GAP RSS Feedhttp://www.gregatkins.tv/index.htmlHot News!engreg@gregatkins.tvCopyright 2010 Greg Atkins2011-10-24T12:59:40+01:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:52:49 +0000WW1 at Sea with Dan Snowgreg@gregatkins.tvDiving WW1 Dan Snow Wrecks Waradventure diving TV wrecks treasure World War One2011-10-24T12:59:40+01:00http://www.gregatkins.tv/news/files/8687e7d86a459dda6704ae400f9b39ec-28.html#unique-entry-id-28http://www.gregatkins.tv/news/files/8687e7d86a459dda6704ae400f9b39ec-28.html#unique-entry-id-28]]>In develomentgreg@gregatkins.tvadventure, diving, TV, wrecks, treasure, World War One,2011-06-29T10:03:27+01:00http://www.gregatkins.tv/news/files/917811f9a456e6c152dc399a0e400a5f-27.html#unique-entry-id-27http://www.gregatkins.tv/news/files/917811f9a456e6c152dc399a0e400a5f-27.html#unique-entry-id-27We’ve got a lot of new ideas to get off the ground and we’re getting some high level help from Director’s, DOP’s and Producer’s. The creative pool is ever widening and this is great news and has created a buzz.

We’re looking into 3 potential Dive series with the team of the Commandant Fourcault, this is a 60 meter dive boat with all the kit based in Antwerp. I flew over there a few weeks ago and was blown away but what I saw. The boat is not just a dive boat but a base for creative characters to think of amazing adventures and limitless possibilities. If we can find a way to be a part of them we’ll make some great TV.

We have built a team that can deliver anything. Two of the best deep sea diving cameramen, a BAFTA award winning DOP, BAFTA award winning editor, double BAFTA award winning CGI team, a brilliant historian contributor and researcher and a director who has it all but a BAFTA (So far). All we need to do is make it happen. They’re coming and the potential is enormous.

Elsewhere we have two sport and fitness related ideas which is perfect for me and apparently a lot of the country. If the side effect of these two series is that I get fitter, harder, faster and longer then I’ll be happy.

Food is a major counter to that and we are working on 3 series on cooking, produce and entertaining. Trying to find out what has not been done and do things differently is the challenge. The main thing is that we have three major characters to work with and we just need to find that original format to make them work.

We’re also in contact with a charity called FAB, which can’t be a bad thing
]]>5 ideas means a big monthgreg@gregatkins.tvOlympics, WW1, fitness, adventure, 2011-06-24T11:07:10+01:00http://www.gregatkins.tv/news/files/22c9627f2554758d861728760d1e416b-26.html#unique-entry-id-26http://www.gregatkins.tv/news/files/22c9627f2554758d861728760d1e416b-26.html#unique-entry-id-26We’ve been really busy and have some ideas that are so hot I can’t even discuss them on our news page. Quite unusual as normally I don’t care too much about what is said.

One thing I can say is congrats to Rob, our development guru, is congratulations on your new born. Joshua will keep you thinking about positive and karmic stories appropriate to your Buddhist beliefs.

I do like Rob’s career suicide idea, however, about an undercover expose about the commissioning process. It would make for a proper blog, I know that much and compelling online content for all TV frustrated producers.

We’ve been in with some great ideas recently and the stories we hear back are quite amazing.

We do have one that is on the desk of a commissioner that has enormous potential, we’ve been told two weeks to decide if the format fits. It’s going to be a long two weeks but then again we’ve just had a no after 9 months on a commissioners desk. That’s the idea not me, mind you it’s a new approach?]]>Recce done for three more cracking storiesgreg@gregatkins.tvNEWS & BLOG2011-04-01T13:01:45+01:00http://www.gregatkins.tv/news/files/3a4017c9e00d9ada2900ad2e797f43b8-25.html#unique-entry-id-25http://www.gregatkins.tv/news/files/3a4017c9e00d9ada2900ad2e797f43b8-25.html#unique-entry-id-25We’re just back from Dorset and Devon and have found three new cracking stories. Two days, 500 miles and a surprising amount of lovely food and drink. But then again one place was a chocolate producer and another a brewery with a pub/restaurant, not sure where the dog school fits in with that though. Thanks for everyone’s generosity of time, we really appreciated it. Thanks also to Becks and John for putting us up. Next time we’ll try the Yurt!


