Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
21st Dec
9PM
BBC2
Edited by Brian Campbell
Absolutely Champers will follow Saunders and Lumley on their visits to family-run vineyards and join seasonal workers as they get stuck in with this year’s grape harvest. They explore Northern France to find out what goes into a bottle of bubbly.
Amazing Spaces: Snow Special
31st Dec
7pm
Plum Pictures Channel 4
Edited by Roy Williams
George Clarke and Will Hardie are in Norway looking at small spaces designed to withstand heavy snow and gale-force winds. Some are even built out of snow and ice. They look at how Norway, has become a leader in architectural design. Buildings include a treehouse that can withstand nine tons of snowfall and gale force winds, and an ice hotel complete with 30 rooms, a bar and even a snow chapel. Plus, a moveable home that has kept members of its community safe for hundreds of years.
What Britain Bought
28th December
Sundog Pictures for Channel 4
Edited by Mike Kerr
What Britain Bought in 2017 is an insightful look back at the roller coaster year we’ve just had and how national events have shaped the UK’s £7 billion a week shopping habit. Mary meets buyers, forecasters and influencers. Along the way Mary gets the inside track on some of the year’s most surprising trends that left even the most seasoned retailers scratching their heads.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the Satusfaction Team!
2nd January
Channel 4
Lincoln Square Productions
Editor: Duncan Buchanan
Post-production Directors’ Cut
At the time of his sudden death at the age of 57 Prince was one of the most successful performers of all time selling more than 100 million records. This new documentary by Lincoln Square Productions looks at the last year of his life, following him from a secret gig at The White House to his first ever solo concerts. With access and contributions from CeeLo Green, George Clinton and Rev Al Sharpton, this hour-long documentary follows the musical and political passions of Prince’s life. The film also contains interviews from friend and political commentator Van Jones, singer Eryn Allen Kane and former girlfriend Andy Allo.
More info on the documentary can be found in Broadcast magazine .
Congratulations to Duncan Buchanan who was one of the lead editors on the project.
BBC 2
Editor Jenny Sheridan
Christmas Specials 18th/19th/20th December 10pm
The League of Gentlemen is returning to BBC2 for three new episodes!
The pitch-black comedy finished on BBC2 in 2002 and was followed by a film in 2005, The League of Gentlemen’s Apocalypse. Now it’s back for three new episodes. All four of The League of Gentlemen’s original creators – Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, Jeremy Dyson, and Reece Shearsmith – will reunite for the new specials airing on 18th, 19th and 20th Dec.
Jenny Sheridan edited the three new episodes with the lovely Desiree Ivegbuna as her edit support and rough assembly editor. Jenny said “The most challenging thing was actually when it was all over. Being a part of something that I’d grown up watching, loving and quoting was just incredible. I had to pinch myself on a daily basis. Then when we picture locked the final episode it felt like a historic moment, the end of an era really”
Congratulations Desiree and Jenny, we can’t wait to watch
More info can be found here.
See the trailer here.
Editor Tom Savage
Shine for BBC1
In this series, Mary Berry discovers the rich history of our nation’s greatest stately homes through the prism of food. Revealing life both upstairs and downstairs, Mary will meet the present day custodians and their knowledgeable, dedicated staff as she visits the gardens, kitchens and private rooms. Tom Savage edited tonight’s episode. He said “Everyone was lovely on it although frightfully well spoken, so even though I felt like I’d gatecrashed a party in the Home Counties I quite quickly found my inner Mary Berryness”
Wednesday’s at 8pm on BBC one.
Other episodes can be watched here