Winter 2003 press pack (2.7 MB)
Seasons
- The Essential Poetry; Buddhism (265 KB)
Drama
(305 KB)
Entertainment
(496 KB)
Factual
(1.6 MB)
Sport
(151 KB)
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