]]>Underground Everestgreg@gregatkins.tvcave diving, 2011-03-11T15:06:58+00:00http://www.gregatkins.tv/news/files/4303595b2afa4f87e1af5aeccd83931b-24.html#unique-entry-id-24http://www.gregatkins.tv/news/files/4303595b2afa4f87e1af5aeccd83931b-24.html#unique-entry-id-24Underground Everest is our new project and aims to follow a team of cave divers as they attempt to break their own world record and dive as far in a cave as Everest is high, hence the tittle.

It’s a really exciting project and gives us a chance to see up close some extraordinary people and get an insight into their lives and what makes them want to explore the last unknown parts of earth.

Special thanks to Ewen Mcleod for editing the master taster and for giving me a hand up with the Stoney sequence which I really enjoyed editing. Thanks too to Martin Farr for his stills and David Perez for his Pozu 2010 footage

We’re about to start the journey of selling this which will be our Everest. They go in August so hopefully that deadline will get the commissioners in gear to make a quick call. I’d love to see their extraordinary adventure played out on air. For me it’s about the people and what drives them as much as any record and I think that’s what will ultimately bring in the audience. We shall see and I’ll keep you posted.

All The Best
Greg


]]>Cat Detectivegreg@gregatkins.tvNEWS & BLOG2010-11-23T10:33:57+00:00http://www.gregatkins.tv/news/files/b4285e93c211016ca92368d1e7b50cab-23.html#unique-entry-id-23http://www.gregatkins.tv/news/files/b4285e93c211016ca92368d1e7b50cab-23.html#unique-entry-id-230_VH_Car_cropMeet Vicky Halls, internationally renowned feline expert and author of Britain’s most popular and influential cat behaviour books.
Vicky is a cat behaviour counsellor who knows her felines and she doesn’t pull any punches. Throughout her career Vicky has diagnosed a whole host of feline foibles ranging from obsessive cats, agoraphobic cats, bullying cats, self-harming cats…. the bizarre list is endless. ]]>PUNKS, PETS & POACHERSgreg@gregatkins.tvJakarta, animal rescue, poaching,2010-11-23T10:14:33+00:00http://www.gregatkins.tv/news/files/b811a32c6311114b78bd4cc8ddf063b9-22.html#unique-entry-id-22http://www.gregatkins.tv/news/files/b811a32c6311114b78bd4cc8ddf063b9-22.html#unique-entry-id-22Meet Pram and Femke, Indonesia’s most radical animal avengers who tackle everything - from stray cats to poached tigers. We follow this charismatic duo and their young and anarchic team in Jakarta as they work tirelessly to save animals, across Indonesia and beyond.

]]>Optimist tour of the future book coming soongreg@gregatkins.tvOptimist2010-10-06T14:16:56+01:00http://www.gregatkins.tv/news/files/8c5e9cd2f1fd4829945e68f9ade8612a-20.html#unique-entry-id-20http://www.gregatkins.tv/news/files/8c5e9cd2f1fd4829945e68f9ade8612a-20.html#unique-entry-id-20“Blind optimism is the last thing the world needs – a recipe for disappointment.  But what about optimism based on careful reasoning? On digging below the surface for the ideas and the trends that really do add up to something promising?  That’s what’s on offer here. Stevenson wears no blindfold. His tools are curiosity, open-mindedness, clarity and reason.  That makes his journey intriguing… and ultimately exhilarating.”
- Chris Anderson, CURATOR - TED .com

