University News Last updated 15 September 2009
A former Head of Drama at BBC Birmingham is to give a talk in the city next week about TV and cinema from the past 50 years.
On Thursday 24 September, David Rose will present extracts from half a century of television and cinema together with contributions from writers and past colleagues. He has been invited to give the talk by Creative Networks, which is staged monthly by the School of Digital Media Technology at Birmingham City University's Campus at Millennium Point.
First staged in 2008 at the National Film Theatre after an invitation from the BFI, David's showcase uses film clips and his own recollections to explain how 30 years ago he had managed to employ such people as Mike Leigh, Alan Bleasdale, Willy Russell, Neville Smith, Stephen Frears, Alan Clarke, David Rudkin and Peter Terson.
His career has taken him from being the first producer of Z Cars to initiating the brilliantly successful policy of making cinema feature films for Channel 4 in the 1980s. David is a BAFTA Fellow, holds the Gold Medal of the Royal Television Society and received, for Channel 4, the Roberto Rossellini Award in Cannes, 1987.
Dave Taylor from Creative Networks said: "It's our very great pleasure to welcome such a distinguished speaker to this month's event. It promises to be an inspiring evening, acknowledging this region's contribution to the industry, past, present and future."
The talk is the latest event to be organised by Creative Networks, which seeks to promote both successful business development and collaboration. It also seeks to contribute to the establishment of a strong, long-term, sound and screen-based Creative Industry in the West Midlands.
This event is free to attend. If you would like to join us, please email creative.networks@tic.ac.uk, or phone +44 (0)121 331 5400. Alternatively, you can register online via the Creative Networks portal http://www.creativenetworksonline.com/