Media Projects

Let's break the barrier of "invisibility" imposed on the British East Asian sector & truly reflect the state of the nation!

This petition needs to reach 1,000 signatures before it's presented as leverage to commissioning editors, casting depts, etc.
http://www.gopetition.com/petition/38249.html

The latest media & entertainment projects



Radio & Music

Chinese Radio - Manchester

The founder of the British Chinese Network is also a radio DJ/presenter at BBC Radio Manchester. If you would like to volunteer for the radio, or have a story to share, then send an email to dee.lo@bbc.co.uk. We are also looking for British Chinese with musical talent!

UK C-Pop Movement

The UK C-Pop Movement is a new direction for cross-cultural music where East meets West, showcasing the works of British Chinese artists and their mixed cultural influences.  If you have work to showcase, like the facebook page.

Film & Television

These projects are external but they have contacted BCN in the past to invite British Chinese to take part.

16-18 year olds for BBC Three

Making of a new series of The World’s Strictest Parents for BBC Three. 

Twenty Twenty Television is one of the UK’s leading independent production companies, and this RTS nominated series genuinely offers the teenagers who take part an experience that will challenge them to look at themselves, their relationships and behaviour and often their approach to education and their future.

Are there any parents with teenagers who they feel would benefit from the opportunity. We have yet to feature a British Chinese family after four series so would be really interested in addressing this.

In each episode two teens are sent to live with a ‘strict’ family abroad, where they are asked to live according to new rules, required to attend school, and get a taste of what it is to be a teenager in a very different, and often less fortunate culture. In previous programmes we have sent teenagers everywhere from Jaipur to Jamaica, and Accra to Atlanta. The hope is always that our teenagers will learn some insights into family structure, discipline and the importance of aspiration and education, which they can then apply to their own lives.

We are currently looking for confident 16-18 year olds who are full of character but for whatever reason, maybe a distraction at home or within a social group, are not reaching their full potential. It’s the likeable but frustrating, cheeky but bright kids who are throwing away their opportunities that get the most out of this programme. 

 Email: bcn.enquiries@gmail.com for application pack.

Yellow Academy is back!

Following the success of Yellow Academy 2010, Yellow Earth and partner ALRA (drama school Academy of Live and Recorded Arts) launches Yellow Academy 2011.
 
Please do not delay as places on the course are highly competitive. To register your interest, contact us on info@alra.co.uk. We will keep your name and email address on file, and send out details nearer the time. 

You can get a sense of Yellow Academy 2010 by watching this video.

Do you want to star in a BBC programme? 

Cineast is an exciting new short film programme aimed at emerging writing and directing talent from the UK’s East and Southeast Asian diaspora. We’re on the look-out for actors, particularly of East and Southeast Asian descent, to star in these films.

Channel 4 Series - 4 thought TV

To celebrate Chinese New Year, Channel 4 will be airing 7 films next week (Mon 31st Jan - Sun 6th Feb).  We'll be asking people from the British Chinese community about their hopes and dreams for the coming year.  More details on the 4thoughttv page.

French TV channel France 3 - Avenue de l'Europe

France 3 is part of France Television which is the French equivalent to the BBC, and Avenue de l'Europe is avery positive programme which features different issues and how they are dealt with in Europe. 

They are planning to do a 5-6 minutes feature on the British Chinese Community in Manchester and will be filming on the street when it's Chinese New Year.  The crew will be in Manchester 4th to 6th February and would like to follow a group of young people who are going out on the Friday or Saturday night.  If you are interested in being filmed for this, please email bcn.enquiries@gmail.com with "French TV" as the subject.  They will also be following a presenter from BBC Radio Manchester, performing street interviews on the 6th February.

On Air - http://info.france3.fr/avenue-europe/ after Saturday 26th February 2011 18:30 for 7 days.

A Taiwanese film artist Chien-Ni Hung will be in Manchester. She is looking for any interested volunteers of Chinese descent between the ages of 35 - 75 who would like to take part in a film project she is working on. She is looking for around five people, mixture of male and female. So if you fancy trying out a bit of acting and having the exciting opportunity of working with Chien-Ni on one of her unique 'paper film sets' then please sign up. We will most likely be working on the film between the 7th and 16th February and we can be flexible as to when volunteers are available.

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ITV's There's No Place Like Home*

Are you a talented home cook with an amazing historic family recipe?
If so, ITV’s favourite Celebrity Chef Gino D’Acampo wants to hear from YOU!

Gino D’Acampo is on a mission to prove that “There’s No Taste Like Home”. He’s on the hunt for home cooks with fantastic family recipes, undiscovered gems, good, honest family food…

There’s No Taste Like Home*, ITV’s brand new cookery show gives talented home cooks the chance to showcase their very own family recipes in a local restaurant. The winning dish will have the honour of staying on the restaurant’s menu for an entire month.

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Chinatown Arts Space

Supporting East-Asian Visual and Performing Arts - British Chinese Network

Coming Soon

Red Rice Projects

RedRiceProjects is a division of Tranquil-Media.co.uk that specialises and focuses on Chinese based Community Projects (CCP’s). These projects currently include a TV Documentary, a Feature Film and possibly a Drama Series in future.

The documentary will showcase the life and cultural differences for BBC’s who were born here and Chinese who migrated to the UK.

The full-length feature film will involve a cast of BBC’s.  The plot is yet to be discussed in Focus Groups.