www.anoptimiststourofthefuture.com

]]>Reptile Park gets Green Lightgreg@gregatkins.tvNEWS & BLOG2010-07-12T10:15:49+01:00http://www.gregatkins.tv/news/files/dba4c80afd8304e103b989f5cd5c07f8-19.html#unique-entry-id-19http://www.gregatkins.tv/news/files/dba4c80afd8304e103b989f5cd5c07f8-19.html#unique-entry-id-19Frontlines taster and treatment completegreg@gregatkins.tvNEWS & BLOG2010-03-27T14:58:17+00:00http://www.gregatkins.tv/news/files/70c02f038b350e8098a662ad0c6a4f73-18.html#unique-entry-id-18http://www.gregatkins.tv/news/files/70c02f038b350e8098a662ad0c6a4f73-18.html#unique-entry-id-18]]>Reptile Park shoot goes ahead down undergreg@gregatkins.tvNEWS & BLOG2010-03-27T14:54:37+00:00http://www.gregatkins.tv/news/files/d08a16a20b163d85a029a277dd16be1d-17.html#unique-entry-id-17http://www.gregatkins.tv/news/files/d08a16a20b163d85a029a277dd16be1d-17.html#unique-entry-id-17]]>Herbalicious_new programme idea ready for the marketgreg@gregatkins.tvNEWS & BLOG2009-12-04T17:12:15+00:00http://www.gregatkins.tv/news/files/357156549c8249fbb04c7b11c107db8e-16.html#unique-entry-id-16http://www.gregatkins.tv/news/files/357156549c8249fbb04c7b11c107db8e-16.html#unique-entry-id-16



]]>Ice Cap gets Terrestrial Broadcastergreg@gregatkins.tvNEWS & BLOG2009-12-04T17:09:29+00:00http://www.gregatkins.tv/news/files/ed5111fa613aa86139a40b939af1573d-15.html#unique-entry-id-15http://www.gregatkins.tv/news/files/ed5111fa613aa86139a40b939af1573d-15.html#unique-entry-id-15More Optimismgreg@gregatkins.tvNEWS & BLOG2009-09-16T14:20:54+01:00http://www.gregatkins.tv/news/files/1a4e11e51ba41aab719ba8d806eb5dac-14.html#unique-entry-id-14http://www.gregatkins.tv/news/files/1a4e11e51ba41aab719ba8d806eb5dac-14.html#unique-entry-id-14Great news from Mark’s tour, the scientists he has met so far are very excited by his approach and the documentary idea. They feel Mark could be the man to tell their story and bring it to a wider audience. With their support it will make access all the easier.

One of the MIT crew have asked him to help out with coming up for a new name for Robot. Now that would be great to film. Still haven’t heard if he can get his genome sequenced?



 Follow him as he researches and writes @ www.optimistontour.com]]>An optimist's tour of the futuregreg@gregatkins.tvNEWS & BLOG2009-09-16T14:37:36+01:00http://www.gregatkins.tv/news/files/0b7bf4bcfd767074e90665d8440407b3-13.html#unique-entry-id-13http://www.gregatkins.tv/news/files/0b7bf4bcfd767074e90665d8440407b3-13.html#unique-entry-id-13The latest project to get to pitching stage is online and ready for some meaty finance. The aim is to make science palatable to a wide audience. Using a brand new presenting talent...a science writer / stand up comic/playwright/author called Mark Stevenson. He's currently writing a book called "The Optimists Tour of the Future". He's got a worldwide book deal for it (Penguin (US) and Profile Books (RoW)). And it's  a sort of fight back against the apocalyptic vision that most of us has of our future at the moment.  Controversially, he describes himself as an optimist and he's travelling the world meeting scientists, philisophers, technolgists and environmentalists who all share his optimism for the future and are working on cutting edge ideas to make the world a better place.


 Follow him as he researches and writes @ www.optimistontour.com
]]>New Video of Ice Cap Adventure now onlinegreg@gregatkins.tvIce Cap2009-07-22T19:18:41+01:00http://www.gregatkins.tv/news/files/3e2e01d8469a23913706996e825beff3-12.html#unique-entry-id-12http://www.gregatkins.tv/news/files/3e2e01d8469a23913706996e825beff3-12.html#unique-entry-id-12]]>Ice Cap Bloggreg@gregatkins.tvNEWS & BLOG2009-05-07T10:08:30+01:00http://www.gregatkins.tv/news/files/821169bb4f5222c101d16da3d352e081-11.html#unique-entry-id-11http://www.gregatkins.tv/news/files/821169bb4f5222c101d16da3d352e081-11.html#unique-entry-id-11For day to day updates on Chloe’s trip you can go to her website:
http://icecapstation.com/blog/


Filming CC pack ]]>